Новости за 19.03.2018

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Free blood-lead tests will be available to hundreds of kindergartners and first graders at South Bend’s 18 primary schools starting next school year. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tah-juhj) recently announced the initiative, saying children need to be tested so that the community can “fully address the scope of the […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado authorities say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported missing as an accidental drowning. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office released a statement on Monday that provided few other details on the investigation into Nain Dominguez’s death. An Amber Alert that he may have […]

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. says it will increase van production at its Mississippi plant, adding a second shift in April. The company made the announcement Monday as it marked the 4 millionth vehicle produced at the plant since it opened in 2003. Spokeswoman Lloryn Love-Carter says about 250 workers will be redeployed […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says his agency has paid off $97 million in borrowing debts he inherited when he took over the office in 2008. Strain told the House Appropriations Committee on Monday the Department of Agriculture and Forestry made the final payment in September, six years ahead of […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy says the state is getting behind a 12-acre development project aimed at attracting new technology and other jobs to New Jersey. Murphy met with officials from Rutgers University, local and state government, private businesses and others on Monday at the university. He says the New Brunswick project, […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa police have arrested a man they say fatally shot his girlfriend and told authorities it was a suicide. The Tulsa World reports that authorities originally arrested 30-year-old Jermico Willis for firearm possession after a former felony conviction. Tulsa Police Sgt. Dave Walker says a first-degree murder charge was added after […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Grand Rapids man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in an alley. The Grand Rapids Police Department said Monday that 47-year-old James Mitz faces charges of maintaining a drug house and failing to report a dead body. Police say investigators […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actress says she was 17 when actor Steven Seagal sexually assaulted her during a supposed casting session in 2002. Faviola Dadis said at a news conference Monday that she had recently moved to the U.S. from the Netherlands when she was invited to a Beverly Hills hotel room to […]

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — University of Montana president Seth Bodnar says he’s restructuring the university’s administration to put a greater emphasis on enrollment and student success. Bodnar said Monday he plans to combine the communications, admissions and financial aid offices. Communications director Paul Short will oversee the combined office until a vice president of communications, […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several North Carolina Democratic legislators say gun sales and possession restrictions are “common-sense” ideas Republicans elsewhere already support. Five House and Senate members held a news conference Monday to unveil ideas they’d like to see their colleagues approve later this spring. The gun proposals are similar to what Democratic Gov. Roy […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A surge in domestic crude oil production has helped Wisconsin’s frack sand industry overcome a slump that idled mines two years ago, but it now faces new competition. The La Crosse Tribune reports that producers and industry analysts expect demand for U.S. frack sand to grow this year after a […]

The Online Merchants Guild has big ambitions, which include negotiating better terms with Amazon, pushing the company to respond more effectively to sellers’ complaints and lobbying government officials to make sure merchants’ viewpoints are being heard.

UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who fatally stabbed his father and set their family home on fire last year has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Union County prosecutors say Jeffrey Adams must serve nearly 22 years before he becomes eligible for parole under the sentence imposed Friday. The 21-year-old […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Poland for top-level talks that will focus on the European Union’s future and security, and on bilateral issues between the neighboring countries. Merkel was greeted Monday by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki before going into talks on the EU’s post-Brexit future, the bloc’s budget, ways […]

The victims suffered superficial wounds in the March 11 shooting and were treated at the scene by Seattle Fire Department medics.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon says on Twitter that she is running for governor in New York.

ROBERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina say vandalism is to blame for an oil spill at a closed meat packing plant which has impacted a creek and a swamp. Local media cite a report from the state Division of Environmental Quality which says a valve on the 5,000-gallon storage tank at the former […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn say in court documents that he brokered a settlement with a second woman who accused him of sexual misconduct more than a decade ago. The documents received earlier this month in state court in Las Vegas say Wynn recently went to the FBI to […]

Jacob Eason adds an intriguing arm to the Huskies' QB mix for 2019, but the battle for the No. 2 job behind Jake Browning is the most pressing question this spring.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Investigators have cleared a Montville police officer who shot and killed a man who was beating her over the head with her own stun gun. Windham State’s Attorney Anne Mahoney said Monday that Montville Constable Robin Salvatore “was justified in the use of deadly physical force” when she shot 53-year-old Val […]

The single best bet that a society or an individual can make — education — also turns out to be the rare idea that transcends today’s partisan divide.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether to expand the state’s 33-year-old seatbelt law to include everyone riding in a vehicle. A bill that unanimously cleared the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee on Monday would require all back-seat passengers to buckle up, instead of mandating that only front-seat passengers and children under age […]

WASHINGTON, Utah (AP) — Fire officials in the southern Utah city of Washington say a teenage girl has been taken to the hospital after a strong wind gust picked up a storage shed and carried it 50 feet before it fell on a girl and another person. Washington City Fire Department spokesman Julio Reyes told […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Calling hours and funeral services are set for longtime Rep. Louise Slaughter, who died last week after taking a fall at her Washington, D.C., home. The Democratic congresswoman from the Rochester area was 88 when she died early last Friday at a Washington hospital where she was being treated after falling […]

DENVER (AP) — Denver’s independent police monitor says in a blistering report that law enforcement mishandled an investigation into the 2015 death of a man at the city’s jail. The report released Monday by Denver’s Independent Monitor recommends putting a civilian in charge of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the sheriff’s department. The report focuses […]