Новости за 20.02.2018

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A search continued Tuesday for a backcountry skier reported missing near Big Mountain over the weekend. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said the missing man is 62-year-old Jonathan Scott Torgerson of Columbia Falls, a physician at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish. Torgerson was reported overdue Saturday night after skiing alone outside […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two female attorneys in southeastern New Mexico have accused Chief Deputy Public Defender Chandler Blair of sexual harassment. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the New Mexico Disciplinary Board has declined to take action on complaints filed by the women’s supervisors. However, a complaint is pending with the Equal […]

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill aimed at reintegrating the territory in the country’s east controlled by Russia-backed separatists. The bill passed last month designates the areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as “temporarily occupied” by “aggressor country” Russia. It envisages the use of military force to get […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are being allowed to shut down a large homeless encampment in Southern California and move hundreds of tent-dwellers into motel rooms. Orange County officials will move people camped out on a two-mile (3.2 kilometer) stretch of a trail along the Santa Ana River. U.S. District Court Judge David Carter lifted […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Erdogan confirms pro-Syrian government fighters pushed back from Afrin, warns against ‘wrongful steps’

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan will deliver her first State of the City address at 11 a.m. Tuesday. She’ll speak at Rainier Beach High School in South Seattle. Since taking office in late November, Durkan has picked South Seattle locations for a number of high-profile public events. She delivered her inauguration-day speech at the Ethiopian Community […]

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a rapper who argued that his lyrics praising terror groups were protected by freedom of expression laws. The court ruled Tuesday that Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, a rapper best known as Valtonyc, distributed songs online that praised terrorism, insulted the Spanish royal family and […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The oldest captive polar bear in the U.S. has died. The Philadelphia Zoo on Tuesday said that the 37-year-old Coldilocks has been euthanized following a serious decline in her health. The zoo said Coldilocks had a variety of age related medical issues and showed worsening changes in her behavior and appetite before […]

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan sheriff has apologized for his offensive remarks but intends to remain in his position. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that Jackson County Lt. Tommy Schuette is suing Sheriff Steven Rand on allegations of creating a hostile work environment. The lawsuit alleges Rand made insulting remarks against black people, women […]

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say the adoptive parents of a girl who was missing for years before her body was found will be charged with murder. Rowan County Sheriff Kevin Auten said at a news conference Tuesday that Sandy and Casey Parsons will be charged with murder in the death of Erica […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Amazon has announced plans to create another 125 technology jobs in Pittsburgh, more than doubling its current tech workforce in the city. The company said the new jobs will be in fields such as machine translation and speech science, and it has secured an additional 22,000 square feet to expand its existing […]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that jurors will not hear testimony that a Tennessee school bus driver charged in a fatal crash cursed at students and had other issues. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole wrote the order Feb. 13. However, it says if prosecutors […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Senate committee has advanced a bill that would prohibit state colleges and universities from infringing potentially offensive speech on campuses. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the legislation would require colleges and universities to have policies that affirm that students and faculty have a constitutional right to free speech. The institutions […]

PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. government has acquired the two final land parcels needed for a New York veterans cemetery that will eventually ease a burden for thousands of military families. Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer is now urging the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to quickly begin work on the Western New York National […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Health officials say Minnesota has made great progress in reducing a large backlog of unresolved complaints of maltreatment at state senior care facilities. The Star Tribune reports that the state Health Department has reduced the number of unresolved maltreatment cases by nearly 80 percent in the last six weeks. There […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Conservation advocates in Maine say Gov. Paul LePage is using misleading information in his push to tax land trusts. The Portland Press Herald reports LePage renewed his effort to tax land trusts during his State of the State address Tuesday. The Republican says nonprofits should contribute to help local tax bases. […]

Tom Ridge says he flatlined three times during a November heart attack, and he’s crediting health care workers for keeping him alive. The 72-year-old former U.S. homeland security secretary and ex-Pennsylvania governor told The Washington Post in a story published Monday he woke up feeling ill at a hotel in Austin, Texas. He says he […]

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — The ashes of an Arkansas police officer who died in 2015 have been reported stolen from a local mausoleum. Bob Peevey tells police that he went to Grace Memorial Garden on Sunday to visit his late son, Sgt. Robert Peevey. But the father found that the mausoleum was broken apart with […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will host Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven at the White House next month. The White House says Trump looks forward to exchanging views during the March 6 meeting on deepening ties between the U.S. and Sweden, with a focus on trade and investment between them. The leaders are also […]

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming native Breezy Johnson will race Monday night in the Olympic downhill event in South Korea. The 22-year-old Johnson is ranked 14th in the world in the discipline and is coming off back-to-back World Cup downhill top 10 finishes. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that she will join Lindsey […]

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police have dismissed a nationalist party’s claim that officers failed to protect participants in a weekend protest march. Several hundred people, including members of the Alternative for Germany party and far-right activists, marched in the German capital on Saturday to protest the government’s refugee policies. The demonstration, billed as a “women’s […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — What Vermont officials consider a near-miss on a high school shooting is giving a boost to gun control efforts in the state Legislature. Gun control supporters rallied outside the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday before many headed inside to lobby lawmakers on the issue. Vermont has long been considered to have […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new invasive species has turned up in Lake Superior, the bloody red shrimp. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says researchers found a single specimen of the tiny shrimp in the Duluth-Superior harbor last summer. There are now documented findings of bloody red shrimp in all of the Great Lakes. They […]

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The chairman of a U.S. Senate panel dealing with foreign aid says a recently signed agreement granting Jordan $1.275 billion a year through 2022 “is a floor” and that Congress is likely to authorize additional financial support for the kingdom. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, was among seven […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A citizen-led effort to rework North Dakota’s oil tax structure has fizzled. Former Democratic Rep. Ed Gruchalla of Fargo says the idea to reverse legislation that lowered oil taxes for drillers “just couldn’t get any traction.” He says backers won’t be pushing to get it on the ballot this year. The […]