Новости за 28.01.2018

MIAMI (AP) — A Puerto Rican man ran the Miami Half-Marathon backwards to draw attention to the plight of Puerto Rico, which is struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria. WPLG Local 10 reports that 34-year-old Jorge Cruz finished the 13.1 mile route in 1 hour, 47 minutes and 12 seconds on Sunday. Out of the […]

DENVER (AP) — Police in Denver say two men are dead and third person is in the hospital after a shooting early Sunday. One man died at the scene of the shooting and the second one died after being taken the hospital. Police say a woman with critical injuries was also taken to the hospital. […]

WEST LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say one person died after a small plane flying from Ohio to Illinois crashed in western Indiana. The plane was discovered Sunday morning in Warren County, about 75 miles northwest of Indianapolis, shortly after the resumption of a search that began late Saturday. Indiana State Police say the pilot […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal panel is revisiting a proposal to offer new protections to deep-sea corals in the Atlantic Ocean. The New England Fishery Management Council has been working on coral protections in the waters off New England for several years. The council approved protections in the Gulf of Maine in June, but […]

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s president crushes competition in landslide re-election victory after receiving 62.7 percent of vote.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — High school and college students interested in agricultural careers are invited to attend a career day next month at the University of Vermont. UVM Extension 4-H and Animal and the Veterinary Sciences Department are sponsoring the free event on Feb. 10 at the Dudley Davis Center. Representatives from feed companies, food […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation is going to start work on demolishing a Portsmouth bridge with the goal of replacing it in October. The Stark Street Bridge over the Route 1 Bypass is scheduled to close on Monday. A new bridge, associated road work, and new utilities are planned. The […]

With her frostbitten and snow-blind climbing partner safe in their only tent, Elisabeth Revol proceeded farther down the mountain to call for help on her satellite phone. But even if the Frenchwoman could make contact with someone, who would be able to help before the climbers succumbed to the harsh conditions in one of the […]

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man killed two people who lived with him in a South Carolina house and stole their vehicle. Aiken County deputies say Jeremie Tobey is charged with two counts of murder after the Friday evening shooting at a home in Aiken. He has not been found. Aiken County […]

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the arm with a gun while visiting at a Pennsylvania home. But Easton police say it’s not clear how the weapon came to be in the residence. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday. Police say the teen picked up the gun […]

Snohomish County search party, looking for a missing man, found a body near Lake Stevens. The identity of the individual has not been confirmed.

BOSTON (AP) — An auction in Boston is selling off a trove of African American works of art and historical artifacts. “Please Remember” features items from the personal collection of Eugene and Avis Robinson. Skinner, the auction house coordinating the sale, says the collection represents a “monument to the totality of African American life” in […]

Lawmakers should not ignore the state Supreme Court’s latest contempt order over school funding. Fortunately, a few lawmakers are working on a solution that balances the concerns of both lawmakers and the court.

We strongly urge state lawmakers to adopt this targeted, proven proposal to help close persistent gaps between student populations.

Why do Trump and company love dirty energy? Partly it’s about the money: what’s good for the Koch brothers may not be good for America (or the world), but it’s good for Republican campaign finance.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Preliminary data say Powder River Basin coal production fell to 75.5 million tons in the last few months of 2017, about a seven million ton drop compared to the final three months of the previous year. The Casper Star-Tribune reports data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration show production at […]

LaNesha DeBardelaben is bringing deep experience in museums to her effort to raise NAAM to new heights.

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man has been pronounced dead after being found unconscious on the street. The New York Police Department says officers responding to an emergency call saw the man around 4:15 a.m. Sunday on 143rd Street and Brook Avenue in the Bronx. He was on the ground with trauma to […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The city of Bozeman is poised to receive a $1 million payment to settle a lawsuit with a law firm that previously represented it. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the city commission is set to vote Monday on whether to allow city manager Andrea Surratt to sign the settlement with […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A TV report says California transportation officials are investigating whether microscopic organisms are attacking critical welds on the submerged foundation of a tower on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. While engineers tell KNTV there’s no immediate concern about the bridge failing, an underwater survey found pockets of accelerated corrosion on […]

The Chloe Grace Moretz film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” has won the Sundance Film Festival’s grand jury prize. Awards were announced Saturday evening in Park City, Utah. Adapted from a 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is about a teenage girl who is sent to a gay conversion center. […]

MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say an Amtrak train was briefly evacuated in Southern California when a man locked himself in a bathroom after putting on what appeared to be a military tactical vest. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Eric Buschow says deputies met the northbound Pacific Surfliner in Moorpark Saturday after passengers reported the […]

HAVANA (AP) — President Raul Castro and his expected successor attended the formal unveiling of a U.S.-sponsored statue of independence hero Jose Marti on Sunday in a sign of Cuba’s focus was of maintaining ties with the United States despite a chill in relations under President Donald Trump. Castro and Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel sat […]

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is expected to take in $6 million more in taxes because of a new law requiring most online sellers to collect sales taxes. An economist for the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information, Jim Robinson, told the Laramie Boomerang that the state is on track to take in that amount […]

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — One of the steps aimed at reducing repeated flooding in northwestern Ohio will begin later this year. Crews will begin removing trees along the Blanchard River in February and then are expected to start removing soil this summer to widen the river. The Courier in Findlay reports that project managers say […]