Новости за 02.04.2018

Stopping and then restarting work on Seattle’s downtown streetcar expansion will come with significant costs. But city officials are not confident in some financial estimates for the project, which now is projected to cost $200 million.

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Police in Roswell say a woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her cousin and the stabbing and wounding of a man. They say 41-year-old Marcella Reese was taken into custody Monday. She’s accused of second-degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and is being held […]

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A former alderman from Mississippi’s third-largest city is pleading guilty to a federal charge of transporting child pornography. Susan Bradley, a spokeswoman for prosecutors, says Ronnie Hale of Southaven made the plea Monday in Aberdeen. Hale is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 1 and faces five to 20 years in prison […]

NORTH KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — A group of baby foxes have been rescued after their parents disappeared. The Providence Journal reports four baby red foxes were rescued from a den beneath a porch by the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island on Saturday. The malnourished half-pound baby foxes are being cared for by Chi Chan, […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana says a man shot and killed a teen who was robbing him at gunpoint. The Advocate cites a news release from Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. that says 18-year-old Ke’irie Grayer was shot dead Saturday night. The release says Grayer had approached a 25-year-old […]

If you want your next family vacation to be unforgettable, get out of your comfort zone. Shoot arrows at a balloon. Plummet down an Olympic ski jump with only a parachute to stop you. Feed a dangerous animal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a report of severed fingers caused a scare at a New York City parking garage before officers figured out they were fake. The NYPD said a cleaner called 911 on Monday after discovering what appeared to be bloody fingers in a baggie inside the garage. Police officers and city […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Netanyahu says he is suspending deal with UN on African migrants, hours after unveiling arrangement.

PHOENIX (AP) — Some top Republicans in the Arizona Legislature want to add armed and specially trained school personnel to Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to boost school safety. The idea is to train select teachers, principals or even janitors who would access a secured weapon and bullet proof vest and intervene quickly if a person […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a used supply ship on a used rocket to the International Space Station. The Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, hoisting a Dragon capsule full of food, experiments and other station goods for NASA. The Dragon and its 6,000-pound shipment should reach the […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have blocked an attempt by Democrats to add more spending to a five-year education funding plan designed to satisfy a court mandate to boost state aid to public schools. The House debated a bill Monday to phase in a $522 million increase in funding over five years. […]

WYOMING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man who fatally shot himself in the head in a western Michigan cemetery also was shot three times by officers. Kent County sheriff’s officials said Monday an autopsy performed on the body of 52-year-old Joel Peloquin over the weekend found the cause of death was a gunshot wound […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: Humana Inc., up $11.87 to $280.70 Reports said the health insurer is in talks about a sale or partnership with Walmart. Tyson Foods Inc., down $4.55 to $68.64 Most Read Stories‘Enough is enough’: Some local homeowners say this year’s property-tax increase will force […]

UTICA, Miss. (AP) — A worker has died after falling from a cell phone tower in central Mississippi. Hinds County Sheriff’s Major Pete Luke tells local media that the man fell before 10 a.m. Monday. The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of family members. Luke says the tower was being erected off Mississippi […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State taxpayers will pay $30,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against a lawmaker who stole a sign from a protester referring to President Donald Trump as “sadistic,” ”racist” and a “serial groper.” State Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a Republican from Brookfield running for the state Senate, took the sign in May. […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has sworn in three new members of his Cabinet. Murphy, a Democrat, delivered the oath of office to the state’s new adjutant general, health commissioner and human services commissioner. Brig. Gen. Jemal Beale will oversee New Jersey’s roughly 8,400 Army and Air Force National Guard members. […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Court officials say distracted driving citations in Pennsylvania jumped by 52 percent last year and have increased 172 percent since 2013. Nearly seven in 10 citations were issued to men, and more than a third were to people in their 20s. State law prohibits texting while driving, subjecting violators to a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A legal defense fund created for fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe will no longer accept donations after raising more than a half-million dollars in four days. The fund is to defray costs for McCabe, who was fired last month after FBI disciplinary officials and the Justice Department concluded he had not […]

The Seahawks will begin their official offseason program on April 16.

SWANTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says agents arrested 20 people who entered the country illegally in four separate incidents in upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. The first case came early Friday when agents in Champlain, New York, arrested nine Haitian citizens who had just crossed into the United States near […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans streamed out of Washington in late January for their annual retreat, dozens of them headed to Union Station near the U.S. Capitol to catch a train to the luxury Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Rep. Vern Buchanan wasn’t among them. The Florida lawmaker made the short trip in his Embraer […]

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PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has been arrested and a police officer has been put on leave after they exchanged gunfire. The Pearl Police Department spokesman, Lt. Brian McGairty, says shots were fired Saturday night off Interstate 20 in Pearl. He says an officer was responding to a call about a person lying […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island house speaker has announced the members of a legislative commission that will review the state’s workplace laws involving sexual harassment. Democratic Rep. Teresa Tanzi sponsored legislation to create the commission, which passed in March. She alleged in October that a high-ranking legislator told her sexual favors would allow […]

BOSTON (AP) — A local student will be away from school making national waves tonight on the hit-show, The Voice. Twenty-two-year-old Jackie Foster will be performing in knockout rounds on the Season 14 episode of the singing show on Tuesday night. Foster is a second-year music and management major at the Berklee College of Music […]