Новости за 07.02.2018

The day after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blasted his Tesla Roadster into space, his electric car company’s mounting losses are bringing him back to Earth again. Wall Street expects Tesla to lose $3.15 per share for the fourth quarter. The automaker is struggling to meet production targets for its first mass-market car, the […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A report by the University of Texas School of Law has found that Houston’s programs designed to ensure apartment safety are “flawed, fractured and improperly managed.” The Houston Chronicle reports that the 16-month study released Tuesday is called “Out of Order: Houston’s Dangerous Apartment Epidemic.” The report looks at the city’s regulation […]

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Community health centers providing critical primary care to more than 350,000 of Louisiana’s poorest residents say cuts to their services are possible if the federal government does not reauthorize a vital fund. Lawmakers have temporarily kept the national community health center fund going although it expired Sept. 30, The Advocate […]

LONDON (AP) — Sales at Michael Kors surged during the holidays despite the company cutting back on discounts, pushing third-quarter profits well past most expectations. The results released Wednesday offered encouraging news for the brand, which is trying to reinvigorate itself by reducing discounts and its distribution to department stores. Kors, the seller of luxury […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Owning a home in Utah County is a good investment. The Daily Herald reports the Provo-Orem metro area — which includes much of Utah County — came in second on Forbes’ 2018 list of the best places to invest in housing. Only Orlando, Florida, came in ahead of Provo-Orem. The only […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Family and friends are mourning the death of a 7-year-old St. Paul boy who died after crashing into a tree while sledding in Wisconsin. Simon Caquelin was a first-grader at Central Lutheran School in St. Paul. He was injured at a Boy Scout sledding hill in Houlton on Jan. 27. […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont Senate committee has voted to approve increasing the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. Vermont Public Radio reports the Senate Economic Development Committee moved to support the measure Tuesday in a 4 – 1 vote. Under the plan, the minimum wage would be raised gradually until it reaches […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier hopes a Pennsylvania appeals court will agree that too much time had passed for him to be charged with endangering the welfare of children over his handling of a complaint about Jerry Sandusky. A three-judge Superior Court panel heard oral argument Wednesday in the 69-year-old […]

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A teenager has been arrested in connection with a threat to “shoot up” a Pennsylvania high school two weeks after he was charged with risking a catastrophe there. Police in Upper Yoder Township say no students in Johnstown’s Westmont Hilltop School District were ever in real danger before Monday’s arrest. Chief […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 11.8 million Americans have signed up for coverage this year under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, about 3 percent less than last year. That’s according to a new tally by The Associated Press. Enrollment remained remarkably stable despite President Donald Trump’s disdain for “Obamacare.” The Republican-led Congress repeatedly tried […]

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A crew is working on sanitizing and disinfecting barns at a multi-event facility in Gillette after reports of a horse virus. The Gillette News Record reports one horse in the area has been euthanized and another is suspected of suffering from equine herpes virus or EHV-1. The two horses had competed […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The highly anticipated opera adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s famed novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” one of the most recognizable works of Mexican-American Literature, is set to premiere. And the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque announced this week that all five dates for the “Bless Me, Ultima” opera later this month already […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A reputed member of the violent Latin Kings gang has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing an 18-year-old man. Lee Rios was sentenced Wednesday, five days after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the March 2015 shooting death of 18-year-old Kenneth Lopez […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is providing $55 million in funding to improve emergency communications across the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that two grants will be awarded to counties statewide and to New York City. The Democrat says the funding will enhance the abilities of local governments to expand their communications […]

PHOENIX (AP) — State utility regulators have approved a settlement to a long-lingering dispute between water companies over a section of service territory south of Phoenix. The Arizona Republic reports the Arizona Corporation Commission on Tuesday approved the settlement, allowing the Arizona Water Co. to keep 11 square miles (28 square kilometers) of undeveloped land […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One officer has been injured and residents were evacuated after shots were fired by a man barricaded in a Tennessee apartment building. Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters an officer was struck in the shoulder by a bullet Wednesday morning but it didn’t penetrate. He said the officer was taken […]

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Voters have approved $25.5 million in bonds for Iowa Central Community College to finance building projects at the college’s campuses across the state. The Messenger reports that more than 67 percent of voters approved the bond issue Tuesday for building improvements and construction at campuses in Eagle Grove, Fort Dodge, […]

HENNESSEY, Okla. (AP) — An earthquake has shaken parts of north-central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 10:12 a.m. about five miles south of Hennessey in Kingfisher County, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City. It was recorded at a depth of about four miles. No […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s high school graduation rate edged above 80 percent in 2017, but black and Hispanic students graduated at much lower rates than white students. State education officials say black, Hispanic and white students all made small gains in the four-year graduation rate, but a 20-point gap exists between white students […]

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Fort Smith will appeal a ruling that three city directors violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act by discussing city business through email. The city’s Board of Directors voted Tuesday to confirm the Jan. 30 filing of a notice of appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court. Sebastian County Circuit Judge […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s sex-crimes expert is changing plans and will fly to New York to take in-person testimony from a Chilean sex-abuse victim whose pleas to be heard by Pope Francis were previously ignored. The switch from a planned Skype interview came after The Associated Press reported that Francis received a letter […]

BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker’s Facebook update about racial inequality, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. The ACLU says in a […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A bill has been proposed at the Illinois General Assembly that would put term limits on four legislative positions. The State Journal-Register reports that Republican Rep. Thomas M. Bennett of Gibson City has proposed the bill. It would limit the House speaker, Senate president and the minority leader in each chamber […]

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The city of Erie has now tied the record for snowfall during the winter season — and more snow is expected to fall. A low pressure system is expected to drop three to five inches of snow on the northwestern Pennsylvania area. But a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office […]