Новости за 10.01.2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court has suspended new amendments to a court rule that banned public access to juvenile records to allow for more time for input. The Albuquerque Journal reports the decision comes 10 days after the changes took effect. Under the new amendments, records in juvenile cases will be […]

BOSTON (AP) — Members of Massachusetts’ all-Democratic congressional delegation are faulting U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling for saying he can’t guarantee he won’t prosecute participants in the state’s voter-approved marijuana trade. Lelling made the statement Monday after Attorney General Jeff Sessions moved to rescind an Obama-era policy that called for non-interference with state-level legal marijuana operations. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say three people have been killed after a shooting in a Bronx apartment. Authorities have one man in custody. The circumstances of the shooting have not been released. The New York Police Department says the victims include a man and a woman in their 40s and a woman in her […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The flash of the CES technology show in Las Vegas is all about robots, drones and smart gadgets. But its subtext is all about Google versus Amazon. Both companies usually shun conventions like CES, preferring to debut gadgets at their own press events. But these tech giants have built an imposing […]

The Wednesday launch was scrubbed because of high winds. It is now planned for Thursday.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Wyoming company has purchased federal leases that would allow it to explore for oil and gas beneath the site of a Montana coal mine. The Billings Gazette reported Wednesday that Hoover & Stacy Inc. of Cheyenne paid $23,000 in December for leases totaling 909 acres beneath the boundaries of the […]

A detailed, categorized calendar of events all over Seattle and Western Washington, Jan. 12-18, 2018.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would bar state officials from engaging in outside work as agents of foreign governments. Rep. Brian Meyer, a Des Moines Democrat, introduced House File 2018 Wednesday. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has called for changing state law in similar fashion. The plan comes […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Media reports say a Polish airplane on a domestic flight crash-landed at a Warsaw airport when its front wheel gave way.

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — A pod of 12 gray whales passing through Monterey Bay has been captured on video by a drone, giving whale-lovers an aerial view of the imposing marine mammals. The San Francisco Chronicle reports gray whales are making their annual southward migration from Alaska to Mexico, where they’ll be mating and birthing […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia horse racing officials want to legalize gaming machines that allow people to bet on past races as part of a deal to sell a popular racetrack. The Richmond-Times Dispatch reports historical race terminals have been accepted in other states as revenue-generators for the horse racing field, but critics say the […]

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa man has been sentenced to prison for causing a baby’s injuries last year. Mason City television station KIMT reports that the 19-year-old Nathan Jacobson, of Boone, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Jacobson pleaded guilty to child endangerment causing bodily injury for injuries suffered by […]

There’s some sort of mystical power when it comes to Germany and luge. Germany has more sliding tracks than any other nation, plus always seems to be ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to technology and any other innovation that can be used to get a sled down the ice faster […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man waving a machete and yelling incoherently at a Walmart store in Bismarck. Officers were called to the North Walmart about 11 a.m. Wednesday and tried to talk the man into putting down the machete. Police say the individual would not comply, so an officer used […]

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy’s largest science and energy laboratory is laying off 100 employees in Tennessee. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports these layoffs at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory follow a voluntary reduction of 232 employees. The cuts focus on areas affected by the 2017 budget reductions, including climate […]

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Biloxi Shuckers baseball team is hiring. The Sun Herald reports positions for those who want to fill Schooner’s suit as the Shuckers’ mascot, for ticket takers, grounds crew and even bat boy and bat girl will be filled during the team’s fourth annual job fair Jan. 30. The event is […]

PARIS (AP) — French police say that five thieves, some of them armed, have entered the luxury Ritz Hotel in Paris and stolen goods, likely jewels, worth “an important sum.” The French TV station BFM said that 4.7 million euros ($5.64 million) worth of jewels have been taken. A police official says that no one […]

Steve Sarkisian apparently is not an option to become the new OC of the Seahawks. But here's a look at a few names who cold be.

The literacy legacy of Sue Grafton, who died Dec. 28, is remarkable. She was — along with Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller and others — a pioneer in creating an American genre of female-centered detective fiction in the 1980s.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl linebacker Ryan Shazier attended practice on Wednesday for the first time since injuring his spine against Cincinnati last month. Shazier posted a photo on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon from the team’s indoor training facility as Pittsburgh prepared to host Jacksonville in the divisional round of the playoffs. Shazier, […]

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Police in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale say a man stabbed months ago in a home invasion robbery has died. Television station KCCI reports that police confirmed Wednesday that 77-year-old Robert Howe died earlier this week. The stabbing happened in September, and police arrested 19-year-old Magai Anai-Kur, of Des Moines, […]

WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — A woman was attacked and killed by a pit bull at a pet boarding facility in Louisiana. A spokesman for the Ouachita (WAH-shih-taw) Parish Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Happy Hounds Hotel in West Monroe. Glenn Springfield says deputies dispatched found a severely […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former director of Salt Lake City’s 911 Dispatch Center has been charged with DUI following his termination from the position. The Deseret News reports Scott D. Freitag was charged with driving under the influence, having an open container in his car and possession of a firearm by an intoxicated […]

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — This week’s news that the Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for 200,000 migrants from El Salvador is also rattling nerves in neighboring Honduras. A decision on the fate of more than 50,000 Hondurans living in the United States under TPS is expected in July. And it could have severe […]

BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s venerable Museum of Fine Arts has gone to the dogs. The museum on Wednesday introduced the newest addition to its staff, a Weimaraner puppy named Riley that will be trained to sniff out insects or other pests that could potentially damage priceless works of art. Riley belongs to and will be […]