Новости за 06.03.2018

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl has been arrested on a felony charge after allegedly writing a threatening message on a bathroom wall at her middle school. Nearly half the students stayed home on Friday after the message appeared and a picture of a boy with a gun circulated on social media. A […]

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PICKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Officials say a proposed solar array in southern Illinois could be the largest-ever in the state and more than double Illinois’ solar energy output. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that the Wabash Valley Power energy co-op has signed a long-term agreement to be the sole purchaser of power from Prairie State […]

DERBY, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas high school student has been arrested after bringing a handgun to school. The Wichita Eagle reports that the arrest happened Monday morning. An alert sent to students’ families at Derby High School says school administrators brought the student in for questioning after receiving a tip, and the gun […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. defense intelligence official said Tuesday that it’s not just Russia but China too that is seeking faster, futuristic weapons to challenge America’s know-how of state-of-the-art military technology. Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley told the Senate Armed Services Committee that China is developing long-range cruise missiles — some capable of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is using dry ice to reduce its rat population. The Daily News says the program is in effect citywide after a successful 2016 pilot and the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of frozen carbon dioxide to kill rats. The health department’s pest control director, Ricky Simeone, says dry ice […]

PRAGUE (AP) — A former communist-era police officer in the Czech Republic has resigned as chairman of a parliamentary committee on law enforcement following massive protests across the country. Zdenek Ondracek was elected on Friday to head the committee with responsibility for the oversight of police forces. Ondracek cited security reasons and unspecified threats in […]

VERNON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey man whose home has been without power since last week’s nor’easter threatened to kidnap a utility company employee and blow up a substation. Vernon police say 63-year-old Robert Winter is charged with making terroristic threats. Authorities say Winter called Jersey Central Power & Light on Monday […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque City Council voted to raise the city’s gross receipts tax rate by three-eighths of a percentage point to address a $40 million deficit in the city’s budget and the public safety crisis. The three-eighths of a cent gross receipts tax hike, which the Council approved Monday, is estimated to […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges a new law intended to clarify disputed ownership of minerals under a Missouri River reservoir. State Democratic Rep. Marvin Nelson and others filed the lawsuit in January. They say the law is unconstitutional and a giveaway of […]

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say six people have been arrested for their involvement in a play seen as insulting to security forces. They said Tuesday that the playwright, director and officials of the Cairo sports club where the play was staged were arrested last week and are being investigated by military prosecutors. The play’s […]

The nation’s largest health insurer plans to give some customers a break at the pharmacy counter starting next year. UnitedHelathcare said Tuesday that it will pass along rebates from drug manufacturers to customers when they fill a prescription. Those rebates could amount to a few bucks or several hundred dollars, depending on the drug. The […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new state review shows reports of abuse and neglect at senior care facilities have grown by 50 percent in the last five years. A legislative audit released Tuesday concluded that the office that investigates maltreatment in Minnesota’s senior care homes is plagued by high turnover and ineffective case management. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that killed a woman and wounded another. The Sheriff’s Department says deputies found the victims while responding to a shooting report late Monday in East Los Angeles. One woman was taken to a hospital where she was in stable condition after treatment. […]

The proposal targets the second phase of the city’s 2012 consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department, which requires the Police Department to demonstrate in the next two years that it is continuing to address allegations of excessive force and biased policing.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Evansville teen’s dying wish was granted with the arrival of a bus at her house. “When we walked outside our door and there was a humongous bus waiting for her, it was so awesome,” said Melissa Windell, whose daughter, Hannah, was the recipient of the Make-a-Wish Foundation wish. “We did […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump sees ‘possible progress’ in NKorea talks but says ‘may be false hope,’ sees serious effort being made by all sides.

MOSCOW (AP) — A military cargo plane crashed as it was descending to land at a Russian air base in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 32 people onboard, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian military said an An-26, with 26 passengers and six crew members onboard, crashed just 500 meters (1,600 feet) from the […]

LONDON (AP) — Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent who came to Britain in a spy swap in 2010, lies in critical condition in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance. His daughter is also critically ill after the incident in Salisbury, southern England. Police say they are still investigating whether a crime […]

ROME (AP) — Ex-Premier Matteo Renzi is challenging members of his defeated Democrats to publicly declare if they’ll support the 5-Star Movement, as he tries to prevent his party from fracturing and backing its political nemesis. Renzi took to Facebook Tuesday after national election results showed his once-dominant Democratic Party had brought the center-left to […]

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — The funeral for a slain central Indiana sheriff’s deputy is set for Friday in his hometown. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says services for 34-year-old Deputy Jacob Pickett will begin with visitation 2-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home of Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Pickett’s funeral will begin at 11 […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a man’s death in Jefferson City as a homicide. Police said in a news release that officers were responding Sunday to a call about a nonresponsive man when they found the 41-year-old Ronald Rattler dead. Police say he was shot at least once. His death was initially […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former marriage and family counselor was sentenced to 25 years in prison for soliciting a child to have sex with him and for possessing child pornography. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports Ian Alexander Pincombe of Las Vegas was found guilty last year of one count of coercion and enticement, one […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland jury has awarded $1.78 million to a man who was injured after an SUV rolled over him in his driveway. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 63-year-old Wally Konsa was unable to return to work after a car belonging to a nurse struck him in 2014. According to Konsa’s attorneys, the nurse […]

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