Новости за 15.01.2018

Amid a year of budget crunches and racial tension, a multi-media, gospel-inflected rally honored Martin Luther King Jr. and let Kent students -- from football players to choir kids to transgender students --discover more about themselves at a Martin Luther King Jr. rally in Kent.

Democrats in Olympia want to move quickly to cut car-tab taxes, which are being calculated based on inflated car values. But a bill that passed overwhelmingly last year was delayed as legislators consider the financial hit it to Sound Transit.

Following a Seattle Times report that the Washington State Department of Licensing was giving personal information to federal immigration authorities 20 to 30 times a month, the agency announced a number of changes and the resignation of a deputy director.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have dropped a second charge against a Bismarck woman accused of abusing and exploiting her elderly mother during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Bismarck Tribune reports authorities have dismissed a charge of felony exploitation of a vulnerable adult against Kathleen Bennett. Prosecutor Marina Spahr cited in part […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Entomologists and tree experts see an upside to the recent extended period of subzero weather in northern New England. They tell the Portland Press Herald that the deep freeze could tamp down insect populations that threaten backyard landscapes and woodlands across the region. Jim Dill from the University of Maine Cooperative […]

DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed one of the criminal counts against two doctors charged in connection with a female genital mutilation case. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman wrote in an opinion Sunday that Dr. Jumana Nagarwala and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar didn’t commit conspiracy to transport a minor with intent to […]

NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern Indiana teen has been killed after the sled she was riding was struck by a car. The Evansville Courier & Press reports that Davis Collier was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night in Newburgh, east of Evansville. Police say Collier slid into the roadway. The 20-year-old driver was […]

CROSBY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have a suspect in custody in the weekend stabbing death of a worker at a senior living facility in Crosby. Police say the suspect is a male relative of the female victim. Neither person was immediately identified. The incident at the Heartwood Senior Living facility in the Crow Wing County […]

Heavy rain and ice jams that contributed to some headaches in northern New England are in the past, and weather officials are now keeping an eye on a snowstorm. One neighborhood in Littleton, New Hampshire, dealt with rising water on Sunday, and homes were evacuated in northern Vermont. In Maine, the Kennebec River spilled its […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A 3-mile section of the interstate that cuts across Ohio’s midsection will be widened in a project expected to start this summer, ahead of schedule. Scott Schmid, of the Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee, tells the Springfield News-Sun that the construction on Interstate 70 in Springfield will start in July. The […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pregnant immigrant teenager who told a judge that she was being prevented from having an abortion while in federal custody has been released, giving her the ability to obtain the procedure. The Trump administration said in a court filing Sunday that the 17-year-old had been released to a “sponsor,” an adult […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers want to know if a new state initiative aimed at reducing property taxes is working as intended. A provision in the state budget directs local officials around the state to convene panels to study ways their counties, towns, cities and villages could save money by sharing services and […]

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libyan officials say heavy clashes among rival militias in Tripoli left at least nine people dead and forced the capital’s only functioning airport to shut down. Health Ministry spokesman Omar Matouq said the death toll from Monday’s fighting is expected to rise. An airport official told The Associated Press that staffers […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have filed three charges against a man shot while trying to flee officers in Lincoln. Court records say 25-year-old Thomas Sailors, of Beatrice, faces charges of assault on an officer, theft and operating a vehicle to avoid arrest. Jail records say Sailors remained in custody Monday, pending $250,000 bail. The […]

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Chippewa Falls to remember a Wisconsin native and former Minnesota resident who died in a charter plane crash in Costa Rica. Thirty-three-year-old Amanda Geissler was one of 10 Americans killed in the Dec. 31 crash. Two crew members also died. She was working as a […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hospital spokesman: Woman dies after fire engulfs casino shuttle boat off Florida’s Gulf Coast; 14 others injured.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian dictionary has chosen “milkshake duck” as its word of 2017, though after the announcement most people said they had never heard of the term. Milkshake duck is a term born in the twittersphere that describes an overnight social media sensation whose viral support rapidly dissolves with closer scrutiny. The […]

WEST BRANCH, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two crew members were injured when their ambulance flipped while taking a patient to Iowa City. The accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 80 near West Branch in Cedar County. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver likely lost control of the vehicle on the icy […]

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — No travel is being advised in northeastern North Dakota due to blowing and drifting snow. The state Transportation Department says the conditions are causing near-zero visibility for motorists. Cities in the advisory area include Grand Forks, Grafton, Pembina and Cavalier. Much of the state is under a wind chill warning, […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials have briefed a visiting senior U.S. diplomat on recent efforts to combat terrorism, after President Donald Trump suspended security assistance to the longtime ally. The Foreign Office said the delegation led by Acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells was briefed Monday on “recent counter-terrorism actions taken by Pakistan’s law […]

GROTON, S.D. (AP) — A weekend crash in Brown County killed a 34-year-old man. The Highway Patrol says the man’s sport utility vehicle veered off state Highway 37, went in the ditch and struck a metal shipping container at a construction site. The crash happened about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The man was pronounced dead at […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A train has derailed in a tunnel in downtown Washington but there are no reports of injuries. The city’s Metro rail system said in a tweet that the derailment happened around 6:40 a.m. Monday. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Doug Buchanan said in a telephone interview about an hour after […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fire official says has a train has derailed in a tunnel in downtown Washington but there are no reports of injuries. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Doug Buchanan says Monday that the Metro train derailed but that “we have no reported injuries at the moment.” Buchanan says the train […]

BERESFORD, S.D. (AP) — A single-vehicle crash in Lincoln County over the weekend killed a man. The Highway Patrol says the 25-year-old victim was driving a car that went off a rural road northeast of Beresford and rolled about 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The man died later at a Sioux Falls hospital. He was the only […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit’s decision to hold a board meeting on Martin Luther King Day has generated some controversy. NJ Transit’s board is scheduled to vote on purchasing a three-acre site on Hoboken’s waterfront to use as a ferry maintenance terminal. Hoboken Mayor Ravinder Bhalla wants the site as a public park […]