Новости за 24.04.2018

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two professional sports heroes say if Connecticut decides to legalize sports betting, there must be regulations in place to protect the integrity of their respective sports. Boston Celtics legend Cedric Maxwell and former New York Mets and New York Yankees star Al Leiter were meeting Tuesday with state lawmakers to discuss […]

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the 2016 death of a co-worker. The Ledger reports 29-year-old Omar Miguel Marrero was sentenced Friday, nearly two months after he was convicted of manslaughter in Steven Bradley Smith’s death. Marrero acknowledged hitting Smith during an argument in […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Some Colorado State University graduates are suing the school for failing to gain accreditation for its landscape architecture master’s degree program. In the lawsuit filed last month, 12 graduates allege that the university broke its contract with students, leading them to lose money through decreased earning potential after paying tuition […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Caterpillar Inc., down $9.55 to $144.44 The company said it doesn’t expect to top its first-quarter profit for the rest of the year. Alphabet Inc., down $51.17 to $1,022.64 Most Read StoriesThis tiny house village allows drugs. Should it have been put in […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says the Wyoming Integrated Test Center near Gillette will be used to test new carbon capture technologies being developed in Japan. Mead announced Tuesday that the Japanese Ministry of Environment has authorized the Japan Coal Energy Center and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to use the center to conduct testing, […]

SARALAND, Ala. (AP) — Some people continue to question police actions at an Alabama restaurant where a black woman’s arrest, captured on video, raised questions about mistreatment. Local NAACP branch President David Smith tells WKRG-TV that he believes police accounts indicating Chikesia Clemons may have had alcohol or threatened others are “ancillary” to what happened. […]

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman has admitted making false threats to blow up daycare centers. U.S. Attorney Charles Peeler in Macon said in a news release that 26-year-old Jasmine Bradley pleaded guilty Monday to conveying false information and perpetuating a hoax. Prosecutors say Bradley used Facebook to make a bomb threat in April […]

WESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A jury has recommended a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a woman convicted of killing her 3-year-old daughter in West Virginia. Media report a Lewis County Circuit Court jury made the recommendation Tuesday for Lena Marie Lunsford Conaway. She was convicted Tuesday of murder of a child by […]

BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy has accepted delivery of the second of three stealthy destroyers. A statement from Naval Sea Systems Command on Tuesday indicates the future USS Michael Monsoor successfully completed extensive tests, trials and demonstrations by shipbuilder Bath Iron Works. Capt. Kevin Smith, program manager from Program Executive Office Ships, said the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gun deaths have fallen in California over a 16 year period ending in 2015, driven largely by a decline in gang violence, a recent — and rare — scientific study of firearm violence found. Researchers at the University of California, Davis published their findings in the May issue of the journal […]

TRENTON, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida sheriff’s deputies who were gunned down at a Chinese restaurant last week have been laid to rest. Alachua County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Brett Rhodenizer says funeral services concluded Tuesday afternoon for Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Sgt. Noel Ramirez and Deputy Taylor Lindsey at Bronson Cemetery. A viewing had been held […]

CARLTON, Minn. (AP) — A Wisconsin man is charged with fatally shooting his uncle in northeastern Minnesota. Thirty-two-year-old James Montano of Bayfield, Wisconsin, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and second-degree assault. Bail was set at $500,000. Montano is accused of shooting his uncle, 57-year-old Andrew Gokee, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is asking the state Supreme Court for a ruling on how long the term in office should be for East Providence officials. According to a Hummel Report story published in The Providence Journal, an East Providence councilman with a criminal past is one of three council members […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command. Paul Nakasone was confirmed Tuesday. The Senate also approved of his military promotion to general. He replaces the current director, Mike Rogers, who is retiring. Nakasone is a longtime member of the cryptologic […]

BOSTON (AP) — This is where the Toronto Maple Leafs try to change the ending. After beating the Bruins in back-to-back elimination games to force their first-round playoff series to the limit — just like they did in 2013 — the Maple Leafs are hoping to finish the job on Wednesday in Game 7 in […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Republican governor is featuring his biggest backer in the first television ad of his re-election campaign. Gov. Henry McMaster’s campaign tells The Associated Press the governor is going up statewide Thursday with a TV ad on broadcast, cable and digital platforms. The 30-second ad features President Donald Trump saying […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A four-bill package of legislation defining and punishing pyramid schemes has passed the Michigan House. The chamber voted Tuesday to clarify that a pyramid scheme is any plan that primarily compensates individuals for recruiting others and not through actual product sales. The punishment for intentionally promoting the schemes would be a […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former U.S. senator who resigned decades ago amid allegations of sexual harassment has donated $1,000 to Missouri Republican Josh Hawley’s U.S. Senate campaign. Campaign finance records show Bob Packwood donated to Hawley last month. Packwood resigned in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Committee voted to expel him. Women accused […]

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s highest court has ordered a judge to free rapper Meek Mill on bail while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. The Supreme Court directed a Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order releasing him on unsecured bail. Mill was sentenced in November to 2-4 years in prison […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — APNewsBreak: 2012 inspector general report suggested removing VA nominee Ronny Jackson and rival from White House roles.

TIFTON, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia agricultural college is creating a teaching forest to educate students. A foundation associated with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College has purchased the 1,000 acres (400 hectares) which is north of the college’s Tifton campus. Vice President of Academic Affairs Jerry Baker tells WFXL-TV that students will now be able […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Yemeni Americans in New York are speaking out against the travel ban as the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over whether it should be upheld. Some Yemeni owners of bodegas, the corner stores so prevalent in New York City, shut down for an hour on Tuesday afternoon to protest […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group officials say the state Department of Natural Resources has approved air permits for a $10 billion flat-screen manufacturing campus in Pleasant Prairie. The Taiwanese company issued a news release Tuesday that the agency has approved air permits for the plant campus. The company has applied for a half-dozen […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House wants to direct 4 percent of the Liquor Control Commission’s revenue toward fighting substance abuse. The chamber voted 104-3 Tuesday to earmark state funds from alcohol taxes, liquor licenses and liquor code violation fees for distribution among community health agencies. The bill would inject the money into services […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno-area smoke shop has pulled a herbal supplement from its shelves after health officials linked a case of food poisoning to the ingredient kratom. The health district confirmed Tuesday one Washoe County case of salmonella has been linked to a kratom product tied to more than 100 cases of food-borne […]