Новости за 27.01.2018

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) — Documents show that an Oregon school superintendent is retiring after 80 percent of staff members said they no longer had confidence in her ability to lead. The Register-Guard obtained details through a public records request of South Lane School District Superintendent Krista Parent’s retirement agreement. The South Lane School Board […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A newspaper’s analysis of official disclosure forms has found that more than 90 percent of campaign donations to Utah lawmakers came from special interests like the health care and finance industries. The Salt Lake Tribune reports state legislators received a combined $1.2 million in contributions last year with a little […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor has signed two executive orders supporting efforts to diversify the state’s economy. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Gov. Matt Mead signed an order Friday aimed at increasing the number of people in the state with a post-secondary degree or certificate and another one that would require the state to […]

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The value of building permits saw a significant drop last year in Minot, where more attention was paid to remodeling than to new construction. The city’s building permit report shows that Minot issued almost $44 million in permits in 2017, down from $71.5 million in 2016. Pat Bailey, manager at Muus […]

MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — Authorities are seeking help from the public to help solve the killing of a Massachusetts store owner five years ago. Shawn Clark was fatally shot at Patriot Skateboards in Malden on January 29, 2013. The Middlesex district attorney’s office says officials have made “some progress,” but that no one has been […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials are expecting renovation work on the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield should be completed in plenty of time for the state’s August bicentennial celebration. Work began last June on the privately funded $15 million restoration of the house that’s been the governor’s residence since 1855. General contractor R.D. Lawrence president […]

WHITE PLAINS, Md. (AP) — Authorities say an apparent murder-suicide caused the deaths of a Maryland couple a day after the wife obtained a protective order against her husband. Charles County police identified the dead couple as Calvin and Candace Carnathan, both 33. They say it appears he shot her and then killed himself in […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man who had hundreds of child pornography videos on his home computer is now headed to prison. Matthew Dieterman received a five-year sentence Friday and also must register as a sex offender. The 33-year-old Piscataway man had pleaded guilty last August to distributing child porn. The state attorney general’s office […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a man was seriously injured when he was attacked with what authorities believe was a box cutter in New Haven. It happened Thursday evening in the Fair Haven neighborhood. Police say witnesses told officers they saw the 30-year-old man being chased by as many as four men. Police […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Dozens of meteorologists who prepare forecasts delivered on newscasts gathered at a weather conference at Lake Tahoe to learn the latest climate research and discuss ways to make it meaningful for viewers. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the Operation Sierra Storm conference this week was started for TV meteorologists, but it has […]

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service’s flood outlook for the Souris River Basin in northern North Dakota had little to do with high water. Quite the opposite. The Minot Daily News says the report issued Friday shows that the biggest risk coming out of the spring snowmelt is drought. The weather service says […]

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a man struck by a pickup truck as he pulled a little red wagon across a busy roadway in Ohio. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports that 56-year-old Eric Smith of Middletown died Friday night. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Smith was taken from the accident […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Some GOP lawmakers in New Hampshire want to copy Kentucky’s recently approved plan to institute new requirements for Medicaid recipients. WMUR-TV reports that such lawmakers want to use Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to implement new community engagement requirements as a model for New Hampshire. Republican Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a mother and daughter with homes in Morrisville, Vermont, and New York City have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone. Federal court documents say 50-year-old Esperanza Delarosa and her 25-year-old daughter Susan Mateo were arrested Tuesday by federal agents. In September, agents […]

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — The Planning Board in a Maine town has cast an affirmative vote needed to restore a historic rescue station on the border with New Hampshire. Historic preservation advocates want to turn the station, called the Wood Island Life Saving Station, into a maritime museum. The building is located on Wood Island […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say they have discovered 65 Central American migrants crowded inside the cargo hold of a passenger bus in the northern city of Saltillo. The country’s Immigration Institute says in a statement that the migrants showed signs of weakness, exhaustion and dehydration and were given water, food and medical […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man accused of setting and bragging about a Pittsburgh house fire that killed a 4-year-old girl and two women last month must stand trial on multiple counts of arson and homicide. The ruling came Friday after an attorney for 41-year-old Martell Smith argued that prosecutors had […]

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — When he was a child growing near Ottumwa, Harold Canny began collecting baseball cards. After he and his late wife Marge moved to Sioux City, the couple raised four children. And yes, Canny’s collectibles expanded as quickly as his family. Now, vintage baseball cards, obscure marketing memorabilia and advertising displays […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died in a house fire in southwest Wichita. Firefighters were called to the house around 11 a.m. Saturday. Arriving firefighters saw smoke and flames from the front of the home. Once inside, firefighters found a man in his 60s in the hallway of the house. The […]

WILMINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former southern Vermont high school is in the process of becoming a community center. The former Twin Valley High School in Wilmington closed in June 2014. Old School Enrichment Council board member Janet Boyd says they’re hopeful a series of upgrades will make it more welcoming and convenient for tenants. […]

MERRILL, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan man celebrating his 21st birthday accidentally shot his best friend and then killed himself in grief. WJRT-TV reports Zachary Woodcock shot himself minutes after he accidentally shot 21-year-old Richard Skillman. Saginaw County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Gomez says Woodcock was celebrating his birthday Jan. 19 with friends in […]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s attorney general is fighting a claim for $1.9 million in compensation filed by a man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape conviction that was eventually overturned. The attorney general’s office said Friday that Clarence Moses-EL’s case may not meet the requirements of Colorado’s Exoneration Act. The office says […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say an officer who fired a shot inside a house, injuring a 9-year-old girl, has been fired. The Wichita Eagle reports that Officer Dexter Betts was fired Thursday. Betts’ attorney declined to comment to the newspaper. The shooting occurred in late December when officers were called to the house […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego officials are investigating after a homeless man was nearly crushed to death in a city garbage truck. The San Diego Union-Tribune says the city was clearing up a sidewalk encampment on Dec. 22 when a crew threw a tent into the truck. The man inside began screaming and waving […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say there’s enough evidence to win a conviction of the man charged with killing a missing woman after a 12-week search involving hundreds of law enforcement officers failed to turn up the woman’s remains. The Arizona Republic reports police had hoped to find the body of 34-year-old Christine Mustafa before […]