Новости за 03.12.2018

PARIS (AP) — Sixty-two years after Stanley Matthews won the first Ballon d’Or, the women’s game received its inaugural winner: Trailblazing Norwegian forward Ada Hegerberg. The three-time Women’s Champions League winner with French side Lyon was named the world’s best female player of 2018 at a gala in Paris on Monday. A jury of 45 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have acquired longtime star second baseman Robinson Cano and major league saves leader Edwin Diaz from the Seattle Mariners in a seven-player trade. The Mets also got cash from the rebuilding Mariners in the deal Monday. Seattle received outfielder Jay Bruce, reliever Anthony Swarzak and three prospects: […]

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Computer software that developed at Idaho State University to aid in post-wildfire recovery efforts is now being used by some fire managers during active fires. The RECOVER software system takes 26 different types of data and layers them into one information map. The data includes topography like roadways, housing locations, soil […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Mike Dunleavy sworn in at Kotzebue as Alaska’s new governor.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has announced a $282,975 research grant for the state of Nevada to study migration corridors of pronghorn antelope. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Monday the money is part of a larger effort across 11 Western states intended to improve the federal government’s collaboration with states to enhance […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the nation for the first time as its president, George H.W. Bush vowed to lead with humility, moral principle and a spirit of unity. Nearly three decades later, Bush’s leadership approach stands in sharp contrast with that of President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican whose brand is defined by material success, […]

The judge's extraordinary order comes as SPD is attempting to get out from under a 2012 consent degree mandating police reforms over use of force and biased policing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is congratulating Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on taking office as Mexico’s new president. Trump tweets that Lopez Obrador had a “tremendous political victory with the great support of the Mexican People.” Trump predicts the two will “work well together for many years to come!” Lopez Obrador was sworn in […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — All-clear is declared at William Peace University in North Carolina after a report of a possible gunman on campus.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho businesses that rely on steelhead fishing are bracing for how the suspension of the season will impact finances. The Post Register reports fishing outfitters and guides along the Salmon River already are seeing spring booking cancellations due to the unknown status of spring steelhead season. Steelhead fishing on the […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors are charging two teens as adults in the fatal shooting of two high school students whose bodies were found in a field on Chicago’s far South Side. Cook County Judge John F. Lyke Jr. on Sunday ordered 16-year-old Kahlil Colone and 17-year-old Leslie Ward to be held without bond, calling the […]

Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins leads the nation in passing yards and touchdown passes.

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — A 30-year-old doctor from Corvallis, Oregon, has died while surfing near Devils Punchbowl, about eight miles north of Newport. KGW reports that police received a 911 call that Toren Stearns was in the water and in distress at around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The U.S. Coast Guard sent out a cutter boat […]

ALORTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in the southern Illinois community of Alorton say an early morning fire has destroyed the home of the town’s mayor. Alorton’s director of code enforcement, Anthony LeFlore, says authorities believe someone threw something into Mayor JoAnn Reed’s living room window that ignited the fire around 1 a.m. Monday. LeFlore says […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Marriott hotel workers in San Francisco voted Monday on a new contract, bringing a possible end to a coast-to-coast effort by workers for better wages and job security from the world’s largest hotel operator. San Francisco is the last holdout of eight U.S. cities where nearly 8,000 Marriott hotel workers went […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s president is celebrating the successful hosting of the G-20 summit, but he says he’s ready for tough times ahead as the country confronts an economic crisis. Macri told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that Argentina struck about $8 billion in investment deals with other nations on the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed on a four-year contract with manager Dave Roberts, which would keep him at the helm of the team through 2022. Roberts just finished his third season as the Dodgers’ skipper during which he led LA to its second straight World Series. Los Angeles lost in […]

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for secretly recording and selling his sexual encounters with dozens of other men. Court records show a judge imposed the sentence Monday on 34-year-old Bryan Deneumostier, a Peruvian national living in South Florida. He previously pleaded guilty to two communications […]

BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) — A turtle given to a bedridden little boy in New Hampshire back in 1968 has celebrated her 50th birthday with party hats, a sheet cake with the right number of candles and many well-wishers. Diane the Turtle was given to Jim Tonner when he was 12 and being treated for hip […]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A complaint alleging that employees at Iowa’s workplace safety agency used a toy banana to make sexual jokes triggered an investigation that led to the removal of two top officials, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press. The complaint, sent anonymously in July to Gov. Kim Reynolds and […]

The Microsoft co-founder and current co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made a tradition of releasing a December list of his favorite books of the year. Here's his 2018 list.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Boise Parks and Recreation Department has opened a warming shelter so homeless families will have a safe and warm place to spend cold days. The Idaho Press reports the shelter at the Pioneer Neighborhood Community Center south of downtown Boise will be open on weekends from 8 a.m. to 3 […]

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Millennials’ aversion to credit cards can make it hard for them to build good credit scores. A recently announced scoring system, the UltraFICO, may someday help them and other consumers get loans and credit based on how they use their bank accounts. People who don’t overdraw and who keep a few hundred dollars in their […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Indicted Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter is returning to court for the first time since being re-elected to a sixth term amid corruption charges. The California congressman and is wife have pleaded not guilty to a 60-count indictment alleging they spent more than $250,000 in campaign finance funds on everything from family […]