Новости за 04.04.2018

BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Attorney General’s Office wants a man whose conviction for killing his wife was vacated sent back to prison. The Springfield News-Leader reports the attorney general’s office is arguing in an appeal that Circuit Judge John Beger erred when he vacated 61-year-old Brand Jennings’ 2009 conviction for killing his wife. […]

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reopening enrollment to a federal program for dairy farmers to assess their insurance coverage, including those in Connecticut. The Margin Protection Program for Dairy helps provide affordable insurance to small dairy farms, especially those suffering from declining milk prices. Dairy farmers can reassess their safety […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer signed a bill granting National Guard members free, full college tuition in response to a dwindling number of recruits. The new law will take effect in July after Colyer signed it Wednesday, but legislators still need to allocate funding for the program. Bill author and Republican Rep. […]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Six southeast Mississippi residents face charges of passing counterfeit money in a scheme stretching back until at least 2016. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Hattiesburg charges Richard Bryan Crabtree, Richard Cochran, Katie Ashley Dubose Tate, Kimberly Lynn Hutchinson, Christopher Bishop and Tyler Janzen Perry. The March 20 indictment […]

The U.S. government said in papers filed in federal court that Mehmet Hakan Atilla was a "key player" in efforts to undermine sanctions aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Two highway lanes in the main casino drag on the south shore of Lake Tahoe may remain closed for weeks after an explosion in an underground utility vault and blew a hole in the road over the weekend. The blast left a crater in the middle of U.S. Highway 50 in […]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The battle between a transit agency, a ferry company and the city of Hoboken has taken another twist. The dispute centers on a three-acre waterfront property the city wants to acquire by eminent domain and turn into a park. NY Waterway currently owns the property and wants to use it as […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The unrelenting power struggle between North Carolina Republicans and the Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is back in court. Lawyers for the two sides were in a Wake County courtroom Wednesday in a dispute over who controls money from federal block grants and money settling a high-profile lawsuit. An attorney for Senate […]

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — James Dean Jr. has been named the 20th president of the University of New Hampshire. Dean takes over June 30. He will succeed Mark Huddleston, who is retiring after 11 years. Dean most recently served as executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he […]

Even as U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of pulling out of Syria "very soon," an Associated Press team saw American forces setting up front-line positions outside the strategic northern town of Manbij.

Grammy-winning singer Usher has listed his Hollywood Hills West home for sale at $4.2 million.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The president of a Christian college in Springdale has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors called a kickback scheme involving his school. Oren Paris III had faced a trial Monday with former state Sen. Jon Woods and consultant Randell Shelton. Instead, the president of Ecclesia College pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston has approved new building regulations that will dictate how high new homes and other structures must be elevated to avoid floodwaters. The City Council approved the regulations Wednesday. The come in the way of Hurricane Harvey, which flooded thousands of homes in the nation’s fourth-largest city. Under the rule, new structures […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An appellate court decision upholds the dismissal of a 2016 fraud indictment against two people who worked at a livestock auction business in Roosevelt County in eastern New Mexico. The New Mexico Court of Appeals decision issued Monday says District Judge Drew Tatum ruled correctly that Darcie Pareo and Calvin […]

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A Texas pastor has been arrested for failing to immediately report an assistant youth pastor accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The Mesquite Police Department says that Robert Ross, the lead pastor of Open Door Baptist Church, was charged Tuesday with a misdemeanor for failing to promptly report Steven Winn […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit filed by five women that claims the city of Provo failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by the city’s former police chief will be heard in federal court. The Deseret News reports that attorneys for the city filed a notice Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent ethics office says a Tennessee congressman, Republican John Duncan, may have improperly converted more than $100,000 from his campaign committee and leadership political action committee to personal use. The conclusions from the Office of Congressional Ethics were released Wednesday by the House ethics committee, which says it’s continuing to review […]

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Officials have identified skeletal remains found in some woods in South Carolina last month. Local media reported that a statement from Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker said the remains were those of a man reported missing last September. Baker’s statement says he used dental records and DNA to determine the remains […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A defense attorney who walked out on his client during a court proceeding in Bend has been replaced. The Bulletin newspaper reports the trial of Dylan Sullivan — scheduled to begin in two weeks — has been postponed so his new lawyer can prepare. His former attorney, Scott Upham, shocked the […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has passed a measure that aims to create opportunities for minority business owners to become licensed medical marijuana growers and processors. The measure passed the Senate with a vote of 42-3 on Wednesday. It would increase the number of licenses for medical marijuana growers from 15 to as […]

MENIFFEE, Calif. (AP) — US official: Federal agents are searching Southern California homes where YouTube shooter had lived.

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas state senator is set for sentencing in June after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering charges. Federal court records show that former Sen. Jake Files is set for sentencing on June 18 in Fort Smith. The Republican resigned this year after he […]

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina district attorney says he will seek the death penalty against the adoptive father of a teenager who was missing for years before her body was found in South Carolina. The judge presiding over a hearing in Salisbury on Wednesday confirmed the decision by the district attorney’s office to […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — New York state has cancelled plans to move a child psychiatric center in western New York to the nearby campus of an adult mental health facility in Buffalo. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the decision Wednesday, saying he decided to reverse course after residents throughout the region expressed concerns about the […]

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — An ongoing stretch of bad weather is delaying progress on a much needed bridge repair project in the Jersey City area. The new Route 7 Wittpenn Bridge — which crosses between Jersey City and Kearny — will need to wait until summer to see the installation of the center section […]