Новости за 16.04.2018

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman in Mississippi. The Vicksburg Post reports that 56-year-old Darrell Lepercy Green was arrested Sunday and charged with murder. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer. Police reports say Green and 45-year-old Latonya Love Campbell had […]

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Police say a South Carolina man is accused of slapping a pizza worker after demanding a free pie. News outlets report the employee told police that 35-year-old Kenneth Wayne Baker Jr. came into a Domino’s store in Rock Hill saying his pizza had not been delivered and telling workers he […]

MIDFIELD, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama are investigating after a dead man was found in a vehicle in a police department’s parking lot. A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office news release says deputies were called to the Midfield Police Department to investigate the report of a deceased person in the car in the parking lot […]

The concept of pitch framing is not exactly new, but it certainly seems to be under a bit more scrutiny now. There was even a bench-clearing incident earlier this month when Arizona manager Torey Lovullo started arguing with the plate umpire about St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina’s framing. Lovullo said he praised Molina while using […]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — It was damp, drizzling and a little chilly Saturday, but that didn’t stop students from the University of Notre Dame from going out to help spread mulch around houses in the Near Northwest Neighborhood. The act of spreading fresh mulch around houses may seem like a simple gesture, but it […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain is hosting leaders from the 53-nation Commonwealth in London this week as it seeks to bolster trade ties around the world after Brexit. But the gathering is being overshadowed by a row over people who moved to Britain from Commonwealth countries as children. They came from what were then British colonies […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A panel has nominated three people to potentially fill a vacant circuit court judgeship that serves Madison and Clark counties. A statement from the Administrative Office of the Courts says the Judicial Nominating Commission chose attorneys Brandy Oliver Brown of Berea, Heidi Beth Engel of Winchester and Jeffrey M. Walson of […]

BERLIN (AP) — Bearded diva Conchita Wurst says she’s HIV-positive and has been living with the virus for many years. The Austrian drag queen, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014, said on Instagram late Sunday she had been blackmailed by a former friend who wanted to publish the information and decided to come […]

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware lawmaker and his wife, who serves as Wilmington’s city treasurer, are continuing their fight in a long-running legal battle stemming from a home-improvement contract. A judge was to hear arguments Monday on the city’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by state Rep. Charles Potter Jr. and his wife, […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say investigators are questioning a suspect in connection with a double shooting that injured a woman and a 7-year-old boy. New Orleans police said in a news release Sunday that the victims, who are cousins, were sleeping in a home when they heard a loud noise. When they looked at […]

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Police say the driver and a passenger of a vehicle that collided with a utility pole have died. Prince George’s County police tweeted that officers responded to the scene and discovered the car had collided with the utility pole. News outlets reported Sunday that the driver and the passenger were […]

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May is set to face British lawmakers to explain her decision to launch airstrikes against Syria without a vote in Parliament. Britain, the United States and France hit targets in Syria Saturday in response to a reported chemical attack in Douma. Parliament returns Monday after a spring break, and […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is offering a $5,000 grand prize package in its wedding contest. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said in a news release that the Kentucky Proud Weddings Contest is aimed at giving Kentucky Proud businesses a chance at some of the U.S. wedding industry. The agency launched a […]

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University is launching a joint project with West Virginia University College of Law to provide consumer-related information for people in West Virginia. Each school received $1 million to implement the programs. The Joint Consumer Assistance Project was established by lawyers involved in a consumer class action case from funds not […]

WESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial is set to start for a woman accused of murdering her 3-year-old daughter, who disappeared in West Virginia more than six years ago. Media outlets report a jury was selected in Lewis County Circuit Court last week, and the jurors were told to return Monday morning to hear the […]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — One Mississippi city is considering improvements to its riverfront. The Vicksburg Post reports the city will pay $80,000 to a New Orleans architectural firm, Eskew Dumez Ripple, to propose ways to spruce up its frontage along the Yazoo River Diversion Canal and the Mississippi River. The city already plans better lighting, […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A University of Mississippi junior will receive a Truman Scholarship. Ole Miss says Jaz Brisack is the 15th student from the university to win the award. Brisack, an honors student and Oxford native, has had an article on labor union organizing published, won a creative nonfiction award at the Southern Literary […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Humans can take credit for the comeback of grasses growing at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay. That’s the conclusion of a study released recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Virginian-Pilot reported Friday that the study found the bay to be “one of the few places […]

Readers rave about help after fall, rant about homeless encampments.

Mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration has been working on a November ballot measure to replace the Families and Education Levy, which will expire at the end of the year. The new levy could include tax money for preschool and college programs in addition to K-12 education.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida high school student who triggered an international discussion on whether women should have to wear bras is mobilizing girls to go braless to protest dress codes she says are unfairly strict for girls. The Bradenton Herald reports Lizzy Martinez’ “Bracott” will take place at Braden River High on Monday, […]

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Parts of Virginia have storm damage and one city has declared a local state of emergency. News outlets report that Danville City Manager Ken Larking declared a local state of emergency Sunday evening. The Danville Register & Bee reports that a home was destroyed when two large trees crashed through it, […]

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire men are trying to spread some positivity in Nashua with their feel-good signs. NH1 reports Greg Amaral and Wendell Walker have stood in downtown Nashua with signs carrying positive messages each weekend since Easter Sunday. They say their goal is to encourage people to be happy and follow […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania transit police officer and his family will be reunited with the police dog they say helped them heal after the death of a son. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had planned to pair the dog with another handler after transferring Officer Richard Galanti out of the K-9 division. Galanti’s wife […]

WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A driver has died after being hit by a passing car while refueling his vehicle on the shoulder of an interstate off-ramp in Connecticut. State police say 36-year-old Timothy Sanderson was hit early Saturday while putting gas in his vehicle, which was parked in the right shoulder of an Interstate 91 […]