Новости за 09.02.2018

BOSTON (AP) — District Attorneys are asking state marijuana regulators to hold off on the licensing of certain types of businesses, including so-called cannabis cafes and home delivery services. In a letter Friday to the five-member Cannabis Control Commission, the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association says draft regulations that would allow for such businesses go beyond […]

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a man in a crosswalk in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. Prince George’s County police tell media outlets that authorities found the man at an intersection about 6:50 p.m. Thursday in Oxon Hill. Police think a white pickup truck that turned left from St. […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A legislative proposal to boost New Mexico’s preschool and daycare funding by an estimated $150 million a year inched closer on Friday to a possible statewide vote, as a Senate panel endorsed tapping into a state sovereign wealth fund. The Senate Education Committee recommended approval of a constitutional amendment that […]

HONOLULU (AP) — President Donald Trump has named Vice Adm. John Aquilino as the new U.S. Pacific Fleet commander. Aquilino currently commands the U.S. 5th Fleet operating out of Bahrain. The U.S. Senate will vote on the nomination that was announced Friday. Two Pacific Fleet ships were involved in separate collisions near Japan and Singapore […]

TILTON, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Veterans Home says it has suspended visits because of a norovirus outbreak. WMUR-TV reports the veterans home in Tilton said Friday that several cases of norovirus have been confirmed. Visits were suspended after the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services was contacted. The highly contagious virus causes […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 53-year-old California man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison in Nevada after he was convicted of extortion and conspiring to burn down a Henderson business owned by the parents of his estranged wife. U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan sentenced Joel Ausbie of Fontana in […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say the death last year of a 2-year-old boy is now being investigated as a homicide. Police said Friday that a report returned this week from the state medical examiner’s office ruled Ezekiel Jones’ June 7 death a homicide. Jones was hospitalized last year with burns to his […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several school superintendents in Missouri are organizing in a push to change standardized testing amid concerns that the current model fails to provide useful feedback on how much students are learning. St. Louis Public Radio reports more than 40 superintendents have joined a group called the Missouri Assessment Partnership to work […]

Have questions about the aerospace industry? Get answers from well-known aerospace-industry analyst Richard Aboulafia in a Facebook Live Q&A with Seattle Times aerospace reporter Dominic Gates.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A voter-approved constitutional bill of rights for crime victims that critics say is causing problems for South Dakota authorities and prosecutors could be changed rather than repealed, in a potential deal with the group that campaigned to pass the measure, the state House speaker said this week. Republican Rep. Mark Mickelson […]

RAHWAY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man who distributed fentanyl-laced crack cocaine that killed three people and sent numerous others to the hospital on a single day late last year is now facing several charges. Union County prosecutors say 38-year-old George Rayford, of Rahway, faces three counts of strict liability for a drug-induced death […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — State police are assisting with a homicide investigation in northern Arkansas involving the death of a 37-year-old man. The Carroll County sheriff’s department requested assistance from the agency to investigate the death of Christopher Alvard, whose body was discovered by deputies Thursday afternoon in a home near Eureka Springs. The […]

HUDSON, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say a woman is accused of neglecting her 3-year-old daughter after the child wrapped a retractable dog leash around her neck and couldn’t breathe. Police in Hudson say the toddler was left unattended in a living room for an extended period of time on Jan. 27 Her […]

MARLBORO, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to relieve the potential pain from the new federal tax law on those who pay the state’s sky-high property taxes is getting positive reviews. But it’s also being met with skeptics who wonder if it could succeed. Murphy on Friday was in Marlboro Township, where […]

Embarrassment President Donald Trump’s desire for a military parade is a terrifying and disgusting disrespect of not just Americans but citizens worldwide. Money is being distributed for the ego of our downfall instead of to the people, and all I can think is that with this parade in honor of political corruption we are becoming […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A fifth person has been sentenced to prison over the 2014 death of a man whose beaten and burned corpse was found in a vacant downtown El Paso building. The El Paso Times reports Marcus Wayne Adkins was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to evidence […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police have arrested two suspects on murder and kidnapping charges in a fatal shooting and abduction on the city’s west side. Police say 27-year-old Joseph Fernandez and 26-year-old Jessica Tolentino-Arciga were booked into the Clark County Jail on Wednesday. Homicide detectives say Fernandez was armed with a handgun Wednesday […]

POINT OF ROCKS, Md. (AP) — There were no serious injuries after a freight train hit a truck in western Maryland. CSX spokeswoman Katie Chimelewski tells The Frederick News-Post the crash happened about 9 a.m. Friday at the Point of Rocks station. Maj. Tim Clarke of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says the truck driver […]

The transition away from fossil fuels will be hard. But betting on oil will not help Alaska or our nation.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A prosecutor in Connecticut says a police officer was justified in firing shots at a 23-year-old man who then jumped to his death from the fourth floor of a parking garage at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in September of 2016. New London State’s Attorney Michael Regan released a report Friday […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Republican Party has picked sides between two sitting statewide officeholders in an increasingly bitter primary for governor. In a vote Friday, Attorney General Mike DeWine won the party’s coveted endorsement over Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, who was term-limited Gov. John Kasich’s two-time running mate. Before the 59-2 vote, Taylor […]

Due to corporate immigrants like me, it’s no secret that housing is tight in Seattle. But we must put our collective foot down to insist on non-steerage accommodations for our fellow man.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Joplin police say they identified seven adult women as human-trafficking victims during raids on three Joplin massage businesses. The three businesses were searched Thursday as part of a human-trafficking investigation. The Joplin Globe reports that the women were taken to service organizations. No arrests were made Thursday. Including the businesses searched […]

Tech Review: Apple’s artificially intelligent speaker is certainly an impressive piece of hardware. But the $349 HomePod, which costs roughly three times its competitors and arrived in stores on Friday, is tough to recommend.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some Los Angeles Dodgers fans may have the option of leaving their cars at home and taking Metrolink trains to home games. Directors of the regional service on Friday approved a motion to study special train service for Dodger games on the railroad’s San Bernardino and Antelope Valley lines. That would […]