Новости за 09.05.2017

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon State Land Board has ditched its plan to sell the Elliott State Forest, deciding to keep it in public hands and ordering the Department of State Lands to examine suggested options, including selling it…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A portion of an underground tunnel containing rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday at a sprawling storage facility in a remote area of Washington state, forcing an evacuation of some workers at the site…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A techno-infused opera about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has earned the financial backing of opera companies in San Francisco and Seattle, ensuring the musical meditation on the iconic entrepreneur will travel to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump is sending a certified letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham attesting that the president has no connections to Russia.

FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested a suspected burglar at rapper 50 Cent's mansion in Connecticut.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will arm Syria's Kurdish fighters "as necessary" to recapture the key Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa, despite intense opposition from NATO ally Turkey, which sees the Kurds as terrorists.

SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal judge refused a request Tuesday by lawyers for ex-former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to delay his hearing on the benefits he allegedly received from the huge kickback scheme at state-owned oil…

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Eight more members of a Penn State University fraternity are free on bail to await trial on charges that stem from the death of a pledge after an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia inmate convicted of killing two people during an escape in 2006 is scheduled to be executed July 6.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday erased a 2013 murder conviction against former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, ruling that case law in Massachusetts has long established that defendants who die before their appeals are heard should have…

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy and his family have adopted a Labrador retriever mix that was an animal shelter's last remaining dog following a pet adoption day.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Irate passengers swarmed ticket counters and some started a near-riot at Fort Lauderdale's airport after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights, blaming the decision on pilots' failure to show up.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An errant firecracker landed on a cache of fireworks and touched off a powerful explosion at a home in central Mexico, killing at least 14 people, 11 of them children, authorities said Tuesday.

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit claims an Oregon inmate asked for help 19 times in the five hours before he died in jail following a beating at the hands of other inmates.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ten letters by Alexander Hamilton documenting the birth of the U.S. financial system are for sale in Philadelphia.

NEW YORK (AP) — The legal definition of insider trading is being scrutinized by a federal appeals panel considering whether an Ivy League-educated ex-portfolio manager was wrongly convicted.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200 others won't face criminal charges, the city district attorney's office said Tuesday.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A judge on Tuesday extended the house arrest conditions for former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to one year following his surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have expanded a bribery case against Philadelphia's top prosecutor but say they don't plan to delay the scheduled May 31 trial.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Scott Gottlieb is on track to win Senate confirmation to head the Food and Drug Administration despite Democratic questions about his financial ties to medical companies the agency regulates.

LONDON (AP) — A U.K. scandal torpedoed Rupert Murdoch's first attempt to take control of British-based broadcaster Sky. Now claims of sexual harassment at his U.S.-based Fox News are creating storm clouds around a second.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A new study of sage grouse in Eastern Washington found a surprisingly large benefit from a federal program that subsidizes farmers to plant year-round grasses and native shrubs instead of crops.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Trump administration weighs extending humanitarian protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants, officials are digging for unusual information: How many have been convicted of crimes.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has shot and killed a suspect in South Carolina who told people he was not going to go back to jail and planned to kill any officers who tried to arrest…

NEW YORK (AP) — A contrite Matt Harvey rejoined the New York Mets on Tuesday and apologized to his teammates after serving his three-day suspension for skipping a game last weekend.