Новости за 06.03.2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a man whose body was found near Mount Charleston says it wants the killer caught. KSNV-TV reports the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says a hiker last week discovered Izaak Towery’s body. Detectives say it appears the killer stabbed the 23-year-old man several times in a desolate area. […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have put the franchise tag on All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell for a second straight spring, putting his long-term status with the club up in the air. Bell, a three-time Pro Bowler, accounted for 1,946 total yards and 11 touchdowns for the AFC North champions in 2017. Both Bell […]

Analysis: To election hacking and other interference by Russia, its president, Vladimir Putin, now adds boasts of new nuclear weapons. But the U.S. response remains uncertain.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center says tech giants Facebook and Twitter are making efforts to police terrorists and hate groups on their sites but more work needs to be done. The organization released its annual digital terrorism and hate report card in New York City on Tuesday. The group gave a B-plus […]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to continue Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion another year has cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature, a day after the Trump administration said the state could impose a work requirement on the program. The state Senate on Tuesday approved by a 27-2 vote the budget bill for Medicaid […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal court hearing was postponed for a 26-year-old man who police say killed two homeless men and wounded two other people in ambush shootings in the Las Vegas area. A prosecutor on Tuesday sought a one-month delay in a weapons case against Joshua Emmanuel Castellon in a court filing that […]

March 2, 2018 Chicago Tribune Will this be the moment America’s gun culture changes? Marjory Stoneman Douglas High students returned this week to a campus to be remembered forever as the site where 17 students and teachers died. But will that shooting spree also be memorialized as the catalyst for effective gun control action in […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say deputies shot and killed a pit bull after its owner ordered the dog to attack officers surrounding his home. Greenville County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Flood said the man refused to come out of his home Tuesday afternoon after deputies were called to a domestic disturbance. Flood says the man […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republican Rep. Steve Pearce and New Mexico’s top election official are moving to settle a dispute about access to a stockpile of campaign cash that Pearce raised while in Congress and sought to use in his run for governor. Under the proposed agreement filed last week, the state would allow […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A state House committee has endorsed a so-called “stand your ground” bill that has already passed the Senate. Senate File 71 seeks to expand the state’s “castle doctrine” law under which those who use deadly force in the home do not have to consider if it’s reasonable to retreat. Under current […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Legislature is poised to approve legislation requiring lawmakers to take training to prevent sexual harassment. It comes after a wave of sexual misconduct allegations hit powerful men in public office, Hollywood and the news media. The Indiana Senate passed the measure Tuesday on a 49-0 vote. It was previously approved […]

BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says a run for the White House in 2020 is on his “radar screen,” while adding that he’s far from making any final decision. The Democrat who served two terms and was the state’s first black governor said in a Feb. 28 interview with KCUR in Kansas […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former Dover Air Force Base airman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking of a child. Dalian Washington received the minimum mandatory sentence Tuesday. He faced a potential life sentence. Washington and another airman, Akeem Beazer, were arrested last April after a […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An effort to ban soda and other sugary drinks from children’s menus in New Hampshire has fizzled. The House on Tuesday voted 292-39 against a bill that would have applied to restaurants that serve children’s meals that bundle together food and a beverage for one price. Drinks served with such meals […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tax money stuffed North Carolina’s coffers as the calendar turned to 2018, but that alone doesn’t mean the state will have a significant surplus when the fiscal year ends in June. State Budget Director Charlie Perusse (per-ROOS’) says individuals paid $165 million more in estimated tax payments during December and January […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says Idaho can’t keep automatically rejecting applications from transgender people seeking to change the gender listed on their birth certificates. U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale says rules by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. She said Monday that […]

SEABROOK, N.H. (AP) — Rescuers say a young, underweight gray seal is recovering after police found him along the coast in New Hampshire following a storm. The Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue says on Facebook the seal was found on Monday in Seabrook and needed care as he was very thin, lethargic, and coughing […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers want to examine how to make schools safer. Legislators announced Tuesday that they have introduced Republican-backed proposals in both the House and Senate to establish study committees on school security. Each committee would be tasked with writing a report later this year on its findings. The announcements come in the […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic state Rep. James Johnson says he is joining the ranks of Delaware lawmakers opting not to seek re-election this year. Johnson, known as “JJ,” formally announced his decision to fellow lawmakers in a speech from the House floor Tuesday. Johnson, a retired autoworker and former local UAW chapter president, was […]

PINK HILL, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Highway Patrol has identified the two people killed when their car collided with a dump truck. Troopers told local media that 29-year-old Marie Holt and her 7-year-old son, Caleb, died in Monday’s crash when the dump truck crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 258 and hit […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A top New Jersey lawmaker says he wants to add a “surcharge” to the state’s business tax in response to the federal tax overhaul. Senate President Steve Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday his plan would imposes a 3 percent surcharge on businesses making over $1 million. Sweeney, a Democrat, says […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new owner of the Playboy Mansion has agreed to maintain the facade in its original condition under an agreement with the city of Los Angeles. Daren Metropoulos entered into a permanent protection covenant for the five-acre property he bought for $100 million. He agreed to not demolish the 20,000-square-foot main […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has passed a bill aimed at preventing so-called “sanctuary cities” despite veto promises from Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. The GOP-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to approve legislation that would ban localities from restricting the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Republicans said the bill is needed to show that Virginia […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a jail inmate who walked away from a work detail in Tennessee. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 24-year-old Jodie Pope escaped through some bushes while picking up trash near an expressway ramp on Tuesday near Memphis. The sheriff’s office says Pope […]