Новости за 25.07.2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that three of country singer Glen Campbell’s children can contest the validity of two wills that excluded them from any inheritance. The Tennessean reported Wednesday that Judge David Randy Kennedy issued the ruling this week. Campbell died in August 2017 at age 81. His hits included […]

Washington's most closely watched Democratic congressional primary has gone negative with accusations over a doctor's position on mandatory vaccinations.

People understand what’s at stake. Without net neutrality, large phone and cable companies will take control of the stories we tell, deciding who gets a voice and who doesn’t.

I find it interesting that folks who would never judge a Muslim by the lunatics who share her faith are so ready to judge me by the lunatics who share mine.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says US and EU agree to work toward zero tariffs, barriers and subsidies; EU to ‘buy a lot of soybeans’

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against an Oregon school district’s policy that allows a transgender male student to use the boys’ locker room and bathroom. Brook Shelley of Basic Rights Oregon says Tuesday’s ruling sends a clear message to school districts that transgender students deserve as safe and affirming […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s senators have knocked down President Andrzej Duda’s proposal for a referendum on revising the country’s constitution. The Senate voted 30-10 with 52 abstentions on Wednesday to reject Duda’s plan. The president had argued a referendum that asked voters if they wanted the Constitution of Poland changed and if so, to […]

DENVER (AP) — A woman died after rain from the latest round of strong Colorado storms flooded the suburban Denver basement apartment she was staying in to take care of a friend’s cat, police said Wednesday. People who live upstairs in the Englewood home called police Tuesday because they were concerned about their neighbor in […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR Chairman Brian France insisted his family is dedicated to its racing properties despite reports the business could be for sale. France called SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Wednesday and was asked about a potential sale of NASCAR. Reuters reported in May thta the France family was exploring a sale of NASCAR’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A former lawyer at the movie studio behind “The Hunger Games” says a powerful boss she once viewed as a father figure demanded she be his slave and subjected her to nonconsensual sexual contact. Lionsgate’s former executive vice president of legal affairs says she kept quiet about general counsel Wayne Levin […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The defense attorney for indicted FBI agent Joseph Astarita told jurors during opening statements that his client knows when to shoot and when not to shoot, and if the expert marksman had shot, he would not have missed. Astarita is charged with making false statements and obstruction of justice after telling […]

Chef and master noodle-maker Mutsuko Soma scores a spot on a prestigious national list.

The WIAA announced the three committees that will decide seeding for the state football tournaments this year.

PHOENIX (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is spending $720,000 in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona to send people into neighborhoods to hand out fliers and run a TV commercial critical of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s treatment of immigrants. The legal advocacy group normally stays out of political races, but it is getting […]

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says the shooting happened early Wednesday after a badly beaten and injured woman slipped a note to a clerk at a convenience store that indicated she needed help.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Court records show a witness photo led authorities to arrest two suspects in an attempted Fort Worth bank robbery during which three employees were shot. Blake Taylor and Desmond J. Wells have been federally charged in last week’s attempted robbery of a Veritex Community Bank in Fort Worth. Authorities say […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — 1:30 p.m. Prosecutors in Northern California say a paroled robber faces murder and attempted murder charges in the attack at a subway station against two sisters that left one of them dead. They say 27-year-old John Cowell is set to be arraigned Wednesday in Oakland in the Sunday attack against 18-year-old […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Jane Fonda said she’s still confronted by Vietnam War veterans over her 1970s anti-war activism and welcomes the encounters. Such moments provide an opportunity to talk, she said, which needs to be done with what Fonda called “an open mind and a soft heart.” The actress drew bitter criticism after […]

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — At least two Delaware State Fair vendors who had been selling Confederate flags and items adorned with the symbol have been ordered to remove those products from their inventory. The News Journal of Wilmington reports the vendors were ordered to remove the products Monday after the newspaper inquired about the fair’s […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers have told a federal judge the only outstanding disagreement in talks on a plan for court-monitored police reforms in Chicago is over a proposal that officers file paperwork whenever they point a gun at someone, even if they don’t fire. Attorneys spoke at a Wednesday status hearing in Chicago in a […]

JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP) — Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer says a couple has been missing ever since their remote house in eastern Oregon burned to the ground a week ago. Palmer told The Register Guard on Wednesday that cadaver dogs did not pick up any scent in the ruins of the burned home. Terry […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say a man handcuffed in the back of a patrol cruiser managed to escape by getting into the front seat and driving away. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a news release as officers were searching the suspect’s car Tuesday, the man managed to get the handcuffs in front […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a Baltimore officer who brushed off two firefighters’ report of an armed man is no longer with the department. At a news conference Wednesday, Acting Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said the officer has been separated from the agency. Earlier this month, Tuggle called the officer’s response “totally unacceptable.” Police shared […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An 11-year-old Oklahoma girl has quite the fish tale after catching a native South American fish with human-like teeth. Kennedy Smith of Lindsay was fishing with her grandparents and brother Sunday when she caught a pacu, a relative of the piranha, in Fort Cobb Lake, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest […]