Новости за 09.03.2018

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager is charged with manslaughter and illegal firearms possession in a classroom shooting that killed a fellow high school student in Birmingham. Police say Michael Jerome Barber was being held Friday in the death of Courtlin Arrington. Both 17-year-olds were in a Huffman High School classroom when it happened […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Ethics Commission won’t be pursuing fines after an audit determined more than 14 percent of lobbyists may have engaged in unauthorized advocacy. The Ethics Commission notified lobbyists of its decision in an email last week. The commission touted its audit in January during an open meeting that came at […]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A Michigan company is suing AM General, alleging the vehicle manufacturer owes more than $3 million for contract work at its northern Indiana plant. The South Bend Tribune reports that Michigan-based Allied Industrial Group’s original contract called for $17.4 million in improvements at AM General’s commercial plant in Mishawaka. Allied […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A member of a violent Mexico-based drug cartel who specialized in improving the quality of methamphetamine will spend 10 years in a U.S. prison. U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue says Jose Dagoberto Cortez-Perez was sentenced Friday in Brooklyn. Cortez-Perez was known as a “chemist” or “cook” for a cartel that distributed […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Money’s not really the holdup in talks on a huge $1.3 trillion spending bill that’s making its way through Capitol Hill. It’s battles over abortion and President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall that are roiling negotiations on the massive measure, not to mention that Trump has threatened to veto the entire bill […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Teenager charged with manslaughter in shooting of fellow Alabama high school student.

Alexis Jones, who has spoken to some 200 college football programs about sexual assault and violence against women, says she has encountered no other coach who embraces the issues of sexual assault and sex education more proactively, more honestly, than UW’s Chris Petersen.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Nashville Mayor David Briley, who was sworn in after ex-Mayor Megan Barry resigned in the fallout of her extramarital affair, says he plans to run to keep the job in an August election. Briley told The Tennessean of his decision to run. The race will determine who fills the rest […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction led the way in February in a month of powerful hiring for the U.S. economy. The sector added 61,000 jobs, the most in any month since 2007, before the Great Recession began. The gains came in part from builders and contractors working in both residential and commercial construction. Heavy and civil […]

PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) — A gang member on the Texas 10 Most Wanted sex offender list has been captured in Mexico and returned to the U.S. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement says 39-year-old Daniel Carrillo of Alpine on Thursday was turned over to officers at the Presidio Port of Entry. Authorities didn’t immediately […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — At least one adult and five students have been injured after an SUV crashed into a school in Baltimore Authorities said Friday that the driver was “suffering a medical emergency” when the SUV crashed. The Baltimore Sun reported that the driver and students suffered non-life-threatening injuries. None of the students had to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein is planning on retiring as soon as the end of this year, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Blankfein, 63, has run Goldman since 2006, and ran the New York firm through the housing market bubble and subsequent financial crisis. Goldman emerged from the […]

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The former Duson Housing Authority director has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $110,000. U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, in a news release, says 60-year-old Patsy Clark of Duson entered the plea to one count of federal program theft Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna. The plea will become […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators upset with problems at the state’s child welfare agency appear confident that its new top administrator can fix them. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee on Friday unanimously recommended confirming Gina Meier-Hummel as secretary of the Department for Children and Families. The full Senate plans to consider Meier-Hummel’s […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee is one step closer to banning therapies intended to convert gay and lesbian residents into heterosexuals. The Milwaukee Public Works Committee approved the proposed ban Thursday. The full council will now consider the measure, which bars “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” for anyone under 18. Alderman Chevalier Johnson sponsored the ordinance. […]

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A 32-year-old Oklahoma state prison inmate has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a couple in their home more than a decade ago. Court records show Justin James Walker of Tahlequah was charged Thursday in the December 2007 shootings of 65-year-old Jack Denney and […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio music professor who said Muslim women and girls are safer in the U.S. than in any Middle Eastern country has been forced to retire. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports University of Cincinnati assistant professor Clifford Adams has been placed on administrative for the remainder of the semester and will retire May […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rates for black Americans, recent veterans and people in their early 20s fell sharply in February, even as the national jobless rate held steady at 4.1 percent. The rate for African-Americans fell to 6.9 percent, near a record low of 6.8 percent reached in December. Still, the unemployment rate for […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Women in the Alaska Legislature are breaking barriers. Once the House’s newest member, Tiffany Zulkosky, is sworn in on Friday, the Alaska Legislature will have 19 women. According to Legislative Research Services, that will be the highest number of women who have served in any one Legislature since statehood. Senate Minority […]

YORK, Maine (AP) — Police in York, Maine, are adding patrols at a local beach to protect an historic shipwreck skeleton. The Portsmouth Herald reports York police received complaints about people vandalizing the fishing vessel skeleton at Short Sands Beach. Officials believe the shipwreck, which was exposed following a storm last week, is more than […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas doctor charged with illegally distributing the powerful opioid fentanyl has denied involvement in the death of a Henderson city judge, who died with the drug in her system. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports 66-year-old Steven Holper was indicted last month by a federal grand jury on 29 charges, […]

POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — People have lined up for the chance to buy mementos of the late astronaut John Glenn at his estate sale in Maryland. In 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. The longtime U.S. senator died in 2016 at age 95. The listing with Greater Washington Estate Services includes […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A southwest Alaska man suspected of assault died after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement officers. Alaska State Troopers say 27-year-old Dwight Heckman of Pilot Station died Thursday night. Village residents Wednesday reported Heckman struck and strangled a woman, fired shots in a street and fled on a snowmobile. Weather prevented a […]

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Officials say a misunderstanding led to a Massachusetts man charged with assault and stalking being mistakenly released from a Vermont courthouse. The Bennington Banner reports that Richard Ellis was allowed to walk out of a courthouse in Bennington on Monday, despite a judge’s order that he be held without bail. Clerk […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota group is rallying around a tenured Augsburg University professor who’s been asked to meet with federal immigration officials to discuss a “plan for removal.” Minnesota Public Radio reports that Mzenga Wanyama is set to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Friday. A group of colleagues and other supporters plan to […]