Новости за 28.03.2018

OAKES, N.D. (AP) — Crews are working to clean up corn spilled from seven train cars in southeastern North Dakota. Officials say four cars on the train derailed and the seven cars of corn tipped over Tuesday night in the Dickey County community of Oakes. KDDR reports Red River Valley & Western Railroad’s Track and […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s government is cutting off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s communications outside the nation’s London embassy. Officials announced Wednesday they were taking the measure in response to Assange’s recent activity on social media. As part of an agreement between Assange and the Ecuadorean government, he is not permitted to send any messages […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Families could mount video cameras in their loved ones’ nursing home rooms and monitor them from afar, under a measure that took its first step toward passage in the Louisiana House. Rep. Helena Moreno, a New Orleans Democrat, said her proposal would offer peace of mind to family members trying […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Backers of a ballot initiative seeking to legalize lucrative betting machines in Idaho say a political action committee has hired operatives to deter voters from signing the petition. Bruce Newcomb, chairman of the Save Idaho Horse Racing, said Wednesday that signature blockers with the North Idaho Voter Project have been following […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State documents show emissions from Foxconn Technology Group’s planned manufacturing complex would rank among the highest in southeastern Wisconsin for toxins that create air pollution known as smog. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that documents filed with the state Department of Natural Resources indicate that Foxconn’s most significant air pollutants would […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Official: Ecuador cutting off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s communications outside London embassy.

The stop-motion animation is first-rate, sometimes adorable and often eerily lovely. But critic Moira Macdonald couldn't quite warm up to "Isle of Dogs." Rating: 2.5 stars out of 4.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali police say at least three people are wounded after a bomb attached to their vehicle exploded near the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the capital, Mogadishu. Officer Abdifitah Ahmed confirms that the bomb went off shortly after the three left in the vehicle from a […]

Atlanta’s municipal government has been brought to its knees by a ransomware attack — one of the most sustained and consequential cyberattacks ever mounted against a major U.S. city.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say an immigration detainee about to be deported to Senegal escaped custody at New York’s Kennedy Airport and fled in a taxi. A spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke was in the custody of ICE agents at the airport Tuesday night when he bolted and […]

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Police allege that an exchange student accused of threatening a shooting at his high school had ammunition in the Pennsylvania home where he was staying and also researched how to buy an AK-47. Upper Darby police alleged Wednesday that 18-year-old Taiwanese exchange student An Tso Sun threatened to “shoot up” […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife have put their Norfolk home up for sale. In January, the Northams moved into the governor’s mansion in Richmond, where they are required to live during his tenure in office. A spokesperson for the governor said that’s part of the reason they put their home […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s president says an attack on a former leader’s entourage could create instability as Latin America’s largest nation heads into a heated election campaign. The left-leaning Workers’ Party said gunshots hit two buses in a caravan for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign Tuesday. No one was hurt and […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Just as the costs, the politics and administrative complexity of Oregon’s underfunded public pension system are set to reach a painful new peak, the system is facing turnover at the top that will be difficult to backfill. The longtime executive director of the Public Employees Retirement System, Steve Rodeman, who’s been […]

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say they have closed a section of Interstate 26 near Columbia after an armed man led officers on a chase and then refused to get out of his vehicle. Lexington County Sheriff’s Capt. Adam Myrick says officers shut down I-26 in both directions around 11 a.m. Wednesday near the state […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a man accidently shot himself inside a hotel and casino at the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police Lt. Isaac Auten says the man accidentally shot himself in the arm Wednesday morning inside a hotel room at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. He says the man suffered minor injuries […]

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A former manager of a Navajo Nation chapter in Tuba City, Arizona, has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from the theft of more than $1 million in chapter funds. The Gallup Independent reports Priscilla Littlefoot pleaded no contest Tuesday to 18 counts of theft. The tribal Department of Justice in […]

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Transportation has announced upgrades for Interstate 84 between Pendleton and La Grande. The East Oregonian reports the work is based on a study that examined freeway safety in the eastern part of the state. It found a need to reduce speed-related crashes, crash severity and distracted driving […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court says government agencies must give details about whose privacy rights they are protecting when justifying closing a meeting to the public. The court ruled 5-0 Tuesday that the Wolf Point School District Board of Trustees’ explanation for closing a four-hour meeting before firing a schoolteacher in 2015 […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Brown County are expected to consider upgraded charges against a man accused in a hit-and-run bicycle crash now that the victim has died. Authorities have identified the victim as 47-year-old Russell Owens, of Green Bay. A criminal complaint says Owens was struck from behind by an SUV Sunday […]

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — An 18-year-old Elko High School student charged with bringing guns and knives onto school grounds has pleaded guilty to a lesser alcohol-related charge as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Sammual Munk was arrested Oct. 18 on two counts of unlawful possession of dangerous weapons on school property — a […]

Marjama developed the eating disorder as a high school wrestler trying to cut weight. "When it comes to not eating, I was perfect."

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More golden trout than expected will be stocked in West Virginia’s lakes and streams. The Division of Natural Resources says in a news release that due to growing interest, the bright yellow trout will be added to 20 new locations around the state next week. That will bring the total number […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an airline to pay about $272,000 in damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in South America in 2011. Judge Michael Shea in Hartford ruled Tuesday that Caribbean Airlines was responsible for the injuries of Waterbury resident Indrawatie Shiwbodh (ihn-drah-WHA’-tee SHIV’-bud). The decision […]

LARGO, Md. (AP) — A hazardous materials crew was called to the office of a Maryland state senator after several people felt ill, but nothing hazardous was found. The incident happened just after 7 p.m. Tuesday at a campaign office of Democratic state Sen. C. Anthony Muse. The Washington Post reports that several people working […]