Новости за 15.02.2018

Lots of running back talk in our latest Seahawks mailbag.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland official says special conditions may be justified for a proposed natural gas pipeline, as opponents to the project are set to rally at the governor’s residence. Ben Grumbles, head of the Maryland Department of the Environment, sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Grumbles, a […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a college student who sent an anonymous message to a teacher about using a sniper rifle from a rooftop has been charged with making terroristic threats. Derek Li, an 18-year-old Carnegie Mellon University student, allegedly sent the email through a class site on Feb. 7. Authorities say Li told them […]

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Attorney General’s office has dismissed a 2015 drunken driving charge against a former state police trooper. Last February, a trial in the case of 30-year-old Eric Rademacher ended with a hung jury. The Rutland Herald reports the state decided to dismiss the case last week. Rademacher maintained his innocence […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than three hours of 911 calls reveal terror and heroism as fellow climbers tried to save a man who plummeted 1,000 feet (304 meters) on Oregon’s tallest peak. The calls were released by Clackamas County sheriff’s dispatch late Wednesday after The Associated Press made a public records request. In one […]

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A 15-year-old Maine high school student accused of posting a message about “shooting up” his school on Snapchat has been arrested. Police charged the South Portland High School student Thursday morning with terrorizing and carrying a concealed weapon. Police say the student had a knife but no firearms when he […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Conservative groups are urging Indiana lawmakers to pass a bill that would require parents to “opt in” for their children to take sex education classes in public schools. The proposal approved last month by the state Senate would require notification specific to any sexual education content and prohibit public schools from providing […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some state lawmakers want to know how recreational marijuana might be regulated if Connecticut decides to someday legalize the drug. The General Assembly’s General Law Committee voted Thursday to raise the concept, the first step toward possible legislation. Democratic Rep. Michael D’Agostino of Hamden says it’s unclear whether the General Assembly […]

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old student was spotted with a loaded handgun on a playground at an Ohio middle school. Authorities say the teen was looking through classroom windows at a Dayton school Wednesday afternoon when other students inside the building noticed a gun tucked into his waistband. One student yelled about […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate rejects bipartisan proposal to provide 1.8 million Dreamers a chance for citizenship, $25 billion for border.

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — A third new case of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported this week in a resident at a western Illinois veterans’ home where the illness has been linked to the deaths of 13 people since 2015 and sickened dozens more, state public health and veterans’ affairs officials said Thursday. The latest laboratory-confirmed […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House of Representatives has agreed to vet a proposal that advocates for imposing a fee at Yellowstone National Park to help pay for wildlife conservation efforts in the states surrounding the park. The proposed resolution cleared an introductory vote on Thursday. Its primary sponsor, Republican Rep. Albert Sommers, of […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man accused of decapitating his wife and their two dogs in 2015 before mutilating himself has pleaded guilty to murder and animal cruelty charges. The plea deal reached Tuesday recommends a 29-year prison sentence for Kenneth Wakefield in the 2015 death of Trina Heisch. His sentencing is scheduled for April […]

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston jury has convicted a man in the 2014 killing of a teenager but acquitted two others in the apparent case of mistaken identity. The Suffolk Superior Court jury on Thursday found 26-year-old Julio Baez guilty of murder but found 24-year-old Danilo Soto and 20-year-old Alexander Soto not guilty. The three […]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Former Vicksburg Mayor Demery Grubbs has joined a Jackson law firm as a senior government relations advisor in the firm’s public finance, tax incentives and credit markets group and its regulatory and government relations group. The Vicksburg Post reports Grubbs will be working with Butler Snow on a part-time basis. Butler […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A proposal to ease the cultivation of hemp, a less-potent cousin of marijuana, is moving forward in the Oregon Legislature. The bill would expand a hemp research program run by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. The bill would classify hemp seed as an agricultural seed, and direct the agency to set […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police watchdog group says it will start investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by officers. The Civilian Complaint Review Board said Thursday it was important to perform independent and impartial reviews of such allegations. The review board already investigates allegations of other misconduct, like excessive force. But until […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are seeking to expand a ban on the purchase or possession of firearms by people with domestic violence records or restraining orders. The proposal would add to the list of those who could be barred from ownership after a conviction, add to the list of those who could be […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has filed to run for a second term. Frosh, a Democrat from Montgomery County, announced his re-election bid Thursday. Frosh has occasionally clashed with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Last year, after Donald Trump’s election, the Democrat-controlled Maryland legislature gave Frosh expanded authority to sue the federal […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A stretch of U.S. 52 in North Carolina has been approved by federal officials for interstate designation. The Winston-Salem Journal reports a section of highway between Interstate 40 in Winston-Salem and Interstate 85 in Lexington has been designated as Interstate 285 by the Federal Highway Administration. The N.C. Department of Transportation […]

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Authorities in western Arkansas are searching for a Fort Smith woman who’s wanted on charges related to the death of her 18-month-old daughter. Police in Fort Smith said Thursday they are seeking 20-year-old Sierra Johnson on a felony charge of permitting child abuse. The toddler died on Jan. 30 after […]

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A warm winter with almost no rain is sending water use climbing in Southern California. The latest figures show water use in a region covering parts of Los Angeles and surrounding counties is 3 percent higher than it was at the same time at the start of the state’s five-year drought. […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Armin Van Buuren, Afrojack, Diplo, Marshmello and Kaskade and will perform in May at the annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. Organizers on Thursday released the lineup for the three-day music festival, which will run May 18-20 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. More than 250 musicians are set to […]

It says something about the moral dereliction of too many liberals that Vice President Mike Pence has been a clarion voice of attention and outrage at the unfolding catastrophe, while they mostly remain silent.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to implement energy-use limits for portable air conditioners and other products that were adopted during the last days of the Obama presidency. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said Thursday that the Department of Energy was required to put the limits […]