Новости за 21.02.2018

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A woman convicted in the killing and dismemberment of a man in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has pleaded not guilty to charges she later gave her husband a fatal heroin overdose in northwestern Indiana. A Lake County judge on Wednesday scheduled a July trial for 35-year-old Kelly Cochran on murder charges […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — About 50 young women remained missing Wednesday after Boko Haram extremists attacked a village in northern Nigeria that is home to a boarding school for girls, provoking fears that they may have met the same fate as those kidnapped from the town of Chibok nearly four years ago. Abdullahi Bego, a […]

MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week got under way Wednesday with a moment’s pause to put focus on women who have come forward as victims of sexual misconduct. Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, who accused Harvey Weinstein of groping her in 2015 and worked with investigators on a sting targeting the producer, walked the runway for Rocco […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will officially unveil his first budget next month. Murphy signed a bill into law Wednesday moving the date of the speech from Tuesday to March 13. By law, the governor must deliver his budget message to the Legislature by the fourth Tuesday in February, but lawmakers […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s top prosecutor says his office will stop asking for cash bail for a number of misdemeanor and non-violent felony crimes. District Attorney Larry Krasner says that requiring people to post bail for minor crimes unfairly targets defendants who cannot afford to pay to keep themselves out of jail. Krasner’s announcement Wednesday […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has upheld an Ohio law that allows the state to collect municipal business-profit taxes from cities, counties and villages. At issue is a move last year by Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) to streamline a system that required businesses to file taxes in every municipality where they earn income, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent white nationalist is suing Twitter for banning his account as the social network cracks down on content it deems abusive. Jared Taylor filed the lawsuit Tuesday in San Francisco. Taylor joins a growing list of right-wing groups and figures who have recently sued social media sites for banning accounts […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert says he’s not convinced the state should spend taxpayer funds to sue California over its extra tax on coal and called the $2 million cost estimate from private attorneys “exorbitant.” Herbert also spoke Wednesday at his monthly televised news conference on KUED-TV about Medicaid expansion, school safety […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police department says it’s making no significant changes in its plans before a basketball tournament during which shootings have occurred the past two years. The Charlotte Observer reports the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said it will be using “the same template” when the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament begins […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont teenager accused of planning “to shoot up” his former high school wrote in a diary he titled “Journal of an active shooter” that he had “big plans” to kill as many as he could. Jack Sawyer, 18, had recently returned to Vermont from a Maine treatment center for troubled […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has taken the witness stand at a New York City trial where she’s accusing the United States Tennis Association of negligence. Bouchard testified on Wednesday that a wet floor caused her to slip and fall inside a locker room at the 2015 U.S. Open. A lawsuit contends […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition says it will boycott an election challenging socialist President Nicolas Maduro unless the government drops a ban on major candidates and takes other steps to ease fears it’s rigged. Opposition leader Angel Oropeza says the government must create fair conditions for the election, which has drawn international condemnation. Several […]

ARLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — An Army Reserve soldier from Kansas has died in Iraq in a non-combat situation. The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that 26-year-old Christina Marie Schoenecker, Arlington, died Monday in Baghdad, Iraq. The department did not release any details about her death and said it is under investigation. Schoenecker enlisted in the […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in San Francisco say a 38-year-old man is in critical condition after being attacked with a hatchet. San Francisco police say the man was walking home Tuesday in the Tenderloin neighborhood when the suspect yelled at him and attacked him with a hatchet. Police did not release a motive in […]

Early developments during the NFL franchise tag period may only increase the odds that Seattle receiver Paul Richardson will move on.

The appearance of U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein underscores the high priority the Justice Department has placed on the 16-year-old case.

BANGOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A mid-Michigan sheriff says he’s treating the deaths of a woman and two young children as a murder-suicide. Bay County Sheriff Troy Cunningham says the adult woman and a female child were found dead Tuesday morning inside a car parked outside a drain maintenance center, and a male child was […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The fate of a convicted Texas killer nearing execution was in Gov. Greg Abbott’s hands Wednesday after the state parole board made the rare recommendation that the prisoner’s life be spared. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday for arranging the fatal shootings of his mother and brother at their […]

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — Two Maryland teenagers have been charged with making threats after they talked about bringing guns to school. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call Friday about two Leonardtown High School students who were discussing a recent school shooting. According to police, the teens were overheard discussing bringing […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp wants to create a $30 million fund so students facing “significant hardships” can finish college or graduate school. Gov. Greg Abbott tapped Sharp as Harvey recovery czar, but the funding would apply to students hit by things like […]

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s powerful Communist Party has vowed to step up protests against online auctions of homes with defaulted mortgages, putting more pressure on the government which has promised bailout creditors it will speed up the auction process. More than 2,000 protesters from the party’s labor union took part in a rally in […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut-made products from craft beer to circuit boards will soon sport a logo touting their origin. State lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled the new “Connecticut Made” mark and encouraged businesses and industry leaders to use the red, white and blue logo as a promotional tool. Stamford Rep. Caroline Simmons, the Democratic House […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to the Olympics, too much choice can paralyze you with indecision. With five television channels, online streaming, virtual reality and Snapchat, where do you even start? Catch curling on the USA Network, and you might miss that superb — or disastrous — figure skating routine that will be […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia House has voted 84-14 for legislation requiring state agencies to propose cutting two old rules whenever they adopt a new one. The legislation, which goes next to the Senate, says when agencies submit a new or revised rule to the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee for approval, they also […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Investigators say a senior official at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law with his involvement in awarding $324,000 in conservation grants to a nonprofit where his wife worked as a contractor. Details on the conflict of interest determination involving Richard Ruggiero were revealed in a report released Tuesday […]