Новости за 26.01.2018

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A man’s body has been pulled from the bottom of a pool at an apartment complex in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson. Multiple media outlets report the incident happened Friday at the Ridgeland Ranch Apartments. Maintenance workers found the body and called 911 about 8:45 a.m. The man was clothed and […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The federal government says it will not cut off funding for Larned State Hospital after a review found the mental hospital is now complying with federal rules and regulations. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services said Friday federal regulators notified Bill Rein, administrator of the hospital in western Kansas, […]

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The former chief of police in Beaverton has come out of retirement to lead the Astoria Police Department. The Daily Astorian reports Geoff Spalding became interim chief in late August, after the retirement of Brad Johnston. The arrangement was supposed to last six to nine months, but City Manager Brett Estes […]

DANIELSON, Conn. (AP) — A 22-year-old Massachusetts man has been sentenced to three months in prison for a fatal motorcycle crash in Connecticut. The Norwich Bulletin reports Omar Velez, of Charlton, Massachusetts, was sentenced Thursday in Danielson Superior Court after pleading guilty under the Alford Doctrine to negligent homicide in the crash that killed 50-year-old […]

More than 200 cities or regions didn't make Amazon’s shortlist of 20 finalists in the running for its second headquarters. Reactions from those losing bidders vary from the self-critical to promotional, with a little ranting on the side.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine American Civil Liberties Union is requesting information from federal officials on citizenship checks at local bus stations. Zachary Heiden, legal director of the Maine ACLU, tells the Portland Press Herald a passenger notified the organization last week when U.S. Customs and Border Protection boarded their bus at the Bangor […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of threatening the staff of U.S. Rep. John Lewis has pleaded guilty in federal court. Dante Antione Rosser pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of threatening a federal official. Prosecutor Phyllis Clerk said Rosser’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of 18 months in prison, followed by three years […]

LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Officials at a Florida animal shelter are warning pet owners not to use human hair dye on pets after spending months caring for a small dog that was dyed purple by her former owner and then abandoned. Pinellas County Animal Services posted the story of Violent, a white Maltese mix, earlier […]

POWHATAN, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man is accused of shooting into a car during a highway road rage incident. WTVR-TV quotes a Powhatan Sheriff’s Office spokesperson as saying 50-year-old Tennis Hicks has been charged with attempted aggravated malicious wounding in the Wednesday shooting. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports additional charges are pending. It’s unclear if […]

The three teenagers who were killed in the crash all students at Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek. A 15-year-old girl, who is a student at Cascade High School in Everett, was the only survivor.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A University of Vermont basketball fan is thanking three doctors for saving his life after he went into cardiac arrest during a game. WCAX-TV reports 64-year-old David Watson had been watching the men’s game at Patrick Gym for a few minutes when he collapsed Wednesday. An athletic director alerted UVM team […]

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a gang member on the Texas 10 Most Wanted list has been caught and faces murder charges in the shooting deaths of two brothers in Bryan. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Friday announced the arrest of 30-year-old Frankie Lee Bell Jr. DPS says Bell was arrested Thursday […]

MAYSEL, W.Va. (AP) — Four people have been injured in a West Virginia house fire. WCHS-TV reports the fire happened Friday morning in Clay County. Clay Volunteer Fire Department Chief Michael Scott says two children and two adults were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and burn injuries. Scott says a family of nine lived in the […]

MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — A Warm Springs man has been sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison for causing a car crash that killed his grandson and injured two others. The Bulletin reports that Leroy Hicks Jr. said he was “sorry about everything” at Thursday’s sentencing in Jefferson County. The crash happened almost four years […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. attorney general has reaffirmed the Trump Administration’s call for a border wall with Mexico and for a switch to a “merit-based” immigration system. Speaking Friday before law enforcement officials in Norfolk, Virginia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated the president’s contention that ending the so-called chain-migration system would make the […]

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — A single-engine airplane and a helicopter have collided on a runway at a northern Colorado airport, injuring the helicopter pilot. The Loveland Reporter-Herald reports the pilot suffered minor injuries in the collision Friday at Northern Colorado Regional Airport north of Loveland. The pilot was taken to a hospital. Officials say only […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a woman in the brutal killing of a 52-year-old Lawrence man. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the state court on Friday upheld 23-year-old Sarah Gonzales-McLinn’s conviction and Hard 50 sentence for killing Harold Sasko in 2014. The court sent the case […]

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones says she’s running for the congressional seat left vacant when former Rep. John Conyers resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Jones announced her bid Friday, marking the first woman to join the race. Like Conyers, she’s a Democrat. She was first elected to the City Council in […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two Rhode Island men will avoid jail time for a drug lab that caught fire and destroyed a building in Providence. WPRI-TV reports a judge sentenced Christopher White and Graeme Marshall to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service Friday. White was also ordered to undergo mandatory drug […]

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating an 82-year-old woman to death in a South Carolina motel room. Prosecutor Jimmy Richardson said 70-year-old Rickey Wilson was found guilty of murder in a trial this week. Police say Wilson met Virginia Eakers in May 2016 and was […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say six members of a San Jose family have been charged in the fatal stabbing of a bar security guard over a confiscated identification card. Santa Clara County prosecutors said Friday that two brothers, a sister, and three cousins have each been charged with murder and […]

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A 2020 jury trial date has been set for a transgender inmate suing Illinois Department of Corrections officials for alleged abuses. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that 26-year-old Deon “Strawberry” Hampton’s suit against Pinckneyville Correctional Center officials will be heard March 16, 2020, in East St. Louis. The lawsuit […]

CANYON, Texas (AP) — A 35-year-old Amarillo man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 beating and shooting death of one of his ex-wives. A Randall County jury on Thursday sentenced Jeremy Spielbauer shortly after convicting him on a lesser charge of murder. Prosecutors had tried Spielbauer on a capital murder charge […]

Swirling in the air at the World Economic Forum, along with snowflakes, is an important discussion of how companies must do far more to benefit the 99 percent, not just the 1 percent. Enriching shareholders is not enough.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Public Works board has rejected Appalachian Power Co.’s tax relief request that said unusually mild weather hurt the company’s 2017 earnings. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the board unanimously approved recommended 2018 assessed values for property owned by utilities in West Virginia on Thursday. That approval effectively rejected Appalachian […]