Новости за 22.03.2018

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would help Nebraska sex trafficking victims remove criminal convictions from their records has won first-round approval in the Legislature. Lawmakers voted 27-0 on Wednesday to advance the measure through the first of three required votes. The measure is part of a push to focus less on punishing survivors […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Arrest records say the Fremont County clerk and recorder accused of embezzling more than $220,000 from taxpayers over a seven-year period tried to keep the investigation secret by threatening to fire employees who talked about it. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that 36-year-old Katie Barr was jailed Tuesday on suspicion […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge is poised to order the nation’s top immigration enforcer to testify in a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration over California’s so-called sanctuary laws seeking to protect people in the country illegally. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kendall Newman said Wednesday that his “strong inclination” is to require four hours […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has sent legislation aimed at combatting sex trafficking to President Donald Trump’s desk. Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner’s measure passed the Senate on a 97-2 vote Wednesday. The legislation would make it a federal crime to knowingly facilitate sex trafficking through websites such as the classified […]

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A superintendent is apologizing for closing schools in his district for winter storm conditions that never arrived, saying he “bears responsibility.” WJAR-TV reports Westerly Superintendent Mark Garceau posted on social media, saying he feels he made an incorrect choice, inconveniencing parents and students. “I look foolish,” he wrote in a Facebook […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican Rick Saccone concedes Pennsylvania congressional race to Democrat Conor Lamb.

DENVER (AP) — The district attorney’s office says a Denver police officer who shot and killed a bank robber will not be charged with a crime. The Denver Post reports that the five-year veteran officer was cleared in the shooting of 25-year-old John Bazemore on Nov. 10. A letter from District Attorney Beth McCann says […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Republican congressman John Curtis is again defending his actions as Provo mayor over the hiring and handling of harassment complaints against a former police chief. Curtis released a second statement Wednesday responding to a lawsuit that claims he and the city failed to protect five women from alleged sexual […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officials have announced that Philadelphia public and Roman Catholic schools will reopen Thursday on a two-hour delay. The School District of Philadelphia said schools and early childhood programs will open on a two-hour delay. Buses will operate on a delayed schedule pushing morning pickup times back by two hours. The archdiocese of […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal on behalf of a convicted Minneapolis serial killer who died in prison. Attorneys for the Minnesota Innocence Project have been trying to exonerate Billy Glaze, who was convicted of killing three women in the 1980s. Glaze died in 2015, and a judge […]

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say the principal of Coeur d’Alene High School has died after he was found at home with a gunshot wound that appeared to be self-inflicted. The Spokesman-Review reports the school district said Troy Schueller died Wednesday afternoon at Kootenai Health. The high school canceled classes Thursday but crisis counselors […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin police chief says he considers cellphone recording found on bombing suspect that details devices a “confession.”

BOSTON (AP) — A longtime television personality who played a beloved clown had died, according to family. WCVB-TV says 89-year-old Frank Avruch, who played Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, has died. Avruch was a contributor to the station for over 40 years as a host of “Man About Town,” and “The Great Entertainment.” […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill that allows for the widespread sale of a cannabis-derived oil. Cannabidiol, commonly referred to as CBD, is derived from marijuana and hemp and is believed to have therapeutic benefits, but it lacks the stuff that will get you high. Holcomb signed the bill Wednesday. […]

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Eastern Michigan faculty and union leaders are scheduled to discuss the state of the university following the administration’s plan to drop softball, men’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis and wrestling due to budget cutbacks. The Eastern Michigan University-American Association of University Professors and the Eastern Michigan University Federation of Teachers are […]

Mariners manager Scott Servais sent his strongest hint yet on Wednesday that Felix Hernandez will start on Opening Day on March 29.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State law enforcement officers have arrested four people in connection with the death of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy who lost control of his patrol car during a chase. The State Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Wednesday that agents of N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement arrested four people on […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to using a passport obtained in the name of a baby that died in Wales more than 50 years ago. Timothy Matthews faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced in June, but without prior convictions he’s expected to get no more […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 30-year-old Omaha, Nebraska, man accidentally shot his pinky finger after falling asleep holding his new handgun. The Omaha World-Herald reports the accident happened early Tuesday. Police say the man told officers he was sitting on a couch in his house when he “must have fallen asleep” holding his […]

BOYNE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A school district in northern Michigan wants to prepare students for careers in the power industry. The Boyne City district is adding an electrical lineworker program next fall for high school juniors and seniors. Officials say students taking the yearlong course will learn “basic yet essential concepts” of working in […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A court has dismissed a perjury charge against the chief organizer of a deadly white nationalist rally. The Daily Progress reports the charge stemmed from Jason Kessler’s sworn statement that he was assaulted by a Charlottesville man in January 2017, months before the ill-fated rally. Judge Cheryl Higgins agreed with the […]

ELKHART, Kan. (AP) — Game wardens say they have solved an antelope poaching case discovered last October in southwest Kansas. Wardens were called in October about two antelope found dead in Morton County. Evidence indicated the animals were shot with a rifle and left to rot in the field. The suspects also drove across a […]

PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma emergency management officials say a grass fire in rural McClain County has forced at least one home to be evacuated. The grass fire flared up Wednesday afternoon near Dibble, located about 37 miles (59 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City. Keli Cain, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, says […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s opponents are accusing him of being too “obsessed” with fighting the Trump administration. Republicans Steven Bailey and Eric Early and Democrat Dave Jones debated Wednesday. Becerra was not there due to what his office said was a scheduling conflict. He was in Washington on Tuesday for a […]

LIMA, Peru (AP) — CORRECTS: Peru’s congress accepts president’s resignation letter; to debate it Thursday. (Corrects APNewsAlert saying congress approved resignation itself)