Новости за 11.05.2018

BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Police have released names of an armed man who died and a suspect who is sought in a botched pawn shop robbery last week in Utah. Bountiful police say 40-year-old Kleydys Arbolaez-Hernandez was armed when he was shot and killed by a store employee who retrieved a gun and began shooting […]

MOSCOW (AP) — A shared disapproval of the U.S. exit from the Iranian nuclear deal may help bring Russia and European nations closer, a top Kremlin official said Friday. President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said the Russian president discussed the situation around the 2015 nuclear deal in Friday’s phone call with German […]

BECKER, Minn. (AP) — Some residents of Becker aren’t happy that a Minneapolis scrap metal company with a history of air pollution problems is eyeing that community. Northern Metal Recycling in March 2017 agreed to move a metal shredder out of north Minneapolis to settle air pollution concerns with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah emergency responders are warning residents that low water levels in the state’s rivers don’t make them any less dangerous. Unified Fire Authority Capt. Jay Torgerson told the Deseret News during a water rescue training Thursday that extremely cold water and rocks in the river can present just as great a […]

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was shot by an officer in Tennessee has died. News outlets cite a statement from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that says a Morristown police officer fired at 46-year-old Kenneth Carter on Thursday as Carter used his car to ram a police vehicle. Police were attempting […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The National Weather Service is forecasting up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of snow in north-central and western Wyoming mountains. Winter storm warnings have been posted for the Bighorn, Absaroka and Wind River mountains. Heavy snow was expected to develop Friday and continue into early Sunday morning. Winter weather advisories are […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — A biopic about the man who founded one of Brazil’s largest evangelical churches has sold more tickets than any other film in recent memory in Brazil. But some have accused the church of cooking the books. The film tells the story of Bishop Edir Macedo, a powerful and controversial figure who […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani is saying that he is “quite certain” the president did not know his personal attorney was trying to sell his insight into the president. Giuliani tells The Associated Press on Friday that President Donald Trump was “surprised” to learn Michael Cohen brokered deals with companies looking to gain his […]

DALLAS (AP) — A report says Dallas officials should repay $1.3 million in federal funds after mishandling a program meant to renovate dilapidated houses for low-income homeowners. The Dallas Morning News reports that the federal housing department’s Office of Inspector General report released this week examined more than a dozen homes remodeled by Dry Quick […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman who killed her cheating husband by running him down with her car in a jealous rage has been released from prison. Sixty-year-old Clara Harris left prison Friday after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence in the 2002 killing of her orthodontist husband, David Harris, in the parking lot […]

PARIS (AP) — France urged Europeans to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump over the Iran nuclear deal and not act as “vassals,” as the region scrambles to save the 2015 accord and billions of dollars in trade. Arguing the nuclear deal wasn’t tough enough on Iran, Trump’s government is now re-imposing sanctions, and […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A cyber security firm says “a specific attack” was among the likely reasons for the crash of a website that was reporting results in a Tennessee county’s primary elections. Sword & Shield Enterprise Security released a report Friday discussing how a Knox County elections website was disabled May 1. Officials have […]

DIXON, N.M. (AP) — Authorities says a deputy shot and wounded a man who allegedly crashed his vehicle into a patrol unit and then turned it toward deputies were trying to take the man into custody after a pursuit in three counties in northern New Mexico. Rio Arriba sheriff’s Maj. Randy Sanches says the shooting […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A northeastern Indiana coroner says a woman died after her riding lawn mower overturned on an embankment, trapping her beneath it. The Allen County Coroner said Friday that 69-year-old Sue Method of Fort Wayne died in Wednesday’s accident. WPTA-TV reports that Method was operating a riding lawnmower when it traveled […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State plans to reduce its budget by more than $15 million for the upcoming school year. University officials on Thursday said the 5.27 percent cut will affect administrative offices, colleges and research and extension. Spokeswoman Jennifer Tidball says the reductions include $6.1 million for administrative units, such as the president […]

ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a single-engine plane has crashed shortly after takeoff from a private airstrip in northeast Ohio. The Wooster Daily Record reports Orrville Fire Chief Chris Bishop says the plane had trouble getting lift during takeoff and crashed nose first from about 30 feet before flipping over. The crash occurred shortly […]

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley says a federal jury has cleared two South Dakota corrections officials accused of deliberate indifference to an inmate’s medical needs and retaliation. James Shaw is serving time at the State Penitentiary for attempted murder and aggravated assault. Last fall he sued Associate Warden Troy Ponto and […]

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A small group of Republican activists is holding its annual convention at a Twin Cities mosque. It’s an unusual setting for a party with an uneasy relationship with Islam, and it started with two guys talking to each other. Abdulahi Farah runs programs at Dar al-Farooq mosque in Bloomington, the same […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is urging political leaders to make reforms to prevent a repeat of the eurozone’s financial crisis — including making money available to help member countries that run into trouble. Mario Draghi said in a speech Friday that such a pot of money could provide […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ and Rick Estrin are among the winners of this year’s Blues Music Awards. The annual awards celebrating blues music were handed out Thursday in Memphis. Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ won the album of the year and contemporary blues album awards for their collaboration on TajMo. Taj […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in eastern Poland has acquitted environmentalists who had blocked government-ordered logging in one of Europe’s last pristine forests that has been condemned by the European Union. Last June, the activists chained themselves to heavy equipment, thus blocking for some time the large-scale felling of trees in the Bialowieza Forest. […]

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — The Philippines and Kuwait have signed a new agreement regarding Filipino laborer rights after the Philippines earlier banned its citizens from working there amid a diplomatic dispute. The Philippines issued a statement Friday saying the agreement offered “additional guarantees that we asked our Kuwaiti friends to extend.” The statement added: “The […]