Новости за 23.02.2018

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Police in Long Island say they’ve seized a massive arsenal of assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition from a man who was attempting to sell them out of his home illegally. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Thursday the seizure has put an end to “a recipe for […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Air Canada has announced a new seasonal direct service between Phoenix and Montreal, Quebec. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and nearly a dozen other city and tribal leaders from around Arizona gathered Thursday to mark the launch of the new service. Officials with the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport say the direct flights […]

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — A group of religious residents in a southeastern New Mexico city is rallying around a Ten Commandments monument from public property. The Hobbs News-Sun reports the residents crowded a commissioners’ meeting this week in Hobbs, New Mexico, to speak out against a another group’s effort to take down the marker. The […]

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police say a real estate agent is behind multiple home burglaries in the Chandler area. Chandler authorities booked 35-year-old Paul John Stolarik on Thursday on five felony counts of second-degree burglary. Chandler police spokesman Seth Tyler says investigators of a burglary last December discovered three similar incidents during that month and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has named a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor to serve as his deputy mayor for strategic initiatives. J. Phillip Thompson, who has worked as a political science professor at MIT since 2002, will succeed outgoing Deputy Mayor Richard Buery next month. Thompson first met […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A renowned 67-year-old bird is a mother again. Hawaii News Now reported Thursday that the albatross named Wisdom is the world’s oldest known wild breeding bird. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said Wisdom welcomed her new chick Feb. 6 at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Midway Atoll and Battle of […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A state audit says the Hawaii Tourism Authority suffers from lax oversight and isn’t ensuring that taxpayer funds are spent effectively. The audit report released this month says that the semi-autonomous state entity’s exemption from state procurement code has led to some problems. State auditor Les Kondo said lawmakers have given the […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a data breach at the University of Alaska has impacted dozens of current and former employees and students. KTVA-TV reported Thursday that a university statement says security officials first started looking into the breach when problems arose with password-protected Alaska.edu accounts. The university says 50 people’s accounts were impacted. […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A measure legalizing the production of industrial hemp in Alaska awaits only Gov. Bill Walker’s signature. Alaska Public Media reported Wednesday that the bill has passed through the state House and Senate. The legislation would allow registered participants into a pilot project to grow hemp, which is a variety of the […]

California Democrats, united in their opposition to President Donald Trump, are gathering to chart a path for 2018 success while seeking to shore up fissures over the party’s direction that were exposed during the 2016 election. The party’s biggest names are among 3,400 activists meeting for three days in San Diego for an annual convention […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A former psychologist for the Eugene School District is under investigation after school officials say they found hundreds of images of child pornography on a personal work computer. The Eugene Register-Guard reported Thursday that the former employee has not yet been charged. A search warrant affidavit was filed this week, granting […]

Hopkins on Stanford: 'They attacked us where we wanted to attack them. They were just more aggressive.'

Courtney Hollander has 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Falcons past Western Oregon 73-68.

Dickerson on Travis, who scored a career-high 33 points: 'He got the ball at the high post and basically drove us the whole game.'

TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested two Japanese men believed to be right-wing activists for shooting at North Korea’s de facto embassy in Tokyo. Police said Friday that the men fired several shots at the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, a pro-Pyongyang group representing ethnic Koreans in Japan. They said the men, aged […]

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama postpones execution; officials say not enough time to prepare inmate before death warrant expires.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Djibouti has seized control of a container terminal run by Dubai-based port operator DP World, the latest move in a long-running legal dispute in the East African nation over the facility. A statement on behalf of President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s office issued Thursday said the government had “decided to […]

Seattle was down injured regulars Kelvin Leerdam, Osvaldo Alonso, Roman Torres and Victor Rodriguez before losing Magnus Wolff Eikrem to a visa issue and opting to leave Clint Dempsey at home to rest.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the National Rifle Association are accusing gun control advocates of exploiting the deadly Florida school shooting, striking a defiant tone amid a renewed debate over guns and school safety. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, in his first public comments since the shooting in Parkland, Florida, said Thursday that NRA […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will appeal the World Trade Organization’s decision against Seoul’s import bans on Japanese fishery products imposed in the wake of Fukushima nuclear meltdowns. South Korea’s government said Friday that the appeal is aimed at protecting public health and safety. It said it will maintain its existing […]

It was the third straight loss for the Redhawks (13-14), who fell to fourth place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 7-5 mark.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dramatically escalating the pressure and stakes, special counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges Thursday against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and his business associate. The filing adds allegations of tax evasion and bank fraud and significantly increases the legal jeopardy facing Paul Manafort, who managed Trump’s campaign for several months […]

BANGKOK (AP) — First, their villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to literally erase them from the earth — in a vast operation rights groups say is destroying crucial evidence of mass atrocities against the nation’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority. Satellite images of Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, released to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli is due back in court Friday for a hearing about whether he should forfeit millions of dollars in assets including a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album as part of his conviction in a securities fraud scheme. Prosecutors are expected to argue in federal court in Brooklyn that Shkreli […]

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Russian Alina Zagitova defeats teammate Evgenia Medvedeva in figure skating; first gold for Russian team at Olympics.