Новости за 16.03.2018

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee school district will launch 17 themed institutes designed to prepare students for the workforce. The Chattanooga Times Press reports that the Hamilton County Schools’ Future Ready Institutes program was unveiled Thursday. The learning communities will be housed in 11 traditional high schools, giving students the ability to pursue job […]

Two of the big business collapses of the week have much in common.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s House has spiked a budget proposal for Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra’s office due to ongoing disagreements over the state’s reading assessment for young students. House lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly voted against advancing the budget after almost no debate. However, the bill’s defeat did not come to those who […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — It’s grunion run time on the Southern California coast. The small, silvery fish flop onto beaches by the thousands from March through August in a predictable nighttime spawning ritual. Danny Beckwith of the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla tells The San Diego Union-Tribune grunion runs are triggered when tides are at […]

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A man eyed as a possible suspect in the death of a pregnant goat that was shot by a crossbow at a Maine farm has been barred from the property. The Portland Press Herald reports that a judge issued a protective order for the owner of Smiling Hill Farm against 40-year-old […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate will reject a proposed first-in-the-nation tax on prescription opioids, with the chamber’s top Republican leader saying the idea has too many legal problems for it to be in the foundation of a two-year state spending plan. The state’s House of Representatives approved the 25-cent-per-dose tax earlier this month, […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Five Oklahoma residents have pleaded guilty to participating in a drug trafficking ring they allege was led by a state prison inmate. The Tulsa World reports that 31-year-old Rachael Georgia Danley; 23-year-old Ashton Chase Manicom; 30-year-old Jeremy Dallas Mann; 36-year-old Matthew Ray Stroud; and 46-year-old Todd Allen Pryer pleaded guilty this […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Federal and state regulators are entrusting a water pollution study at an abandoned South Dakota gold mine to a company that is potentially interested in reopening the mine. The Rapid City Journal reports that the Environmental Protection Agency and the South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources have signed […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has agreed to clarify its policies regarding the treatment of LGBTQ inmates after reaching a settlement with a transgender ex-prisoner who alleges she was raped and beaten while incarcerated. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel tells the Dallas Morning News that the agency has modified policy to provide […]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The owners of a former hotel and casino in downtown Carson City say potential buyers could convert the property into retail and housing space. The Nevada Appeal reports the owners of the Ormsby House on Thursday withdrew their request for a building permit extension, allowing their permit to expire. Kim […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys for a Mexican man acquitted of murder in a San Francisco shooting that helped fuel the U.S. immigration debate are seeking a court order for documents to help them argue his U.S. gun charges are vindictive. Federal prosecutors charged Jose Ines Garcia Zarate with two counts of illegal gun possession […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s largest city has released a two-year plan for fighting its drug epidemic and growing number of overdose deaths. The overdose fatality rate of 43 deaths per 100,000 residents in Louisville is more than double the national rate. News outlets report that Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Metro Department of Public […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Agreements between the Wyoming House and Senate on funding public education and construction projects have enabled the Legislature to adjourn nearly a week later than originally planned. One deal reached Thursday provides funding for several major projects including a state office building in Casper and new science facilities at the University […]

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A building housing an Alaska fitness studio partially collapsed and fire officials say heavy snow may be the reason. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports an instructor for F&H Fitness reported to work Thursday, heard suspicious noises from the roof and exited. The building has a one-story section and a two-story section. […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The head of a yacht-sharing club that promised vacationers access to boats around the world has pleaded guilty to bilking his investors. Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say 52-year-old Andrew Deme raised about $1.3 million from investors but gave nearly half that money to promoters who were tasked with attracting more […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Developers of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline say they need more time to cut down trees along the project’s route and likely won’t make the initial deadline designed to protect migrating birds and endangered or threatened bats. Dominion Energy made the request to federal regulators in a letter made public Friday, […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For four months, Katie slept in a bunk bed in Portland’s largest shelter for homeless families. She lay on the bottom half of the cot while one of her young sons slept above her. The family dog, a pug-lab-pit bull mix named Princess, spent her nights in a car in the […]

POLSON, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Legislature is replacing its current email system with one that will help lawmakers comply with open records requests. The Missoulian reports the new email has an automatic archive system that will retain legislators’ emails for five years after their terms end to comply with state law. Lee Newspapers of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is drawing criticism for his use of a Japanese greeting when responding to a question from a congresswoman of Japanese descent. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, of Hawaii, asked Zinke on Thursday whether he would continue a program that preserves sites where Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II. Zinke […]

PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — Threats have been made to an Idaho school where a biology teacher was accused of feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle and police in response stepped up school security. Police Chief Mike Peterson in the small, southeastern town of Preston said Friday the threats were vague but connected to the […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At least two dozen cats and some cat carcasses have been removed from a Des Moines home that authorities say had several inches of feces and garbage on the floor. Police officers and Animal Rescue League of Iowa workers responded Wednesday to odor complaints about the house. Des Moines police […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A pilot for a reboot of a late-1990s TV series will be filmed in Albuquerque. The “Untitled Roswell Project” TV show aired for three seasons and 61 episodes and was based on the Roswell High book series by Melinda Metz. The upcoming pilot will tell the story of a daughter of […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado transportation official is concerned that removing toll lanes from a proposal to widen a stretch of Interstate 25 could hurt El Paso County’s chances of winning a $65 million grant. The Gazette reported Thursday that the county originally proposed two toll lanes to widen I-25 between Monument to […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A man charged with raping a woman and kidnapping her 4-year-old daughter in South Carolina has pleaded not guilty. Thomas Evans appeared in federal court Friday. News outlets report he said little other than answering Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant’s questions as the judge accepted his not guilty plea. Evans was indicted […]

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Police are questioning the driver of a delivery truck that fatally struck and dragged a pedestrian from a gas station parking lot to a freeway on-ramp in North Las Vegas. Officer Aaron Patty said Friday the 36-year-old driver was cooperating with authorities and may not face criminal charges if […]