Новости за 26.03.2018

CHICAGO (AP) — A former White Sox groundskeeper will return to his old job after spending more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful conviction. The Chicago Tribune reports that DNA evidence last year led prosecutors to vacate 49-year-old Nevest Coleman’s conviction in a 1994 rape and murder. He was released from prison in […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s prison system cites staff shortages and drug smuggling for reducing visitation days following a contraband crackdown that led to visitors being strip searched. The Florida Times-Union reports the prison system implemented ramped up enforcement last July due to what they described as a growing contraband issue. The policy weighed heavily […]

GARDINER, Maine (AP) — A Maine asphalt company says it could bring up to 150 workers to new locations in Gardiner and Richmond. The Gardiner City Council on Wednesday ratified a purchase and sale agreement with Auburn Asphalt, part of All States Asphalt, for two local lots. The Kennebec Journal reports the company also closed […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A decision about whether to allow fishermen to harvest more of the baby eels that are highly prized in Asian aquaculture has been put off for a few months. Maine has the only significant fishery for baby eels, called elvers, in the country. The interstate Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The developer of an apartment complex in Colorado Springs filed a civil rights complaint against the complex’s neighbors who are looking to keep the housing project from breaking ground. The Gazette reports Daryn Murphy, a vice president for Wisconsin-based Commonwealth Development Corp., says the developer felt some of the messaging […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an anti-abortion bill requiring medical providers to report more patient information to the state. The Republican governor signed the measure Sunday before leaving on a trade mission to Canada. Previous efforts to restrict abortions in Indiana have been challenged in court in recent years. Last year’s anti-abortion […]

BOSTON (AP) — When Donald Trump won more than 52 percent of the Texas vote during the 2016 election, he pocketed all 38 of that state’s Electoral College votes just as Hillary Clinton, who won California with 61 percent of the vote, swept up all 55 of that state’s electors. It’s a winner-take-all system used […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a man in his 20s was fatally shot in the parking lot of a southwest Las Vegas fast food restaurant after a fight. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer says the shooting occurred just after 10 p.m. on Sunday night. Spencer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the man […]

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Barge and towboat manufacturer Jeffboat will be shutting down its Ohio River shipyard this spring, ending ship building operations at the site that stretch back more than 180 years. Jeffboat’s parent company announced closure plans Monday for the Jeffersonville, Indiana, shipyard. American Commercial Lines cites an oversupply of barges and says […]

LYNN, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a Lynn woman is dead and her husband has been charged. A spokeswoman for the Essex district attorney’s office says the 55-year-old man faces arraignment Monday in Lynn District Court. Police went to an apartment in the city just before 5 a.m. Monday for a well-being check and found […]

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are searching for two people missing since flash floods from heavy storms swept through parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills last week. The Modesto Bee reports that crews on Sunday were searching for the missing man and woman using a helicopter and dive teams in the areas they were last […]

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Paisley Park will build another tribute fence where Prince fans can leave messages to mark the second anniversary of the rock superstar’s death. The fence will be set up next month at Paisley Park, the studio complex and museum where Prince lived until he died there from an accidental painkiller overdose […]

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A snowstorm is causing travel problems in northeast and central Wyoming. Slick and hazardous driving conditions are common on many roads and highways in the region. No unnecessary travel is advised on a 20-mile (30 kilometer) stretch of Interstate 90 between Gillette and the Johnson County line because of winter conditions. […]

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a 95-year-old man has died after his car crashed head-on into another vehicle. Toms River police say Raymond Gillick was southbound on Route 9 when his car crossed into the oncoming lane around 3 p.m. Sunday and collided with a vehicle driven by a 38-year-old Toms River woman. […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — State transportation officials have released a report on methods that could be used on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge to try to prevent suicides. The report outlines options including fencing, transparent barriers and netting at costs ranging from $5 million to $138 million. The San Diego Union-Tribune says , however, that funding […]

DETROIT (AP) — A 21-year-old Detroit man has been charged in a shooting that wounded an 8-year-old girl who was being driven to school by her mother. Damond Reeves was arraigned Saturday on four counts of assault with intent to murder, carrying a concealed weapon and other charges. Police have said that a man apparently […]

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — A 92-year-old man in Northern California tumbled 26 feet into an old well on his property and was trapped in cold water over an hour before being rescued by firefighters. Fremont Fire Battalion Chief Gary Ashley says it was his first “bona-fide well rescue” in 24 years as a firefighter. Spry […]

SARGENT, Neb. (AP) — A man has been imprisoned for the crash death of his car passenger on Thanksgiving Day 2016. Court records say 49-year-old Virgil Ramsdell, of Taylor, was sentenced Thursday to three to five years and credited for 22 days already served. He’d pleaded no contest in January to manslaughter. A charge of […]

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Officials have released the name of a man who died in a fire in South Carolina. Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton told local media outlets that 25-year-old Christopher Gazda of North Augusta died in the fire at his home Saturday night. Carlton said Gazda was the only person in the house […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois advocacy group is looking to determine the impact of the state transportation lockbox amendment more than a year after voters approved the measure. The State Journal-Register reports that nearly 80 percent of voters in 2016 approved the Safe Roads Amendment, which committed gasoline tax money and related fees to […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some Utah Republicans dismayed by President Donald Trump and the nomination of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore have formed a new group called Character First which says it will call out party members for moral and ethical failings. Group organizer Sven Wilson told the Deseret News that he feels there’s […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming has netted nearly $20 million. Wyoming will get about half the proceeds from the sale. The agency says the last week’s sale resulted in competitive bids for 152 of the 170 parcels offered. The highest bid per acre was […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in central Illinois say a 63-year-old Springfield woman died in a vehicle accident due to slick road conditions produced by wintry weather this past weekend. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports Vicki S. Gardner and a relative were heading east on Interstate 72 north of Decatur on Saturday evening when their […]

COALVILLE, Utah (AP) — Officials say at least one person has been killed and more than 20 cars are involved in an accident on a snowy and icy northern Utah highway. The Utah Highway Patrol says in a statement that the Monday morning accident on Interstate 80 near the junction with Interstate 84 in Summit […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two organizations are criticizing new University of Nebraska directives on free speech and draft proposals on campus free speech zones. University of Nebraska campuses were directed to develop policies that limit public forums to certain buildings and grounds after the Board of Regents approved a new free expression policy in January. […]