Новости за 01.06.2018

WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) — An August sentencing is scheduled for the father of a 17-month-old girl who weighed just 11 pounds (5 kilograms) when she died in southeast Iowa. Station KCRG reports that Anthony McCoy filed written guilty pleas Thursday to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangerment. His sentencing is set for Aug. […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The president of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has resigned after a crippling truckers’ strike demanding sharp cuts to diesel prices. The 9-day strike ended earlier this week when the government announced plans to subsidize the price of diesel for 60 days. The government went to great lengths to argue […]

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says fighting between the self-styled Libyan National Army and militants has killed at least 17 civilians, including two children, in Libya’s eastern city of Derna. The U.N. Support Mission in Libya said in a statement Friday that the fighting has injured 22 others, including seven children, since May 16. […]

COLUMBIA, La. (AP) — A northeast Louisiana district attorney is stepping aside from prosecuting a former employee accused of stealing from his office. Caldwell Parish District Attorney Brian Frazier tells The News Star that he will let the attorney general’s office handle the case against Sharon Lovett. The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office says Lovett stole […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Southern California dog trainers have pleaded no contest to charges they abused dogs in their care. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says 28-year-old Junior Barillas Morales and 25-year-old Natasha Elena Ahmad entered the plea Wednesday. Deputy District Attorney Amarilla Blondia says Morales was immediately sentenced to five years […]

HAYMARKET, Va. (AP) — Police in Prince William County are trying to find out who vandalized a high school’s football field and bleachers by scattering dead animal parts and spray-painting profane messages. WTTG-TV reports that the athletic field at Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia was vandalized earlier this week and has caused several thousands […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a propane torch set off the blast that damaged a UPS freight hub in Kentucky’s second-largest city and sent multiple people to the hospital. Lexington fire investigator Maj. Robert King tells news outlets that the torch likely ignited leaking gas, leading to Wednesday’s explosion. Fire department spokeswoman Lt. Jessica […]

EAST COCALICO, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a Pennsylvania state police trooper was justified when he fired seven times at an armed man during a lengthy pursuit involving a stolen vehicle earlier this year. The March 8 pursuit began when 43-year-old William Long allegedly sped away from a traffic stop in Denver. The pursuit lasted […]

ST. GEORGE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina county’s insurer has paid nearly $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit over a confrontation involving the former county coroner who pulled a gun on his black neighbor and called him the N-word nearly three years ago. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported the State […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a law allowing emergency dispatchers to tell others how to administer CPR over the phone. New Orleans Democratic Sen. Troy Carter’s bill will require 911 operators and other emergency medical dispatchers to receive training to deliver CPR instructions over the phone to callers when […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has unanimously upheld Shri Thanedar’s nominating petition signatures in his bid to be the Democratic nominee for governor. The board on Friday rejected a challenge from a primary rival, Abdul El-Sayed. The grievance claims most of Thanedar’s petitions contain offenses ranging from voter information clashing […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Multiple events are scheduled this weekend in Maryland for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, including one at a school where a student was shot to death. A picnic is scheduled at Great Mills High School on Saturday where participants will wear orange in support of raising gun violence awareness. Sixteen-year-old Jaelynn […]

ARCADIA, La. (AP) — A northwest Louisiana man has been arrested on charges that he stole timber. Investigators with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry say 66-year-old Wayne Durbin of Saline was arrested May 24 and booked into the Bienville Parish jail on Tuesday. He’s free on $10,000 bail. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending surged 1.8 percent to a record high in April as home building rose by the largest amount in 24 years. The Commerce Department says the April gain reversed a 1.7 percent drop in March. The strength stems from a sizable 4.5 percent rise in residential construction, the biggest percentage […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US construction spending up 1.8 percent to record high in April, reflecting surge in home building.

EAGLE NEST, N.M. (AP) — A wildfire in northern New Mexico jumped and closed a state highway as it burned 7 square miles (18 sq. kilometers) of grass and pine, including part of the Boy Scouts’ Philmont Scout Ranch. A top-tier incident management team is being assigned to the fire, which crossed State Route 64 […]

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Four young men, including a fugitive, are facing capital murder charges in what prosecutors say was the brutal beating death of a man whose body was found dumped in a Southern California canyon. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also charged the men Thursday with robbery and kidnapping. Sheriff’s investigators […]

CAMILLUS, N.Y. (AP) — The 30-year-old man who was evicted from his parents’ home has finally left, hours before a court-ordered deadline. Michael Rotondo expressed relief Friday morning as he left his parents’ home in Camillus (kuh-MIHL’-us), New York. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that Rotondo left 2 ½ hours before the noon deadline set […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The sole Democrat vying to represent northern Michigan’s 1st Congressional District will have to campaign as a write-in due to a technical gaffe. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Friday unanimously determined Matt Morgan’s use of a post office box address on his nominating petition instead of his residential address […]

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Officials expect the construction and related expansion work for the FBI data center in Pocatello will create about 500 direct jobs and 160 indirect jobs. The Idaho State Journal reports an analysis by the Idaho Department of Labor and Bannock Development Corp. has found that the wages from these jobs will […]

Rosés are fun, and varieties made in the Northwest are deliciously bone-dry — more like French wine than the sweet ‘California Kool-Aid’ that passes for domestic pink wine.

In two phases, interior designer Lindsey Runyon finds a beautiful middle ground in a high-rise home.

MOUNT HALEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after he apparently passed while cleaning a sewer drain at a church in mid-Michigan and got stuck in the drain. The Midland County sheriff’s department says the 66-year-old Freeland man went to Mount Haley Church of God on Wednesday to clean leaves from […]

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Burlington man is accused of supplying heroin and other drugs that caused an overdose death. The Minot Daily News reports 26-year-old Jayden Gene Groninger is charged with four felonies. Court records show a 21-year-old man was found dead of a drug overdose in April 2013. Authorities say the man, who […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A service that would allow people to send text messages instead of calling 911 in Rhode Island is more than a year behind schedule. WJAR-TV reports that the state has spent more than $650,000 for the equipment necessary for NextGen911 that was supposed to launch in 2017. But the state has […]