Новости за 07.06.2018

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the woman who oversees nurses at a South Carolina prison has been arrested after trying to bring watches and tobacco to inmates. An arrest warrant says two watches were found on Patricia Montgomery when she was routinely searched as she came to work Tuesday as head nurse administrator at […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An annual “Beach Report Card” concludes low rainfall in California is resulting in less runoff and cleaner water along the coast. Heal The Bay said Thursday that a record 37 beaches statewide made its Honor Roll — meaning they are monitored year-round and score perfect A-plus grades each week. The group […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In San Francisco, the candidate with the most first-place votes is trailing in a tight race for mayor London Breed, the president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, is some 10 percentage points ahead of former state Sen. Mark Leno in votes for first-place, yet Leno is leading Breed in the […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on six leaders of criminal networks engaged in human trafficking and migrant smuggling from Libya. The Netherlands U.N. Mission, which led efforts to list the six men, said it was the first time ever that the council has imposed sanctions “on the leaders of […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two small planes have made emergency landings in different parts of Florida. The Gainesville Sun reports that a Cessna 152 landed Thursday around noon on northbound Interstate 75, just south of Gainesville. The training flight had been making a round trip from Ormond Beach to Gainesville. The instructor and student were […]

ELIZABETH, N.Y. (AP) — A school bus has overturned on a New Jersey Turnpike ramp near the Goethals Bridge. Video shows the school bus on its side on the elevated ramp. Its front end mangled. It happened about 4 p.m. Thursday. Police say all of the occupants were able to get off the bus. They […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — You might say there’s an art to riding trains in Los Angeles nowadays. Rail passengers passing through downtown’s Union Station are finding themselves part of vibrant tableaus by artist Alexa Meade. Meade set up a temporary studio Thursday in the historic waiting room of the 1930s-era transportation hub and painted a […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice says more than $6.6 million in grants will provide backup power generators for water and wastewater treatment plants and systems in nine West Virginia counties. Justice announced the funds Thursday in response to the 2016 floods that killed 23 people statewide and ravaged homes, businesses, schools and infrastructure. […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan drivers age 65 and older could avoid paying most of a mandatory insurance fee that covers unlimited medical benefits and instead choose $50,000 in coverage under legislation the state Senate approved Thursday. Supporters called the two bills a first step in finally curtailing the state’s high auto premiums after years […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal appeals court has let stand a decision that removed control of the oldest synagogue in the United States from its congregants and put it in the hands of a New York congregation. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to grant congregants at Rhode Island’s Touro […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook bug made some private posts public, affecting as many as 14M users.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The United Soccer League, the second-highest professional soccer level in America behind Major League Soccer, announced it will bring a team to Albuquerque. USL Commissioner Jake Edwards and USL New Mexico President and Owner Peter Trevisani said Wednesday that the team will begin play in March. Public input will establish the […]

After splitting their series in Houston, the Mariners head to Tampa Bay to open a four-game set against the reeling Rays, who have lost their past six contests. Mike Leake gets the ball in Game 1. Follow here for live updates, analysis and more.

MONROE, N.C. (AP) — More charges have been filed against a former North Carolina teacher already accused of sexual misconduct with a student. The Union County Sheriff’s Office told news sources 35-year-old Daniel Wade Stanford is accused of inappropriate contact with two additional students. The latest allegations come just a few weeks after Stanford was […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three California county district attorneys will keep their seats despite a well-financed campaign to replace them with reform-minded candidates. A fourth candidate backed by billionaire philanthropist George Soros and other liberal activists may face a runoff election. Diana Becton, who was appointed Contra Costa County’s first woman and first African-American district […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in the New York state Assembly have voted to make opioid addiction a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. The Democrat-led chamber passed the bill on Wednesday. It hasn’t been scheduled for a vote in the Senate, where it’s likely to face some opposition. If enacted, the bill would authorize people […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexa for couch potatoes is coming: Amazon’s new Fire TV streaming device will let users shout out when they want to turn on the TV, flip channels or search for sitcoms — all without pushing any buttons. The Fire TV Cube is not entirely hands-free yet, however. Some apps or streaming […]

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Police in the central Iowa city of Ankeny have identified two people whose bodies were found earlier this week inside a mobile home. Police said in a news release Thursday that autopsies reveal 44-year-old Karen Jayne Edsinga and 45-year-old Lonnie Robert Perry died in the Autumn Ridge mobile home. Their bodies […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill that would allow the temporary removal of firearms from people considered a danger to themselves or others. Thursday’s vote follows approval of the bill in the Massachusetts House, helping pave its way to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk. An aide to Baker has said Baker […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — AAA Nevada is hoping to set a world record by throwing what is believed to be the first wedding held inside a driverless vehicle. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports would-be brides and grooms can submit an online essay explaining why they deserve a free wedding aboard AAA’s autonomous shuttle circling downtown […]

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SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A golfer has died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The Black Hills Pioneer reports the man was bitten Monday at Elkhorn Ridge Golf Course in Spearfish. The course’s golf pro, Mike Mendelson, says the man was looking for a ball in tall grass when […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Omar Burley and his cousin were parked in an old, black Acura on a residential side street in northwest Baltimore, when two cars pulled up next to them. Three men with guns jumped out. Fearing a robbery, Burley hit the gas. His assailants gave chase. “I was speeding for my life,” he […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican candidate Kris Kobach has made promises to cut taxes a cornerstone of his campaign for Kansas governor. He’s chiding other candidates for not joining him in signing a pledge not to raise taxes. His GOP rivals include Gov. Jeff Colyer. Kobach says he’ll push to lower income and sales tax […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A social-justice organization is requesting a copy of a rule mentioned by a police officer when its members were denied group access into Kentucky’s Capitol following an outdoor rally. A spokeswoman for the Poor People’s Campaign said Thursday that letters seeking information about the rule were delivered to Gov. Matt Bevin’s […]