Новости за 02.05.2018

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Danica Patrick got her No. 13 car up to speed quickly Wednesday. She’s still trying to find her comfort level, still hasn’t driven in traffic, and understands it’s going to take some time to get reoriented with the new IndyCars. If she’s learned anything from her first two days on the track, […]

FALLSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — A state road has been closed in the Catskills as crews battle a brush fire that has damaged more than a dozen bungalows. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports that authorities on Wednesday afternoon closed Route 42 between South Fallsburg and Fallsburg in Sullivan County because of a nearby brush fire. […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s presidential candidates are rushing to deny rumors that one, or several of them, could form late-campaign alliances in a race that has been dominated by leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Much of Mexico’s elite wants to stop Lopez Obrador from winning the July 1 election but he continues to lead […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States Tennis Association is denying that a black tennis umpire was forced out of the sport because he complained about racial discrimination. A USTA spokesman said on Wednesday that the sport’s national governing body will fight the allegations in a lawsuit broght by Anthony Nimmons. The suit filed last […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Spotify’s first quarterly report as a public held company struck the wrong note with investors, even though its music-streaming service hit the subscriber growth target set by management just before its stock began trading. About four million more subscribers began paying for Spotify during the first three months of the year. […]

DEMING, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico teen was detained after allegedly bringing an unloaded handgun to school. The Deming Headlight reports Deming Public Schools released a statement Monday, stating a student had been detained at Deming High School. The weapon was recovered without incident. Deming Police Chief Bobby Orosco says the 14-year-old boy was […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Assembly has voted to reduce the state’s role in teacher evaluations. The Democrat-led body passed legislation Wednesday would allow local school districts to set their own teacher evaluation rules. The measure would also eliminate a state mandate that required such evaluations to reflect student performance on standardized […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas says he’s running for Chicago mayor. Vallas on Wednesday blasted Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a “bully” and said “people don’t like the mayor.” He said he’ll bring change and experienced leadership to a city that’s “in deep trouble.” Emanuel campaign spokesman Pete Giangreco says Vallas […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police release some officer body-camera video from deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s leading presidential contender says he is reinforcing security measures after police warned him of a plot to attack his campaign headquarters. Ivan Duque said Wednesday that police recently briefed him on a purported plot to send a letter bomb to his Bogota offices. He says police would not tell him […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Apple Inc., up $7.47 to $176.57 The tech giant had a solid quarter and said it will raise its dividend and buy back $100 billion in stock. Gilead Sciences Inc., down $5.68 to $66.88 Most Read StoriesAfter 14 years, I’ve had it. […]

AVA, Mo. (AP) — A 69-year-old Missouri woman is charged with first-degree murder in her husband’s death. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says Glenda Mason Young, of Ava, was arrested Monday after a grand jury indicted her in the January 2017 death of 61-year-old David Raymond Young. David Young was found dead at the couple’s […]

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — At least two triple-deckers are involved in a large fire just outside of Boston. WBZ-TV reports firefighters are responding to a massive fire on 10 John St. in Chelsea shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday. The fire has been burning for more than an hour, and has collapsed part of one building’s […]

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona Supreme Court ruling upholds a state constitutional provision that prohibits bail in felony cases in which there’s a strong indication of guilt of a defendant already out on bail in a separate felony charge. The ruling Wednesday says the provision approved by Arizona voters in 1970 doesn’t violate due-process rights […]

Prosecutors say the man conspired with others to obtain truckloads of food and drinks under the promise that the product would be destroyed or recycled into agricultural feed. Instead, he then sold it to discount grocery stores in several states, they said.

DENVER (AP) — Castle Rock officials have voted to end the town’s 25-year-old ban on pit bulls. The Castle Rock Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to get rid of the ban citing difficulty enforcing the ban without DNA testing. Local law enforcement told officials that lifting the ban would not jeopardize their safety. Instead, officials […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have found a large amount of cash in a cargo shipment from the U.S. in the second such occurrence in a week. Counter-drug agents reported Wednesday that about $750,000 in cash was found hidden among auto parts sent to Santo Domingo. That followed last […]

INDIAN SHORES, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida police officer shot at a vehicle just before it knocked him to the ground. Indian Shores Police Chief Terry Hughes tells the Tampa Bay Times that 32-year-old Matthew Holm was trying to pull over two cars he thought were drag racing early Tuesday. One car pulled […]

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man accused of robbing more than $74,000 from 11 banks in Arizona, New Mexico and other Western states with a fake handgun has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 51-year-old Anthony James Lane was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tucson. He previously had […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a grand jury has returned an indictment against a North Carolina man on charges that he failed to pay employment taxes. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Wednesday that Sainte Deon Robinson is charged with seven counts of willful failure to pay over employment taxes. […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say they plan to submit a bill for review for a Massachusetts hiker reported missing, but later found at a luxury hotel. Teams started searching Mount Washington for an overdue 70-year-old Christophe Chamley, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 23. He had a medical condition that […]

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Two Duluth restaurant owners have admitted to using so-called “zapper” software to dodge nearly $300,000 in taxes. Osaka Sushi Hibachi & Steak House owners Dan Xu and Zhong Wei Lin each pleaded guilty in St. Louis County District Court. They were allowed to avoid prison time in exchange for making immediate […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials say about 100 people statewide have contracted norovirus in the past week after eating raw oysters from British Columbia, Canada. The state Department of Health issued a warning Wednesday about the possible risk of illness from consuming oysters harvested in south and central Baynes Sound. Canada has reported […]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court says a former athlete at the University of Arkansas who reported being raped by another student can continue her lawsuit against the school. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis said Wednesday that, by accepting federal dollars, the university waived immunity from lawsuits under […]

MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman is facing charges for carrying out a six-month long slot machine scheme at a Connecticut casino to pay off her sick cat’s bills. The New London Day reports 48-year-old Lisa Onderdonk was charged Monday on a warrant with first-degree larceny. The warrant says Onderdonk used nine Mohegan Sun […]