Новости за 10.02.2020

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After acknowledging that murder is already a crime, the West Virginia Senate on Monday passed a bill to penalize physicians who don’t provide medical care to a baby born after an abortion attempt. Senators unanimously approved the measure following lone testimony from a Democrat who said lawmakers have wasted time angling […]

LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked doubles player Robert Farah was cleared to play after the International Tennis Federation accepted on Monday he tested positive for an anabolic agent from eating contaminated meat in his native Colombia. Farah was provisionally suspended on Jan. 21, preventing him from playing in the Australian Open with long-time doubles partner Juan […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A mining company has withdrawn its request for the federal government’s permission to dig up minerals near the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp, saying it plans to submit a new application that proposes a smaller area for the project. The Army Corps of Engineers disclosed last summer that it […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Slot machines, the bread and butter of the casino industry, long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufacturers did away with the lever gamblers had to pull in order to activate the machine, replacing it with buttons. Now, people can gamble on a real-life slot machine without touching […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say they busted a well-organized burglar after he allegedly dropped a notebook during a break-in that contained a list of other places he planned to target. Robert Shull Goddard, 49, is accused of smashing a glass door and breaking into a Nashville area home on Jan. 29, stealing […]

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers signed defenseman Darnell Nurse to a two-year contract extension Monday. The 25-year-old has 24 points (four goals, 20 assists) and 44 penalty minutes in 55 games this season. Terms weren’t released for the new contract, which runs through the 2021-22 season. Nurse was selected by the Oilers with […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland has banned immigration officials from arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants who are seeking legal status based on their marriages to U.S. citizens. U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel issued the ruling Friday in a case filed by six couples accusing immigration officials of luring families to marriage […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The latest on campaigning for the 2020 election (all times local): 2 p.m. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says a victory in the New Hampshire primary would put him on a path to capture the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders told a crowd at a college on Monday that he believes he has […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing significant legal challenges, the Trump administration has disbanded its advisory board created to help boost trophy hunting and relax federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos. In a filing to a federal court in New York, an official with the Department of Interior said […]

On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, how can it be there is still no winner of last week’s Iowa caucuses? Final results of the Democratic caucus were released late Sunday, after the Iowa Democratic Party made a series of corrections to a tally initially delayed by several days. That’s not the end of […]

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters are poised Tuesday to re-order the field of Democratic presidential candidates. But as important, they will also send a message about what kind of change they want their party to stand for to challenge President Donald Trump. Will it be the call for revolutionary change offered by Sen. […]

URUAPAN, MEXICO (AP) — Alejandra Uvilla fled her home city of Apatzingan because of overwhelming violence, moving 65 miles (105 km) north to bustling, mountain-nestled Uruapan in the avocado belt of Michoacan state. Three years later, the bloodshed is even worse here. Cartels are battling for territory and reports of grisly killings are common, such […]

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AP) — It’s still unclear how a Thai soldier managed to steal heavy weapons from an army base which he then used to kill 29 people and hold off security forces for almost 16 hours while he was holed up in a popular shopping mall. That he could is less surprising, say […]

Ten provinces, which include Zhejiang, Guangdong and Henan, have seen numbers of cases slowly rise, WHO's China Representative Gauden Galea said. He added it is too early to say the spread of the novel coronavirus has peaked.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Anny Malo of Quebec, Canada won the Pedigree Stage Stop Race for the second straight year on Saturday. Malo won six of the seven stages of the 25th annual sled dog race through Wyoming and Idaho, including the final stage that ended Saturday at Lower Slide Lake northeast of Jackson, the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Xerox says it will raise its offer for computer and printer maker HP to nearly $35 billion after a lower bid was rejected. Xerox said Monday that it plans to make the offer about March 2. It will consist of $24 per HP share, including $18.40 in cash and 0.149 Xerox […]

DETROIT (AP) — A California company says it will build and sell Chinese-designed automobiles in the U.S. at the end of next year or early in 2022. HAAH Automotive Holdings says it has an agreement with large Chinese automaker Chery Automobile to provide the vehicles, which will be assembled in a U.S. factory. HAAH says […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10 billion military contract. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump’s interference and bias against the company harmed Amazon’s chances of winning. The Pentagon was preparing to […]

LeBron James is considering a return to the Olympics. James — a two-time gold medalist and three-time Olympian — is among 44 players announced by USA Basketball on Monday as finalists for the team that will play in the Tokyo Games this summer. James played in 2004, 2008 and 2012, helping the U.S. win gold […]

Not too long ago, tech enthusiasts were telling us that by 2020, we’d see self-driving cars hit the mainstream, with some 10 million on the roads. That turned out to be a wild overestimation. The actual number of vehicles in testing is thousands of times smaller, and they’re still driving mostly in controlled conditions. Companies […]

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s legislature on Monday gave its initial approval for toughening up already draconian anti-terrorism laws, with amendments that include life sentences and capital punishment for funding terrorism, the state-run news agency said. The sweeping anti-terrorism law was enacted in August 2015. It established an extremely broad definition of terrorism, describing it in […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Driver’s license applicants who want to exchange a Puerto Rican license for a Georgia license no longer have to take tests or meet other requirements not imposed on other U.S. citizens, according to a lawsuit settlement agreement. The Georgia Department of Driver Services no longer requires applicants to complete a driving or […]

Feb. 15 — NHL Stadium Series: Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 24 — Trade deadline, 3 p.m. EST. March 2-4 — General managers meeting, Boca Raton, Fla. April 4 — Regular season ends. Most Read Stories Who's in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal […]

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — A search plane spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian military helicopter that went missing with 12 people nearly eight months ago in the country’s troubled easternmost province of Papua, military officials said Monday. The Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter lost contact five minutes after taking off from Oksibil, the capital of the district […]

Feb. 4-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix. Feb. 11 — Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 16 — Voluntary reporting date for other players. Feb. 21 — Mandatory reporting date. Most Read Stories Who's in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal tech giant’s priorities  VIEW Portland hit Joe's […]