Новости за 05.04.2018

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed state District Judge Richard Darby to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Darby, who’s been a judge in Oklahoma for more than 30 years, was named Thursday to succeed former Justice Joseph Watt, who retired last year. Darby, of Altus, has served as […]

Last month brought five eviction lawsuits against Tully’s Coffee, but a case involving far more money than any of those has popped up from a place where it has no stores — Florida.

Global stock indexes kept climbing Thursday as investors around the world grew more optimistic that a trade dispute between the U.S. and China, the two largest economies in the world, will resolve without too much damage. In the U.S., banks and retailers made some of the biggest gains. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index jumped […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The deadline to file to seek the office of mayor of Tennessee’s capital city has passed, with 20 people returning petitions to run. News outlets report Nashville Mayor David Briley is among those filing. Briley was sworn in a month ago after Megan Barry resigned. State Rep. Harold Love Jr. is […]

LANSDALE, Pa. (AP) — A man is accused of fatally stabbing his father in the Philadelphia suburbs and taking out one of the 74-year-old victim’s eyeballs. Montgomery County prosecutors allege 30-year-old Preston Lonnberg-Lane used a butter knife to stab Thomas Lane in the head, neck and arm in their Lansdale home on March 27. Officers […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Conn’s Inc., down $5.12 to $30.73 The retailer reported disappointing revenue and forecast weak sales in the current quarter. Deere & Co., up $2.77 to $151.34 Most Read StoriesTolls on downtown streets? Seattle mayor pushes for plan to cut traffic, greenhouse gasesTurmoil inside […]

OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — A woman found guilty of housing dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes in her New Hampshire mansion is scheduled to be sentenced next month on 17 counts of animal cruelty. Christina Fay was convicted of the misdemeanors last month. She’s scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, May 11, at 10 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is signing off on selling more than $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the United States. The State Department says the administration told Congress on Thursday that it plans to approve the sale. Lawmakers will have 30 days to act if […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The governors of Louisiana and Mississippi are praising President Donald Trump’s proposal to put more federal money into infrastructure. But they say their rural states would be hard-pressed to pay a bigger share of the tab for projects paid by a combination of federal and state money. Many highway projects […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say six more people have died from the flu, ending the official 2017-18 flu season with a record 348 deaths. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said there were three deaths for the week ending March 31, which is considered the final week of the […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Health officials in Maryland are warning people about serious bleeding problems linked to the use of synthetic cannabinoids. A Thursday statement from the University of Maryland says a person was hospitalized earlier this week to treat bleeding issues. The patient was a user of synthetic marijuana, also known as spice, K2 or […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe from a lawsuit alleging he defrauded investors in a failed electric car company. Thirty-two Chinese investors sued McAuliffe and Greentech Automotive last year. They say they were duped into investing $500,000 each into what they thought was a viable company. The […]

In a pregame ceremony gone awry, the Mariners starting pitcher became a landing spot for a large feathered friend.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration approves deal to sell $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia as crown prince visits US.

NEWSCASTLE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a man hunting for mushrooms in central Oklahoma found skeletal human remains. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says the scattered remains were found Wednesday in Newcastle, on the southern edge of the Oklahoma City city limits. A news release from the agency said investigators are searching through missing […]

UW sophomore Evanni Roberson rebounded from a broken ankle during her freshman season to become one of only two all-rounders for the Huskies, who compete at NCAA Regionals in Pennsylvania Saturday.

ELKIN, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have filed more charges against a North Carolina woman accused in her autistic son’s death in a fire. The State Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that 53-year-old Maria Deneane Kidd is charged with insurance fraud and insurance fraud application. Last month, Kidd was charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony child […]

WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. (AP) — Several New Hampshire ski resorts are looking to stay open through at least April 15. Waterville Valley, Cannon Mountain, Loon Mountain, Mount Sunapee, and Bretton Woods are planning to stay open. Waterville Valley’s director of marketing, Matt Hesser says snow conditions are still strong.

Delta Air Lines now says that payment-card information about “several hundred thousand” customers may have been exposed by a malware breach last fall. The airlines says that the malware attack may have exposed customers’ names, addresses, credit card numbers, card security codes and expiration dates. Delta offered the additional details about the attack on Thursday, […]

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — The owners of the dogs that mauled a woman whose death prompted legislation have been charged. AL.com reports that 43-year-old Brian Keith Graden and 45-year-old Melody Ann Grader were booked Tuesday on charges of criminally negligent homicide and failure to immunize a pet for rabies. The Gradens owned the five dogs […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Thursday he will run for his old job, ending months of speculation about a return to politics following his short-lived 2012 presidential campaign. The two-term Republican governor had been inching toward a run for months, quitting his Washington lobbying job and filing a campaign […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces he’ll seek old job; first bid since failed 2012 GOP presidential run.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A memorial honoring sanitation workers who led a strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968 is now open. Sanitation workers, city leaders and the architects who designed the I Am A Man plaza gathered at the Clayborn Temple on Thursday to dedicate the new memorial. The […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has expanded a measure to improve school safety by requiring a school resource officer or otherwise adequate law enforcement coverage at all public schools by the start of next school year. The Senate voted 23-22 Thursday for changing a measure aimed at creating consistent standards for school safety […]

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A dog dropped off at a PetSmart has become the third to die at one of the stores in New Jersey in less than five months. Chuck Crawford tells NJ.com he dropped off his two corgis, Abby and Harley, at the Toms River PetSmart for grooming March 29. He says […]