Новости за 20.03.2018

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California jury has awarded $2.3 million to a former Major League Baseball pitcher injured after confronting a man high on LSD trying to break into his home. Greg Reynold’s attorney, Niall McCarthy, says a San Mateo County jury on Monday awarded Reynolds the money after finding Domenic […]

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky trooper fatally shot an armed suspect after a chase with a stolen vehicle. Kentucky State Police announced Daviess County Sheriff’s deputies and a trooper responding to a report of a Jeep performing “donuts” Monday evening found the vehicle was stolen. As they approached the home where the […]

GLIDDEN, Iowa (AP) — A former western Iowa assistant junior high football and track coach has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee. The Des Moines Register reports that 28-year-old Evan Michael Genter, of Glidden, was arrested Sunday. He is accused of kissing and groping a 13-year-old girl over her clothes. […]

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature is sustaining a veto of a bill to create a port authority in a popular coastal tourism community. Opponents of the bill, which would’ve created the authority in Bar Harbor, feared the possibility of large cruise ship pier coming to the area. Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed […]

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The wife of a former Pennsylvania police officer has been sentenced to 1½ to four years in prison for plotting to kill her husband after he threatened to tell authorities she had sex with a 14-year-old boy. LehighValleyLive.com reports that Robin Transue was sentenced Tuesday on solicitation to commit aggravated assault […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — A police officer fatally shot an armed man who authorities say broke into his ex-wife’s Kentucky home. Georgetown Police Chief Mike Bosse tells news outlets the intruder was armed with two handguns early Tuesday and raised his arm during a confrontation with responding officers, which led to the shooting. Bosse says […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles third baseman Justin Turner’s broken left wrist is expected to heal without surgery, according to Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts. Turner was hurt Monday when hit by a pitch from Oakland’s Kendall Graveman. Turner arrived at the Dodgers spring training facility with a cast over his wrist Tuesday morning […]

LONDON (AP) — The board of data mining firm Cambridge Analytica has suspended CEO Alexander Nix pending an investigation.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Animal welfare authorities say they have rescued more than two dozen dogs as well as snakes and rats from a Rhode Island home. The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and animal control officers from several communities removed the animals from a Smithfield home on Tuesday. They […]

SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials were forced to trap and euthanize a cougar in response to several sightings of the animals in and around the town of Silverton. The Statesman Journal reports Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy says the cougar was euthanized because it was considered a “public safety […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida hit a record number of tourists in 2017, even though Hurricane Irma slammed the state. Gov. Rick Scott announced in a news release Tuesday that 116.5 million people visited Florida. That’s a 3.6 percent increase over the 112.4 million visitors in 2016. Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing agency, […]

MAYSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a missing fisherman whose boat was found partially submerged in a North Carolina river. WITN in Greenville reports personnel from N.C. Wildlife Resources, the N.C. Marine Patrol, several volunteer fire departments and a dive team have joined the search for the man in Jones County. Officials haven’t […]

Third-year sophomores Sean McGrew and Kamari Pleasant figure to get the bulk of the carries this spring.

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit police command officer has been suspended with pay following an incident at a bar that left another man hospitalized with head injuries. Chief James Craig told reporters Tuesday that 11th Precinct Cmdr. Timothy Leach was off-duty and in an “unauthorized outside employment capacity” on March 11 when 41-year-old Michael Karpovich […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More time is needed to finish additional court-ordered environmental study of the Dakota Access oil pipeline due to difficulties in getting needed information from American Indian tribes fighting the project in court, according to federal officials. The delay won’t impact the $3.8 billion pipeline, which has been operating since last June, […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say in a court filing that a grand jury has not been presented with evidence indicating that Greitens transmitted a compromising cellphone photo of a woman with whom he had an affair — a key element in determining if he committed a felony. The St. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A fired and then reinstated Des Moines police officer, who once shot at a television cameraman, attacked a groom at a wedding and assaulted his girlfriend, has been sued in federal court for attacking a man who called police for help. The lawsuit filed Monday in Des Moines by Charles […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Transportation officials in the Philadelphia region are warning transit passengers of possible disruptions and service changes with a storm expected to bring heavy snow to the region. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is urging people to plan ahead and avoid unnecessary travel if possible late Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday. SEPTA General Manager […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Planned Parenthood officials are reiterating their opposition to Gov. Pete Ricketts’ proposed budget because of a controversial provision that would prevent health clinics that offer abortions from receiving federal Title X funding. Meg Mikolajczyk of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland said in a news conference call Tuesday that 28,000 low-income women […]

MILLSBORO, Del. (AP) — Some Millsboro-area residents are opposing poultry producer Allen Harim’s plans to move its corporate headquarters into a former pickle plant. The News Journal reports that opponents asked Sussex County officials at a public hearing Monday not to approve the company’s plans for the former Vlasic pickle plant. In addition to its […]

MILAN (AP) — The head of the Italian Fashion Chamber says the body is working toward creating clear criteria of what it means for the fashion industry to be environmentally sustainable. Noting that fashion is the second-largest polluting industry behind oil production, Carlo Capasa said part of the challenge is communicating to consumers because “they […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says German authorities have returned two rare, wooden Olmec sculptures over 3,000 years old. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said Tuesday the sculptures had been held at the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. The objects were the source of a nearly decade-long legal case involving Costa Rican artifact dealer […]

BOSTON (AP) — A New York man has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for the murder of a Boston woman in Suffolk Superior Court. Twenty-five-year-old Richter Baez was arrested in 2015 in connection to the death of 39-year-old Pippin Roe. Roe’s body was discovered near a wooded construction site on July 13, […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a 38-year-old Utah man stabbed his father to death following “some type of domestic issue.” South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller says the son called police to the suburban Salt lake City apartment on Monday evening where authorities found the father dead. Officers then arrested the adult […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s unemployment rate did not budge in February. The state Employment Department said Tuesday the jobless rate was 4.1 percent — the same as in December and January. The month saw strong job gains in retail, construction and health care. Payroll employment has grown by 43,700 jobs over the past year, […]