Новости за 17.05.2018

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of two former inmates who investigators say were among the men abused by guards while incarcerated at a Utah county jail. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah filed the federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, claiming Dustin Law Porter and Steven Drollette received […]

CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — The “deportation bus” that a candidate in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary is using to promote a tough stance on illegal immigration broke down Thursday, a campaign spokesman said. State Sen. Michael Williams is taking the bus on a tour with stops in what he calls Georgia’s “dangerous sanctuary cities.” The former […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say an elderly woman was taken to a hospital after she was beaten and robbed inside her room at a downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino. Las Vegas police Lt. David Gordon says the woman who is in 80s was attacked by a man as she was entering her room […]

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s child welfare agency is actively reaching out to the LGBT community, hoping to persuade them to consider becoming foster and adoptive parents. The Department of Children and Families on Thursday unveiled its new outreach campaign. Connecticut’s initiative is one of a handful of efforts by state and city governments […]

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A pain specialist faults prescriptions by an Alabama physician accused of federal crimes in the 2016 drug overdose death of a former guitarist for rock band 3 Doors Down. Dr. Richard Snellgrove is accused of unlawful distribution of drugs and health care fraud in a case tied to the death of […]

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities say a man who snatched a woman’s cell phone and then fought with bystanders died after he was detained by police. Officials in Long Beach say officers handcuffed the man late Monday and then noticed he was in medical distress. The officers removed the cuffs and began […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A divided Louisiana House sent the governor a $28.5 billion operating budget Thursday that contains steep cuts to education, public safety and social services programs and establishes the gaps lawmakers will debate filling in a special session on taxes starting next week. Gov. John Bel Edwards didn’t want the spending […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Kremlin says Syrian President Bashar Assad has traveled to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin.

BILLLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two conservation groups are suing to block a Montana logging project next to Yellowstone National Park. Native Ecosystems Council and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed their federal lawsuit Tuesday in Missoula. The Custer Gallatin National Forest proposes logging and thinning nearly 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) north of […]

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Water-quality advocates have filed a lawsuit alleging the city of Medford has known for years that water discharged from its sewage-treatment plant illegally harms the Rogue River’s aquatic balance but failed to fix it. The Medford Mail Tribune reports Northwest Environmental Advocates, in a suit filed Tuesday, claims studies since 2013 […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has awarded nearly $2 million in compensation to a former inmate wrongly imprisoned for nearly 40 years. Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed the law giving 70-year-old Craig Richard Coley $140 for each day he was in prison. Coley spent 39 years behind bars after he was wrongly convicted of […]

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have accused a man in the death of his brother. WXII in Winston-Salem reports the Surry County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Carl Rodney Lee Hickson Jr. was arrested in the death of Eric James Hickson, whose body was found in the driveway of Carl Hickson’s home […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The anticipation of legal sports gambling throughout the United States has prompted a flurry of deals among gambling and technology firms who want a foothold in a market worth billions. Casinos, race tracks, daily fantasy sports companies and others are itching to offer bets in person and online after the […]

The 3,100-square-foot Pender Harbor home at San Juan Passage features a private entry hall and a flow-through living-kitchen-dining room arrangement.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge says Idaho prison officials must release records about the lethal injection drugs they used in the state’s two most recent executions. In the ruling issued Monday, 4th District Judge Lynn Norton ordered Idaho Department of Correction officials to release records on the chemicals used in the executions of Paul […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. drug regulators are publicizing information on brand-name drugmakers that use what government officials call “gaming tactics” to block cheaper copycat versions. The Food and Drug Administration’s new webpage names the makers of more than 50 brand-name drugs, some carrying six-figure annual price tags, who are under scrutiny. The agency also […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The airport in Las Vegas will spend about $8 million to add 18 new machines that help streamline the screening of carry-on baggage. The Las Vegas Sun reports the machines have a conveyor belt that moves bins through a scanner and returns them, eliminating the need to stack and move the […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Half the participants in the eight-horse Preakness field have yet to experience the sensation of chasing Justify to the finish line. Perhaps one of the new shooters in Saturday’s race can find a way to leave the Kentucky Derby winner in his wake. Quip, Sporting Chance, Diamond King and Tenfold skipped the […]

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The Aspen Skiing Co. has ruled out the possibility of offering lift-served skiing on Aspen Mountain for Memorial Day weekend. The Aspen Times reports the company’s winter season ended last month but it offered the prospect of resuming skiing for the holiday weekend if conditions allowed. Company spokesman Jeff Hanle says […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Some government employees in the Mississippi city of Oxford can now carry guns. The Oxford Eagle reports the city’s Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a new employee handbook that detailed the change Tuesday. The approval allows city employees who are in possession of enhanced concealed carry permits and are registered with […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation aimed at protecting people living in the country illegally from having their immigration status disclosed in open court. The measure signed Thursday would require lawyers to get permission from a judge before discussing someone’s immigration status publicly. San Francisco Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener says the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says if North Korea’s Kim Jong Un denuclearizes, then ‘he’ll get protections that would be very strong’

DETROIT (AP) — A group of immigrant advocates are walking from Detroit to Lansing to bring attention to deportations that separate families, including an Albanian man seeking sanctuary in a Detroit church. The 90-mile (145-kilometer) journey started Monday at Central United Methodist Church in Detroit, where 48-year-old Ded Rranxburgaj has taken refuge since January. Rranxburgaj […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams says he and two nurses worked as a team to give medical aid to someone aboard a Delta Air Lines jet. At a Thursday public discussion at a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, Adams shared some more details about assisting someone on the plane as he […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she will vote against confirming President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA. Baldwin says the fact that Gina Haspel wouldn’t say torture is immoral disqualifies her for the position. Baldwin had not stated her position on Haspel until Thursday, after her confirmation became all-but […]