Новости за 10.03.2018

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The forecast for Tuesday’s elections doesn’t worry local officials this year, but a bill passed by the state Senate does. Although state law requires towns to elect their local officials on the second Tuesday in March, nearly 80 communities postponed voting last year when a powerful storm dumped more than a […]

VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) — A Crawford County resident has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after jurors convicted him of second-degree murder in the shotgun slaying of a man. Jurors deliberated for about three hours Friday before convicting 38-year-old Jeremy Brake in the October 2016 killing of Michael King and setting King’s home […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A rapidly growing north Mississippi county will spend nearly $13 million to build an office complex and arena. The Oxford Eagle reports that Lafayette County supervisors awarded bids for the offices and arena on Thursday. A $7.9 million bid was awarded for a county business center that would include space for […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drivers are again seeing lower prices at the pump in New Jersey even as motorists along the West Coast and throughout the Midwest are starting to see higher gas prices. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas Friday in the state was $2.58, down two cents […]

TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 10-year-old girl accidentally ran over her mom and killed her as they attempted to dislodge their car from a snowbank in western New York. The Buffalo News reports Saturday that Thursday’s tragic accident occurred in the town of Tonawanda, near Niagara Falls. According to police the 48-year-old woman’s […]

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A northeast Mississippi man has been convicted of murdering a neighbor who was trying to break up a fight. Local media report that Alcorn County jurors on Wednesday found 63-year-old Jerry Dale Miller guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Gregory Scott. Investigators found that Miller was confronting women […]

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy’s essay has inspired a south-central Michigan city to apologize for decades of racism. East Lansing’s City Council recently passed a resolution apologizing for racism that people experienced in the city until about 50 years ago, the Lansing State Journal reported. Many black prospective home buyers were dissuaded […]

LEESVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prison is closing at the end of March. Vernon Parish authorities say they’re closing the Vernon Parish Correctional Facility on March 31. The American Press reports Sheriff Sam Craft says the decision was made with “great regret”. He said his office had investigated every possible avenue to avoid closing […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A utility in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula is taking part in a pilot program to help low-income customers cut their power bills through renewable energy and energy waste reduction efforts. Officials say Cherryland Electric Cooperative expects to help lower energy bills for 50 low-income households in the utility’s six-county electric […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state is teaching about 200 families how to care for foster children. The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families is holding a foster care recruitment this weekend at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The event concludes Sunday. DCYF said in October that the state needs more foster families […]

BOSTON (AP) — City officials in Boston are reviewing a report on the police department’s yearlong test of body-worn cameras. The Boston City Council is hosting a City Hall hearing Monday to hear from the public and police officials. The department released in January a preliminary report by criminal justice researchers at Northeastern University on […]

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University bat researchers have secured a $900,000 grant to study the distribution and habits of federally endangered gray bats in North Carolina. The school’s Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation received the grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for a three-year study of the distribution, […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont maker of outdoor clothing has been sold at auction to a New York City-based investor group. The Burlington Free Press reports Ibex has been sold to a group called the Flour Fund. Ibex is well known as a maker of wool clothing for outdoor and casual use. Former Ibex […]

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — The Sustainability Council at Southern Illinois University is reviewing 28 proposed projects to enhance campus sustainability using money from a student “green fee.” The council comprised of students, faculty and staff reviews the proposals and selects the strongest ones for funding. The Southern Illinoisan reports the campus has nearly 170 sustainability […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Heart attack survivors who can’t tolerate or get enough help from cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins soon may have an easier time getting insurers to pay for a newer medicine that works in a different way. The drug, Praluent (PRALL-yoo-ent), modestly cut the risk of death or heart problems in a big […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who abandoned children at her Bend day care to go tanning has been sentenced to 21 years, four months in prison. The Bulletin reports 32-year-old January Neatherlin was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in February to 11 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment and a count of third-degree assault. Neatherlin […]

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — The Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois is closing a roadway so snakes and amphibians can safely migrate from limestone bluffs to a nearby swamp. The 2 ½-mile (3.22 kilometer) Snake Road is also known as LaRue Road and Forest Service Road No. 345. It closes March 15. Some of the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Bronx is…freezing? A nearly 15-year-old kangaroo at the famous Bronx Zoo is set to receive low-temperature cryotherapy treatment for arthritis — a high-tech alternative to ice baths that homo sapiens have used for years. Zoo director Jim Breheny tells the Daily News (http://nydn.us/2p4qWRU ) Saturday that the marsupial named Dave […]

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The mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and consolidated control by Democrats in Olympia couldn’t guarantee a proposal in the Washington Legislature to regulate semi-automatic rifles.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Only days removed from a contentious, unsuccessful special session, Louisiana’s lawmakers are returning for more, a monthslong stretch of debates in the regular legislative session. The list of topics this time will be more varied than the prior session’s focus on finances. But the state’s latest budget gap, estimated to […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott is the new chair of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors. Scott, a Republican, was unanimously selected to lead the panel that includes the governors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island. The non-partisan group encourages intergovernmental cooperation on issues affecting the economic, social […]

VENICE, Neb. (AP) — The trout lake at Two Rivers State Recreation Area in eastern Nebraska has been replenished with thousands of newly stocked trout. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the stocking included more than 9,000 rainbow and 500 tiger trout. The trout caught cannot be released. Also, anglers must first purchase from […]