Новости за 27.03.2018

KOTLIK, Alaska (AP) — The state fire marshal office will investigate two suspicious fires in the southwest Alaska village of Kotlik, including one that destroyed the community’s dance hall. Alaska State Troopers just before 5 a.m. Monday took a call that the dance hall was on fire and volunteers were trying to extinguish it. Two […]

Adding the proposed “Addition” to the Washington State Convention Center would roughly double the 400,000 visitors it now gets each year, bringing scores more customers to small restaurants and retailers like us.

Jimmy Lake: “I think we have everything at our fingertips to win a national championship right here. This is a very difficult place to leave, and I’d love to be here for a long time.”

ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say three people were rescued from a pickup in the Bourbeuse River near St. Clair after fleeing from a deputy and driving into the rain-swollen waterway. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy spotted the Ford Ranger in the St. Clair area shortly after midnight on Tuesday and […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arrested a pair of alleged gang members in the shootings — one fatal — of two men at a homeless encampment. Officers responding Jan. 21 to reports of gunfire found Daniel Duarte shot to death inside a tent along a flood control channel north of downtown Los […]

Lawmakers are right to be frustrated that Western State Hospital has yet to implement a common-sense tool to manage staffing, especially after the state shelled out $26 million for the hospital’s overtime costs this year.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The leader of a secretive group in upstate New York who allegedly coerced female followers into having sex with him and getting branded with his initials has appeared in federal court in Texas. Sporting a blue t-shirt, close-cropped gray beard, dark-rimmed glasses and chains, Keith Raniere waived his right to […]

The decision to ask a citizenship question on the census may seem an obscure matter, but it could give the Trump administration another level to shift power and federal resources away from blue states toward red ones.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Pratt elementary school secretary has been indicted on federal firearms charges. The U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas says Claudia Rodriguez-Oviedo was indicted Tuesday on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by an immigrant who is illegally in the United States. The 33-year-old Mexican national is […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — According to multiple reports Louisville has hired Xavier’s Chris Mack as its new men’s basketball coach, hoping he can guide the program back to national contention after a turbulent season in which the Cardinals missed the NCAA Tournament. Mack led the Musketeers to a 29-6 record and the school’s first-ever No. […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The University of Nevada, Reno is selling 104 acres of farmland in east Reno. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the university is requesting purchase proposals with the minimum bid set at $20 million for the parcel at Mill Street and McCarran Boulevard. The land is a section of the university’s 915-acre Main […]

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who calls himself Father Jesus has been arrested for disturbing the peace after allegedly pointing a weapon at a woman. Gulfport Police say Jesus was arrested Sunday after a woman said the 42-year-old pointed a weapon at her. Authorities say officers made contact with Jesus at a Gulfport […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a decision in a long-running legal battle over whether Google infringed on Oracle’s Java programming language to build its hugely popular mobile operating system, Android. The court said Google’s use of Java was “not fair” and sent the case back to trial to determine […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man has admitted to a federal judge that he planned to bomb a Confederate statue last summer. The Houston Chronicle reports Andrew C. E. Schneck pleaded guilty Tuesday to willfully attempting to maliciously damage or destroy property in violation of federal law. Sentencing is set for June 22. He faces […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say 10 people have been arrested in a Westchester County loan-sharking and gambling operation allegedly controlled by the Luchesse (loo-CHAY’-zee) crime family. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrests on Tuesday, saying investigators identified over 47 loan-shark victims who were “preyed on” by the suspects. Scheiderman says the victims […]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A search is underway for a Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate who never returned from a weekend pass. WDAM-TV reports authorities are looking for 42-year-old James Robert Keel, who is serving 20 years for conspiracy to commit a crime and 10 years of probation for selling methamphetamine in Yalobusha County. According […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former U.S. attorney says his team has completed a special investigation into a Kentucky city’s handling of a child sex abuse scandal within a police program. The Courier Journal reports Kerry Harvey said Monday he expects city leaders will receive the review of the handling of sexual abuse allegations in […]

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A former Marine Corps sergeant has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the shooting death of his wife in 2014. Local news sources report 36-year-old Christopher Michael Skaggs pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday in an Onslow County courtroom. Skaggs received a mandatory life sentence without parole. Had he gone to […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill that would ban a common abortion procedure when women are at least 11 weeks into their pregnancies. The House voted 75-13 Tuesday to send the bill to Gov. Matt Bevin, a staunch abortion opponent. The bill drew contentious debate during its journey […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved tougher penalties for making false calls to police three months after an officer fatally shot a Wichita man during a deadly hoax emergency call. The Wichita Eagle reports the bill makes fake calls that result in death a felony comparable to second-degree murder. Any false call for […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say five people were killed when a vehicle plunged about 100 feet off a cliff along Northern California’s scenic Pacific Coast Highway near Mendocino. The California Highway Patrol identified the victims Tuesday as two women from West Linn, Oregon and three children. Their names and ages were not immediately released. […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors will attempt to convince a judge to let them try a fired Florida police officer who fatally shot a stranded and legally armed black motorist, arguing he should not be covered by the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law. They and Nouman Raja’s attorneys are scheduled to square […]

A torrent of flashy computer-generated imagery and '80s nostalgia pour off the screen in Steven Spielberg’s sprawling movie about a future where everyone is wired into a virtual-reality universe. Rating: 2 stars out of 4.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic team has been invited to the White House for a visit April 27, leaving the 244 members about four weeks to decide if they’ll attend. Four members from the U.S. team — Gus Kenworthy, Adam Rippon, Nathan Chen and Lindsey Vonn — have said they would not […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Rhode Island is joining a New Hampshire initiative to provide training and resources to companies that are willing to hire and work intentionally with people in recovery. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu announced the “Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative” in January and it officially launched earlier this month. On Tuesday, Sununu said New […]