Новости за 07.05.2018

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — A North Liberty man has pleaded guilty in a murder for hire scheme involving a business associate and the person’s family. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports 38-year-old Justin DeWitt submitted guilty pleas Monday to two counts of attempted murder and two counts of solicitation to commit murder His sentencing is […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Omaha attorney Jonathan Papik has been sworn into the Nebraska Supreme Court by U.S. Supreme Court Judge Neil Gorsuch. Papik served as Gorsuch’s law clerk, and the judge said Monday Papik has a natural judicial temperament. Papik was nominated by Gov. Pete Ricketts to replace Justice Max Kelch, who resigned after […]

Among the 14 amendments passed by the 53-person statewide body was a mechanism to allow for an appeal for a player who was ejected from a contest.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A north Georgia physician is charged with inappropriately groping seven women, but his lawyer says he acted properly at all times. The Times of Gainesville reports that Dr. Robert Philip Marler was charged last week with three counts of sexual battery and five counts of simple battery. He’s accused of the […]

As they have been nearly the entire season, Puyallup and Mercer Island are the top Class 4A and 3A teams in the state.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge has awarded a family more than $41,000 after hearing testimony that sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on a pregnant woman, shouted racial slurs and erased a cellphone video of the confrontation. In his ruling last week, state District Court Judge Curtis Sigur said he believes Lakitha Wright’s […]

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A teenager who allegedly led police on a chase in Waterbury last year that ended in a child dying in a crash has been arrested. The Hartford Courant reports 18-year-old Zekhi Eric Lee of Waterbury has been charged on nine charges including first-degree reckless endangerment Monday. Police say Lee was driving […]

Even her closest friends and relatives had no idea that Sylvia Bloom had amassed a fortune over the decades. In her will, the frugal legal secretary gave most of it for college scholarships to needy students.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are seeing a slight decrease in pressure in the volcano that’s erupting in Hawaii, but it’s likely a temporary lull. U.S. Geological Survey volcano expert Charles Mandeville said Monday that scientists won’t know for certain if things have calmed down enough for at least two months. He said it could be […]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill to outlaw certain mom-and-pop gaming arcades. The bill seeks to close a legal loophole that allowed the arcades to crop up outside the three cities authorized by voters to conduct legal gambling: Central City, Black Hawk and Cripple Creek. House lawmakers voted 43-22 on Monday to […]

PIKE ROAD, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb is stressing her 30 years on the judicial bench and her proposal for a state lottery in her run for governor. In an interview with The Associated Press, Cobb said her priorities include creating a state lottery to fund education programs from preschool […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita students may soon be able to study aircraft production and maintenance in high school under a program that allows them to work toward professional certificates and possible jobs after graduation. The proposed new curriculum in Wichita schools is called Aviation Pathway. The Wichita Eagle reports it would be the first […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The level of air pollutants in the Arkansas declined in 2016, according to a new report by the state Department of Environmental Quality. The report evaluated ground-level ozone concentrations and concentrations of other pollutants that are regulated by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program. It noted declines from 2005 […]

ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering a Mississippi county to pay an additional three years of salary to an employee who lost his county jobs while running for sheriff. Court documents show that U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock added $120,671 to what Chickasaw County must pay Lamon Griggs. In 2015, county supervisors […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina woman who let out her three aggressive dogs to attack a deputy has been charged with second-degree assault and battery. Greenville County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Flood said the officer was bitten on the arm and leg Saturday evening. He was released from the hospital after receiving […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Now that a court has struck down the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, the next step in the decades-long legal saga is up to Connecticut prosecutors, who must decide whether to seek a new trial in the 1975 slaying. As they mull prospects for another guilty verdict they will […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men sentenced to prison in 1992 for a rape their accuser now acknowledges never happened have had their convictions vacated. VanDyke Perry and Gregory Counts were in court in Manhattan on Monday when a judge exonerated them. Perry, then 21, and Counts, then 19, were accused by a woman who […]

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts casino regulators have agreed to remove Steve Wynn from the license his former company was issued to operate a resort under construction near Boston. Wynn resigned as chairman and chief executive of Wynn Resorts in February following sexual misconduct allegations that he has denied. In a written ruling on Monday, the […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s behind legislation that would offer film and digital companies tax credits to shoot in New Jersey. Murphy discussed the legislation Monday at an unrelated news conference. He says he backs the legislation despite a potential price tag of up to $425 million . Murphy, a Democrat, […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana legislative council signed off on allowing a controversial school takeover bill to be considered when lawmakers gather May 14 for a special session. The council is comprised of leaders from both parties. Majority Republicans supported taking the bill up, while Democrats voted against doing so. The bill would further diminish […]

NEWINGTON, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old girl was one of two people who died in a boat crash in New Hampshire over the weekend. The state Marine Patrol says the accident happened Saturday night on the Piscataqua River in Newington, New Hampshire. The patrol said the girl and 56-year-old Laurie Stewart, of Eliot, […]

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport police officer who was off-duty accidentally shot himself in the leg while adjusting his holster. Fort Worth police say they were called to a home early Sunday morning regarding the incident. The injured officer, whose name wasn’t released, was taken to a nearby hospital in […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in Tulsa say one man is dead and two others are in custody following an officer-involved shooting. Officials say members of a Tulsa Police Department gang enforcement unit were patrolling an area of east Tulsa early Monday afternoon when officers approached a vehicle containing three men. The officers moved toward […]

DALLAS (AP) — Police in the Dallas suburb of Rockwall say they believe a man fatally shot his wife, then set their house on fire and fatally shot himself. Rockwall police said officials responding to the incident early Monday morning found a 5-year-old child who was known to live at the home asleep in a […]