Новости за 10.03.2018

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The race for a newly redrawn congressional district based in suburban Philadelphia’s Montgomery County is drawing a familiar face, former Congressman Joe Hoeffel. The Democrat said Saturday that he’s running and aims to compile the 1,000 signatures he needs by the March 20 deadline to get on May’s primary ballot. There […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police say a three-year-old boy accidentally shot his 9-year-old cousin in the arm with a gun he’d found in a residence. The Chicago Tribune reports that the shooting happened Saturday morning on the city’s West side. Police say the girl is in good condition in a nearby hospital. Police have confirmed […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 28-year-old man has died and a passenger has been injured in west Wichita crash. The Wichita Eagle reports that the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Police say a pickup truck was traveling north when it ran a stop sign, jumped a curb, went through a wooden fence and hit […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A jury has decided to spare the life of a man convicted in the baseball bat beating death of another man in his former girlfriend’s eastern Pennsylvania apartment. Instead, the Lehigh County panel decided Friday that 34-year-old Larry Yaw Jr. should be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole […]

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A narrow strip of blue has stretched for more than 150 miles (nearly 200 kilometers) across the nation of Bolivia as part of a demonstration of the country’s demand for an outlet to the sea. Bolivian officials say the Bolivian Navy ensign held by participants along a highway on Saturday […]

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for embezzling more than $230,000 from a Casper car wash. The Casper Star-Tribune reports Travis Wilson was sentenced Friday and ordered to pay back the stolen money. Wilson told the court before sentencing that he “will do everything in […]

Part of the problem, the National Park Service says, is the goats in the park are a public-safety concern.

Charging papers say state employees went undercover at six Tacos Guaymas restaurants in Seattle, Marysville and Lynnwood.

Tickets are still available to attend the induction ceremony Friday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A native of France has regained the lead as front-runners pass the midway point in Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Nicolas Petit was the first to leave the checkpoint at Grayling for the 122-mile stretch before the next checkpoint at Kaltag Friday afternoon and was nearing the village late […]

WOODHAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot his wife and then himself outside of a suburban Detroit business. Police say the Taylor couple died Friday night in the driveway of a business in nearby Woodhaven. Investigators say the couple, in their early 20s, had vehicle trouble and were arguing outside. The victims […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Jairus Myles hit a long 3-pointer with less than a second left, lifting Maryland Baltimore County over top-seeded Vermont 65-62 Saturday in the America East championship game. Myles scored 27 points to lead the second-seeded Retrievers (23-10) to their second conference title and second trip to the NCAA Tournament. Tre Bell-Haynes […]

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts state secretary William Galvin is strongly opposing President Donald Trump’s proposal to dispatch Secret Service agents to polling places during federal elections. A provision of the Homeland Security reauthorization bill would allow armed Secret Service agents to enter polling locations at the direction of the President. Galvin says he is “horrified […]

IMPERIAL, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose burned body was found just off a road in eastern Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the badly burned body was found Friday afternoon in Imperial, on a patch of gravel just off Sulphur Springs Road. Imperial is about 25 miles […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says participation in the 2022 Olympics in China is possible but not essential to the league’s efforts to grow the sport in the world’s largest country. The NHL was criticized by the International Olympic Committee and fans for not allowing NHL players to compete in the […]

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The Jackson County Library District and Southern Oregon Historical Society have formed a partnership that gives Jackson County residents free access to the historical society’s archives. The Mail Tribune reports in a story on Friday that the library district board agreed to pay the historical society $46,000 annually in the deal. […]

Lorde, who took pop music by storm with her debut album, is now proving herself as an arena headliner with a North American tour of her sophomore album “Melodrama.”

Lorde, who took pop music by storm with her debut album, is now proving herself as an arena headliner with a North American tour of her sophomore album "Melodrama."

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers are considering a $115 million plan to help counties buy new voting machines. The Plain Dealer reports Sen. Frank LaRose, a Hudson Republican, presented the proposal Thursday. Lawmakers agree new machines are needed before the 2020 election yet funding for the overhaul remains an issue. LaRose’s plan calls for […]

BOSTON (AP) — Rescuers say they were unable to save a stranded, pregnant porpoise that washed up in Boston during a recent storm. The New England Aquarium Rescue Team responded immediately to the harbor porpoise, which became stranded Wednesday in the Dorchester neighborhood near the Harbor Point housing development. An aquarium spokesman says the animal […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Here is a look at some of this session’s oddball bills and how they fared: —Dogs in wineries: You could soon be able to bring your dog inside with you on your drinking adventure under legislation that passed both chambers by a wide margin. The bill says dog may be allowed […]

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — The president of a Tennessee variety show venue says one of its workers has died after a carbon dioxide leak. The Oak Ridger reports that David Fee, president and CEO of the Smoky Mountain Opry Theater in Pigeon Forge, issued a statement Thursday saying theater technician Josh Ellis has died. […]

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An organization is planning to spend $70 million to gradually demolish and rebuild a retirement community in northeast Iowa. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Friends of Faith Retirement Homes Inc. announced it’ll invest in reconstructing its independent living apartments and skilled nursing center. The senior housing nonprofit opened Waterloo’s Friendship […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first Filipino-born Catholic bishop in the U.S has developed a partnership with Mormon leaders and become a key face in Utah’s interfaith scene during his first year in the role. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 64-year-old Oscar A. Solis was installed as the 10th bishop of the Catholic Diocese […]

CROWNSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two years ago archaeologists uncovered and examined unique stone slave quarters on what was the Belvoir Plantation in Crownsville. Now they think they have found the resting place for some of those who died in bondage there. It might not have come were it not for a tip from a local […]