Новости за 11.03.2018

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Some critics are raising concerns about whether Delaware’s new economic development group is adequately transparent. The public-private Delaware Prosperity Partnership was created last year to replace the cabinet-level Delaware Economic Development Office. The News Journal reports the organization’s 19-member governing body has met only three times so far, aside from an […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A measure that would clean up archaic words and male-only references in Indiana’s laws has been approved by the Legislature and is on its way to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk. The bill approved unanimously in both the House and Senate would replace words such as “herein, hereafter, hereinafter” throughout Indiana code with […]

BOSTON (AP) — A veteran state lawmaker is leaving the Legislature to join Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey’s staff. Rep. James Cantwell, a Marshfield Democrat, is expected to resign his House seat by the end of the month to serve as Massachusetts state director for Markey. Cantwell was first elected to the House in 2008 […]

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Mining companies hope to prevent another massive die-off of geese in the polluted waters of an old open-pit copper mine in Montana. The Montana Standard reported Friday bird experts worry that with the annual northward migration of geese underway, birds might again be tempted to rest in the water in Berkeley […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University Bloomington says its new Center for Rural Engagement will support regional efforts to address opportunities and needs in 11 southwest central counties. IU says the focus and vision of the new center grew out of discussions with local residents, community leaders and the heads of regional organizations. The center […]

BRAHAM, Minn. (AP) — Braham Area High School is mourning the deaths of two students killed in a weekend traffic accident. The Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office was called to a two-vehicle crash at an intersection west of Mora on Saturday morning. The Star Tribune reports a teenage boy died at the scene, and a young […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Members of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus plan to unveil their priorities for this year’s legislative session. The organization held a forum in February to seek input from the state’s black and Latino communities about issues they’d like to see the General Assembly address. Democratic Reps. Christopher […]

KEARNY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man just released from a county jail in New Jersey was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident. Hudson County prosecutors say police in Kearny found 30-year-old Naphtali Dykes lying in the center of Old Lincoln Highway shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the […]

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Commuters who work in D.C. and use northern Virginia’s oldest slug line, a spot for organized hitchhiking, worry it is being imperiled by plans to build a transit center at the site. The Washington Post reports Fairfax County is planning to build a $63.8-million transit center at the site of Bob’s […]

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — An African-American historic site has been vandalized with racist graffiti. The outside of the 19th century African Meeting House in Nantucket was spray-painted with racist and sexually explicit slurs. The Nantucket Police Department is investigating the incident, and gathered evidence before dozens of community members scrubbed the paint off the front […]

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in upstate New York are investigating the death of a Binghamton University nursing student. Police tell Newsday that 22-year-old Haley Anderson, of Westbury, Long Island, was found dead at an off-campus residence on Friday. Her death was later ruled a homicide. Police say a male nursing student at the university […]

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in upstate New York are investigating the death of a Binghamton University nursing student. Police tell Newsday that 22-year-old Haley Anderson, of Westbury, Long Island was found dead at an off-campus residence on Friday. Her death was later ruled a homicide. Police say a male nursing student at the university […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A winter weather advisory has been issued for areas of central and western New Mexico. The advisory includes parts of the Chuska, Sandia and Manzano mountains. It’s in effect until 6 a.m. Monday. According to the National Weather Service, snow accumulations of up to 4 inches are possible in some areas […]

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say at least five people have been shot at a party in mid-Michigan. Michigan State Police Lt. David Kaiser says all of the victims are males and all are in stable condition. Their names haven’t been released. The shooting occurred after 4 a.m. Sunday in Saginaw. Kaiser tells The Saginaw […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Parents are complaining that the New York Police Department is removing one of the last police officers assigned full-time to public schools in the wake of last month’s Florida shooting. The New York Post reports that Sgt. Raul Espinet was being removed from his post at Francis Lewis High School in […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Funeral services are scheduled for former North Dakota Gov. George Sinner. Sinner died Friday at age 89. The Democrat served as governor from 1985 through 1992. A funeral Mass will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Nativity Church of Fargo. A prayer service will be held Thursday from 7-9 p.m., […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials say more than 550 Yellowstone National Park bison have been removed so far this winter in the annual program to limit the herd size. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Sunday 328 animals have been shipped to slaughter and hunters have killed 234. Meat from slaughtered bison is distributed to […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix have identified a man who was fatally shot after an argument. They say 23-year-old Joseph Long King was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting shortly before midnight Friday. Police say King had been loudly arguing with a woman in a car and a 29-year-old man and his […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say eight people were arrested following a concert in Allentown, including one man accused of hitting a police officer in the face. Police said about 3,000 attended Saturday night’s Spring Break Takeover concert, advertised as the Lehigh Valley’s largest hip hop concert. But as the concert in the PPL Center […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman and her daughter are suing a New York City parking garage and a couple of its employees over a violin that got run over. Beth Bergman filed the suit in Manhattan on Friday. She claims she and her daughter were taking their possessions out of a car at […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government official says a last-ditch attempt to approve the reunification of hundreds of families split between Israel and Ethiopia has fallen through. The families are relying on the Cabinet to agree to fund the immigration of 8,000 Ethiopians before parliament votes on the national budget, expected this week. The official […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials are allowing expanding companies hundreds of millions of dollars in local tax breaks on top of the headline-grabbing incentives the state approves. The State of Columbia report s that counties, school districts, cities and airports are for the first time disclosing the value of business tax breaks. Reports […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey power company criticized for its response to the series of northeast storms says it expects to restore power for most customers soon as another storm prepares to roll through the region. Jersey Central Power and Light said power had been restored to most customers affected by the first […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is searching for whoever defaced an ancient Native American petroglyph in Kansas. The Wichita Eagle reports that the names “Isaac” and “Emily” have been etched over a petroglyph Kanopolis Lake. The damage to the petroglyph is irreversible. Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps […]

Processing of Washington’s old rape kits needs to be sped up so the positive results can continue to help old cases move toward closure.