Новости за 16.04.2018

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government snapshot shows the Kansas winter wheat crop continues to struggle amid the lack of soil moisture. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday in its weekly update that 46 percent of the wheat in Kansas is rated as poor or very poor. Another 42 percent is in fair […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont woman will be getting $550,000 as part of a settlement of her lawsuit against a former Vermont State Police trooper whom she accused of unlawfully arresting and detaining her in a 2010 traffic stop. The Burlington Free Press reports that Fata Sakoc, a native of Bosnia, filed the lawsuit […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: Eldorado Resorts Inc., up $5.80 to $41.50 The casino and hotel company agreed to buy seven properties from Tropicana Entertainment for $1.85 billion. Shire PLC, up 22 cents to $152.41 Most Read StoriesWait, Sprint and T-Mobile haven’t merged yet? | CommentaryAnonymous donor leaves […]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who police say killed his parents after they threatened to cut him out of their wills has pleaded guilty to two murder counts in a deal that calls for a 55-year prison sentence. Twenty-nine-year-old Kyle Navin entered the pleas in Bridgeport Superior Court on Monday, a day before […]

U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Monday, adding to the market’s gains from last week. Technology, health care and industrial companies posted solid gains. The rally came as investors shrugged off jitters over geopolitical tensions following the U.S.-led missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program and focused on company earnings. On Monday: The S&P 500 index […]

DETROIT (AP) — Marriott is combining its Marriott, Starwood and Ritz-Carlton loyalty programs into a single program this August. The move comes more than a year after Marriott purchased Starwood Hotels, the parent of the Westin, W and Sheraton brands. Under the new program, members can earn points for hotel stays and redeem them at […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are set to unveil a bipartisan resolution authorizing the use of military force overseas, accelerating a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that’s taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump’s strikes on Syria. The resolution from Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Twin Cities businessman with a troubled past is running for Senate as an independent. Jerry Trooien formally launched his bid for the U.S. Senate seat once held by former Sen. Al Franken on Monday. He took out ads in the Star Tribune and on broadcast TV to announce his […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence tells the 34th annual space symposium the Trump administration wants an American on the moon again. Pence addressed the symposium in Colorado Springs on Monday. He told the crowd that the president has proposed building an orbital “platform” to simplify trips to the moon. Pence said […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa House lawmaker has been sworn in as a state senator. Annette Sweeney, of Alden, took an oath Monday at the state Capitol. She represents Senate District 25, which is made up of Grundy and Hardin counties, and portions of Butler and Story counties. The 60-year-old Sweeney is […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A convicted package bomber has asked a court to block his scheduled execution this week, arguing that Alabama has no right to carry out the death penalty while he is also serving a federal sentence. Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Thursday for […]

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island pizza deliveryman found with an arsenal of military style weapons after threatening a Rockland County school security guard has been arraigned on weapons charges. Robert Csak, of Lindenhurst, was ordered held on $350,000 cash bail on Monday. His legal aid attorney declined to comment. Assistant Suffolk County […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A North Kansas City woman was sentenced to eight years in prison without parole for embezzling more than $290,000 from her employer. Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Tonya Topel was sentenced Monday and ordered to pay $291,193 in restitution for four fraud schemes she ran as senior auditor at Construction Benefits […]

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California, has won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of devastating wildfires that swept through wine country in October. Executive Editor Catherine Barnett said on the newspaper’s website Monday that it is “a proud day for our newsroom.” Barnett says staff headed […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Crews used machinery to free a horse that had become trapped in an abandoned trailer in Phoenix, but the animal was later euthanized due to his injuries. Authorities say the vehicle pulling the horse trailer was involved in a crash or stopped abruptly on Saturday. The force from the crash or stopping […]

THURMOND, W.Va. (AP) — CSX says an empty coal train has hit a rock slide and derailed in southern West Virginia. No injuries were reported. The company says in a news release the train heading to Hutchinson derailed about 9:30 a.m. Monday near Thurmond in the New River Gorge. CSX says 10 of the 97 […]

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Ahead of a major international music and arts festival in Lafayette, Louisiana, the letters spelling out the host city’s name are getting a makeover. KATC-TV reports that the three-dimensional Lafayette letters in the city’s Parc Sans Souci are being painted to reflect the artwork for the 32nd annual Festival International de […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi legislative leader says conservatives should support his plan to finance road and bridge work, arguing that a shift from income to fuel taxes will aid the state. House Speaker Philip Gunn says Gov. Phil Bryant’s closure of more than 100 bridges proves Mississippi needs to act quickly. Gunn last […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say overloaded power strips sparked the deadly Trump Tower fire in New York City that sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president’s name-sake skyscraper. The New York Fire Department on Monday said the April 7 fire in a 50th floor apartment on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another Republican Wisconsin state lawmaker is declining to run for Congress to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan. State Rep. Samantha Kerkman announced Monday she intends to seek re-election to the Legislature rather than run for Ryan’s southeastern Wisconsin congressional district. That leaves University of Wisconsin Regent Bryan Steil (STYLE) as the […]

EPHRATA, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are investigating the death of a handcuffed prisoner who broke away from law enforcement officers and was found dead in a Pennsylvania creek. Ephrata officers were sent to a hospital parking lot shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday to aid a county sheriff’s deputy struggling with the prisoner, who […]

T-Mobile will pay $40 million to settle a Federal Communications Commission investigation that found some of its customers weren’t able to complete calls to certain rural areas

HOUSTON (AP) — They met at a Christmas dance. She was 17. He was 18. Two years later they were married. Now 73 years later, they are the longest-married couple in presidential history. “George Bush knows how I feel,” Barbara Bush has said. “He is the hero… He is my hero.” With her former president […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The dearth of sexual harassment complaints filed against Connecticut legislators was questioned Monday, with some lawmakers theorizing that people have avoided filing complaints because of the power legislators wield over staff, lobbyists and others. State Sen. Mae Flexer, a Democrat from Killingly who began her political career at the state Capitol […]

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers are getting ready to discuss an immigration bill aimed at significantly changing the procedures for seeking asylum. The bill by French President Emmanuel Macron’s government proposes to speed up the processing of asylum applications and to grant new rights to successful applicants, but also to make it easier to deport […]