Новости за 01.01.2018

Due to not making the playoffs, the Seahawks will have their highest pick in the draft in 2018 since 2012.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A coroner’s office has identified a Kentucky worker who was killed while loading road salt into a maintenance facility. The Jefferson County coroner’s office tells media outlets that 52-year-old Trent Haines of Louisville died from blunt force injuries last Wednesday. The death has been ruled an accident. Louisville Public Works spokesman […]

GARDNER, Mass. (AP) — An apartment building in Gardner has been evacuated because of a carbon monoxide leak. The Boston Globe reports that Gardner Police say a boiler malfunction caused carbon monoxide to spread through the three-story residence on Monday. The building has more than 30 units. Police say they’re ventilating the building to ensure […]

DENVER (AP) — Officials have released the name of a Colorado ski area employee who died in a work-related accident. Clear Creek County officials confirm that 40-year-old Adam Lee died Thursday morning of crushing chest injuries suffered while doing lift maintenance at Loveland Ski Area. Lee’s family tells KMGH-TV that he had recently moved to […]

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A bicyclist is hospitalized with serious injuries and the driver of a pickup truck has been arrested for aggravated drunk driving. Pocatello Police say the bicyclist was taken to a local hospital following the collision Sunday evening. He suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive. The Idaho State Journal says […]

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland have charged a man with human trafficking after authorities say he enticed a 16-year-old girl into prostitution. Frederick Police said in a news release that officers responded to a report of a possible abduction on Saturday. Authorities say the incident was not abduction, but involved human trafficking. Officers […]

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DALLAS (AP) — Dallas County has sworn in its first black sheriff to lead the nation’s seventh-largest jail system after former sheriff Lupe Valdez resigned to run for governor. Marian Brown took the oath during a midnight ceremony Monday. The Dallas Morning News reports that Brown has been with the department for three years and […]

DELHI, Iowa (AP) — A group of University of Iowa students presented possible solutions to a wastewater treatment issue at a lake in eastern Iowa. The Telegraph Herald reports that engineering students with the university’s Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities offered design options to Delaware County officials. The findings aim to help Delhi home septic […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — New data from the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health says cancer and heart disease are more likely to kill Nevadans than any other causes. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports other top causes of death in the state include diseases that affect the elderly or stems from risky behavior such as […]

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 19-year-old man has been shot to death in Grand Island. Officers and medics sent to a home around 3:45 a.m. Monday found the wounded man. Police say he was taken to a Grand Island hospital, where he died. Police identified him as Trevor Sok. No arrests have […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A state senator has filed a bill that would officially legalize the sale and possession of cannabis oil in Indiana. WTHR reports that Republican Sen. Jim Tomes of Wadesville filed the bill last week with the goal of making the product readily available throughout the state. The bill comes six months after […]

It was definitely an unprecedented year in American governmental history, but plenty of new ground was broken in other areas, as well. Some winners and losers from 2017.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s brutally cold weather proved even too cold for those hearty people who like to ring in the new year by jumping into Lake Michigan. WBBM-TV reports that organizers of the annual Polar Plunge threw in the towel on Monday because they say the arctic blast that has sent temperatures plunging made […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines shelter is bending some of its rules to ensure that homeless people have a place to stay during the dangerous chill that’s descended over much of the Midwest. Central Iowa Shelters & Services is letting people stay longer as the temperature remains zero (minus 18 Celsius) or […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia have identified a man who was found dead on a porch in frigid weather. Charleston police Chief Steve Cooper tells WOWK-TV the victim found Sunday was identified as 52-year-old Clyde Chester Parsons of Charleston. Neighbors say the man was homeless. Cooper says no foul play is suspected. […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise police say a man has been taken to the hospital after he was shot by police. Police responded Monday morning to a call about a man with a gun. Boise Police said on Twitter that the man was taken by ambulance to the hospital. No other details were immediately released. […]

EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in central Oklahoma say a New Year’s Day house fire has claimed the lives of three children. El Reno Fire Chief Kent Lagaly says that the children, all under the age of 8, were pronounced dead at a local hospital following a house fire Monday morning. Officials say at […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top law enforcement agency says it needs a new %54 million crime lab, but there are disagreements among lawmakers on how to pay for it. State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel says the current building was built in 1990 before DNA testing. Now testing DNA takes up 2 […]

SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — Police in the Portland suburb of Sherwood say a teen boy has died of a gunshot wound and investigators believe he may have been playing a game of Russian roulette. Sherwood Police Captain Ty Hanlon says the boy died early Monday morning at a mobile home in Sherwood. The teen was […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say three people were injured when an explosion heavily damaged a home in southeast Omaha. The blast heard for several blocks was reported around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Battalion Chief Keith Main says the house foundation was bowed out by the blast, and says firefighters had to work around a lot […]

BOSTON (AP) — About 200 people have taken a New Year’s Day dip in the frigid waters of Boston despite the bone-chilling cold. The bitter cold forced the cancellation or postponement of many “polar plunge” events throughout the country on Monday. The Boston Globe reports that the annual L Street Brownies New Year’s Day Swim […]

NEW YORK (AP) — One week after seeing its 17-year run in the poll end, Stanford is back in the Top 25. The Cardinal re-entered the poll at No. 24 on Monday after beating then-No. 11 UCLA and Southern California. Stanford fell out of the poll last week after being ranked in The Associated Press […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The minimum wage is increasing in Arizona with the arrival of the new year. The Arizona Republic reports that the state’s minimum wage rose Monday by 50 cents to $10.50 an hour and will go even higher in Flagstaff. Unemployment has fallen across the state in recent years. Arizona’s minimum wage stood […]

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam has raised its smoking age from 18 to 21. The Pacific Daily News reports starting Jan. 1, it is illegal for individuals under the age of 21 to smoke cigarettes or vape. The new law unanimously passed the Legislature and lapsed into law without the governor’s signature in March. According […]