Новости за 06.03.2018

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Police say a pastor’s son stole from his father’s church in Connecticut. Investigators say 21-year-old James Shannon stole a checkbook from Faith Revival Center Church in Bridgeport. Shannon then allegedly forged his father’s name and cashed checks worth $11,430. Authorities say Shannon’s father reported the theft to police, saying he wanted […]

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island community’s historic theater has fallen into severe disrepair. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Monday that the owners of the Naalehu Theater, built in 1925, have taken little to no effort to maintain the historic building. The theater has not been used since 2006. Naalehu resident Glen Winterbottom has been […]

SHELTON, Conn. (AP) — Two prominent volunteer firefighters have been charged with arson in connection with a blaze outside of their firehouse in Connecticut. Police say surveillance video captured 45-year-old Gregory Bomba, a former fire captain, and 57-year-old William Tortora, the brother of a fire marshal, setting boxes on fire in the bed of a […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell wants to convert a facility for abuse victims into a homeless shelter. Hawaii News Now reported Monday that the $5.5 million women’s shelter has barely been used since it opened. Caldwell says converting the 20-room Makiki facility, which costs about $400,000 a year to operate, wouldn’t require much […]

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Rising class sizes and employee cuts highlight the concerns that people have with the Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Education’s proposed budget for next year. The Daily News-Miner reports that many comments on the $232 million proposed budget have come from school district employees. Adoption of the budget for the […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah girl whose mother was running the Boston Marathon when it was bombed in 2013 is among those arranging walkouts to protest gun violence in schools. The Daily Herald reported Saturday that Kaylee Anderson and other Utah County students will be participating on March 14 in the walkouts that have […]

French forward Killian Tillie scored 26 points on 10-for-11 shooting for sixth-ranked Gonzaga in an 88-60 rout of San Francisco in a semifinal game in Las Vegas.

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — About a quarter of a boardwalk that a Florida city recently spent $349,000 renovating has been destroyed by a fire. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that the blaze occurred early Sunday morning at the beachfront Service Club Park in Venice. Venice Fire Marshal Jack Stevenson says someone had set an illegal warming […]

JAMESTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged with murder and arson in connection with a house fire last year. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said 47-year-old Johnathan Donavan Smith of Morgan County was indicted by a Fentress County grand jury on one count of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson. […]

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to three years in prison for cigarette smuggling. The U.S. attorney’s office in Martinsburg said in a news release that 32-year-old Mohamed Abdo Elbarati of Winchester, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes in February 2016. He was sentenced Monday. The release […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least two people were killed when a sticky bomb attached to a fuel truck detonated in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the explosion on Tuesday morning also wounded three people. He says it took place in the province’s Behsud district, […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority has approved $1.68 million in grants for courthouse repairs and renovations around the state. The funding comes from fees for concealed weapons permits, marriage licenses, processing criminal bonds, felony cases and filing deeds. Counties have to provide at least a 20 percent match. Grants […]

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) — The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office will be joining other law enforcement agencies in the area with a drone program. The Free Lance-Star reports the drones will be paid for by a $45,150 Homeland Security grant. The fire and rescue departments in neighboring Caroline, Louisa and Orange counties will also be able […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s chief of staff is returning to one of the state’s top lobbying firms. Media reports say Paul Reagan is joining McGuireWoods Consulting, where he his focus will be on federal lobbying. Reagan was chief of staff for McAuliffe during his entire four-year term. Reagan had the […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs is beginning an 11,000-square foot expansion. Officials broke ground on the $6.5 million project Monday at the historic Louisville racetrack. The expansion will be the largest since the museum building was constructed in 1985. Track officials say the expansion will emphasize new exhibit space, […]

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Highway Patrol has denied allegations that officials retaliated against the agency’s first female police dog handler because she was a woman. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Monday that the patrol’s lawyers say officials acted legitimately when they reassigned Delsa Sanderson from her former position as a dog handler. The lawyers […]

SALEM, Va. (AP) — A statewide safety campaign called “Arrive Alive” is being offered to Virginia schools and youth groups to focus on the increased risk of teen driver crashes during the prom and graduation season. The campaign will kick off March 19 and run through May 4. During the campaign, students will work in […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Officials in Kentucky’s second-largest city say the number of homeless has declined to its lowest level in more than a decade. A statement from the city of Lexington says a one-night count on Jan. 24 found 685 people on the street, in an emergency shelter or in transitional housing. The city […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry says it will look to its domestic arms industry as well as foreign suppliers to respond to China’s continuing military buildup. Spokesman Chen Chung-ji said Tuesday the self-governing island had no interest in getting involved in an arms race with China, which the day before announced an 8.1 […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills announced a deal Tuesday to create South Dakota’s largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic ingredients to meet growing consumer demand worldwide. Gunsmoke Farms will convert 34,000 acres — more than 53 square miles — near Pierre to organic by 2020, giving it enough […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military investigation into the Niger attack that killed four American service members concludes the team didn’t get required senior command approval for their risky mission to capture a high-level Islamic State militant, several U.S. officials familiar with the report said. It doesn’t point to that failure as a cause of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign aide spent much of the day promising to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, even throwing down the challenge to “arrest me,” then backed off his defiance by saying he would probably cooperate in the end. In an interview Monday night with The Associated Press, Sam […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire hospitals have reached a key milestone in their plan to create a new regional health system. Elliot Health System in Manchester and Southern New Hampshire Health in Nashua signed an agreement in October to create Solution Health, which officials say will boost efficiency and innovation while helping to […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats turned out in force ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday in what could be an early hint of a midterm election backlash against President Donald Trump, but their party remains a longshot to make much of a dent in Republican political dominance of the state. Democratic early voting across […]

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