Новости за 22.05.2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is threatening to sue Wisconsin over its restrictions on overseas voters. The Wisconsin Elections Commission released a letter Tuesday that it received from the DOJ on May 9. The letter warned the agency is preparing to sue because Wisconsin law doesn’t allow temporary overseas voters to […]

LONDON (AP) — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for fiction Tuesday with “Flights,” a novel that charts multiple journeys in time, space and human anatomy. “Flights” beat five other finalists, including Iraqi writer Ahmed Saadawi’s horror story “Frankenstein in Baghdad” and South Korean author Han Kang’s meditative novel “The […]

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado city has settled a federal lawsuit accusing a police sergeant of throwing a woman to the ground and stomping on her head outside a hospital where her boyfriend was treated for a gunshot wound. According to the lawsuit OyZhana Williams filed in September, the Aurora Police officers involved were not […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a northeast Mississippi man on federal charges that he tried to produce child pornography after officials say he recorded girls changing in a locker room. Micah Macay Wilbanks of Corinth faces charges filed last week of sexual exploitation of children. The indictment comes after charges were […]

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A man whose body was found in waters off Newport has been identified. Newport police say 76-year-old Andrew Kinzler was found off Goat Island Marina Thursday shortly after noon. Kinzler, a resident of Newport, was taken out of the water by Coast Guard personnel. Newport police say no foul play is […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man suspected of killing an Alaska police officer has been indicted on federal weapons charges. Thirty-year-old Anthony Jenkins-Alexie already faced first-degree murder charges and other state counts in the shooting death of Fairbanks Police Department Sgt. Allen Brandt on Oct. 16, 2016. A federal grand jury indicted Jenkins-Alexie on charges […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine wildlife officials say the Pine Tree State is considering offering the largest number of deer hunting permits in its history this year. Biologists with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are recommending nearly 85,000 “any deer” permits this year. Those permits allow hunters to harvest deer of either […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to at least 43 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of a man who he mistakenly assumed was a police informant. Michael Pittman was shot and killed outside his Manchester apartment in 2015. Prosecutors said that Paulson Papillon ordered the killing. He was […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed into law legislation that could have a major impact on the state’s equal pay efforts. The bill, signed Tuesday and proposed by Malloy in his State of the State address this year, will prohibit employers from asking about a prospective employee’s wage and […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has appointed 2nd District Judge John Stegner of Moscow to the Idaho Supreme Court. Otter’s office announced Tuesday that Stegner will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Warren Jones. There has been an open seat on the state’s highest court for more than five […]

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A message in a bottle that a woman tossed off the coast of Massachusetts has been found nearly two decades later in Nova Scotia. Eighty-year-old Rita Ganim tells the Gloucester Times she dropped the bottle into Ipswich Bay in August 2000 with a short message asking the person who found it […]

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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in eastern Idaho have released the name of a woman reported by her husband to have fallen into the Snake River in Idaho Falls nearly two weeks ago. Idaho Falls Police on Monday identified 23-year-old Kayla Davis as the woman who was reported missing by her husband at about […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has asked for an outside review of whether he or his staff retaliated against a lawmaker for speaking out on sexual harassment. The Chicago Democrat released a letter Tuesday to Legislative Inspector General Julie Porter. It seeks a probe into claims by Chicago Democratic Rep. Kelly […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada county sheriff is publicly apologizing for leaving her handgun unattended in a casino restroom last week, and seeking what she called forgiveness from voters just three weeks ahead of her re-election bid. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly (WER’-lee) said by telephone Tuesday that she acknowledged and documented the lunchtime […]

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is suggesting he’s open to lifting the statute of limitations on civil child sex abuse lawsuits. Women’s March of Wisconsin has asked all candidates for elected office to support a version of the Child Victims Act, a legislative template that lifts states’ statute of limitations on civil child […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman and her granddaughter escaped injury in the early morning collapse of a Philadelphia home’s wall that left a pile of wood, brick and stone in the yard. Officials said no injuries were reported in the 5 a.m. Tuesday wall collapse at the twin house in the West Mount Airy section […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted in a brutal elevator stabbing in Brooklyn that killed a 6-year-old boy and left his 7-year-old friend with serious wounds has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. Daniel St. Hubert was sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty of murder in the death of Joshua […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh has had surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor. Bayh is the wife of former Democratic Senator and Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh. The family said the malignant glioblastoma was removed Tuesday. That’s the same deadly cancer former Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy battled and GOP Sen. John […]

ARCO, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials in eastern Idaho say the first nuclear reactor to produce a usable amount of electricity will be open for free guided tours starting Friday. The Idaho National Laboratory says visitors can also tour the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I on their own by following the self-guided tour instructions. The reactor is […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is signaling he’s not interested in pursuing a six-week abortion ban. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation earlier this month that bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is around six weeks of pregnancy. The law is the most restrictive abortion law in the country. […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — In Kentucky’s primary election, 16 legislative candidates are current or retired educators, part of a national movement of teachers seeking better conditions for classrooms. The most high-profile race involves Republican Rep. Jonathan Shell, the House majority floor leader and one of the architects of a new law revising the state’s troubled […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers learned about audit reports on state purchasing cards and about missing Homeland Security assets during interim meetings in Charleston. Lawmakers concluded their interim meetings Tuesday after finishing a two-day special session on Monday at the state Capitol. One audit included an analysis of state purchasing cards from the […]