Новости за 04.04.2018

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a bill that would change how school construction funding decisions are made. The Republican governor vetoed the bill Wednesday. The measure passed both chambers of the Democrat-controlled General Assembly with enough votes to override the veto, but the vote could be very close. The bill takes […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Immigrant rights advocates accuse federal immigration authorities of making it difficult for immigrants held at two detention centers in Georgia and one in Louisiana to access and communicate with lawyers. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed the lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and […]

The young people of this country are developing into a powerful voting bloc in their efforts to promote gun control, and as such are a group that may influence the upcoming midterm elections. Another voting bloc which must be considered are the retiring baby boomers. Starting in the 1980s, we boomers lost much of the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An effort by Democratic lawmakers to ban bump stocks in Tennessee has failed. Bump stocks are devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to mimic the rapid fire of machine guns. Some Tennessee Senate leaders had come out in support of President Donald Trump’s push to ban bump stocks after a gunman used […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — Town officials have voted to ban all balloons from Block Island. The New Shoreham Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate the sale, distribution and use of all balloons. WPRI-TV reports the ban goes into effect next Monday. Police will enforce the ordinance. Violators face a fine of up to […]

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — NASA is hoping to develop a plane that will break the sound barrier without producing a deafening sonic boom, and the agency’s research center in Virginia is playing a big role. The space agency announced Tuesday that it awarded a $250 million contract to Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to build a […]

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A former chemist at Montana’s state crime lab in Missoula has pleaded not guilty to charges that he took methamphetamine left over from samples being tested for suspected drugs in criminal cases. The clerk’s office says Derek Thrush entered his pleas Tuesday during an appearance before District Judge Karen Townsend. Thrush […]

HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A giraffe whose birth became an internet sensation is turning a year old this month. Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York is having a birthday party on April 15 for Tajiri (tah-JEER’-ee), the son of April and Oliver. April’s pregnancy drew more than 232 million YouTube live views during a […]

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — A Maine city planning board has approved an expansion for a veterinary technology firm that will allow the group to hire 600 more employees. The Westbrook Planning Board voted unanimously in favor of Idexx Laboratories’ expansion on Tuesday. The Portland Press Herald reports the company estimates the project will cost $62 […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois courts are considering if a state law that allows judges to limit teen defendants’ social media postings unfairly restricts defendants’ First Amendment freedoms. The Chicago Tribune reports that Illinois judges have seen how social media can amplify gang disputes. They’ve been imposing restrictions to defendants’ social media usage with the goal […]

POLSON, Mont. (AP) — A northwestern Montana man has died while searching for shed antlers southwest of St. Ignatius. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell says searchers found the body of 52-year-old Michael Eugene Wheeler of St. Ignatius just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. Wheeler’s adult son reported him missing Monday night after the two became separated […]

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s largest electric utility is preparing to respond to outages caused by high winds that are forecast to hit the state. Green Mountain Power says that weather forecasts that include gusts of up to 65 miles per hour in some locations from Wednesday afternoon through early Thursday increase the chance that […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas officials say eastern counties are struggling with the influx of buffalo gnats that are causing the deaths of livestock and deer. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the black flies began laying eggs following heavy winter rains. The gnats clustered around homes and on farms in flood plains as the […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s largest city has submitted its bid to host the 2020 Republican National Convention. Charlotte’s official proposal comes more than ix weeks after city officials said they were considering a bid to host the convention. Charlotte hosted the Democratic National Convention in 2012. Mayor Vi Lyles says the Republican National […]

MEDWAY, Maine (AP) — A Maine town struggling with a shortage of firefighters has voted to keep its own fire department, despite a proposal to pay another community to share them. The Medway Board of Selectmen voted Monday to hire interim Fire Chief Aaron Lee as the town’s fire chief and to keep the department […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Train service between Trenton and Metropark has resumed with delays after authorities say a trespasser was killed at the New Brunswick station. New Jersey Transit says its service on the Northeast Corridor line is operating with residual 45-minute delays in both directions Wednesday. The suspension was announced shortly before 10:30 […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former juvenile home employee in Pennsylvania has been charged with setting up an attack on a 15-year-old boy on a school bus. Police say the assault happened March 26 as students were being transported from Bethany Children’s Home to Conrad Weiser High School. Authorities allege that one attacker was seen […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish groups campaigning for a bill on returning property lost during the Holocaust have invited American politicians to see firsthand the irregularities the groups say occur without proper regulation. Last week, 59 U.S. senators wrote Poland’s prime minister to urge the passage of legislation that would compensate Holocaust survivors and their […]

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — CVS Health is now planning to treat kidney failure patients, as the drugstore operator continues to branch deeper into monitoring and providing care. The company said Wednesday it will offer home dialysis for patients through its Coram business, and it is working with another company to develop a new device for […]

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — About a thousand supporters of a radical Pakistani cleric have staged a sit-in in Lahore after a court declared him a fugitive over violent rallies in Islamabad last year, in which five people were killed. Wednesday’s sit-in was organized by Khadim Hussain Rizvi, a controversial cleric who led rallies in Islamabad […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence official says President Donald Trump’s nominee to be CIA director will fully explain her role in the harsh interrogation practices used on terror suspects after 9/11. Dan Coats told reporters on Wednesday that he’s spent a lot of time learning about deputy CIA director Gina Haspel’s actions in […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon has cited the exclusion of a black female legislative leader from the state’s budget negotiations as an example of where the Democratic Party needs to improve when it comes to promoting women leaders. During the “Sex and the City” star’s first national television interview […]

GLENSHAW, Pa. (AP) — Police say a tree and power lines fell on a school bus in western Pennsylvania, but students on the bus escaped injury. The tree fell on the Shaler Area School District bus Wednesday morning in Shaler Township, about 10 miles (17 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh. The bus driver and students were […]

BUCKEYE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula and is blamed for creating hazardous road conditions seen as a factor in three traffic deaths. The Gladwin County sheriff’s office in mid-Michigan says 74-year-old Joan Fisher and her 50-year-old son, Brian Scherzer, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A late-season atmospheric river over the Pacific is taking aim at northern and central California. The National Weather Service says the “robust” plume of subtropical moisture is well offshore Wednesday but stretches all the way to Hawaii. Forecasters say it’s not clear where it will make landfall, but will bring light […]