Новости за 08.06.2018

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Police records show the Navajo Nation president’s daughter had a blood-alcohol level more than double the legal limit when she was arrested for DWI. Arizona Department of Public Safety reports made available Friday indicate Karis Begaye had a BAC level of 0.211 percent at the time of her April 22 arrest […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee attorney general’s office says it will object to a request by the maker of the world’s top-selling painkiller to keep a complaint against it hidden from view. Tennessee was among six states that last month filed a lawsuit against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. A judge gave Purdue Pharma 10 […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sen. Tina Smith has proposed an amendment to force completion of a land swap needed for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, a move that drew criticism from environmentalists Friday. The Minnesota Democrat plans to offer the amendment to a major defense policy bill that’s expected to come up in […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling lawmakers back to the Louisiana Capitol on June 18 for the third special session this year aimed at replacing expiring taxes to avoid deep budget cuts. The Democratic governor Friday outlined the dates and parameters for the 10-day special session, which must end by […]

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The first monk seal pup born in Hawaii this year is a female. The pup has already been weaned and is learning to forage for her own food on the south side of Kauai, The Garden Island reported Thursday. Jamie Thompton, Kauai marine mammal response coordinator for the National Oceanic and […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah Rep. Keith Grover is set to take former Sen. Margaret Dayton’s seat in the Utah Senate. Utah County Republican Party Chair Rob Craig announced the selection Thursday. Dayton resigned for health reasons. Grover’s name will be passed along to Gov. Gary Herbert, who is responsible for the official appointment. Most […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago is sending out staffers into various communities to get municipal ID cards into the hands of undocumented immigrants, homeless people, senior citizens and others who often find it hard to obtain a valid form of identification. On Friday, they took mobile printers to Truman College on Chicago’s North […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — City officials in Burlington, Vermont, are explaining two significant discharges from Burlington’s main sewage treatment plant into Lake Champlain. Nearly 2 million gallons of partially disinfected wastewater was released between last Saturday and Tuesday. The city’s Department of Public Works director tells MyNBC5 that the discharges were driven by a storm […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has grounded its B-1B Lancer fleet after one of the bombers made an emergency landing in Texas. Gen. Robin Rand ordered the safety stand-down on Thursday. The Air Force says a safety investigation after the May 1 emergency landing found a problem with ejection […]

NEW YORK (AP) — San Diego Padres pitcher Jose Torres has accepted a suspension without pay for the rest of the year by Major League Baseball after his December arrest on domestic violence charges. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Friday. The penalty is retroactive to June 5 and covers 100 games. Torres has agreed […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democratic Party Chairman Michael Madigan has named a committee composed entirely of women to choose the party’s next executive director. The post was vacated Wednesday when Timothy Mapes resigned amid allegations of inappropriate comments and mishandling of sexual harassment complaints in the Illinois House. Mapes was chief of staff to […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio says it’s replacing several prison transport vans and will be installing cameras and building individual cells inside them for the state’s most violent and dangerous inmates. The state prison system also says it will load inmates into vans based on their risk level and will transport inmates who represent “an […]

A small rally at midday left U.S. stocks slightly higher Friday as household goods and health care companies rose. Energy companies skidded. For the second day in a row, investors traded carefully as the Group of Seven summit began. On Friday: The S&P 500 index picked up 8.66 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,779.03. The […]

BECU, one of the nation’s largest credit unions, has agreed to make its website and mobile banking app accessible to blind users after complaints from a national organization and local credit union members. The agreement came after the National Federation for the Blind (NFB), its Washington affiliate and three blind individuals warned they might sue […]

The late musician’s island estate will soon go to the highest bidder.

GENEVA (AP) — A new study by the organizers of the elite Davos forum has found that women don’t just trail men when it comes to making money in many developed countries, they’re even farther behind when it comes to pensions. The World Economic Forum says the “gender pension gap” is more than 35 percent […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Department of Education plans to spend more than $420,000 on consulting services for state interventions in low-performing “priority schools.” The state is contracting with a North Carolina-based firm and one of the state’s educational service units to continue work in three schools: Druid Hill Elementary in Omaha, Santee Middle […]

The Trump administration on Friday proposed nearly $1.5 billion in grants to help rebuild highways, bridges and railroads around the country. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced 26 grants spanning 23 states, calling them a down payment on the administration’s plan to improve infrastructure. Rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure was one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal officials say treatment is underway to clean up contaminants in the groundwater and soil at a North Carolina Superfund site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release Friday a 1.2-acre area beneath the former CTS Corp. factory in Asheville is being treated. Solvents used to make electronic components […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry was suspended from the bench Friday over allegations that he repeatedly lied and used his public office for personal gain. In an order from the high court, Loughry was suspended without pay and barred from hearing any civil or criminal matters during a judicial […]

WESTPORT, Wis. (AP) — Three people have been killed in a head-on crash on Highway 19 in the town of Westport. Authorities say the crash happened Friday morning after the operator of a car was driving recklessly and passing vehicles on the gravel shoulder. The driver then lost control and crossed the center line, hitting […]

Washington’s congressional delegation, which historically works in a bipartisan manner on state issues, must continue to exert whatever leverage it has at the federal level, both with Congress and the administration.

The reality of Trump’s deal-making talents will be on full display.

In this moment of mercenary politics, those of us who are out-proud tree-huggers have taken to citing the bottom line. The clean water, timber, cultural and recreation opportunities of a single forest deliver more economic value than all of the failing U.S. coal industry.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court has upheld a San Diego city ordinance that closes a picturesque children’s beach for nearly half the year so that seals may give birth, nurse and wean their pups. In a decision filed Thursday, the 4th District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court ruling that set […]