Новости за 17.01.2018

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Police have arrested a man they say stalked a woman more than 40 miles from a Rhode Island casino to her home just outside of Boston where he attacked her and robbed her of her winnings. Ty Shon Forbes of West Warwick, Rhode Island, faced arraignment Wednesday on charges of unarmed […]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An investigator fired after complaining about routine speeding by the governor’s state vehicle claims he faced harsher discipline than other employees because he embarrassed then-Gov. Terry Branstad. Former Division of Criminal Investigation agent Larry Hedlund was removed from duty in 2013, days after he reported that an SUV in which […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook joined Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve (SHEE’-vee) at a groundbreaking for a new $4 million shipping and receiving warehouse in downtown Reno. Wednesday’s ceremony came as the company announced plans to hire 20,000 workers and invest $350 billion in the U.S. economy over […]

In the most dramatic gesture of reconciliation of the last decade, North and South Korea agreed to march their athletes together under one flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month and to field a joint women’s ice hockey team.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are opening a new session of the state Legislature with vows to tackle the housing crisis, homelessness and find out how the emergency management agency mistakenly pushed a ballistic missile attack warning to cell phones over the weekend. The new session of the Legislature starts Wednesday. It’s scheduled to last […]

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan Motor Co.’s luxury Infiniti brand says it will introduce an all-electric vehicle in 2021. Nissan has been selling its Leaf electric car since 2010, but this will be the first electric vehicle from Infiniti. Infiniti also plans to debut new gas-electric hybrids in 2021. Infiniti expects half its global sales to […]

Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens will become the new chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee starting next season, and three new Power Five ADs will join the 13-member panel. Mullens will be the third chairman, replacing Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt. Hocutt replaced Jeff Long, who held the position for the first two […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. mediator says he presented new proposals to resolve a 25-year-old dispute between Greece and Macedonia over the Balkan nation’s name and should know within two months whether progress can be made. Matthew Nimetz told reporter after meeting with negotiators from both countries Wednesday he is “very hopeful that this […]

DENVER (AP) — Government auditors are raising concerns about the cost of medical equipment and furniture for a new veterans hospital in suburban Denver that’s already vastly over budget. The Denver Post reports the Government Accountability Office told Congress on Wednesday the Veterans Affairs Department didn’t follow best practices when it compiled the $341 million […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump-appointed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the entire operational structure and philosophy of the federal government’s consumer watchdog agency is now under scrutiny. This is the second major step this week that Mick Mulvaney, who took over as acting director in late November, has taken to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo users will be able to stream some basketball games for free under a new deal with the NBA. Verizon, which owns Yahoo, is hoping to use sports to build a digital ad business to rival Facebook and Google. The company now lets anyone watch NFL games on a mobile Yahoo […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The November election race for Illinois governor cost $28 million just for the last three months of 2017. Campaign finance disclosure reports filed this week show that $9 of every $10 was spent by two candidates — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker. Rauner faces a March 20 […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit that aimed to legalize prostitution in California. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the relationship between a prostitute and a client is not an intimate association protected by the U.S. Constitution. A three-judge panel of the court ruled that […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Officials at Davenport University’s main campus in Grand Rapids say about 100 students there may have contracted a norovirus. The school said Wednesday students started reporting illnesses over the weekend. The campus has about 3,000 students. Kent County health officials are collecting samples to test for the virus. Those showing […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say the last of 10 people wanted in connection with a religious organization that police say forced children to work in North Carolina fish markets has been arrested. The Fayetteville Observer reports that the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said 64-year-old Earlene Elizabeth Hayat surrendered to deputies on Tuesday. Hayat had […]

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — A 53-year tradition of cars flying from zero to 200 mph at a New Jersey raceway has reached its end. Officials at Old Bridge Raceway Park tell NJ.com that the park will no longer host drag racing on weekends and Wednesday nights. Steve Mamakas, of the Old Bridge Township Mayor’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawmakers grilled executives Facebook, Google’s YouTube and Twitter on Wednesday about what the companies are doing to prevent terrorists from using their platforms to spread propaganda and recruit new followers. The Senate’s commerce, science and transportation committee hearing comes amid growing government scrutiny over misuse of social media platforms and questions […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Former “Jersey Shore” reality TV star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is expected to plead guilty to federal tax charges this week. A letter filed with the court on Wednesday says Sorrentino and his brother, Marc, plan to plead guilty at a court hearing on Friday in Newark. The pair was charged […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut task force on police body cameras that was created last year amid calls for more accountability in law enforcement has yet to meet because lawmakers have only appointed five of the 26 members. The task force was supposed to issue a report to the legislature by Feb. 1 on […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has killed proposed legislation that would have required lawmakers to disclose some of their personal financial information. Under the legislation, which was unanimously endorsed by a legislative interim committee, candidates for the state legislature or any state, county or city office would have had to file […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The lawyer for a Republican state senator being investigated by state police says his client has decided not to step down. Sen. Nicholas Kettle’s attorney, Paul DiMaio, said on Wednesday that Kettle doesn’t believe he committed a crime and will stay in his seat. Kettle represents parts of Coventry, Foster, Scituate […]

The arrest of the former officer, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, capped an intense FBI inquiry that began around 2012, two years after the CIA began losing its informants in China.

Daniel McCartney, 34, was killed after responding to reports of a home-invasion at a home in Pierce County.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a woman has died 2½ weeks after divers rescued her from a car that crashed through ice on an Indianapolis pond and sank into its freezing waters. The Indianapolis Fire Department says 49-year-old Carol D. Perkins died Tuesday night at an Indianapolis hospital. She had been in critical condition since […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has passed legislation to require some business to hang posters advertising the national human trafficking hotline. House lawmakers voted 139-5 Wednesday to send it to the Senate. It’s the first measure the House passed during the 2018 legislative session. The measure would require truck stops, bus stations […]