Новости за 07.05.2024

Powerful storms have erupted in the central United States, bringing tornadoes to rural Oklahoma and large hail in parts of Kansas. Forecasters are warning that the storms could stretch into the early hours of Tuesday. Tornadoes were spotted skirting northern Oklahoma, including one that caused extensive damage north of Tulsa in the small town of Barnsdall. The Osage County sheriff says there are no confirmed deaths. Homes were destroyed and trees and power lines were toppled by the tornado. In Kansas, some areas were pelted by apple-sized hail.

Voters in Northern Macedonia go to the polls Wednesday for a double election — presidential and parliamentary. Center-right candidates are favored to win both contests, which have focused in part on the country's long struggle to join the European Union. The opposition center-right has pushed back against neighboring Bulgaria's conditions for North Macedonia's membership. With the presidency being a largely ceremonial post and the prime minister wielding the real power, the election for the 120-seat... Читать дальше...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to European ally Serbia on Tuesday falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy during NATO’s air war over Kosovo. U.S. jets dropped five bombs on the Chinese Embassy compound in Belgrade on May 7, 1999, setting it ablaze and killing three Chinese nationals. Twenty other people were injured in the incident, which has burdened relations between the two powers ever since. The Western military alliance had launched the air war... Читать дальше...

Stuntwoman Jeannie Epper has died at age 83. She did stunts for many of the most important women of film and TV action of the 1970s and '80s. A family spokesperson says Epper died of natural causes Sunday night in Simi Valley, California. Epper was best known as the stunt double for series lead Linda Carter on the TV series “Wonder Woman” in the late 1970s. She was also the stuntwoman for Lindsay Wagner in the TV series “Bionic Woman” and for Linda Evans on the series “Dynasty." She had a 70-year career that began when she was 9.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology retook a barricaded encampment, those at the Rhode Island School of Design occupied a building, and Columbia University said its university-wide commencement ceremony will not happen following weeks of protests. At MIT, protesters were given an afternoon deadline in which to voluntarily leave the protest site or face suspension. An MIT spokesperson said many left but protesters breached fencing after the arrival of demonstrators from outside the university. Читать дальше...

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden share a bond that was forged through a hard-fought Democratic presidential primary in 2020 and fortified through policy achievements over the last three years. Now, Sanders will be Biden’s most powerful emissary to progressives and to younger voters this election year. The 82-year-old senator is determined to do what he can to prevent Donald Trump from returning to the Oval Office even as he bluntly warns that the crisis in Gaza could be Biden’s “Vietnam” and criticizes... Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exercised near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region. It is the heartbeat of the country’s vibrant manufacturing and high-tech sectors. It is ethnically diverse and proudly multilingual. Modi's party is expected to win when election results are announced in June, delivering him another five years as prime minister. But he faces strong resistance in the south. Читать дальше...

A Minnesota Senate ethics panel is expected to begin considering what to do with a lawmaker who’s charged with burglary for allegedly breaking into her estranged stepmother’s house. The panel holds its first hearing Tuesday to discuss whether to investigate further. Prosecutors say Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell told police she broke in last month because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father. Mitchell’s status has posed a dilemma for fellow Democrats... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses in the final weeks of the case. Those witnesses include Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who has said she had a sexual encounter with Trump, and Michael Cohen, the former Trump lawyer and personal fixer who prosecutors say paid her to keep silent in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. They are among those who have yet to take... Читать дальше...

Boeing has called off its first astronaut launch because of a fluttering rocket valve. The two NASA test pilots had just strapped into Boeing's Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted Monday night, two hours before the planned liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. United Launch Alliance's CEO says the problem involves an oxygen pressure-relief valve on the Atlas rocket's upper stage. If the valve needs to be replaced, the flight to the International Space Station would be off until next week. Читать дальше...

An 11-year-old girl was one of four children hit by a driver on a Cupertino sidewalk.

A surprisingly rainy spring has pushed one of California’s largest reservoirs to 100% capacity.

The iconic hot dog eatery's building is slated to be razed for a new high-rise.

A Georgia State Supreme Court candidate has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. John Barrow sued Monday ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violating state judicial ethics rules. The Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission complaint alleges Barrow is violating a rule that bars candidates from making commitments about how they will rule on issues. Barrow has made abortion the centerpiece of his campaign. Читать дальше...

California-based Cue Health thrived in the pandemic. Now it’s 1,189 layoffs smaller.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But Trump's attacks ignore his own long history of rhetoric that invokes the language of Nazi Germany and plays on stereotypes of Jews and politics.

Federal judges who threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a new mostly Black district have told state lawyers to determine whether the Legislature could draw up a new map in time for this year’s elections. The order was spelled out in a federal court filing Monday. Supporters of the rejected map have not yet filed an expected Supreme Court appeal. In another development, a group of LSU and Tulane University professors have filed a suggested map with the court. It has no majority Black districts. Читать дальше...

SFO's Gate A1 is out of commission.

The owner blamed a lack of foot traffic on the famous street. 

One of those rescued said the boaters had been stranded for 45 minutes. 

Pet insurance can be a (literal) life-saver, given the high cost of vet care, but parents of older or unhealthy pets might face prohibitive premiums.

Eric Travers was last heard from on April 30. 

Snell went several rounds with the fan, who didn't hold back on the two-time Cy Young winner.