Новости за 01.05.2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted a female employee, threatening her job and future in the industry if she reported anything, according to court papers alleging the abuse went on for about five years until just weeks before the first news reports about his conduct with other women in the film industry. Alexandra […]

OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A pharmacy chain based in southern Missouri is filing for bankruptcy. Family Pharmacy, owned by state Rep. Lynn Morris, plans to continue operating its 20 retail pharmacies, two long-term care pharmacies and a specialty pharmacy while it works to sell most of its assets to Smith Drug Company. A news release […]

We have reporters and photographers ready to react to events in Seattle today, including a march to the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle. Here's what they're seeing and hearing so far.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Energy Virginia’s latest long-term power forecast calls for an increase in solar generation as well as the construction of at least eight new natural gas-fired power plants. Virginia’s largest utility laid out its plans Tuesday in a regulatory filing called an integrated resource plan. The plan is intended to show […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is narrowing areas of Wisconsin that will face tougher smog regulations. The agency Tuesday sided with Wisconsin officials by narrowing areas that will come under stricter federal ozone regulations to small strips of land along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Businesses and the Walker administration argued that […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is expected to receive federal help in combatting drug trafficking. The federal Office of National Drug Control Policy says areas around Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau have been designated as high-intensity drug trafficking areas. A map depicting the designation area covers much of Alaska. The designation will allow the state to […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fast-growing tech conference is moving from its New Orleans home of three years to Canada. News outlets report Collision organizers confirmed Tuesday that the annual event currently underway will be held in Toronto in 2019. Event founder Paddy Cosgrave said in a statement Tuesday that the conference needs to “find […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Companies and special interest groups spent $8.4 million trying to influence Kentucky lawmakers this year, the most ever for a legislative session. The Legislative Ethics Commission says it is the third consecutive year Kentucky has set a record for lobbyist spending. The top three spenders were all focused on one issue: […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request from Klamath Basin farmers and ranchers to ease their water situation this spring. A court injunction requires the Bureau of Reclamation to hold 50,000 acre-feet of stored water in Upper Klamath Lake through early June to flush away a deadly parasite that infects threatened […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge is allowing a lawsuit over use of a message-deleting app by Gov. Eric Greitens’ office to move forward. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem on Monday ruled claims that governor’s office staffers violated the Sunshine Law can proceed. Beetem tossed out allegations that there were violations of […]

The Trailhead Direct shuttle service that ran as a brief trial last year is now transporting passengers from the Mount Baker Transit Center to trailheads in the Issaquah Alps. Journeys from Capitol Hill to Teneriffe and Mount Si will begin in May.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump’s former bodyguard did nothing out of the ordinary when he took possession of the president’s medical records in what Trump’s former doctor says felt like a “raid.” Harold Bornstein, Trump’s longtime personal doctor, told NBC that Keith Schiller and two others showed up at his […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Fire Department says three workers were hurt while doing electrical work on a substation in downtown Chicago. Fire officials say two workers were in critical condition at hospitals with serious burns after the Tuesday morning incident. A third worker was in good condition. Officials say the workers were doing maintenance […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – At Facebook’s annual developer’s conference, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg unveiled changes to the social networking platform, from a function to allow users to delete information Facebook has gathered on them to a new dating tool. Taking on a more somber and forceful tone than in previous years, Zuckerberg on Tuesday tried […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tensions are flaring in an Ohio school community that’s deciding whether to get rid of the high school’s longtime Redskins mascot and team name. WCPO-TV reports hundreds of people attended a raucous meeting Monday night to discuss the proposed change at Anderson High School outside of Cincinnati. The school’s athletic teams have […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say the number of students from a Chicago-area high school who became sick after a recent prom at the Shedd Aquarium is now 111. The Tuesday morning total is higher than the approximately 90 cases involving Andrew High School students that were reported Monday. Consolidated High School District 230 spokeswoman Carla […]

The merger will face the same regulatory questions that derailed previous attempts at consolidation.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — More details are being released about a Minnesota grandma who allegedly killed her husband and then led authorities on a monthlong, cross-country manhunt. Florida detectives say Lois Riess killed a woman in Fort Myers in order to assume her identity, and then took steps to conceal the crime before taking […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An internal investigation into the chief administrative officer of a Salt Lake City suburb has found that his emails to a female employee crossed a professional boundary but did not rise to the level of sexual harassment. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Matthew Huish was placed on administrative leave last […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a Georgia inmate facing execution say a trial witness has admitted to giving false testimony that the condemned man confessed to pulling the trigger in a 1996 shotgun slaying. Robert Butts Jr. is scheduled for execution by lethal injection Thursday. He and co-defendant Marion Wilson were both sentenced to […]

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a state prison inmate charged in the beating death of a western Pennsylvania prison guard. Twenty-three-year-old Paul Kendrick is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and other counts in the February assault that killed 61-year-old Sgt. Mark Baserman at the State Correctional Institution-Somerset. The […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Atlanta Braves just keep getting younger. The Braves called up another of their top prospects, pitcher Mike Soroka, who was scheduled to start Tuesday night’s game against the New York Mets. The 20-year-old right-hander from Canada gives the Braves the three youngest players in the major leagues. He joined outfielder […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s attorney general says the names of police officers investigated on suspicion of misconduct won’t be added to a confidential state list if the allegations aren’t supported. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said Monday two recent state supreme court decisions made clear that officers are entitled to due process regarding their […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s nominations of 32 judges over the past month are drawing scrutiny at the state Capitol. Republican lawmakers question the number of jobs the Democratic governor is offering in his final year in office, as well as the new costs that would be added amid a budget […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A man who was apparently being sought by authorities for deportation has been shot and killed in San Antonio by federal agents who were attempting to take him into custody. FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs says the man fled Tuesday when he was approached by agents with U.S. Immigration […]