Новости за 13.08.2018

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police have temporarily relieved four troopers of duty in the ongoing scandal over overtime pay. Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, Superintendent of the state police, said Monday the decision is a result of the department’s continued review of records and data indicative of whether members were “present and working overtime shifts […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Seven ships loaded with wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest are sailing for Yemen, where civil war has pushed over 8 million people to the brink of starvation. The U.S. Agency for International Development purchased the wheat to benefit America’s wheat farmers and people in crisis. Two Oregon politicians, Democratic U.S. […]

Despite a perceived lack of height for his position, rookie Poona Ford is fighting to make the Seahawks' regular season roster.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It may be child’s play or signs of a serious problem, but either way Florida election officials are pushing back against reports that an 11-year-old hacked a replica of the state’s election website. Multiple media outlets over the weekend reported that at a hacking conference in Las Vegas children were able […]

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport wants his trial moved to Detroit. A motion filed Monday by Amor Ftouhi’s (ah-MOOR’ fuh-TOO’-ee’s) attorney in Flint federal court argues that publicity about the case and the smaller size of the Flint jury pool would prevent him from […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is refusing to dismiss a lawsuit claiming a woman was raped after the Mormon church allowed a man to oversee young missionaries in the 1980s despite a history of sexual misconduct. Her attorney, Craig Vernon, says the Monday decision will allow them to investigate Joseph L. Bishop’s tenure […]

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army ring has been found at a West Texas landfill and a veteran is trying to track down the owner. KTXS-TV reports Tristan Allen says a relative discovered the ring at a landfill in Abilene. Allen, who also served in the Army, posted photos of the ring on his […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report says the Islamic State extremist group has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 members equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network poses a rising threat — as does al-Qaida’s global network. The experts’ report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Monday says it’s likely that […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A popular Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston is facing backlash after it posted a photo of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has pushed for a wide crackdown on immigration. El Tiempo Cantina was targeted by hundreds of tweets and Facebook posts after Roland Laurenzo, president of the company that operates the chain, posted […]

Feeding hatchery fish to a wild, starving orca is part of an unprecedented effort by federal scientists to save her life.

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain after delivering remarks that failed to mention the ailing senator. The measure Trump signed Monday at New York’s Fort Drum will boost military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest hike in nine years. The bill […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Sean Young was under investigation Monday in New York after the alleged theft of two laptops belonging to a production company that fired her from a new film she was directing. A New York Police Department spokeswoman said no charges have been filed against the 58-year-old star of the 1980s […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The largest earthquake to ever rock Alaska’s North Slope was followed about six hours later by the second largest — an aftershock of the first. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook the ground at 6:58 a.m. Sunday about 343 miles (551 kilometers) northeast of Fairbanks. The epicenter was north of the Brook […]

Horizon Air employee Richard Russell took off in an empty plane Friday night, flew around for more than an hour, then crashed on an island in South Puget Sound.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Republicans may have to nominate Congressman Chris Collins for another political office in order to strip his name from the November ballot after the three-term conservative lawmaker dropped his re-election bid following insider trading charges. The odd move may be necessitated by New York state election law, which sharply defines how […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor at the bribery trial of a once-powerful New York union boss slipped about $20,000 in cash into a luxury bag to show that it easily fit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Martin Bell made the dramatic demonstration as part of his closing argument Monday in the trial of Norman Seabrook. The […]

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors added another murder charge Monday against a California serial killing suspect, boosting the number of victims to 13 in the Golden State Killer case. Former police officer Joseph DeAngelo, 72, was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Claude Snelling, who was shot while stopping the kidnapping of his […]

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VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors add another murder charge against California serial killing suspect, boosting number of victims to 13.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The number of visitors staying in a hotel or rental home dipped slightly last year but overall spending grew to nearly $2 billion. But The Daily Astorian reports that many hotel operators did not feel the slight decline and say 2017 was an exceptionally good year. Travel experts note that higher […]

DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Overnight rains triggered flash flooding in parts of central and eastern Pennsylvania on Monday, closing down a heavily traveled interstate and sending water into homes in the mountainous coal regions. State highway and emergency management officials reported numerous closed roads in a wide swath of the state from Williamsport to the […]

DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Overnight rains triggered flash flooding in parts of central and eastern Pennsylvania on Monday, closing down a heavily traveled interstate and sending water into homes in the mountainous coal regions. State highway and emergency management officials reported numerous closed roads in a wide swath of the state from Williamsport to the […]

One rider reported that at least 200 people were waiting to get to the 90-foot-deep boarding station in what is at least the fourth major outage this year at UW Station.

WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire destroyed structures and forced evacuations Monday from the busiest area of Montana’s Glacier National Park, as officials in California prepared to reopen Yosemite National Park following a two-week closure. The National Park Service said Glacier’s 25-site Sprague Creek campground was being evacuated a day after a fast-moving fire […]

WEST GLACIER, Mont. — A wildfire forced evacuations in the most heavily-trafficked area of Glacier National Park on Monday and destroyed an unknown number of structures around Lake McDonald during the height of tourist season. The National Park Service said the 25-site Sprague Creek campground was being evacuated, a day after the fast-moving fire forced […]