Новости за 07.02.2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — NCAA selection committee chairman Bruce Rasmussen figures the revamped way to evaluate quality of wins for determining this year’s tournament field is an improvement. Speaking during a teleconference with reporters Wednesday, the Creighton athletic director called the new quadrant system that gives more weight to wins on the road or neutral […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan says the U.S. is shifting combat aircraft, intelligence-gathering planes and other resources to Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. James Hecker told reporters at the Pentagon in a video teleconference from Kabul that the U.S. now has 50 percent more intelligence and reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan, compared with last […]

FAIRMONT, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have identified a man and a woman whose bodies were found in a field. WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina, reports the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as 33-year-old Ashley Nicole Smith and 31-year-old Matthew McRae. Sheriff Ken Sealey said the bodies were found Tuesday in […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Authorities have identified the body found along the Mississippi River near a college campus in Louisiana. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports the body is that of 51-year-old Yvette Nettles, of Baton Rouge, who was reported missing Jan. 29. Baton Rouge Police spokesman, L’Jean McKneely, says Nettles had a history […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine officials have testified that the response to the October wind storm was hampered by miscommunication and equipment failures. The Portland Press Herald reports the state Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee heard testimony concerning the storm response by Central Maine Power Co. and Emera Maine. Nearly 470,000 Central Maine Power […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration is proposing a settlement of up to $100 million to end a lawsuit involving Maryland’s historically black colleges. The proposal announced Wednesday comes more than a decade after advocates for four historically black colleges sued the state, accusing it of operating a segregated university system. On Tuesday, […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is pushing for legislators to pass a bill that would protect elderly residents from tax lien foreclosures. The Kennebec Journal reports the Republican spoke to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation on Tuesday about the proposed law. Under the proposed measure, a town official would meet with […]

Use this interactive table to learn more about the lengthy history of Washington athletes competing in the Olympics.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A national group is focusing on Alaska in a bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a 2010 decision that upended how campaigns are run in this country. The court decision paved the way for corporations and unions to make unlimited independent expenditures. In Alaska, it was viewed by […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the death of an inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield. The inmate, Christopher Wittman, died Sunday. A news release from the facility on Wednesday said Wittman apparently died after ingesting an unknown substance believed to be drugs. Staff at the medical center […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has denied a request to release from jail a woman with a history of sneaking onto planes whose attorney wanted her sent to a nonprofit facility. Cook County Judge Judge Donald Pararese Jr. on Wednesday denied the request from Marilyn Hartman’s attorney to send her to A Safe Haven, which […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials say a resident of the Upper Peninsula is the first child in the state to die from the flu this season. No other details were disclosed Wednesday by the state health department. The department says it’s not too late to get a flu shot, especially children and people who […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of another shutdown deadline, immigration activists joined liberal leaders Wednesday in threatening political retribution against congressional Democrats who ignore young immigrants in a massive spending deal. The fresh threats exposed deepening divisions within a Democratic Party struggling to address a liberal priority in Republican-controlled Washington. “I’m not a loyal […]

DENVER (AP) — Forecasters say one of the most important reservoirs in the Southwestern U.S. will likely collect less than half its normal amount of spring runoff this year because of a warm, dry winter across much of the region. Hydrologist Greg Smith of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday Lake Powell is […]

Fly, Dick’s Sporting Goods, fly. The shocking defeat of the New England Patriots by the Philadelphia Eagles could be a windfall for the sporting goods retailer (despite a headquarters squarely placed in Steeler Nation across the state), as closets in eastern Pennsylvania take on an even more greenish hue. The same sales bump took place […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers stepped up their borrowing by $18.4 billion in December, a solid performance that followed a massive gain the previous month. The Federal Reserve says the increase reflects gains of $5.1 billion in the category that covers credit cards and $13.3 billion in the category for auto and student loans. The […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of Boko Haram says he’s still in control of an important territory that the Nigerian military says it has seized back from the extremist group. In the 10-minute video released Wednesday, Abubakar Shekau says his militants weren’t defeated in the Sambisa forest of northeastern Nigeria. Shekau tells the camera […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley and his supporters are working to inspire confidence in his campaign despite some concerns raised by a top Missouri Republican. Former Republican U.S. Sen. Kit Bond told USA Today this week that some Hawley supporters wish the candidate would ramp up fundraising and campaigning. […]

BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) — A tire maker says it will open a 100-worker warehouse in northwest Mississippi. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., which operates a tire factory in Tupelo, says it will invest $10 million. Cooper will rent a new $40 million warehouse from Panattoni Development Co. in Byhalia. Ohio-based Cooper announced plans Wednesday for […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — HCA Midwest Health will move its headquarters from Kansas City, Missouri, to Overland Park, Kansas, in the latest move in a business “border war” between the two states. The Kansas City Star reports the company, which owns eight hospitals in the Kansas City area, will receive tax incentives from Kansas […]

LONDON (AP) — Ilie Nastase had two tennis bans reduced by eight months and his fine doubled to $20,000 on Wednesday following his appeal of International Tennis Federation sanctions for foul-mouthed comments and misconduct as the Romanian Fed Cup captain. The ITF suspended the 71-year-old Nastase from Fed Cup and Davis Cup events and from […]

WSU's Signing Day radio show featured freshman quarterback Camm Cooper, new defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys and linebackers coach Ken Wilson, among others.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Florida man involved in a fatal 2015 crash in Springfield was found not guilty of aggravated driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance after his attorneys raised questions about blood testing done after the crash. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the Sangamon County this week acquitted […]