Новости за 11.06.2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman has admitted to stealing about $98,000 from a youth choir organization. News outlets report 51-year-old Jacqueline Holly Portillo of Hurricane pleaded guilty Monday to four felony embezzlement counts. Kanawha County prosecutors say Portillo stole from the Appalachian Children’s Chorus from March 2010 through August 2017 through the […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama is retiring. Marshall officials say Todd May announced his retirement to employees at the Huntsville facility on Monday. It takes effect July 27. A statement from Rep. Mo Brooks of Huntsville says May is being replaced on an acting basis by […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state board says a Kansas congressman’s title will appear on the Republican primary ballot to distinguish him from a challenger with the same first and last names. The State Objections Board decided Monday that GOP voters in the 4th District in the Wichita area will choose between Rep. Ron Estes […]

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A Sitka man who acknowledged fatally shooting his girlfriend after an argument has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The Sitka Sentinel reports 40-year-old Reuben Yerkes changed his plea Thursday in the death of 28-year old Ali Clayton on May 6, 2017. Under the agreement, which could be rejected by Superior Court […]

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DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Officials say a male inmate was stabbed during a fight at Utah State Prison. KSL-TV reports Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kaitlin Felsted says the fight broke out sometime Sunday night in the Uintas facility. The facility was placed on lockdown after the incident. The man was transported by ambulance to […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury has convicted a New Hampshire man of taking a 14-year-old girl to a Vermont motel to have sex. Kurt Carpentino, of Manchester, was found guilty in federal court Monday. Prosecutors say a missing child report last year in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, led police to the motel in Rockingham, Vermont, […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Texas judge is fighting disciplinary sanctions by the state’s watchdog agency for issuing a court order that landed a mentally ill rape victim in jail. The Houston Chronicle reports that former Harris County judge Stacey Bond is challenging disciplinary action by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct while she campaigns […]

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office says it has arrested two men from California after seizing 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) of heroin from their car. The sheriff’s office said Monday that 20-year-old Bryan Oropeza and 22-year-old Kevin Gabino Prado, from Corona, California, were stopped about 10:40 p.m. Friday when they were traveling […]

The Seattle City Council will consider repealing the city’s controversial new head tax less than a month after approving the measure, Council President Bruce Harrell has announced. The move appears to have enough votes, with Harrell and six others on the nine-member council joining Mayor Jenny Durkan in a statement Monday signaling they support repealing […]

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — In an Elvis Presley contest full of men with slicked-back hair and rhinestone-studded jumpsuits, a 19-year-old was chosen as being most like the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. News outlets report that Nick Perkins of Tickfaw, Louisiana, won the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Competition. It happened Saturday in Tupelo, the Mississippi […]

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say a 24-year-old Boise man has died after a fistfight outside the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. The fight happened about 2:15 a.m. Saturday during an event featuring the band Los Tucanes De Tijuana. Police officers who were working at the event tried to break up the fight between […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Voters in Nevada on Tuesday will settle a tight race between two Democrats hoping to become the next governor and pick nominees in dozens of primary battles for national, state and local elected offices. The winner of the Tuesday Democratic primary between Clark County Commissioners Steve Sisolak (SIHS’-oh-lahk), Christina Giunchigliani (joon-kihl-ee-AHN’-ee) […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Henderson police say two boys were arrested in connection with the death of another juvenile after fleeing a traffic stop and crashing a stolen vehicle. Police say officers began following the stolen vehicle Friday night after the person behind the wheel began driving recklessly. While attempting to flee, the driver ran […]

SHEFFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A lemonade stand and bake sale set up by three children has raised about $7,500 for a police officer who was shot and seriously wounded. Authorities say Amherst police officer Eugene Ptacek was shot during a suspect’s standoff with the Lorain County SWAT team last month in northeastern Ohio. The officer […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Residents of suburban Salt Lake City are organizing a county-wide referendum to block a proposed 8,800-home development southwest of the city. Herriman resident Justin Swain filed an application with the Salt Lake County Clerk’s office Monday to ask voters to reject a zoning change making the development possible. The 37-year-old […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey governor signs legislation allowing the state’s casinos and racetracks to begin taking sports bets.

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — FBI officials say a man has been killed on the Navajo Nation near Gallup, New Mexico and they are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The man’s body was found about 6:30 a.m. Friday on China Springs Loop, about 4 miles (6 […]

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island Senator is describing the case of a Chinese government hack into a Newport Naval Station as “very serious.” Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed says Monday he spoke with the Navy’s top officer after last week’s report that the Chinese government hacked a contractor who works with one of […]

WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl has died and another has been injured in a weekend accident on a lake in McLean County. Sheriff’s officials say the victim along with another 10-year-old girl were on an inner tube that was being pulled by a boat on Strawberry Lake Saturday. Their inner tube was struck […]

A tie 4-4 vote by the high court upholds a lower-court decision ordering barriers to salmon migration be removed, ending a bitter decades-old controversy.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Police are saying use of force was warranted during the arrest of two men at a Massachusetts strip club. MassLive.com reports the Worcester Police Department is responding to a circulated video showing police arresting the two men on Sunday, as one was punched repeatedly in the head by an officer. Police […]

The lawsuit involved several Muslim inmates who said the state was refusing to meet their dietary requirements during the holy month of Ramadan

GRANITE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prison was left without water after the water tower emptied following repairs to a water line break. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Monday that crews are working to find the cause of the problem at the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite while two, 1,000 gallon water tanks are […]

The Mariners return home from a success road trip with a daunting stretch of baseball in front of them: three vs. the Angels, three vs. the Yankees and a home-and-home with Boston. Follow here for live updates, analysis and more as they get it started.