Новости за 16.02.2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief of staff John Kelly is ordering changes to the White House security clearance process after allegations against an ex-aide. Kelly sent a memo Friday to top White House aides in which he proposed several changes. He acknowledged that the White House “must do better” in handing clearances. The issue has been […]

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The Durango city council has proposed setting up shelters in established buildings across the city as it looks for ways to help homeless in the area. The Durango Herald reports the city council initially proposed creating a designated campground for homeless residents who are currently staying on county property west of […]

GONZALES, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana sheriff’s detective has admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old girl in a plea deal that will send him to prison for a year. The Advocate reports 33-year-old William Lanoux of Prairieville pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and prosecutors agreed to […]

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The Gibson guitar company has demanded that a small Maine company stop selling two of its models, claiming that they infringe on trademarked designs. Dallas Seger, owner of Bangor-based Seger Guitars, says he received a cease-and-desist letter late last year from Gibson Brands Inc. Seger tells the Bangor Daily News that […]

WELLS, Maine (AP) — A mixed martial artist is recovering in the wake of suffering an injury to a particularly sensitive part of his anatomy. Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Devin Powell of South Berwick, Maine, suffered a ruptured testicle while sparring with a partner on Tuesday. The injury happened when fellow UFC fighter Joe Lauzon […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina prosecutors have finished presenting evidence against a white homeowner who shot an unarmed black man after complaining about “hoodlums” in his neighborhood. Prosecutor Patrick Latour said Friday that the state was resting its case against Chad Copley. The court went into recess until Monday, when defense attorneys will present […]

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Montana company is using a grant from the state-funded Maine Technology Institute to create a composite wood products plant in Maine. SmartLam LLC said Friday that the $22 million manufacturing plant would create 100 jobs. MTI is providing $3 million to help launch the mill. SmartLam hopes to settle on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says ‘far-fetched theories’ about election ‘only serve to further the agendas of bad actors, like Russia’

CHICAGO (AP) — An appellate court has ruled that Democratic attorney general candidate Scott Drury can remain on ballots for the March 20 primary. The court ruled unanimously on Friday. A judge had previously determined that the state legislator running for statewide office couldn’t be on the ballot over paperwork issues. Drury immediately appealed. The […]

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — The world, some fret, is falling apart. Politicians spar viciously on social media. Leaders lie. Former heroes fall like dominoes amid endless scandals. Cruelty has come to feel commonplace. But never fear: We have curling. The sport with the frenzied sweeping and clacking rocks has rules that literally require players […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield man was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 250 years for killing his ex-girlfriend and one of her sons and injuring another son. Fifty-four-year-old Willie Clark was sentenced Friday for the February 2015 deaths of 50-year-old Andrea Anderson and her son 35-year-old son, Kevin Anderson, inside the family […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence’s city council is considering a measure that would impose a fee on plastic shopping bags to encourage customers to use reusable bags instead. WPRI-TV reports that council member Jo-Ann Ryan proposed the ordinance Wednesday night. She says it would reduce litter, protect marine life and cut back on greenhouse gas […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott has set a date for a special election to replace Republican state Rep. Leighton Schubert of Caldwell, who is leaving his post to do legal work for a junior college. The governor announced Friday that the vote will be held May 5, with early voting in the district […]

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut firefighter who sold cocaine at the firehouse while on duty has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Advocate reports 46-year-old Mark Monroe was sentenced Thursday in Stamford to three years in jail followed by 10 years of special parole. Monroe pleaded guilty in December to selling […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A woman appearing in South Dakota’s Sixth Judicial Circuit Court on methamphetamine charges faces no additional consequences for coming to court high on marijuana. Twenty-three-year-old Cecilia Thunder appeared before Judge Mark Barnett earlier this week on a felony charge of ingesting meth. The Capital Journal reports Barnett accepted Thunder’s guilty plea, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump: Indictment of Russians shows ‘no collusion’ in 2016 election.

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez has secured state funding to help shore up a giant cavern in southern New Mexico that is on the verge of collapse. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports the Republican governor on Thursday signed into a law a bill that redirects a portion of the vehicle excise tax to generate […]

SPRING, Texas (AP) — Houston-area sheriff’s officials have changed their account of a deadly shooting involving a man handcuffed by deputies who was able to retrieve a gun and fire. Harris County sheriff’s deputies went to a Spring home Jan. 31 on a disturbance call and encountered 35-year-old Matthew Vincent Cobb. Authorities said at the […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker holds an early fundraising edge in his bid for re-election this year. Records filed with the state show Walker had about $50,000 in carry-over campaign cash and raised another roughly $275,000 since last February. At the end of the reporting period, Feb. 1, he had about $280,000 […]

GARDENA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives have made an arrest after the discovery of the beaten, nude body of a woman in a gutter. The body was found Thursday in front of a parked motorhome in an unincorporated area of Gardena. A Sheriff’s Department statement Friday says a 55-year-old man occupying the […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The company planning to supply tablet computers free of charge to the approximately 50,000 inmates in the New York state prison system expects to make nearly $9 million in sales via the devices over the next five years. A copy of the contract provided to Syracuse.com by the state comptroller’s office […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers have decided to put up a statue of a Utah woman who defeated her polygamist husband to become the nation’s first female state senator at the U.S. Capitol. The Deseret News reports the statue of Martha Hughes Cannon will replace the statue of Philo T. Farnsworth, an inventor […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury in Minnesota has indicted three people on charges that they conspired to export drone parts and technology to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Minnesota said in the announcement Friday that two suspects — brothers Usama and Issam Hamade — are now in […]

A line of children’s rompers with snaps that pose a choking hazard to young children are among this week’s recalled consumer products. Others include glass tables and hair dryers. Here’s a more detailed look: CHILDREN’S ROMPERS DETAILS: Two styles of children’s rompers sold in sizes 0-3 months and 18-24 months. They are Vermillion Painted OPP […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon State Ethics Commission has voted unanimously in finding former Gov. John Kitzhaber guilty of 10 ethics violations. The preliminary finding on Friday means that Kitzhaber can appeal. The former governor resigned in 2015 amid accusations of influence peddling involving his fiancée Cylvia Hayes. Kitzhaber has admitted allegations he failed […]