Новости за 26.07.2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is appealing a federal court ruling that says it’s unconstitutional for the state to revoke or suspend driver’s licenses over unpaid court costs. The Tennessean reports state Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner David Purkey filed a notice of appeal Wednesday. The motion asks the U.S. Court of Appeals […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Robin Roberts is getting into business with the Lifetime channel. The cable channel said Thursday that it’s signed a production deal with the ABC News journalist for a series of movies and documentaries. The first project will focus on gospel singer and activist Mahalia Jackson. Next up is an account […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a man who got a harsher prison sentence after he flipped the bird at the judge in his case. The high court on Wednesday upheld the sentence of 39-year-old Shawn Ross, who had agreed to plead guilty to burglary for trying to […]

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A young bruin has been relocated to northwest Montana to boost the sparse population of grizzly bears in the Cabinet-Yaak Mountains. The Flathead Beacon reports it’s the 20th bear to join the region near the Montana-Idaho border under an augmentation program that began in 1990. It had been two years since […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republican senators on Thursday warned European nations not to try to flout U.S. sanctions on Iran that will soon be re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear accord. The 10 senators, all of whom opposed the 2015 agreement, said in a letter to the ambassadors of […]

The parody video includes footage of Seattle police deploying flash bangs and pepper spray against crowds of protesters.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tom Arnold says if his search for revealing tapes of President Donald Trump yields anything, he won’t save it for the September debut of his new TV series. Any tape that would “help our country” will immediately be released, the comedian-turned-activist told a TV critics’ meeting Thursday. Arnold said Trump’s […]

Voters should remain skeptical of far-fetched campaign claims leading up to the Aug. 7 primary elections — especially in swing districts like the 26th Legislative District, where misinformation is already getting out of hand.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proceeding with an environmental review of a proposed copper-and-gold mine in southwest Alaska, despite a request from the state’s governor that the review be halted. Gov. Bill Walker last month said the company behind the proposed Pebble Mine had yet to show that the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York doctor says he is sorry for posting comments online supporting a white-only nation and armed racial conflict. Dr. Dov Bechhofer, a resident radiologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was removed from duty this week after an anonymous article on the blogging site Medium identified him as […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook stock collapse wipes out $119 billion in market value, one of the worst single-day losses in history.

Carroll said he expects Thomas back by the regular season since he is under contract. But there has been no sign that either side is thawing in its position.

NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A Civil War medal has been awarded to a Union veteran who died before the military decoration was created. New York state Sen. David Carlucci presented Viola Silverman, great-granddaughter of veteran John Ferguson Pratt, with a replica of the Civil War Campaign Medal on Wednesday. Silverman, of Sparkill, says Pratt […]

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Former Armenian President Robert Kocharian has been charged in connection with the violent breakup of a 2008 protest in which at least eight people died. Armenia’s Special Investigative Service said Kocharian was charged on Thursday with breaching the country’s constitutional order, The demonstrators violently dispersed by soldiers and police were protesting […]

Amazon posted a profit of $5.07 a share during the three months ended in June, up from 40 cents a share a year earlier.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts finally has a budget nearly one month into the state’s new fiscal year. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed the $42 billion spending package into law Thursday, ending the state’s status as the only one in the nation without a permanent budget. Baker vetoed nearly $50 million in spending from the […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Legal marijuana sales in Nevada set another monthly record in May and are approaching the $500 million mark for the fiscal year. The Nevada Department of Taxation said Thursday the $7.11 million in tax revenue from pot sales for medical and recreational use in May topped the previous monthly high of […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Five allied political parties endorsed the presidential nominee of the bigger right-leaning Brazilian Social Democracy Party on Thursday, giving a boost to the man seen as the establishment candidate in Brazil’s fractured political landscape. The candidate, conservative former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin, has been struggling to top 10 percent in […]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A Nicaraguan rights group has raised to 448 the number of dead from more than three months of unrest and protests demanding President Daniel Ortega leave office. The new count from the Nicaraguan Pro-Human Rights Association is an increase of nearly 100 over the previously released toll. Association director Alvaro Leiva […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. government to ban imports of seafood caught by Mexican fisheries that use a net blamed for killing off the vaquita, the world’s smallest and most-endangered porpoise. Judge Gary Katzmann, of The U.S. Court of International Trade, on Thursday granted a motion after three environmental groups […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A secret recording of Donald Trump discussing payments to a Playboy model has brought renewed attention to the question of whether — and how — he might have blocked politically damaging stories ahead of the 2016 presidential election. But it’s not clear that the tape, on its own, creates additional legal problems […]

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath Falls man has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for attacking his grandmother with a kitchen knife and a salt shaker. The Herald and News reports 29-year-old Larry Lee Townsend pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree assault. He was arrested June 14 after the […]

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — A 150-mile drive to transfer an inmate from Wichita Falls to Abilene turned into a wild ride when he broke a window and got on the roof of the moving patrol car. Travelers driving by shot video of Wednesday’s antics by 31-year-old Martin Gregory Estrada of Abilene. Taylor County jail records […]

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says deputies chased down an unconscious driver on foot and revived him with CPR. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said the truck was hitting both sides of the U.S. Highway 1 bridge over the Wateree River and the driver was in a daze Wednesday. Matthews says the […]

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indianapolis Colts fans welcomed back Andrew Luck with a loud roar as he started throwing during the team’s first training camp workout. He was 2 of 6 with one interception during the first 11-on-11 drills. It’s the first time anyone outside the team or media has seen Luck throw a pass […]