Новости за 08.03.2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen’s campaign for U.S. Senate has told the FBI that it fears it has been hacked. In a letter dated Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer Robert E. Cooper Jr. wrote that Bredesen’s aides became suspicious when someone pretending to be the campaign’s media […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A health department in West Virginia says it’s changing the way it dispenses clean needles as part of its harm reduction clinic. The Charleston Gazette-Mail cites a release from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department saying clients must present identification and be present at the clinic to receive needles, beginning Thursday. The changes […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A call to end the National Rifle Association’s official role in Connecticut’s firearms permitting process is becoming an issue in the governor’s race. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, a Democrat exploring a possible gubernatorial run, wants state officials to remove the NRA from a state statute requiring residents seeking a pistol permit […]

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The struggling New Hampshire microbrewery Smuttynose will be auctioned off Friday. The Portsmouth Herald reports the auction is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Friday at Smuttynose Brewing Co.’s facility in Hampton. The sale includes the Smuttynose beer brand, its facility and a restaurant. Bidders must present $250,000 to register in […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republicans who control the Legislature are charting major changes to how the state handles information technology. Minnesota’s Information Technology Services agency has been in the spotlight following the botched rollout of the new driver’s registration system called MNLARS. It’s the second major technological flop under Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration, after […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 200 people rallied inside Utah’s Capitol building Thursday to celebrate International Women’s Day and hear a performance from the indie band Lucius. The event put on by Salt Lake City radio station KRCL coincided with the final day of the state Legislature’s 2018 session. Speakers at the event included […]

Ellen Roe, an advocate of neighborhood schools, cast the lone vote in 1977 against a mandatory busing plan to spur racial integration in Seattle. She later said she didn’t see forced busing as the solution.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox is putting together a special committee to come up with recommendations to make schools safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school. Cox, a Republican, announced Thursday the formation of a select committee to study emergency preparedness, security infrastructure, behavioral […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have stripped a proposal to allow 529 college savings funds to be withdrawn for public, private and religious K-12 expenses from the state treasurer’s budget after a dispute over the change had stalled the measure. The House on Thursday approved the budget for the state treasurer by an […]

MARLIN, Texas (AP) — A former police chief in Central Texas has been arrested on allegations that he forced a woman to have sex with him by warning that he would have her jailed if she didn’t comply. Thirty-nine-year-old Quincy Deon Lee of Chilton was arrested Wednesday on a charge of sexual assault. He was […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Gov. Bredesen campaign tells FBI in letter that it might have been hacked, was urged to wire money by impostor.

Ignore the caricature of Amazon workers as newly arrived coders focused on their high-stress, high-turnover jobs. The company’s collection of people defies the stereotypes: Some tinker with drones, some have lived here for decades, and some are role models for young women.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says Maine emergency room visits for opioid overdoses increased in the last year. According to the CDC, emergency department visits for suspected opioid overdoses increased by 34 percent between 2016 and 2017. The Portland Press Herald reports New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man who wrote that his Iowa hometown smelled of “rancid dog food” after an animal food processing plant moved in has sued the city, saying officials are trying to silence him. Josh Harms with help of the American Civil Liberties Union seeks in federal court to block Sibley city […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An associate of a Connecticut gang affiliated with the Bloods has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on racketeering, drug and gun offenses. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Miles Price, of New Haven, was also sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation. Authorities say Price was an associate of the […]

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Schools in the eastern Missouri town of Washington are closed for the day after a school maintenance worker allegedly tried to buy a gun and ammunition while warning of “a lot of shooting.” The Washington Missourian reports that 33-year-old Thomas Wingfield of Union was charged Thursday with marijuana possession. Franklin County […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers are looking to ride the momentum of cities raising their tobacco sales age by proposing a statewide increase to 21. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would raise the age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21. If passed, Minnesota would be the […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals is upholding a ruling that a Phoenix woman must pay for backing out of an agreement to sell her diamond ring through eBay. The court in an opinion filed Thursday affirmed a trial court’s judgment that Julie Rohr breached a valid contract when she reneged on a […]

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say a pickup truck driver has died after he was struck by a truck with a snowplow on Route 4 in Lebanon. Police say 58-year-old Robert Rogers, of Enfield, New Hampshire, died in the crash at about 5:50 a.m. Thursday. The other driver was identified as 48-year-old […]

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Owners of The Lawton Constitution have announced plans to sell the southwestern Oklahoma newspaper to a Houston-based company. Lawton businessmen and brothers Brad Burgess and Bill Burgess Jr. said in a news release Thursday they have entered into an agreement with Southern Newspapers. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix officials are pursuing a measure to take so-called dark money out of city elections. The Arizona Republic reports the city council on Wednesday voted in favor of exploring a change to city charter, seeking to stop the local use of campaign donations that are made to political nonprofits, which are not […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California state senator has been told to stop hugging people after a sexual misconduct investigation concluded his behavior made multiple colleagues uncomfortable. The Senate Rules Committee formally reprimanded Sen. Bob Hertzberg on Tuesday. The Los Angeles-area Democrat says he’ll respect the request not to hug people. An investigation covered four […]

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The former city manager of Meriden, Connecticut, says he was fired for uncovering wrongdoing by the city’s finance director. The Record-Journal reports that Guy Scaife has filed a notice of intent to sue the city claiming wrongful termination. On Wednesday, finance director Michael Lupkas denied Scaife’s claims of financial impropriety. Others […]

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Trade ministers from 11 Pacific Rim countries signed a sweeping free trade agreement Thursday to streamline trade and slash tariffs on the same day that President Donald Trump was expected to formalize new tariffs on aluminum and steel to protect U.S. producers. Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership last […]

ASBURY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a freight train has struck a car in southwest Missouri, killing the car’s driver and injuring a passenger. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened Wednesday 1 mile (1.61 kilometer) south of the Jasper County town of Asbury when 47-year-old Jose Morales-Pereida failed to yield to the […]