Новости за 09.02.2018

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has passed legislation putting new limits on regulators’ ability to lower utilities’ electric rates that are currently earning excessive profits. The Senate voted Friday for the bill, which also providing some rebates for past overearnings. The vote came despite warnings from the attorney general’s office and regulators that […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State football team trainer who was in a fraternity house a year ago when a pledge suffered fatal injuries during a night of hazing and drinking is quitting. Penn State said Friday that Tim Bream is resigning at month’s end. Bream didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. The […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Gov. John Carney has authorized the National Guard to assist residents of a southern Delaware town after the discovery of high levels of toxic chemicals in municipal wells. Authorities said Friday that the Guard has provided two, 400-gallon portable water tanks and coordinated troops to ensure 24-hour water distribution operations to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is embarking this weekend on a five-nation tour of the Middle East. From his first stop in Egypt to his last in Turkey, Tillerson will confront crises with partners and allies that threaten military success against the Islamic State group. The other stops are Kuwait, Jordan and […]

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A man accused in a shooting in Williston nearly two years ago that left two men dead has been found not guilty. Thirty-three-year-old Lamar Putney faced two felony murder charges in the May 2016 slayings of 24-year-old Diandre Lott and 23-year-old Donzell Washington at an apartment complex. The victims who had […]

Seattle Symphony is presenting the world premiere of David Lang’s very approachable new work, “symphony without a hero,” in a program that also includes Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”).

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the second time in as many months, a north Louisiana public school district is accused in a federal lawsuit of promoting Christianity in violation of the Constitution. This time the defendants are the Bossier (BOH’-zher) Parish School Board and the Bossier schools superintendent. A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by four […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors are working on a plea agreement with a Utah man accused of stealing donations intended to aid the family of a Fountain Green girl who had a terminal illness. The Deseret News reports Utah County prosecutors had expected 46-year-old James Fowlke Richards to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges during […]

To help visualize your new living space, apps and online programs allow you to try furniture at home using virtual and augmented reality.

DALE, Ind. (AP) — An energy company is seeking to build a $2.5 billion plant in southern Indiana that would convert the region’s plentiful coal reserves into diesel fuel and products used to make plastics and gasoline. Riverview Energy officials say the plant proposed for the Spencer County town of Dale would employ about 225 […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two California lawmakers want to outlaw tackle football leagues until teenagers reach high school. The lawmakers say delaying the start of high-contact elements of football would protect young people from long-term brain damage from repetitive blows to the head. Democratic Assembly members Kevin McCarty of Sacramento and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher of […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say an SUV has plunged from the third story of a Houston parking garage after the driver apparently accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes. Houston firefighters rescued the woman from the damaged vehicle after Friday morning’s accident. The vehicle ended up nose down by an apartment complex. Officials […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A social welfare group supported by pharmaceutical companies is a funding a campaign asking Oregonians to speak out against a bill that would require companies to explain big drug price increases. The Register-Guard reports internal documents the paper reviewed shows that the pharmaceutical industry’s involvement in the citizen letter-writing campaign by […]

MOMTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fields for the 2018 elections are taking shape. The Alabama Republican and Democratic parties will close qualifying on Friday evening for the 2018 elections. Statewide offices, including governor, attorney general, lieutenant governor and chief justice, as well as legislative and congressional seats are among the offices up for grabs this […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Senate has advanced a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would authorize lawmakers to restrict abortion rights. The resolution says: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” Approved 25-9 on Friday, it would require two-thirds passage by […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont residents living near Lake Carmi are pushing legislators to approve a measure that would restrict phosphorus runoff affecting the lake. WPTZ-TV reports a group of residents spoke to the House Natural Resources Committee Thursday about aggressive algae growth in the lake caused by phosphorus. The bill residents are supporting would […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general says he acted on his own in asking for a presidential pardon for a former U.S. solider convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner. Mike Hunter said Friday he believes former Army Lt. Michael Behenna’s conviction was unjustified. Hunter said the jury got erroneous instructions and that prosecutors failed […]

SUNRIVER, Ore. (AP) — Sunriver Police Chief Marc Mills has resigned amid allegations that he struck a subordinate. The Sunriver Service District announced the news Friday. The 62-year-old Mills was charged with misdemeanor harassment last month. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the chief struck a police sergeant in December while both were on […]

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California newspaper reports dozens of low-income seniors displaced after a massive wildfire tore through their mobile-home park in Santa Rosa are struggling to pay for temporary lodgings. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Friday that four months after a blaze destroyed row after row of tightly packed homes at […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is stepping up his typically strong rhetoric against the Venezuelan government by suggesting its army should rise up in rebellion. The Florida senator says on Twitter that the world would support the armed forces if they removed a leader he calls a “dictator.” He did not mention President […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Education is planning to transform third- to eighth-grade state exams, aiming to shorten the tests, get results faster and switch to a format that adjusts the difficulty of test questions. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exam has […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artist Chris Burden’s famous sculpture “Urban Light” is casting a new glow on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 10th anniversary of the installation of the 202 vintage street lamps at the museum’s Wilshire Boulevard entrance was celebrated this week with the announcement that all 309 incandescent bulbs have […]

EPPING, N.H. (AP) — A judge has set bail at $5,000 for a New Hampshire woman accused in a hit-and-run at a convenience store that killed an employee. Police say 55-year-old Andrea Rich struck 55-year-old Ilene Sullivan on Jan. 31 while Sullivan was taking a break outside the Dunkin’ Donuts where she worked. They say […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police are searching for a man suspected of trapping a boy inside a Target restroom in western Las Vegas in November. Las Vegas police say the boy went inside the restroom while his family was shopping at the store on Black Friday. Police say the child was in the restroom for […]