Новости за 30.04.2018

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A retail partner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park says it had its second-best year for sales and best year for membership income in 2017. The Great Smoky Mountains Association operates the park’s visitor center bookstores and said it contributed more than $2.3 million in 2017 to the national park. Association […]

WARTBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The Obed Wild and Scenic River in Tennessee is hosting an event this week for people interested in owls. Visitors will be able to join a ranger-led “owl prowl” starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday and running for about 90 minutes. Participants can learn about the habits and mannerisms of the eastern […]

INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — People interested in supporting conservation efforts of local bees can attend a pollinator workshop this week in West Virginia. The West Virginia State University Extension Service is hosting the program in conjunction with the West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference. It’s being held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Raglin Community Center […]

The taxman has rigged the game. They designed this new waterfront park, decided to use an LID to pay for part of it, hired their own appraiser to define the boundary and estimate how much each property will increase in value because of the park and then will take thousands of dollars from a few […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Kabul police spokesman raises casualty toll from double suicide attacks in the Afghan capital to 25 killed, 45 wounded.

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (AP) — The National Parks of Southern West Virginia are marking milestone birthdays this year, and park supporters are looking for someone to write an original song to mark the occasion. Friends of New River Gorge National River Inc. has launched a songwriting competition and is asking songwriters to write and submit […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An effort by North Carolina civil rights groups and citizens opposing Republican policies at the North Carolina General Assembly is returning to where it began five years ago. Movement organizers planned a get-out-the-vote rally late Monday on state government’s Halifax Mall in Raleigh. The mall has been a frequent meeting point […]

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — The Salisbury Zoo has announced the arrival of its first baby wallaby. Wallabies are a close cousin to the kangaroo found in Australia and surrounding islands. They’re also known as joeys. Zookeepers had noticed changes with one of the zoo’s female Bennett’s wallabies. Her pouch appeared to be getting larger and […]

LONDON (AP) — Sainsbury’s agrees to buy Walmart Inc.’s British unit Asda for 7.3 billion pounds ($10.1 billion) in cash and stock.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will return to an Australian court on Tuesday to learn whether he must stand trial on charges that he sexually abused multiple victims decades ago. Magistrate Belinda Wallington will rule in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan health ministry spokesman says Kabul suicide attacks killed 21, wounded 27.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — An 11-year-old New Mexico girl is trying to raise money through her weekend lemonade stand to help her mother get kidney and pancreas transplants. KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports Nemiah Martinez has sold lemonade outside her family’s Las Cruces, New Mexico, home for three weeks and hopes to get […]

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man is facing charges after deputies say he stabbed another man during an alcohol-fueled fight then took a “burrito break.” The Gallup Independent reports Lucas Martinez of Cochiti Pueblo recently was arrested in Gallup following the violent altercation. A McKinley County Sheriff’s Office report says deputy Brandon Salazar […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island judge says DNA evidence obtained by pepper-spraying an inmate, strapping him to a chair and swabbing the inside of his cheek should not be allowed at his upcoming murder trial. Judge Robert Krause ruled this month that corrections officers used “unreasonable force and violence” against inmate Malcolm Querido […]

STREETSBORO, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered at a memorial for an 11-year-old Ohio boy who police say was shot and killed by his 13-year-old brother. The candlelight vigil was held Sunday in Streetsboro, where the boy was killed last week. His stepmother told the crowd that the family has been “overwhelmed” by […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy accused of stealing a 68-year-old man’s bicycle has been arrested in central New York. The man told Syracuse police that that he was walking with his bike Saturday afternoon when the boy tried to take it from him. He says he tried to resist, but the boy punched […]

PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) — A driver accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian before fleeing the scene of the crash in Plainfield, New Jersey, has been arrested. Police tell NJ.com that a 39-year-old man was killed while trying to cross a road early Sunday. Investigators say the driver drove off but was quickly arrested by […]

MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — Hundreds of people in a New Hampshire town have signed a petition asking a plastics company believed to be the source of tainted groundwater to pay for water filters at the town’s schools. The group of Merrimack residents says Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has provided filtration in other towns with contaminated water, […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine are warning people not to leave food out in their yards and risk attracting hungry black bears as they come out of hibernation. Jen Vashon, a biologist for the state’s wildlife department, says that bear complaints could be higher than usual this year thanks to the delayed spring […]

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police department is dedicating its annual charity run in memory of an officer who was killed this month in the line of duty. Yarmouth police Officer Sean Gannon was shot and killed April 12 while he and other officers were serving an arrest warrant at a home in Barnstable. […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Watermelons that spilled from an overturned tractor-trailer on an interstate off-ramp in Philadelphia hit a car on the roadway below, causing a deadly crash. Police say the truck flipped Saturday as it exited from the northbound lanes of Interstate 95. The watermelons spilled onto southbound lanes of I-95, hitting a car and […]

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — After traveling through Mexico with great fanfare for a month under the Trump administration’s watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American migrants attempting to seek asylum in the United States were stopped in their tracks when border inspectors said that a crossing facility didn’t have enough space to accommodate them. Trump vowed […]

The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way sensation was slated to pitch Tuesday against Baltimore, but manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday he instead expects Ohtani to start during a three-game series at Seattle that begins Friday.

One national report suggests an inaccurately timed 40 might have led to Shaquem Griffin's draft slide.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s parks, historic sites and public lands will be getting spruced up by scores of volunteers at events planned across the state next weekend. The first Saturday in May is designated as “I Love My Park Day.” For the seventh year, projects are being organized by Parks and Trails New […]