Новости за 26.03.2018

RATHDRUM, Idaho (AP) — Officials in the northern Idaho city of Rathdrum are hoping a new designation will attract a new kind of tourists: Monarch butterflies. The city is the first in the state to receive the Monarch City USA designation from the nonprofit by the same name based in Maple Valley, Washington. The Coeur […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Four Virginia Beach firefighters who were denied promotions last year are suing the city, alleging that the results of an annual captain’s exam were tainted when a battalion chief gave confidential test information to two firefighters. The Virginian-Pilot reports the lawsuit was filed by four firefighters who were among 36 […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has joked during a speech at a predominantly black New York City church that Jews lack rhythm when it comes to dancing. Cuomo, a Democrat seeking a third term, made the awkward crack Sunday at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem. Noting he was Catholic, Cuomo said Catholics […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former Major League Baseball All-Star Albert Belle has been arrested on indecent exposure and extreme driving under the influence charges following a spring training game in Arizona. KSAZ-TV in Phoenix reports Belle was taken into custody in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Sunday and charged with two counts of indecent exposure. He also […]

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A hiker who fell 500 feet down a Southern California mountain was rescued by a helicopter crew and hospitalized for treatment of major injuries. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says the 29-year-old woman slipped on ice Sunday while hiking the San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail. She struck several boulders […]

For years, identity theft expert Eva Velasquez warned parents that freezing their children’s credit reports was difficult, problematic and probably unnecessary. Velasquez, chief executive officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center, has since changed her mind. Or rather, the sheer volume and severity of database breaches — including last year’s breathtakingly huge compromise at […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese media reports said a special North Korean train arrived in Beijing under unusually heavy security on Monday, suggesting a senior delegation might have been aboard. A spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said she was not aware of the situation and had no further comment. North Korea’s state-run media had no […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are returning to the Capitol to accept or override several vetoes from Gov. Dennis Daugaard. The Legislature meets Monday for the final day of the 2018 legislative session. The rejected measures they’ll debate include a bill that would give home-schooled students another path to get the state’s Opportunity […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — One man has died and another man has been wounded in a weekend shooting in South Carolina. Greenville County sheriff’s Deputy Sean Zukowsky told local media that officers were called around 2:45 a.m. Sunday. Zukowsky said officers found two men with gunshot wounds who were taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital. One […]

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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Testing of Albania’s first ever toll road has sparked complaints and anger from drivers and from neighboring Kosovo. Kosovo Transport Minister Pal Lekaj on Monday said the cost of using the 110-kilometer (70-mile) highway linking Milot, near the Adriatic coast, to the Morine border crossing is too high. Hundreds of thousands […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans appear open to President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to negotiate directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and at the same time are less concerned than in recent months by the threat posed by the pariah nation’s nuclear weapons. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for the widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter says they’ve only just been told that the attacker’s father was an FBI informant for 11 years. Lawyers for Noor Salman are asking for a mistrial, saying this information should have been disclosed earlier by prosecutors. Salman is accused of helping her […]

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech officials are recommending a 2.9 percent tuition and fee increase. The Roanoke Times reports that under the proposal, in-state undergraduates’ annual tuition and fees would increase $390, from $13,230 to $13,620. Annual tuition for out -of-state undergraduates would increase $894 from $31,014 to $31,908. If an increase is approved, […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Heavy rain is forecast across parts of the central United States and the National Weather Service says there is a threat of flooding. The weather service has issued a flood watch for Monday night through Thursday night for northeast Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas, southern Missouri and southern Illinois. The weather service says […]

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A second Southern California youth has died following the crash of a car filled with teens and a young adult. Tustin police tell City News Service they were notified Sunday night that 17-year-old Jason Anguiano of Santa Ana died at a hospital. Another 17-year-old, Pedro Fuentes of Santa Ana, died at […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Widow’s lawyers say prosecutors failed to initially disclose Pulse shooter’s father was confidential FBI informant.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Scott appears ready to jump into Florida’s Senate race, setting up a high-profile showdown against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. A top Scott aide, Jackie Schutz Zeckman, resigned as the governor’s chief of staff over the weekend and says Scott will make a “major announcement” on April 9. […]

MADRID (AP) — The European Union’s law enforcement agency says police in Spain have captured the alleged mastermind of a cybercrime gang that stole more than 1 billion euros ($1.24 billion) from financial institutions in a five-year spree. Europol says the alleged gang leader was arrested in the coastal city of Alicante, 350 kilometers (220 […]

LONDON (AP) — Just like their counterparts in baseball, cricket players are capable of devising devious ways of getting some extra movement on a thrown ball. Cutting, scratching, greasing or even biting the ball are all options that have been employed in the past to help get batters out. In most cases, it’s called cheating, […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Germany’s new foreign minister has urged the Palestinians “not to tear down bridges,” an apparent reference President Mahmoud Abbas’ contentious relationship with the U.S. and political rival Hamas. Heiko Maas spoke Monday, after meeting with Abbas and the Palestinian foreign minister. Maas says the new German government remains committed to […]

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A $12 million street construction project is getting underway in Sioux Falls. The 2018 flagship project will divert traffic on the city’s west side during the first phase that begins Monday. Six-thousand drivers using Ellis Rd. are finding alternative routes. The project is expected to take eight months. The Argus […]

MADRID (AP) — The detention in Germany over the weekend of Catalonia’s fugitive former president, 55-year-old Carles Puigdemont, is the latest dramatic development for the troubled Spanish region that is deeply divided over the idea of secession. Here’s a look at the issue. ___ WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON? Spain has been gripped by its most […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU chief Donald Tusk says 14 member nations expel Russian diplomatic staff over poisoning of ex-spy.