Новости за 17.01.2018

LONDON (AP) — London Zoo has honored Prince Harry’s fiancee by naming its newborn okapi after her. The zoo said Wednesday the animal born in early December was named Meghan to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. The okapi (oh-COP-ee) have striped hindquarters like zebras but are related to giraffes. […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A previously pot friendly rural Northern California county has reversed course and banned commercial marijuana farms, paving the way for lawsuits from growers who previously received permits and paid taxes. A newly constituted Calaveras County board of supervisors last week voted 3-2 to ban marijuana, giving some 200 farmers with permits […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A pay dispute is again delaying approval of a plan to spend $2.5 million to install 500 more pedestrian safety posts along Las Vegas Strip sidewalks. A planned Tuesday vote by the Clark County Commission was pushed back to Feb. 6 to allow staff members to investigate a Nevada Foundation for […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida may require its 12 public universities to do a survey on the “intellectual freedom” and “viewpoint diversity” that is allowed on campuses. A panel in the Florida House on Wednesday attached the requirement to a sweeping higher education bill that also includes a boost in the amount of financial aid […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia water department says crews have been working “at an almost 24/7 pace” to deal with a high rate of water main breaks since Christmas. The department says there were 117 water main breaks in January 2017, but there have been 176 main breaks in the first half of this January. […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Dozens of Kansas legislators have received an hour of training on identifying and dealing with sexual harassment. The session Wednesday for Kansas House members was part of an effort by legislative leaders to address allegations of misconduct at the Statehouse. About 80 of the House’s 125 members attended. Two dozen of […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school superintendent has lost her job amid suspicion that she wrote an anonymous letter that was critical of a teacher. The Register-Guard reports the South Lane School Board unanimously approved a motion Tuesday that ousted Krista Parent from her position and appointed Kyle Tucker as acting superintendent. Board members […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A judge has set bail at $1.2 million for the man accused in a fatal shooting outside of a New Haven gas station. The New Haven Register reports 31-year-old Joshua Council is facing charges of murder and criminal possession of a pistol in connection with the death of 35-year-old Kenneth […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police investigators are planning to release more details about the fatal shooting of a bank robbery suspect who was surrounded by police on the athletic fields at the Montpelier High School. Police said eight members of the state police tactical team and one Montpelier Police Department officer opened fire […]

LONDON (AP) — Sotheby’s auction house says a fragment of the red, white and blue “Victory Jack” flag that flew from Adm. Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar has sold for 297,000 pounds (around $408,000). The fragment, which measures several feet (about a meter) on each side, had been expected to fetch between […]

Patients, employees and visitors are sheltering in place at Evergreen Health Medical Center.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has stepped in to help out the U.N. Agency assisting Palestinian refugees with an immediate disbursement of $23 million after the Trump administration suspended $65 million in aid for the international organization. Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Wednesday that “for a lot of Palestinian refugees, the UNRWA is […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s state budget is now projected to end with $138 million more than previously thought when it cleared the Legislature last year. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau on Wednesday said the current two-year budget that ends on June 30, 2019, will end with a $385 million balance. Republican co-chairs of the […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Residents and an emergency official say a double suicide bombing at a market in Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri has killed at least 12 people and wounded 48 others. Ibrahim Usman, a trader in Muna Garage market, says the attack happened Wednesday afternoon. He says the first bomber attacked inside the […]

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Vermont inmate who was shot by police and paralyzed following a high-speed chase in 2014. The Caledonian Record reports a judge granted a defense motion to dismiss 29-year-old Eric Jackson’s lawsuit against Sgt. Denis Girouard and Trooper Seth Loomis on Jan. […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — 12 killed, 48 others wounded in double suicide attack at market in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia public library system is gearing up to limit the number of personal items patrons can bring into facilities. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that starting Feb. 1, the Kanawha County Public Library system will limit patrons to three bags and will ban all wheeled devices with some exceptions, including […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police are searching for two suspects who stole a speed camera in Rhode Island worth $80,000, three days after it was installed. WPRI-TV reports a representative from the company Conduent Solutions told police Monday one of their cameras installed in Providence was missing. The camera takes photos of license plates on […]

BOSTON (AP) — A gay couple says in a federal lawsuit that a printing company sent them pamphlets with messages about temptation and sin instead of the wedding programs they ordered for their special day. Stephen Heasley and Andrew Borg sued Vistaprint on Tuesday in Massachusetts. They were married in Pennsylvania in September. The couple’s […]

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian police spokesman says an American and a Canadian have been kidnapped in Kaduna state in the central part of the country. Kaduna state police spokesman Mukhtar Aliyu says the two foreigners were traveling from Kafanchan to the capital, Abuja, when they were ambushed by gunmen. He says a policeman […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit against drug companies that make prescription opioids, saying they’ve created “an unprecedented public health crisis.” It seeks to halt what the city calls “deceptive marketing practices” and force the drug makers to pay for treatment costs and reimburse the city for the money it has spent responding […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 23-year-old upstate New York man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for lying to a grand jury after a fire that killed four people. Bryan Fish of Schenectady also will undergo three years of supervised release under the sentence handed down Wednesday. He pleaded guilty last May to […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A multicounty grand jury is investigating a case accusing officials at an Oklahoma high school of waiting too long to tell police after a 16-year-old football player reported being sexually assaulted by several teammates. The Tulsa World reports that special prosecutor Matt Ballard and several witnesses Wednesday were at the state […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — For the first time in Gov. Rick Snyder’s tenure, a legislative chamber has voted to override one of his vetoes. The Republican-led Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to support a tax cut for people who trade in their car for a new one. If the GOP-controlled House does the same, it would […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck’s police chief says he will step down later this year. Chief Dan Donlin on Wednesday announced his intent to retire this summer or early fall after 30 years with the police department, including five years as chief. Donlin ruled out a run to replace Burleigh County Sheriff Pat Heinert who […]