Новости за 19.03.2018

The City Council plans to vote on a one-year moratorium on platforms that facilitate prospective tenants bidding against each other. The Associated Students of the University of Washington board approved a resolution late last year calling on the city to take action.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a central Indiana woman to 120 years in prison for fatally stabbing her young children hours after her husband filed for divorce. Thirty-one-year-old Brandi Worley learned her sentence Monday after she pleaded guilty in January to two counts of murder for killing her son, 7-year-old Tyler Worley, […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government crop report estimates that more than half of the winter wheat crop in Kansas is in poor or very poor condition. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 17 percent of the Kansas wheat is in very poor condition with another 38 percent is rated as poor. […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a deadly drive-by shooting outside a Phoenix nightclub in 2015. Maricopa County prosecutors say 32-year-old Jeffrey Mathis got a life prison term with the possibility of release after 25 years for first-degree murder. He also was sentenced to 15 years for attempted […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina police say a bail bondsman shot at a suspect as he and others were trying to take the man into custody at a shopping mall. The Winston-Salem Journal reports Winston-Salem police say bondsmen approached the vehicle of 29-year-old Nathan Artillery Taylor in the parking lot of Hanes Mall on […]

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Prosecutors in northwestern Wyoming have dropped animal neglect charges against two brothers after Park County officials learned the full extent of the efforts the men made to recover the horses that they said were spooked out of their hunting camp by a grizzly bear. David and Bradley Flint, who live near […]

Drawing huge crowds and making money off the field might no longer be enough for the Sounders, who are drawing increased fire from a fan base that feels the team needs to do more to repeat lofty prior on-field results

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Forecasters say a late winter storm is expected to bring significant snowfall to parts of West Virginia this week. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for at least six of West Virginia’s 55 counties starting Tuesday afternoon. Snowfall amounts of 5 inches (13 centimeters) or more are […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have given final approval to a bill to regulate online renewals of prescriptions for contact lenses and glasses. The Kentucky House sent the measure to Gov. Matt Bevin on an 88-0 vote Monday. Before voting for final passage, the House accepted changes made to the bill by senators. The […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An eastern Missouri doctor has been indicted for allegedly prescribing fentanyl and other opioids to women with whom he had personal relationships. The Drug Enforcement Administration said Monday that 62-year-old Philip Dean of Warrenton also is accused of lying to Medicare and Medicaid programs. Scott Collier of the DEA office in […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A group of high school students briefly shut down a Minnesota Senate committee hearing by calling on lawmakers address gun violence in schools. School of Environmental Studies senior Josh Groven attended the Monday hearing on an unrelated bill and demanded the Senate Judiciary Committee hear bills that would restrict Minnesota’s […]

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A Bermuda police spokesman says authorities have found a body amid search for US college student.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A popular Democrat seeking to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. David Young in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District has failed to qualify for the primary after a last-minute effort to resubmit paperwork fell short. Businesswoman Theresa Greenfield says she resubmitted petition signatures Friday to be on the June 5 ballot after her […]

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Police in Roswell continue to investigate a fatal shooting over the weekend. They say 25-year-old Andrew Joseph Morro died shortly after being transported to a hospital after Saturday night’s shooting. His body has been sent to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque for an autopsy. Police say […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Muslim aerospace engineer has sued the Spirit Boeing Employees Association for religious discrimination stemming from a party at a lake in Wichita, Kansas. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Friday on behalf of Munir Zanial, a Malaysian national of Indian ancestry. The association declined to comment. Zanial […]

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The only thing Bill Self seemed pleased about from a first-round NCAA Tournament win by Kansas was, well, the fact that his top-seeded Jayhawks had won. He wasn’t a whole lot more impressed with their second-round win. But in a tournament gone goofy with upsets, where two No. 1 seeds are […]

HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — A vacant building in the northern Montana town of Harlem collapsed over the weekend, spilling bricks into the street. Harlem Volunteer Fire Chief Robert Scheffelmaer tells the Havre Daily News the building that previously housed a grocery store likely collapsed Saturday due to the weight of snow on the roof. Scheffelmaer […]

EDINBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued a paratrooper who became stuck in a tree during a training exercise at a central Indiana military base. Bargersville Fire Chief Jason Ramey says two firefighters and a member of the military used an aerial ladder to reach the paratrooper stuck about 50 feet off the ground about […]

LITCHFIELD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire environmental officials are going to discuss the status of negotiations between the state and the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics company on the presence of chemical contaminants in drinking water wells in several communities. A public information meeting has been scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Campbell High School auditorium […]

A person familiar with the situation says Memphis will announce Penny Hardaway as its men’s basketball coach Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because Memphis hasn’t publicly announced the hire. Memphis has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday to introduce its next coach. The 46-year-old Hardaway replaces Tubby […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court says an initiative petition seeking a public vote on whether to increase the oil and gas production tax to help fund education can move forward. The court ruled on Monday that the petition is “legally sufficient” to be submitted to a vote of the people. Supporters will […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Norwegian aluminum maker operating in Brazil is apologizing for polluting a river and promising to make changes so that it doesn’t happen again. In a statement Monday, the CEO of Norsk Hydro, Svein Richard Brandtzaeg, called the discharge of rain and surface water into the Para River “unacceptable.” Brandtzaeg […]

GRAFTON, Mass. (AP) — A young woman has been found dead on the side of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Police say the woman was found Monday morning before 7 a.m. on the westbound side of the road under an overpass. The Worcester County District Attorney’s office says the body was near a road marker. The cause […]

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hundreds of students at one of Delaware’s biggest Catholic schools are protesting the firing of their principal. Media reports said Monday that students at the Padua Academy protested outside the school while wearing pink in honor of former principal Cindy Mann. St. Anthony of Padua Parish has not commented directly why […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Many Maine cities are spending more than expected to keep roads clear of snow and ice this winter, and another nor’easter could send them even further over budget. Portland is still totaling bills from plowing contractors, but had already spent nearly all of its $1.37 million budget before the last two […]