Новости за 07.02.2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Democrat to oppose potential Senate budget pact unless GOP leaders promise vote on ‘Dreamer’ immigrants.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A judge in Amsterdam has agreed to ask the European Court of Justice preliminary questions about the consequences of Britain’s departure from the European Union for citizenship rights of Britons living in Europe. In a decision that could have consequences for some 1 million Britons living outside the U.K. in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fire danger is increasing again as gusty Santa Ana winds blow through Southern California. The National Weather Service says the warm, dry air could drop humidity levels into the single digits Wednesday. Red flag warnings for critical fire weather conditions are in place in mountain, forest and valley areas in Los […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico land commissioner has filed to run for the Libertarian Party’s nomination to the U.S. Senate. Aubrey Dunn has recently changed his voting registration from Republican to Libertarian to run against incumbent Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican candidate Mick Rich. Dunn joins a list of Libertarians who filed […]

MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Animal control officers in Salt Lake County intend to seize dozens of exotic species from a Midvale warehouse where a well-known animal rescuer is believed to be storing them. Authorities started taking inventory of the animals on Tuesday. They include venomous snakes, poisonous spiders, alligators, lizards, and dozens of turtles. They’re […]

TONOPAH, Ariz. (AP) — Eastbound Interstate 10 is closed in western Maricopa County because of a wreck, and the state Department of Public Safety says the closure will last a while because crews need to upright an overturned tractor-trailer rig loaded with food products. Trooper Kameron Lee says a heavy duty tow truck was dispatched […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have advanced a bill that would end collective bargaining at the state’s public universities. The House State Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to send the bill to the chamber’s floor. It hasn’t yet passed through the Senate. House Speaker Mark Mickelson says his goal is to promote the flexibility […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Senate Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he expects “chaos” as the Legislature rushes to complete its business over the next several weeks. Fitzgerald joined other legislative leaders Wednesday at a meeting of the Wisconsin Counties Association. Prior to the meeting, Fitzgerald said that the Senate still has not determined […]

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The women’s caucus of the Maryland General Assembly has released its recommendations to strengthen legislative policies regarding sexual harassment. One of the biggest changes proposed Wednesday would create an independent investigator to examine complaints. The caucus also is recommending the legislature increase the number of people to whom complaints can be […]

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. Air Force base in southwestern Idaho has lifted a lockdown and given the all clear following a false report of shots fired. Mountain Home Air Force Base officials say the lockdown started at 4 a.m. Wednesday and ended at about 6 a.m. Officials didn’t offer details of what […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City school named after President Andrew Jackson is being changed to honor a pioneering woman in U.S. space exploration. The Salt Lake City School District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night in support of the change from Jackson Elementary to Mary W. Jackson Elementary School. It’s […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Democratic candidate Paulette Jordan says she has resigned from the Idaho House to focus on her gubernatorial campaign full-time. Jordan, a 38-year-old Democrat from Plummer and member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, announced Wednesday that she had stepped down from her legislative seat. She was elected in 2014. Jordan had previously […]

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — The director of a Massachusetts zoo has been charged with fraudulently obtaining animal medications by using the zoo veterinarian’s Drug Enforcement Agency number without authorization. The Sun Chronicle reports that Jean Benchimol, director of the Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro, was released on personal recognizance after pleading not guilty Tuesday to […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Using a group of explorers, scientists are testing the endurance of humans and equipment in temperatures around minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit) at a laboratory in southern Poland. The “Taming the Freeze” experiment began Tuesday and is expected to go on for 100 hours. Survivalists and mountain climbers are […]

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say three people were shot in north Alabama as members of a drug task force entered a home with a search warrant. Police Chief Ron Tyler tells area media that members of a SWAT team were assisting narcotics officers when the shooting occurred early Wednesday. Tyler says officers faced “imminent […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials have scheduled a hearing on police training standards amid concerns that too many recruits lack a fundamental understanding of constitutional principles regarding police powers. The hearing was scheduled after Sgt. Joshua Rosenblatt, head of legal instruction at the police academy, told The Baltimore Sun that recruits were being pushed through […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man who punched a San Diego police officer — breaking multiple bones in his face and leaving him with other lingering injuries — has been sentenced to five years in state prison. The defendant, Kevin Ryan Freeman, apologized to Officer David West before Tuesday’s sentencing. The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man who’s a suspect in the death of a Texas woman has been indicted on two counts of kidnapping after authorities say he abducted the woman’s two daughters and took them to Colorado. A federal grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday in Austin against 44-year-old Terry Allen Miles. Prosecutors say […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Three Baltimore police officers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal of a $2.3 million judgment for maliciously prosecuting a homeless man as a serial rapist. The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that Marlow Humbert was held for 14 months, mostly in solitary confinement, after being arrested as the “Charles […]

MUNISING, Mich. (AP) — A new quarter commemorates Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The U.S. Mint and the National Park Service on Wednesday are holding an event to launch the “America the Beautiful Quarters Program” coin. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore quarter is the 41st release in the program, a 12-year initiative […]

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — A body tentatively identified as a New York man who disappeared last year has been found at the man’s Hudson Valley home. State police investigating the Jan. 30, 2017, disappearance of 31-year-old Brandyn Foster found the body on Tuesday at Foster’s home in Catskill, New York. Foster was a rapper and […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State lawyers representing Gov. Kim Reynolds say lawmakers lack the legal standing to bring a lawsuit challenging her use of a reserve fund to plug a budget hole. Assistant attorneys general defending Reynolds and Department of Management Director David Roederer asked a judge Monday to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democrats have picked up a Missouri House seat previously held by Republicans in a district that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in 2016. Democrat Mike Revis of Fenton defeated Republican David Linton in a close race Tuesday to win a suburban St. Louis seat vacated last September by the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Kyle man who authorities say held a knife to the neck and stomach of his 2-month-old son during an argument with his girlfriend has been sentenced to a year and a month in prison. Thirty-three-year-old Matthew Iron Sr. was convicted of felony child abuse and neglect in the November 2016 […]