Новости за 30.04.2018

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Four current or former Louisiana State Police troopers have been arrested on charges stemming from an investigation of a program that pays overtime for extra police patrols. State Police detectives made the arrests early Monday after a months-long internal investigation of the agency’s participation in the Local Agency Compensated Enforcement […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor says the island’s Department of Education will receive $589 million in federal funds to help defray costs related to Hurricane Maria. Gov. Ricardo Rossello said Monday that the money will be released under the federal Restart program. The funds come as Puerto Rico prepares to close […]

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say a woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of her husband who authorities said was beaten with a fire extinguisher inside their New Jersey home. The Burlington County prosecutor’s office says 43-year-old Laciana Tinsley faces a 24-year prison term under the terms of the plea […]

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Authorities in Suriname say 16 fishermen are missing and feared dead after pirates raided their boats off the coast of the South American country. An official with Suriname’s Coast Guard says the men were part of a group of 20 who were beaten and robbed and then forced to jump into […]

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania and Greece have restarted negotiations to delineate maritime borders in the Ionian Sea. Albania’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday the first round of talks was held in Tirana in a “constructive and cooperative climate.” The talks are needed because Albania’s Constitutional Court nullified a 2009 agreement on the […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An instructor has filed a lawsuit against Northwest Christian University in Eugene, alleging the school wrongly fired him while he was on medical leave because of work-related stress. The Register-Guard reports Johnny Lake, a black man, says he lost his assistant instructor job in December after facing race-related discrimination at the […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio state lawmaker has filed an elections complaint against Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, her gubernatorial campaign and her husband alleging the mishandling of a $3 million loan. Rep. Mike Duffey, a fellow Republican, filed his complaint Monday with the Ohio Elections Commission. It questions a $3 million loan repayment check […]

PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — A county magistrate in West Virginia has been charged with driving under the influence. News outlets cite a criminal complaint that says 57-year-old William Frank Holroyd was arrested Friday evening. The complaint says a Princeton patrolman saw the Mercer County magistrate’s Jeep swerve and conducted a traffic stop. The report say […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted a fourth judge’s ruling exempting some farmers from the ban of an herbicide that took effect last week. Justices on Monday stayed a Clay County judge’s order prohibiting the state Plant Board from enforcing its dicamba ban against a group of farmers in that […]

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is calling for a discussion about lowering the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax, but he isn’t offering any specifics. Baker was asked Monday to expand on comments he made Saturday at the Republican state convention, when he said he supported both reducing the sales tax and establishing a permanent […]

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a body was discovered along the Ohio River in West Virginia over the weekend. News outlets report a fisherman reported seeing the body at the southern tip of Wheeling Island on Sunday afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief Paul Harto says the body had been in the water for a while, […]

SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — A historic covered bridge in Georgia that was rebuilt after being burned down during the Civil War now faces a different foe: GPS systems. WABE-FM reports that five vehicles since December have rammed into the top of the 7-foot (2.1-meter) high warning beam just before the entrance to the Concord Covered […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey is denouncing a controversial conservative group that confronts students about guns, even though he posed for a picture with group members last weekend at a Republican Party dinner in Mohave County. Patriot Movement AZ members have appeared as counter-protesters at several events this year. Last month, members wore guns […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging the federal government to reconsider its listing of marijuana as a controlled substance. The resolution also asks the federal government to respect the state’s authority to regulate the use, production and distribution of marijuana in Alaska. The House voted 37-0 Monday to accept […]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed a $28.9 billion state budget into law. The annual spending plan makes major investments in the state’s largest unmet needs. It boosts funding to schools, roads and the public pension. The budget covers the 2018-19 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Booming economic growth and a […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A trial date has been set for a suspended Oregon judge who gained national attention after refusing to marry gay couples. Marion County Judge Vance Day is accused of allowing a felon to handle a gun. He goes on trial Oct. 22 in Portland. The trial was originally scheduled for Salem, […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The suspect in a wrong-way crash that killed five teenagers on a Vermont interstate is asking a judge to move a potential trial outside of the county where the crash took place. In documents filed Monday in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington, the attorney for 37-year-old Steven Bourgoin argued that pretrial […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Amtrak ticket agents in Topeka and Garden City will lose their jobs in May, as part of the company’s move toward online ticket sales. Amtrak regional spokesman Marc Magliari says the Topeka ticket window will close May 20 and the Garden City window will close May 15. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports […]

Colorado might be the Pac-12's DB-U, until the Huskies catch up to them, says Pac-12 expert Jon Wilner

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Jersey have dropped all charges against a man who had been serving a lengthy prison term in a 1994 slaying. The Union County prosecutor’s office said Monday that a Superior Court judge had ordered 45-year-old Jean Dorval freed after a brief hearing. Dorval and 46-year-old Duquene Pierre were […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor will have shoulder replacement surgery after injuring herself in a fall at home. The 63-year-old Sotomayor is scheduled to have the procedure on her left shoulder Tuesday morning. She hurt herself on April 16 and decided on the surgery after consulting with specialists. The court […]

Facing a self-imposed deadline, President Trump is considering whether to permanently exempt the European Union and five other countries from tariffs that his administration imposed last month on imported steel and aluminum. The White House has until the end of Monday to decide whether to extend them.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say 17 people have been arrested on drug and gun charges under an initiative targeting an increase in violent crime in southeastern Montana that’s blamed on the drug methamphetamine. The arrests were announced Monday by Federal and state prosecutors and local law enforcement in Billings. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme says […]

The suspects, all males and ranging in age from 17 to 19, have each been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, she said. They were arrested last week.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Flooding caused by snowmelt and rain has spread to western and central Montana. KTMF-TV reports that residents in a neighborhood in Missoula are pumping water out of their basements after the Clark Fork River spilled over its banks. The river was expected to crest Monday morning. West of Helena, the Lewis […]