Новости за 10.04.2018

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The National Weather Service says survey crews have confirmed another tornado struck during widespread storms in Kentucky. The weather service said an EF-1, or moderate, tornado with peak winds of 90 mph hit near Wingo just after 7:30 p.m. April 3. The twister damaged trees, lofted a barn roof into a […]

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls is proposing an undergraduate resident tuition increase of 2.8 percent for the upcoming academic year. The Courier reports that the Iowa Board of Regents will provide the first of two readings on the proposed rates for all three of Iowa’s public universities […]

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police say a New Jersey man arrested on drug charges is facing new counts after county jail guards discovered that he had ingested — and then regurgitated into his mouth — 32 bags of heroin. Gloucester Township police say officers saw a car traveling at high speed through a work […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new campaign finance report shows Mitt Romney has $1.15 million in his account as he vies to win a U.S. Senate seat in Utah to replace retiring Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. That includes $1 million that Romney transferred from an account he used in his past presidential bids. Romney’s […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A senior sheriff’s deputy has been fired from his post in northern Utah for failing to properly oversee an evidence-room technician who used methamphetamine gathered as evidence. The Weber County Sheriff’s Office confirms that the supervisor whose dismissal was announced Monday is Lt. Kevin Burns, now the chief deputy of […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — College students, parents of children with disabilities and others who rely on Louisiana for services piled into a legislative hearing room to plead for their programs to be spared from cuts. Tuesday was public testimony day in the House Appropriations Committee, the day when the public gets its turn to […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top prosecutor isn’t bringing charges against a congressman who pulled out his own loaded handgun during a constituent meeting to make a point about gun safety. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Tuesday that the action taken by U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman “is not a prosecutable offense.” State Democratic Party […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Villanova’s comfortable victory over Michigan in the NCAA men’s basketball final may have been good for the blood pressure of the team’s fans. But it didn’t help television ratings. The Nielsen company said the game was seen by a total of 16 million people on TBS, TNT and Tru TV last […]

Stocks jumped Tuesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing would reduce tariffs on imported cars and improve intellectual property protection, steps that could ease trade tensions. Facebook climbed as CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Senate about the company’s privacy scandal. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 index climbed 43.71 points, or 1.7 percent, to […]

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — The aunt of a Virginia man fatally shot by police says the shooting was unjustified. Sarah Lipscomb told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Danville police showed her and other family members video of the shooting early Sunday. Lipscomb says her nephew, 25-year-old Juan (Ju-AHN) Markee Jones, was unarmed and was […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has extended an executive order allowing physicians from the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center to treat patients at outside facilities while the flood-damaged VA hospital is being renovated. Other hospitals agreed to let VA providers use their facilities after a burst pipe in July caused severe flooding […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Workers renovating the old Dayton’s department store in downtown Minneapolis have discovered a mystery: the mummified remains of a monkey. A spokeswoman for The Dayton’s Project, an office, retail and restaurant complex going into the century-old building, says workers found the carcass in an air duct on the seventh floor last week. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Ford Motor Co., up 20 cents to $11.45 Automakers rose after Chinese President Xi Jinping said he would reduce tariffs on imported cars. VeriFone Systems Inc., up $7.78 to $22.78 Most Read StoriesWho were the Harts, really? Mystery surrounds family that plunged off […]

BOSTON (AP) — A former host of one of National Public Radio’s most successful programs who was fired over allegations of workplace abuse is apologizing and asking for a second chance. “On Point” host Tom Ashbrook was dismissed by Boston radio station WBUR in February after investigators found he created an “abusive work environment.” The […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say former Jacksonville Jaguars safety and assistant coach Marlon McCree was arrested over the weekend following a vehicle chase with his ex-wife and crashing his truck into her SUV. A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office report says the 41-year-old McCree was arrested Saturday evening on charges of simple assault and aggravated battery. […]

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DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Days after a missing 5-year-old Tennessee boy’s father was charged with homicide, the boy’s mother has been charged in connection with the death. News outlets report that 27-year-old Krystal Nicole Daniels was arrested Monday night on charges of aggravated child neglect or endangerment. Court documents released Tuesday say she acknowledged being […]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s state treasurer, Walker Stapleton, says he will try to qualify for the Republican gubernatorial primary at the party’s state assembly this weekend. Stapleton apparently had qualified by submitting a sufficient number of voter signatures to petition his way onto the June 26 primary ballot. But KMGH-TV reports that Stapleton asked the […]

HUDSON, Mass. (AP) — The Middlesex District Attorney’s office is investigating the death of an infant in Hudson. Hudson police department officers responded to a 911 call reporting an unresponsive infant on Church Street. The baby was pronounced dead at an area hospital. The Office of The Chief Medical Examiner is determining the cause and […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the probable cause of a fatal Alaska commuter plane crash was the flight crew’s decision to continue using visual flight rules as weather deteriorated between two villages. The October 2016 crash killed two Hageland Aviation Services pilots and a passenger on a scheduled flight between […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Time is running out for new potential laws in South Carolina. Tuesday is the crossover deadline, where a bill has to pass either the House or the Senate to be considered by the other chamber with less than a two-thirds vote. This year also is the second year of the session, […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s Republican Lt. Gov. and Sen. Michelle Fischbach is being sued again over her dual roles. Fischbach automatically ascended to become lieutenant governor in January after Tina Smith was appointed to the U.S. Senate. But she has fought to maintain her Senate seat as Republicans protect a one-seat majority. A […]

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana man accused of fatally strangling an elderly Indiana woman and her daughter has been deemed competent to stand trial. Court records state the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration notified Lake Superior court in January that 46-year-old James Lohnes of Crown Point had attained the ability to […]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A new study says the South’s increasingly diverse homegrown talent won’t share in the region’s economic growth unless state leaders commit to spending more on public schools and higher education. The State of the South 2018 report found that 13 states across the region are relying heavily on an influx of […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Rep. Kevin Cramer says he raised more than $1.13 million in his first quarter as a Senate candidate, a total that includes money transferred from his House re-election campaign before he switched races in February. Cramer’s campaign released partial figures on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Election Commission’s April 15 deadline. […]