Новости за 06.01.2018

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An organization founded in response to the renewed culture of hate speech and threats to minority groups is holding a free community concert this weekend. The Four Freedoms Coalition is celebrating its anniversary Sunday at the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Pittsfield. James Lumsden, the concert’s organizer, tells The Berkshire […]

The NFL playoffs get started Saturday with a doubleheader starting in Kansas City, where the Chiefs will try to beat Tennessee for their first home postseason win in nearly a quarter century. The fourth-seeded Chiefs won four straight games to cap the regular season and capture their second straight AFC West title. The Titans needed […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Family members say the 3-year-old Montana girl who was attacked by a dog in Billings has been released from the hospital. Naomi Brown was flown to the Denver area and underwent surgery early Wednesday at Children’s Hospital Colorado to repair damaged ligaments in her right wrist. Shadow Card says the bull […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton takes a small measure of comfort in New Orleans’ regular-season sweep of Carolina. It means the Saints (11-5) play the Panthers (11-5) in the Superdome, where New Orleans hasn’t lost a playoff game since 1992 and is 4-0 in the postseason under Payton. Beyond that, however, the […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Benched earlier this season and questioned for years, Tyrod Taylor and Blake Bortles have a chance to change public perception on the NFL’s playoff stage. Taylor helped Buffalo end the longest, current postseason drought in North American pro sports (17 years) while Bortles led Jacksonville to its first playoff berth since […]

ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Highway Patrol says two men have died in a car crash near Arnold. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 22-year-old Jason Ramsey, of High Ridge, was driving the car around 11:30 p.m. Friday when it skidded, left Lonedell Road and hit a tree. Ramsey and his passenger, 22-year-old Joseph […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Rescue crews in Virginia have resumed their search on the James River for two missing duck hunters. The Daily Press reported Saturday that the search entered its second day along the river southwest of Williamsburg. The two men had set out Wednesday for a duck blind that’s across the river from […]

HUDON, N.H. (AP) — The parents of a Hudson man who died of a suspected drug overdose have been arrested on charges of withholding and tampering with evidence in the investigation of their son’s death. WMUR-TV reports that police say they were investigating Bryan Rando’s death for three months before they found out that his […]

The Huskies fared better than the Cougars in their first weekend of Pac-12 play, splitting their trip to Los Angeles. Now the rivals meet in Pullman for the first of two this season. Follow here for live updates, analysis and more.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The operator of a home day care in Overland Park where a baby died last year has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor counts in the case. The Kansas City Star reports that 55-year-old Bilma Maese-Sanchez entered the plea Friday in Johnson County District Court to child endangerment and operating an […]

NEW SMYRNA, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of dead fish have washed up on Florida beaches thanks to the cold weather snap. Volusia County Beach Safety and Ocean Rescue officials said most of the fish washed up near New Smyrna Beach on Friday and a bit more on Saturday. They were mostly jacks and catfish. The […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a man in the parking lot outside a Colorado Springs Kmart store. El Paso County sheriff’s deputies arrested 23-year-old Michael Parkhurst II without incident Friday night in an unincorporated area south of Colorado Springs. He’s accused of killing Cory William […]

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) — A handwriting expert says an unsigned, handwritten letter given to South Lane School District Board members praising District Superintendent Krista Parent and criticizing a school district teacher was probably written by Parent. The Register-Guard reports that a former forensic document examiner with the Eugene Police Department, James Green, says it’s […]

Amid a constant push for cost cutting, a challenging merger at Alaska Airlines and operational turmoil at Horizon Air, many Alaska Air pilots and cabin crew are deeply dissatisfied. Facing stiff competition from Delta, Alaska’s winning reputation for customer service is at risk.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Police in eastern Nebraska have identified two people killed in a three-vehicle crash along the Kennedy Freeway in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 19-year-old Khalil Jones, of Daytona Beach, Florida, and 47-year-old Shamus Dean, of Papillion, were killed. Two others were critically injured in crash early […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Authorities in Delaware are searching for an inmate on work release who failed to return to his correctional facility. WMDT-TV reported Friday that the Delaware Department of Correction issued a warrant for 53-year-old Michael Coker. Officials said he escaped from Morris Community Correctional Center in Dover. He was supposed to return […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — One of the suspects in a Vermont fire that killed one person and seriously injured another has been freed from jail. The Times Argus reports a judge ordered 21-year-old Amanda Wilder, of Montpelier, to serve one year of federal supervised release for possession of a cocaine base. Wilder was originally charged […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Ben Cleveland doesn’t back down from many challenges. Being 6-foot-6 and 340 pounds has its advantages. “Big Ben” didn’t quit when he was redshirted as a freshman in 2016. He kept battling in practice when he didn’t win a starting job to open this season. He’s not backing down now when asked […]

BERKELEY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the incident happened Friday night on Airport Road, killing 63-year-old Jose Macias, of St. Louis. The patrol says Macias ran into the path of a westbound […]

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police are looking for two suspects after a report of an attempted sexual assault in a University of North Dakota dormitory. Authorities say a female student awoke to an unknown male suspect in her Noren Hall room early Saturday morning. The suspect allegedly tried to remove the victim’s clothing. UND […]

SEVERN, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland are offering up to $10,000 for information about a shooting that paralyzed a college football player and wounded a 17-year-old. The Capital Gazette reported Friday that the shooting happened at a New Year’s Eve party in Severn, south of Baltimore. Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, confirmed that […]

SEVERN, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland are offering up to $10,000 for information about a shooting that paralyzed a college football player and injured a 17-year-old. The Capital Gazette reported Friday that the shooting occurred at a New Year’s Eve party in Severn, which is south of Baltimore. Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The flu has hit California so hard this year, pharmacies have run out of medicine to treat it, emergency rooms are packed and the death toll is rising. The Los Angeles Times reports that 27 people younger than 65 have died of the flu in California since October. That’s compared to […]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado officials are warning travelers to watch out for an approaching storm that’s forecast to dump up to 10 inches of snow in high country areas. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for a storm expected to develop Saturday afternoon over the mountains of western Colorado and eastern Utah. […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Cottage Grove man responsible for killing two trumpeter swans while hunting in central Oregon must pay $4,750 in restitution. The Bulletin reports in a story on Friday that 35-year-old Michael J. Abbott received the sentence in Lake County Circuit Court. Abbott must also serve one year of probation and has […]