Новости за 01.03.2018

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ordered a man accused in a string of killings in metro Phoenix late last year to be jailed until his trial on murder charges in the shooting deaths of his mother and stepfather. Bail for 35-year-old Cleophus Cooksey Jr. had previously been set at $1 million, but Superior Court […]

LAS CRUCE, N.M. (AP) — An Ohio man who pleaded guilty in state court to killing a New Mexico police officer has been sentenced on federal firearms and carjacking charges related to the 2016 shooting case. A judge sentenced 40-year-old Jesse Denver Hanes to life in prison Thursday on the federal charges in Las Cruces. […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster says South Carolina needs an armed police officer in every school before considering whether to arm teachers. McMaster held a school safety summit Thursday in Columbia in response to a school shooting that killed 14 students and three staff members in Florida. McMaster says he wants at least […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A legislative oversight committee has held up a prison health care contract because of questions about the company’s possible ties to a Mississippi bribery scandal. The Legislative Contract Review Committee on Thursday delayed the contract with Wexford Health Sources. Wexford is among a dozen companies sued by the state of Mississippi […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Fire Department officials say more than 40 students have been taken to hospitals after being sickened by fumes possibly from tar work on nearby roofs. Authorities responded to the Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy in Houston late Thursday morning. The fire department says students were transported to hospitals, as a precaution, […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has rejected a bill that would have expanded dog and cat sterilizations by collecting a new fee from pet food manufacturers. Martinez on Thursday announced her veto of the bill. She said the proposal amounted to tax increase and that local governments are better positioned […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has named a forensic financial consultant to tally the assets left by the man who killed himself after unleashing the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on the Las Vegas Strip. Certified public accountant Larry Bertsch said Thursday that he expects to have a report for Clark […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are rejecting an attempt to rewrite the state’s public school funding formula. The state Senate killed the bill on a procedural motion Thursday. The vote was 27-21. A number of Republicans broke ranks and voted with Democrats. The bill would have replaced the state’s 21-year-old Mississippi Adequate Education Program […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A medical resident recovering from gunshot wounds in a doctor’s assault-rifle attack at a New York hospital has sued the hospital and a gun shop. Justin Timperio sued Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, seeking unspecified damages. Authorities blamed the June 30 shooting that killed a doctor and hurt six others on […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL Players Association has created a medical guide for players, a 107-page reference book written by scientific professionals with extensive material on concussion detection, treatment and the league’s game-day protocol for head injuries. The union’s inaugural “health playbook” was distributed electronically to NFLPA members this week. Speaking at a head, neck […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Will Florida join most of the rest of the country and place an outright ban on texting and driving? Probably not anytime soon. The Florida House overwhelmingly approved a measure Thursday that would make texting behind the wheel a primary offense. Currently, it’s a secondary offense, meaning an officer must see […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly released records from Gov. Scott Walker’s administration show that Foxconn Technology Group considered sites across Ohio and Michigan for the massive display-screen complex coming to Wisconsin. Walker on Thursday released more than 13,000 pages of emails and other documents to news outlets as requested under Wisconsin’s open records law. One […]

LA PAZ, Argentina (AP) — A group of Bolivians has staged a pilgrimage to protest an artist’s rendition of their patron saint wearing red underwear and black stockings. Artist Rilda Paco has faced criticism and death threats over her painting of the Virgin of Socavon in the mostly Roman Catholic country. The protesting faithful dropped […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s House has advanced legislation that would require cities, counties and other taxing districts to wait almost one year before a failed bond could be placed back on the election ballot. Currently, it’s not unusual for taxing districts to immediately re-run a bond in the following election if it fails to […]

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A body discovered in a northeastern Oklahoma park has been identified as that of a missing 22-year-old man. The Office of the State Medical Examiner said Thursday that the body was that of Lucas Niko Ashlock, who had been reported missing on Feb. 20. Cherokee County officials say Ashlock’s body was […]

GUADALUPITA, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police say a Mora man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at his ex-girlfriend. They say 28-year-old Anthony Gabriel Valdez was being held without bond in the San Miguel County Jail. State Police say officers responded Monday afternoon to a reported assault with a deadly weapon in Guadalupita […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has signed an executive order creating a task force to combat opioid and methamphetamine abuse. The task force created Thursday will be headed by the leaders of 16 state agencies and also will include medical and law enforcement personnel with expertise on substance abuse. Colyer said that […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The former chief of the Sunriver Police Department has pleaded guilty to harassment. Marc Mills received no jail time at Thursday’s court hearing and was fined $100. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the chief struck a police sergeant in December during a work-related dispute. Mills resigned last month. He […]

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Fawn Batten used to live in a tent camp. Now she does outreach to homeless people in downtown Seattle as an ambassador for the Metropolitan Improvement District.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says he's counting on cornerback Richard Sherman being ready for training camp, and also gave updates on a few other players when talking to reporters at the NFL Combine Thursday.

Arizona coach Sean Miller vehemently shot down a report claiming he discussed a six-figure payment to a top recruit and said he looks forward to continuing to coach the team. ESPN reported last Friday, using anonymous sources, that the FBI had Miller on a wiretap discussing a $100,000 payment to Wildcats freshman Deandre Ayton to […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he’s still hopeful the Legislature can give final approval to a bill that would allow police to seize firearms and explosives from people determined to be an extreme risk to themselves or others. Scott, a Republican, said Thursday the Senate could send the proposal to the […]

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The newest academic building at Umpqua Community College will be named Tapho’ytha’ (duh-poi’-tuh) Hall. The name approved Wednesday is derived from the Takelma language and means to be blessed and to prosper. The building replaces Snyder Hall, which was demolished a year after the October 2015 mass shooting that left the […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Beach-based sailor has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for making a series of bomb threats directed at Navy assets. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Allante Martanaze Arrington, who was sentenced Thursday, made more than a dozen threatening communications by phone to U.S. Navy ships and facilities at Joint […]