Новости за 08.05.2018

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are looking for four people who they say stole equipment out of a South Carolina fire station. Charleston police spokesman Charles Francis say two men and two women walked into the fire station in downtown Charleston and stole equipment around 3:15 a.m. Saturday. Surveillance video shows the men and women […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s public colleges and ports will get new ability to shield records from the public, under bills sent to the governor. Legislation from Rep. Franklin Foil, a Baton Rouge Republican, will keep hidden documents that identify anyone who reports a violation of a student code of conduct or safety policy […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Police in north Mississippi say a Tennessee man has been arrested for firing a gun outside a theater on April 27, setting off a panic. Oxford Police say 22-year-old Desmond Bowen of Memphis was arrested Tuesday by his probation officer. Police are charging him with aggravated assault and being a felon […]

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault trial of a former New Jersey church pastor who is already serving prison terms in assault and bail-jumping cases. NJ.com reports that Hudson County jurors reported a deadlock Friday and were asked to keep deliberating, but told the judge Tuesday they […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The former public address announcer for the Memphis Grizzlies has been sentenced to two months in jail after he pleaded guilty to photographing women under their skirts at a church. The Shelby County district attorney’s office said Tuesday that Rick Trotter also has been ordered to serve four years’ probation under […]

HOUSTON (AP) — About 1,300 inmates who’d been sweltering in the Texas summer heat and humidity are getting air conditioning in their housing areas as a federal judge heard objections to a settlement of a lawsuit over their treatment. The tentative settlement, announced in February, resolved a lawsuit filed in 2014 by six inmates who […]

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian archeologists say they have discovered a tomb of a “great army general” under Ramses II at the Saqqara burial complex near Cairo. The antiquities ministry says in a Tuesday statement that the general, named “Iwrhya,” was found in the New Kingdom necropolis, and had yet to be fully excavated but contained […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man and woman from Mexico are each facing charges for unlawfully possessing identification documents after a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper found hundreds of fake U.S. identification documents in their rental car. The Wichita Eagle reports that Lilia Arratia and Sergio Adame of Mexico were pulled over last month by Trooper […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A fake contractor who’s an ex-con has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison for failing to complete about $15,000 in roofing and pool repairs for a Scottsdale homeowner. State prosecutors said Tuesday that Edward Carrillo Jr. was also ordered to pay restitution to the homeowner. A judge will determine the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City Council member is reviving legislation that would turn an island where a million people are buried into a park. Hart Island is off the coast of the Bronx and has served as a burial ground for New York’s poor and nameless for more than a century. It […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two inmates injured in a deadly South Carolina prison riot are accusing state officials of negligence in failing to hire, train or monitor enough officers to maintain order in one of its institutions. The lawsuits filed Tuesday in Lee County accuse the state Department of Corrections of not having in place […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Citigroup Inc., up $2.50 to $71 The Wall Street Journal reported that activist investment firm ValueAct Capital bought $1.2 billion in Citigroup stock. Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., down 5 cents to $37.99 Most Read StoriesSeattle Councilmember Mike O’Brien shoved out of Nordic Museum […]

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — A milk deliveryman has been sentenced to house arrest after he was accused of hiding marijuana, tobacco and cellphones inside milk cartons and smuggling them into an Ohio prison. Defendant Ray Adams was also ordered by Warren County Judge Robert Peeler to stay away from correctional facilities. Peeler on Tuesday sentenced […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A federal judge has set a preliminary date for the death penalty retrial of a man charged with abducting and killing a Vermont woman nearly two decades ago. In a scheduling order issued Tuesday in the case of Donald Fell, U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled potential jurors would be […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The waiting period to get a marriage in Louisiana will be shortened, under a bill headed to the governor. The proposal is by Rep. Julie Emerson, a Republican from Carencro. It drops the wait from the issuance of the marriage license to the ceremony from 72 hours to 24 hours. […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state-run media is reporting an Israeli attack near the capital Damascus, saying Syrian air defenses shot down two missiles. The official news agency SANA says Tuesday night’s attack occurred in the countryside in Kisweh, just south of Damascus. It took place about an hour after President Donald Trump announced he was […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — New figures show that in five years more than a quarter of Wichita public school students will need help learning to speak, read and write English. The Kansas Association of School Boards’ projections show that while overall Wichita student enrollment is expected to drop slightly, the number of students who aren’t […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are considering coming back both in May and June to deal with matters including bills dealing with the abandoned construction of two nuclear reactors and budget vetoes by the governor. The House voted 110-0 on Tuesday to approve a resolution allowing lawmakers to return to Columbia on May […]

BOSTON (AP) — Members of Massachusetts all-Democratic congressional delegation are slamming President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the nuclear accord with Iran. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Trump’s decision Tuesday hurts U.S. credibility and empowers Iranian hardliners while Sen. Edward Markey said pulling out undermines America’s national security interests. Rep. Jim McGovern called […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Health officials in California’s Santa Barbara County say a slight rise in valley fever cases does not appear linked to last year’s devastating Thomas Fire and the resulting mudslides. Valley fever is a sometimes deadly respiratory illness caused by inhaling spores found in soil. Authorities said Tuesday that investigators found only […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner says Democrats are moving too slowly on budget negotiations. The Republican met with the four legislative leaders in his state Capitol office Tuesday. He told reporters afterward that Democrats are “reluctant” to agree to an estimated amount of state revenue for the budget year that begins July 1. […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Public Utilities Commission says it won’t elevate the investigation into Central Maine Power’s problems with its billing system. The Portland Press Herald reports the PUC disagreed with Public Advocate Barry Hobbins’ call to pursue a “full investigation.” PUC spokesman Harry Lanphear says the commission’s summary investigation will be “thorough […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A public school district in Oklahoma has voted to retain the surname of an elementary school named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The Tulsa Public Schools board voted 4-3 on Monday to change the name of Robert E. Lee Elementary School to Lee Elementary School. But opponents question whether the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A purported son of cult leader Charles Manson is dropping his fight for the killer’s estate and another possible heir is in jeopardy of being booted from the case. An attorney representing a purported grandson said in court Tuesday that he received notice that Michael Brunner is seeking to be dismissed […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama calls Iran deal pullout a ‘serious mistake,’ warns it will erode America’s global credibility.