Новости за 05.02.2018

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A comedy series about teens battling alien invaders is set to film a second season in New Mexico. New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced Monday that digital series “Snatchers,” which streams on Verizon’s go90 media brand, will begin principal photography in early February through mid-March in Albuquerque. “Snatchers” […]

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — City officials in Brockton say two young children have been killed in a stabbing. The Enterprise newspaper reports that the mayor’s office contacted members of the Brockton City Council Monday confirming the stabbing deaths of two children in the city. The mayor’s office told the newspaper that it could not immediately […]

The Seahawks have their lowest odds to win the Super Bowl since the 2012 season.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislators are piling up a record high number of proposals for new laws at the start of their 45-day lawmaking session, logging 1,341 “bill files” as of last week’s deadline. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the number is 43 more than the previous record of 1,298, set just last […]

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say an 85-year-old man has been found dead inside an SUV that was partially submerged in a New Jersey lake. West Windsor police officers went to Mercer County Lake around 8:30 a.m. Monday after receiving reports about the vehicle. It’s not clear how the SUV entered the water or […]

MALE, Maldives (AP) — Opposition lawmaker says soldiers in the Maldives have forced their way into the country’s Supreme Court building.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Retiring Connecticut Chief Justice Chase Rogers has been hired by a large East Coast law firm. Day Pitney announced Monday that Rogers will join the firm’s Hartford office as a litigation partner and appellate practice group member on March 19. Monday also was the day Rogers’ retirement as chief justice took […]

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff says a suspect in a violent crime has been killed in a shootout with narcotics officers. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 49-year-old Ernie Lizana Jr. fired gunshots at the officers early Monday as they arrived at a vacant home in Gulfport where the suspect was hiding. Peterson […]

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A landfill under construction near the shore of the Great Salt Lake is triggering concerns that it could harm the ecology and wildlife. The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reports that construction on the southern tip of Promontory Point west of Ogden started last year. The company, Promontory Point Resources LLC, is […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of an American teenager missing in Aruba since 2005 is seeking $35 million in a lawsuit over a TV series about the case. Alabama schoolteacher Beth Holloway has filed suit against producers of “The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway,” a six-part series that aired last year on the Oxygen channel. […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that places restrictions on the initiative petition process, but federal courts are questioning the regulations’ constitutionality. The Columbia Missourian reports that the bill heard last week includes four new regulations. Petition circulators would be required to wear a name tag indicating whether they are […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Education Department will continue distributing millions in bus funding despite a recent audit that says the payments are barred under current state law. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the state Board of Education says it will keep paying for school districts’ bus operations under the same formula it’s been […]

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker says if the most recent reports involving former Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg are true, the Democrat shouldn’t return to the Senate’s top post. The Boston Globe reported Sunday that Rosenberg’s husband Bryon Hefner had involved himself in matters before the Senate, including having access to Rosenberg’s Senate email, […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The debate over last summer’s confrontation between a conservative student and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln lecturer prompted the new leader of a faculty group to resign. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Donna Dufner resigned a month after she became president of the state chapter of the American Association of University Professors. […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has endorsed the primary challenger of state Rep. Lyle Larson of San Antonio — marking the third time he’s targeted a legislative incumbent from his own party. Abbott said in a statement Monday that ex-Hollywood Park Mayor Chris Fails “will be a valuable ally in the fight […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate has passed a sweeping revamp to the state’s adoption code, sending the bill to the governor’s desk. Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is widely expected to sign the bill into law. After passing the House of Representative on Friday, Deal said on Twitter that the sooner the bill was passed […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri nonprofit has helped seven puppies rescued along the side of a road go from an abandoned crate to a yoga class. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Unchained Melodies Inc. picked up the puppies and their mother when a woman notified them after driving by the crate in December. […]

MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) — A man is charged with murder after a body encased in concrete was found buried in an Ohio backyard. Twenty-seven-year-old Carl Spencer, of Hartville, was jailed on $5 million bond after his arraignment Monday in Massillon Municipal Court. Defense attorney Derek Lowry says Spencer is pleading not guilty, but Lowry declined […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers will consider more than 20 measures that could alter how voters consider policy changes at the ballot. The Argus Leader reports that the proposals range from modifying font size to barring voters from bringing constitutional amendments to the ballot. Opponents called the measures an “unprecedented attack” on the […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Private attorneys will be hired to defend North Dakota over a new state law intended to clarify disputed ownership of minerals under a Missouri River reservoir. North Dakota’s Industrial Commission directed state lawyers to hire the private attorneys on Monday, after meeting behind closed doors to discuss the lawsuit filed last […]

A study by the Economic Policy Institute finds that counties home to an Amazon warehouse do not show broad-based employment gains in the two years after their opening. Amazon said the report undervalues its economic impact.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Republican who had been running for Arkansas state land commissioner is dropping his bid for the office. Alex Ray on Monday said he was ending his bid for the Republican nomination for the post, citing the fact that he and his wife are expecting the birth of their first […]

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas sheriff says the skeletal remains of a second person have been found in a pit as part of an investigation into two teenagers missing since 2015. Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter says the remains were found Saturday as investigators were searching a second pit on private land after […]

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The former Umatilla Chemical Depot may not look like much now, but the site manager for Camp Umatilla thinks it can become the Oregon Military Department’s premier training facility. “We will stand this up to any facility in the state,” said retired Lt. Col. Fritz McReynolds. The Oregon Military Department has […]

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire is getting more than $8 million in student support and scholarships. A gift of $5 million is coming from long-time benefactor Dana Hamel, whose family established a program in 2007 for students who have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, and community involvement. J. Morgan Rutman and his […]