Новости за 23.02.2018

EDGEWOOD, Md. (AP) — Two Maryland high school students have been charged after they allegedly wrote a threatening message to try to get school canceled. The Baltimore Sun reports that the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said the students wrote a threatening message on top of a desk at Edgewood High School and circulated an image […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Homeless veterans could get a new home in Idaho, with access to health care and other services, under a proposal from housing agencies and local officials. Idaho Housing and Finance Association President Gerald Hunter told the Idaho Statesman that his organization is currently accepting proposals from developers on the project in […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A controversial tax plan advanced in the Oregon Legislature Friday, heading toward a vote in the House. Legislators in the state Senate voted 16-13 to move the bill, which would disconnect part of the state’s tax code from federal rules, and create a special process for high-earning Oregonians to avoid a […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state attorney general says all previously untested Ohio rape kits have now been analyzed, completing an initiative to check thousands of untested samples. Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine said Friday the work is complete on 13,931 rape kits submitted by local law enforcement agencies for DNA testing. Dewine, a candidate […]

NEWBERG, Ore. — A search and rescue dog with Mountain Wave Search and Rescue fell 30 feet off a cliff while on a hike with her handler and survived. KPTV reports Friday that Opal, a yellow Labrador, has multiple fractures in her paws after falling on a trail above Siletz Bay earlier in the week. […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate has passed a bill that would allow adoption agencies receiving taxpayer funding to refuse to work with same-sex couples. Sponsored by Sen. William Ligon, a Brunswick Republican, the measure was passed Friday by a vote of 35 to 19 after about an hour of contentious debate. Ligon said the […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah restaurant owners are happy that they may no longer have to post signs near their doors clarifying their establishments aren’t bars. They say the requirement created last year was unnecessary and only added to the confusion for visitors and newcomers about Utah’s liquor laws. Bar owners are disappointed, though, […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A district judge has ruled a lawsuit can go forward seeking the release of an investigative audit into the cleanup of the Tar Creek Superfund site that Oklahoma’s attorney general wants to keep secret. Oklahoma County District Judge Patricia Parrish on Friday denied a motion from Attorney General Mike Hunter seeking […]

BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a hoax threat against a school in New Mexico caused hundreds of parents to rush to a New Jersey school known by the same abbreviation. The Jersey Journal reports that many parents of students at Bayonne High School picked up their children early on Friday after hearing of a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States Tennis Association and Canadian player Eugenie Bouchard have reached a settlement in her liability lawsuit against the organization. The deal was struck at a New York City court on Friday, a day after a jury fourd the USTA most liable for when Bouchard slipped on a wet locker […]

The Seattle Times asked all 147 state lawmakers to weigh in on a new bill that keeps their existing records secret. Only a handful responded with comments on Senate Bill 6617, expected to come up for a vote in the Legislature on Friday after just being announced Wednesday.

MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in northern Nevada say two skiers have been rescued in the area around the border with California. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says the men contacted emergency officials around 5 p.m. Thursday and said they got lost while skiing at Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. […]

As a newbie tutor at a Southeast Seattle elementary school, I am learning that some of life’s most important lessons start in the first grade.

The University of Washington’s campus construction — including the Burke Museum expansion — has had a profound impact on its once leafy environment.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Two men face numerous charges in connection with a series of armed robberies and thefts that targeted Walmart stores across seven Pennsylvania counties. Authorities say 28-year-old Jon Beverly, of Philadelphia, and 26-year-old Maurkeece Foreman, of Pottstown stole more than $52,000 in merchandise during ten holdups that occurred during a six-month spree […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll leave it up to chief of staff John Kelly to decide whether his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will keep his interim security clearance. Trump says Kushner has been treated “very unfairly.” The president complains he’s inherited a “broken” background check system that takes too long. Kushner’s among dozens […]

The Rams are reportedly set to trade for former Husky Marcus Peters. The Seahawks were said to not be interested in bringing him back to Seattle.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The grounds of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis will now be officially known as The Gateway Arch National Park. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill that renamed the former Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; The measure passed the Senate on Dec. 21, and passed the House earlier this month. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates pleads guilty to charges of conspiracy and false statements in Russia probe.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Customers of Virginia’s largest electric utility will see a short-term reduction in their bills and could see noticeable savings in other areas under legislation advancing through the General Assembly. But Dominion Energy customers also could eventually see new charges of $120 a year or even more to pay for burying power […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former Anne Arundel County executive who resigned in 2013 after being convicted of misconduct in office has filed to run for a seat in the House of Delegates. John Leopold filed Friday to run for an open seat in Anne Arundel County. Leopold, a 74-year-old Republican, spent 30 days in […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Police arrested a 16-year-old boy who they say made statements on a social medial platform about wanting to shoot students at Bend High School. The Bulletin newspaper reports police learned of the threats Wednesday night and visited the boy’s home that night. Bend police Lt. Clint Burleigh says officers found guns […]

UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey father who admitted tossing lit matches in an apartment that sparked a fire which killed his infant son and damaged dozens of buildings is now headed to prison. Eddie Gonzalez Sr. received a five-year sentence on Friday. The 27-year-old Union City man had pleaded guilty last November […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s latest influenza report shows the state has experienced 219 flu-related deaths, compared with 195 a week earlier. The report released Friday for the week ending Feb. 17 says 170 of the deaths have involved people age 65 and older, and 31 have been in the 50-64 age group. Eleven deaths have […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A trio of Connecticut high schoolers, led by a 15-year-old student who was inspired to act after the recent Florida school shooting, is working to organize a national school walkout to demand an end to gun violence. The effort began last week with an online petition started by Lane Murdock, a […]