Новости за 25.04.2018

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Court records show a Virginia fraternity member is facing charges of distributing LSD to a student who later crashed through a dorm window and fell to his death. The Washington Post reports that 19-year-old Alejandro Porrata is set to go to trial in May. He’s charged with supplying the hallucinogenic drug […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Comcast Corp., up 91 cents to $34.26 The cable company had a solid first quarter and offered to buy U.K. broadcaster Sky for $30 billion. Texas Instruments Inc., up $4.58 to $103 Most Read StoriesAmazon will now leave package deliveries in your parked […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida legislators have failed yet again to reach a long-sought-after agreement on gambling. Senate President Joe Negron announced Wednesday legislators will not be holding a special session this year on gambling. Last month, top Republicans started holding private talks about the state’s current deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee television reporter charged with a felony for allegedly hitting another reporter at a Brewers baseball game is no longer with the station. WITI-TV reported in a story about its reporter Adair Bayatpour pleading not guilty to substantial battery Tuesday that he “no longer works” for the Fox affiliate. The 31-year-old […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bill that would effectively reverse a federal judge’s order to spill water from four Pacific Northwest dams to help migrating salmon reach the Pacific Ocean. The bill would prevent any changes in dam operations until 2022. The House approved the bill, 225-189, on Wednesday. It was sponsored […]

SNOW HILL, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina county is preparing for a fifth vote on mixed drink sales. The Free Press of Kinston reports Greene County has voted three times on the proposal and the town of Snow Hill has voted once. The last vote came in 2015, when the measure failed by more […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats: VA nominee Ronny Jackson recklessly prescribed drugs, crashed government vehicle while drunk.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s troubles with Russian election meddlers, “fake news” and misused data have dominated headlines globally. But the scandal doesn’t seem to be affecting Facebook’s bottom line so far, as advertisers continue to flock to the site in droves. Facebook’s revenue, which largely derives from ads, soared 49 percent to $12 billion […]

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic priest in the Saginaw area has been ordered to trial on sexual abuse charges involving a young man and a teen. A 22-year-old man says the Rev. Robert DeLand won his trust before a night of drinking at the priest’s condo last August. The man says he blacked out […]

Lincoln Riley has already led Oklahoma to the College Football Playoff and a Big 12 title with a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback. Now Riley has completed his first spring as head coach of the Sooners. “Yeah, we did this one backward kind of … having been through a whole season, now this is kind of my […]

U.S. stocks pushed higher Wednesday afternoon and managed a mixed finish after a sharp loss the day before. Indexes had tumbled earlier as investors worried that growing costs for critical materials along with rising interest rates will affect profit growth for companies. On Wednesday: The S&P 500 index picked up 4.84 points, or 0.2 percent, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has approved the city of Racine’s request to pull 7 million gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan for a Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant. The agency approved the request Wednesday. The Taiwanese company expects to break ground by next month on a $10 billion […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle, which has been working to revive its business after past food safety scares, says a key sales figure rose as it increased prices in most of its restaurants. After the results were released, shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. soared nearly 8 percent in extended trading Wednesday. The burrito chain […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman after she called 911 to report a possible assault intends to plead not guilty. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that court documents filed Wednesday show Mohamed Noor will plead not guilty at his May 8 court appearance. The documents also […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials at an eastern Idaho nuclear site where a radioactive sludge barrel ruptured inside a contained building say there have been three other ruptures. Officials say a closed-circuit video monitor has been set up. U.S. Department of Energy contractor Fluor Idaho said a crew wearing protective gear entered the building Wednesday […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Spanish authorities acknowledge they’ve arrested two associates of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez in a case of suspected corruption. Officials in Madrid announced Wednesday they detained the pair at Venezuela’s request. The two are Claudia Diaz, former secretary of the National Fund for Development, and Adrian Velasquez Figueroa, a member of […]

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford’s net income rose slightly in the first quarter due largely to a lower income tax rate. The automaker says it made $1.74 billion, or 43 cents per share, compared with $1.59 billion, or 40 cents per share a year ago. The company also says it has found another $11.5 billion […]

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing his girlfriend at a Dubuque home last year has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that 26-year-old Fontae Beulow maintained his innocence in the death of 21-year-old Samantha Link at the sentencing hearing Wednesday. Buelow was found guilty in […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mayor of a Rhode Island city has been chosen to lead the state’s public transportation authority. The Providence Journal reports the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has chosen Warwick Mayor and former RIPTA Board Chairman Scott Avedisian Wednesday as its new chief executive officer. Avedisian has served as mayor since […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City-area officials plan to revive a $58 million sales tax hike that voters previously rejected if enough city leaders indicate support. The Deseret News reports the Salt Lake County Council approved an ordinance Tuesday for the tax increase to take effect if municipalities representing 67 percent of the […]

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says a little-studied chemical compound has not been found in treated drinking water that came from contaminated wells in Ohio and West Virginia. The Parkersburg News & Sentinel reports the agency had requested Chemours to test the water at 10 private wells in Ohio and West Virginia, […]

On Nutrition For years, not only did I recommend the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) annual “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” lists as a useful guide for prioritizing which fruits and vegetables to buy organic, but I used it as a guide for my own purchases. I’m not a believer in food guilt, but I definitely […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana would create a new law against bestiality, separating the current rule from the unconstitutional ban on sodomy, under a proposal heading to the House. The House criminal justice committee on Wednesday approved a Senate-approved measure to enact a wide-ranging law against bestiality. Sen. J.P. Morrell says his bill will […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal judges in New York have taken the unusual step of voting to keep U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in his job as the chief prosecutor in Manhattan in the absence of a nomination by President Donald Trump. Berman’s Jan. 3 interim appointment by the Justice Department to oversee an office of […]