Новости за 09.03.2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Legislature has voted to bring the state courts’ budget partly under its control, backing a constitutional change that requires voter approval. The resolution was approved 93-1 on Friday by the House and unanimously by the Senate. It says lawmakers can reduce the judiciary budget up to 10 percent […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are slated to begin debate on a new $8.8 billion, two-year state budget. The package is scheduled for legislative floor debate on Tuesday. The spending plan covers the rest of the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, which ends on June 30, 2019. It’s likely to spark […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo have gone home for the weekend after a sometimes rocky week of deliberations. The jury in Joseph Percoco’s trial reviewed some portions of testimony Friday, the sixth day deliberating. They’re due to continue Monday. Prosecutors […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — High water from the Mississippi River has led to flooding at a small airport in Tennessee. Officials said Friday that the river’s elevated water levels have helped cause a loss of electricity at two pumps at a wastewater treatment plant near General DeWitt Spain Airport in Memphis. Pump failure caused sewage […]

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A trapper who shot a gray wolf after finding it caught in one of his traps has been sentenced to probation and community service. The judge in eastern Oregon also suspended David Sanders’ trapping license for three years and fined him $7,500. Oregon State Police say the shooting occurred in December […]

TAFT, Okla. (AP) — Officials in Muskogee County say some schools were locked down while authorities searched for an escaped state prison inmate. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Friday authorities are searching for 52-year-old Todd Hicks, who walked away Thursday evening from the minimum-security Jess Dunn Correctional Center. The superintendent of Haskell Public Schools […]

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A redevelopment planned by the owner of the 68-year-old mall includes plans for retail, offices and housing for the property that spans more than 50 acres.

PHOENIX (AP) — State health officials are instituting changes to a committee at the Arizona State Hospital to better protect patients’ privacy. The Arizona Department of Health Services announced Friday that the Phoenix facility’s human rights committee would no longer have access to patients’ records. Committee members can also no longer simultaneously serve as advocates […]

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Hospital officials say a Pueblo medical center is going in a different direction in order to remain economically viable, resulting in the loss of nearly 300 jobs. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center on Thursday announced a restructuring plan set to go into effect in May, reducing staff […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sheriff’s officials have charged three people with helping three murder suspects escape last week from the Bexar (bayr) County jail in San Antonio. Authorities said Thursday that each has been charged with helping a felon escape a correctional facility. Officials allege they smuggled contraband into the jail for the inmates, including […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The speaker of the Alaska House says he expects Rep. David Guttenberg back at work on Monday. Guttenberg was taken to a hospital Thursday for what was characterized as an unknown medical emergency. Speaker Bryce Edgmon told reporters Friday that he thinks Guttenberg had an issue with his blood pressure medication. […]

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cost of San Francisco-Los Angeles bullet train jumps 20 percent to $77 billion, opening date extended 4 years to 2033.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge is hearing testimony from former lawyers for an ex-Las Vegas Strip illusionist from Germany who is trying to withdraw his guilty plea in a pornography case that could get him at least 24 years in prison. Jan Rouven Fuechtener (YAHN’ ROO’-vehn FOOSH’-ten-er) maintains that he was misled when […]

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Defendants in a corruption case involving a former Arkansas lawmaker will appeal a federal judge’s refusal to dismiss the charges. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that former Sen. Jon Woods, Oren Paris III and Randell G. Shelton sought to have fraud and conspiracy charges against them dismissed because an FBI special […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Self-promoting ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud .

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Man accused of tackling U.S. Sen. Rand Paul pleads guilty to the attack that broke the senator’s ribs.

The car-tab tax issue has been roiling since last year, when the tax increases for Sound Transit 3 went into effect and more than tripled the rate of car-tab taxes. Here’s how measures to fix that failed again.

LEEDS, Ala. (AP) — A pedestrian was struck and killed on an Alabama roadway. Leeds Police Chief Ron Reaves told AL.com that the driver remained on the scene after the Friday morning crash, and is cooperating with authorities. The St. Clair County Coroner’s Office and Moody police are assisting with the investigation. The victim’s identity […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The National Rifle Association has given $202,000 in grant money in recent years to a small number of schools in Arizona. An analysis by The Associated Press of the NRA Foundation’s tax records found that about 500 schools across the United States received more than $7.3 million from 2010 through 2016, mostly […]