Новости за 07.11.2018

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A photo showing a smiling former death row inmate with a #VOTED sticker on his forehead has captured the social media spotlight. Anthony Hinton spent 28 years on Alabama’s death row before his release in 2015. The group that helped free him, Equal Justice Initiative, tweeted the picture with the message, […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Only a few dozen Native American voters appear to have been affected on Election Day by changes to North Dakota’s voter identification requirements that many tribal members believed were aimed at suppressing their vote. Advocacy groups credited an intense effort to ensure a strong Indian vote on Tuesday that included everything […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A panel of federal judges has ruled that Maryland officials must draw up a new congressional redistricting plan that isn’t tainted by partisan gerrymandering. The three-judge panel on Wednesday ordered the state to submit the new map by March 7. Otherwise, the court will appoint a commission to produce a redistricting plan […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomas Barrack, a confidant of President Donald Trump, is taking over as chief executive of Colony Capital, returning to the post he held before the real estate investment trust went public four years ago. Colony Capital said Wednesday that Barrack, who chaired Trump’s presidential inaugural committee, will remain executive chairman while […]

Robert Redford and his wife, expressionist painter Sibylle Szaggars, are ready to uncork their home in California's Napa County.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Despite being labeled a “devotee of Bigfoot erotica,” a Republican candidate won a closely watched congressional race in Virginia. Denver Riggleman won handily over Democrat Leslie Cockburn (COE’-birn) in Tuesday’s race for the 5th District. During the campaign, Cockburn leveled an unusual allegation . The former investigative journalist and “60 Minutes” […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, beloved by Republicans for pushing through a conservative revolution but so reviled by liberals that they tried to recall him from office, warned for months that he was at risk of being overwhelmed by Democratic anger. He was right. The tide that swept him out Tuesday stalled […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rally after midterm elections went as investors expected; Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 500 points.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Democrat Mark Begich concedes Alaska governor’s race to Republican Mike Dunleavy; AP has not called the race yet.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters have turned out a judge who signed off on a plea deal that let a man serve only one year of home confinement for assaulting an Alaska Native woman. Voters Tuesday rejected Superior Court Judge Michael Corey, who oversaw the assault sentencing of 34-year-old Justin Schneider. Schneider in September […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has quietly stopped calling the deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border “Operation Faithful Patriot,” dropping the name even as thousands of American forces head to southern Texas, Arizona and California. According to U.S. officials, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis directed the department to stop using the name and simply describe […]

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned Wednesday as the country’s chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks over his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions announced his resignation in a letter to President Donald Trump. He said the resignation came at “your request.” Trump announced in […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke didn’t sound like someone giving a farewell speech after losing a Senate race in deep-red Texas by less than 3 points. If anything, his concession to Ted Cruz was a signal that voters could be hearing a lot more from him. The El Paso congressman shattered fundraising records […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. is “in no rush” after talks between his top diplomat and a senior North Korean envoy were postponed, throwing stalled diplomacy over the North’s nuclear weapons into further uncertainty. Trump said the meeting, which had been due to take place on Thursday in New York, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Sessions’ chief of staff Matthew Whitaker will become acting attorney general.

Multiple screens for viewing multiple games and Twitter handy for updates everywhere else. Many college football fans spend Saturdays this way, including veteran sports writer John Walters, who writes a weekly media column for The Athletic. Walter joined AP’s Ralph Russo on the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast to discuss consuming college football […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions submits resignation in letter to President Donald Trump.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia’s capital have recovered 216 poisonous frogs from an airport bathroom and authorities say smugglers planned to illegally send them for sale in Germany. Authorities announced Wednesday they’d found the frogs hidden in small film containers that were buried in a bag filled with clothes. The rescued amphibians include […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian officials say a fisherman has been shot dead by Egyptian naval forces off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Nizzar Ayyash of the fishermen’s union says that 32-year-old Mustafa Abu Ouda had been fishing alone in his boat off the coast of the southern border town of Rafah […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in eight Oregon counties have approved ordinances to bolster residents’ gun rights that were championed by militia groups. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Wednesday that the ordinances say that residents of those counties now have the right to own semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, regardless of state or federal law. They also […]

SITKA, Alaska — Sitka police killed two brown bears that entered a shed and menaced a home. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports police just before 3 a.m. Tuesday took a call about the bears from a resident at a mobile home court. The caller said a sow and a cub were eating a deer he […]

DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan state trooper will face a second trial in April in the death of a Detroit boy who crashed an all-terrain vehicle after he was shot with a Taser. Mark Bessner’s first trial ended without a unanimous verdict on Oct. 31. A judge on Wednesday set another trial for April […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi says she is the ‘best person’ for House speaker and is confident of winning enough support.

Several years before Tony Kushner set the theatrical world on fire with “Angels in America," he ruminated on similar concerns in “A Bright Room Called Day,” now being revived in Seattle by the dauntless theater ensemble The Williams Project.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold has a boot on his right foot and is not practicing, leaving his status for the team’s game Sunday against Buffalo in doubt. Darnold was injured during the Jets’ 13-6 loss at Miami last Sunday but finished the game. He said Monday that […]