Новости за 18.05.2018

ATLANTA (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says shrimpers can go after white, brown and pink shrimp in federal waters off Georgia. NOAA Fisheries had closed federal waters off Georgia at the state’s request on Jan. 24 to protect spawning white shrimp. The state had closed its waters to all shrimping on Jan. […]

The Tri-City Herald reported the Columbia Generating Station’s systems detected a problem having to do with electrical distribution and automatically shut down the plant at 6:51 a.m. Authorities said there is no risk to the public.

PHOENIX (AP) — Police have identified a man suspected of shooting and killing a customer during a shootout with officers at a convenience store earlier this month. Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said Friday that 53-year-old Joel M. Carson was booked for first-degree murder and kidnapping, as well as possession of a weapon by a prohibited person […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit challenging Viacom Inc.’s payment of more than $13 million in compensation to company founder and former chairman Sumner Redstone. The court on Friday affirmed a judge’s dismissal of a suit alleging that Viacom’s directors approved payments to Redstone from 2014 […]

The major U.S. stock indexes finished mixed Friday as declines in banks and technology companies offset gains elsewhere in the market. Energy companies also declined as crude oil prices closed lower. Bond prices rose, sending yields lower. Industrial and health care companies were among the big gainers. On Friday: The S&P 500 index fell 7.16 […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Diane Black rode a private plane linked to a Tennessee-based trucking company for which she helped extend a federal emissions loophole. According to The Tennessean , Black’s gubernatorial campaign spokesman Chris Hartline said Black rented the plane from Dale Hollow Aviation LLC at fair-market value, which will be reported. […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Transportation officials have scaled back closure times for weekend construction at a bottleneck Las Vegas freeway interchange in anticipation of heavy traffic to and from the largest electronic dance music festival in North America. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Electric Daisy Carnival organizers asked the Nevada Department of Transportation to […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor wants to send medical teams out to city streets to distribute a drug that curbs heroin cravings in opioid addicts. Mayor Mark Farrell calls the initiative a first in the country. He says he will allocate $6 million for 10 new public health clinicians to provide the opioid […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has vetoed a handful of GOP-backed bills related to health care. Northam vetoed a bill that would have allowed all groups like the Virginia Chamber of Commerce to pool their members together in a group to shop for health insurance. Supporters said it would help reduce costs. […]

Testerman was a key part of the Seahawks' offense during their first three seasons from 1976-78.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A neo-Nazi website publisher wrote crude and cruel commentary about a Montana woman who’s now suing him, but he doesn’t have to be nice to be protected by the free-speech provisions of the U.S. Constitution, the publisher’s attorney wrote Friday. Attorney Marc Randazza made his comments in a court filing objecting […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Campaign finance records show U.S. Sen. Dean Heller’s campaign paid the Nevada Republican’s son at least $52,500 over the past two years. The Reno Gazette Journal reported Friday that 29-year-old Harrison Heller’s Utah-based business has no other employees and is not listed as a paid vendor for any other federal election […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Once a leader of California’s #MeToo movement and a shoo-in for re-election, Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia is campaigning for her political life under the cloud of a sexual misconduct investigation and against half a million dollars of blistering attacks from unions and a charter school group. Investigators on Thursday cleared Garcia […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 99-year-old World War II veteran who regretted skipping the chance to meet some of the nation’s last Civil War veterans in 1940 is on a mission to visit all 50 states so people who’ve never met a WWII vet can finally meet one. Sidney Walton met Gov. Andrew Cuomo in […]

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — First responders who were called to help a man allegedly suffering from an allergic reaction in Pennsylvania say the man actually had bullet holes in his neck. The Public Opinion reports Emergency Medical Services found the man in Chambersburg Wednesday with two small gunshot wounds in the back of his neck. […]

DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit police officer has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for taking a bribe in connection with a scheme involving stolen and abandoned vehicles. U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced the sentencing of 47-year-old Jamil Martin on Friday. Martin pleaded guilty to one count of extortion for taking the bribe […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal agency has reached a settlement with the owners of a South Dakota casino for refusing to hire an applicant taking prescribed medication. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Friday with M.G. Oil Company, owner of Happy Jack’s Casino in Sioux Falls. The EEOC says M.G. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin taxpayers paid about $1,000 to send one of Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel’s top lawyers to a Christian legal advocacy group’s West Coast conference last summer. Schimel had taxpayers foot the bill even though he considered his own appearance at the California gathering a political or personal event and didn’t […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Flagstaff police are searching for the suspect involved in multiple neighborhood fires. Police say officers responded to four human-caused fires this week in the Country Club neighborhood. The Arizona Daily Sun reports police say a 20-foot (6-meter) circular area was burned in the first fire. The second fire started on a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three defendants identified by prosecutors as high-ranking members of the Bloods gang have been convicted in a federal court in North Carolina on racketeering conspiracy charges. The U.S. Justice Department said 45-year-ol Pedro Gutierrez, 44-year-old James Baxton and 42-year-old Cynthia Gilmore were convicted by a federal jury in Charlotte. According to court […]

The U.S. Army is creating new units in Colorado, Texas and Washington to advise and assist other countries’ military forces. The Army said Friday the three security force assistance brigades will be at Fort Carson, Colorado; Fort Hood, Texas; and Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington. The units are designed to take over the adviser role from […]

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — An unsettled weather system that dumped record rainfall on Elko Thursday is expected to continue to bring a series of rain showers and thunderstorms to northeast Nevada through the weekend. The National Weather Service said Friday that .41 inch (11 millimeters) of rain was recorded at the Elko Airport the day […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate slipped slightly to 5.4 percent in April, down from 5.6 percent in March and 6.3 percent a year ago. State officials say nonagricultural payroll employment has grown by 10,100 jobs, or 1.2 percent, between April 2017 and April 2018.  All gains have come from the […]

William Earl Talbott II, 55, of SeaTac, was arrested as he was leaving his Seattle workplace. According to investigators, he is suspected of raping and killing a 19-year-old British Columbia woman in 1987, and detectives are working to tie him to the death of the woman's boyfriend.

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona representative says allegations that he stole a page from an opponent’s nominating petition are not true. Today’s News-Herald reports the owner of a Lake Havasu City gun store claims state Rep. Paul Mosley or an associate removed a signature sheet belonging to candidate Leo Biasiucci. The Republican […]