Новости за 17.05.2018

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who caused a crash that killed his 4-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison. The New Haven Register reports that 28-year-old Ross Stanley was sentenced after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child. As part of a plea […]

NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Officials in a Maine town are asking the state Legislature to rename a bridge in honor of a slain sheriff’s deputy. The Norridgewock Board of Selectman approved the measure to rename the Norridgewock Bridge to the Corporal Eugene Cole Memorial Bridge in a 4-0 vote Wednesday night. WGME-TV reports Republican Rep. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Board of Regents has launched the search for a new executive director and CEO. Current leader Michael Rush is resigning at the end of the month. He said in April that he and the board that oversees the public higher education system “came to a mutual decision” about his […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life prison sentence of a man convicted of fatally shooting his stepbrother following a long-simmering family feud. The Court of Criminal Appeals handed down the decision Thursday to 52-year-old John Patrick Williamson of Broken Bow. Williamson was convicted of first-degree murder by a McCurtain […]

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to raping his girlfriend’s mentally disabled daughter, which his girlfriend allegedly allowed in exchange for bill payments and cash. The Eagle-Tribune reports that 69-year-old John Leone, of Methuen, was sentenced Wednesday to up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to rape and indecent […]

NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Alcoa Corp. has started hiring workers ahead of the planned summer restart of its aluminum smelting operations in southwestern Indiana. The Pittsburgh-based company cited low aluminum prices when it closed its Warrick Operations smelter in March 2016, costing about 600 workers their jobs. Alcoa said last year it would re-open three […]

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — A prosecutor says he won’t lift speed-trap sanctions against a small town in north-central Arkansas because of what he calls a level of past abuse of police power. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Luke Ferguson’s Wednesday decision means the sanctions will remain in effect through the end of the year for […]

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — A commander at Dyess Air Force Base in West Texas has been reassigned after Air Force leaders lost confidence in his ability to command because he “created a toxic environment.” Lt. Gen. Giovanni Tuck said in a statement Wednesday that Col. David Owens was relieved of his command because of an […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Food processors, soft drink manufacturers and candy makers are squaring off against the U.S. sugar industry in a familiar battle over a program that props up sugar prices. The battle over the sugar program, a web of price supports, loans and tariffs that critics say gouges consumers, is one of the key […]

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Outer Coast College in Sitka has secured 16 students for its inaugural Summer Seminar program. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports the students were selected late last month from a total of 45 high school students who applied for the summer program. All 16 submitted letters of intent to enroll, but one […]

MADRID (AP) — The foreign ministers of Spain and China say they want free trade and will fight protectionism amid disputes with the United States over possible tariffs. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday during a visit to Madrid that Beijing seeks to “maintain multilateralism and free trade against unilateralism and protectionism.” The Trump […]

BJ’s Wholesale Club is going public. Again. BJ’s has announced that it filed a form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. The company, which operates 215 wholesale membership warehouses on the East Coast, didn’t say how many shares it would offer or what the price range might be. […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a condemned killer who argued his sentence was unfair because the man who fatally stabbed the victim received a life sentence. Death row inmate Austin Myers was sentenced to die for the 2014 killing in southwestern Ohio of childhood friend Justin […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Four people have been arrested for shooting and killing one horse and injuring two other horses in North Carolina. Winston-Salem police said in a news release that 19-year-old Alonzo Djuan Cross of Winston-Salem was arrested Wednesday on three counts of felony cruelty to animals and firing a gun in the city. […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hazing that kills someone will soon be a felony crime in Louisiana as a proposal to strengthen the penalty awaits the governor’s signature. House lawmakers sent Rep. Nancy Landry’s bill to the governor Wednesday night with an 88-1 vote. The Republican’s proposal would make hazing that kills someone punishable by […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by a civil rights coalition claims racial segregation in New Jersey schools persists more than six decades after the Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional. The Latino Action Network, the New Jersey chapter of the NAACP and others unveiled their lawsuit against the state on Thursday. It was […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Senate committee has passed a bill that would revive a program placing bronze plaques at the graves of dead Rhode Island governors. The Providence Journal reports the Deceased Governors Medallion Program started in the 1950s after a historian discovered a governor’s grave in a trash-strewn cemetery. That’s according to Judy […]

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana high school student has been disciplined for continuing to wear a Confederate flag sweatshirt after administrators requested that he stop wearing it. The Missoulian reports 17-year-old Mitchell Ballas was suspended Tuesday after wearing the sweatshirt to Big Sky High School every day since last week. Ballas says he wears […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island mother of two who spent a month in immigration detention has been granted an extension to her stay of deportation. WPRI-TV reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement granted Lilian Calderon an extension to her stay of removal, which expired May 12. Calderon can remain in the U.S. until […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican investigator sent to take testimony from Chilean sex abuse victims says the Holy See is “making history” with Pope Francis’ emergency summit of the Chilean hierarchy. The Rev. Jordi Bertomeu, a Spaniard in the Vatican office that handles abuse cases, told reporters Thursday that he expects “important” measures to […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say an intoxicated 30-year-old man has wounds that aren’t life-threatening after being stabbed multiple times by a man described as a stranger at a light rail station. Police say the incident occurred early Thursday morning on the platform at the station at 19th Avenue and Camelback Road at around 3:15 […]

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man police say used a baseball bat to “severely” shatter another man’s arm during a fight outside a liquor store has pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The Enterprise reports that 28-year-old Jean Bazile was granted $2,000 bail Wednesday in connection with the confrontation […]

FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A nuclear power plant in southeastern Michigan is operating at reduced power for additional repairs. DTE Energy spokesman Stephen Tait tells the Monroe News that Fermi 2 in Monroe County was cut back to 63 percent power to make repairs to the one of two reactor feed pumps. The plant […]

MOUNTAIN TOP, Pa. (AP) — A school bus driver in Pennsylvania has been charged with driving under the influence while a student was still on board. The Scranton Times-Tribune reports police pulled over the Crestwood School District bus driver bus on Tuesday just before 6 p.m. because of a broken headlight. According to a White […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The old North Dakota governor’s mansion is set for demolition. Capitol Facilities Manager John Boyle says the 10,000-square-foot residence on the Capitol grounds is scheduled to meet the wrecking ball on Friday. The old residence has been replaced by an adjacent $5 million mansion that’s 13,500 square feet. The old ranch-style […]