Новости за 26.11.2015

(AP) — A former police officer fired and indicted for fabricating a story about a shootout with a mystery gunman in September and calling in a fake bomb threat to the high school was found dead at his home on Thanksgiving. Bryan Johnson, 24, was pronounced dead early Thursday, the Norfolk district attorney's office said in a statement. A grand jury had indicted Johnson on Nov. 19 on a charge of willful communication of a bomb threat to a school, making a false police report, malicious destruction... Читать дальше...

(AP) — New DNA testing has linked a Kelso man to the murder of his aunt 15 years ago — and could exonerate the victim's son, who is serving life in prison for the crime. Policy director Lara Zarowsky told The Associated Press on Wednesday that prosecutors never suggested during Allen's trials that more than one person may have been responsible, the new testing excludes Allen as a suspect, and Allen should be freed from prison. Police said the new DNA testing, performed by the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab... Читать дальше...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Court records show a former assistant treasurer of the Cincinnati-based company behind dozens of Frisch's Big Boy restaurants is agreeing to plead guilty to charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Records show that in a separate civil case Hudson also agreed last week in a Hamilton County appellate court to sell off 17 properties to pay the chain $3.9 million.

(AP) — Police in Benton have arrested a man on drug-related charges after he allegedly drove his car onto the roof of a warehouse. Police say officers responded to a report Wednesday morning of a reckless driver on Military Road near the Interstate 30 overpass.

(AP) — A former Dane County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed his wife and her sister last year is asking to be released from the mental institution where he's committed. Andrew Steele, 41, had pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide for the Aug. 22, 2014, shooting deaths of his 39-year-old wife, Ashlee Steele, and her sister, 38-year-old Kacee Tollefsbol, of Lake Elmo, Minnesota. [...] a jury found Steele, who has the degenerative disease ALS, was not legally responsible for their deaths due to a mental disease or defect. Читать дальше...

According to the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Pontecorvo said that at the bottom of the stairs he was grabbed by Officer Michael Renner, who took him to the ground. Pierce Murphy, the civilian director of the police department's Office of Professional Accountability, said the office never received a complaint about the Pontecorvo incident. The case would have been handled differently under police reforms occasioned by the U.S. Justice Department's investigation of the Seattle Police Department... Читать дальше...

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts is forecasting a 6.5 percent increase in store sales during the months of November and December. The association's president, Jon Hurst, said the 2015 forecast is fueled by high levels of consumer confidence, lower unemployment and the lowest gas prices in years.

(AP) — Authorities say a man lost control of his all-terrain vehicle in central Pennsylvania and died after being thrown from it. The coroner's office says Hoffmaster was not wearing a helmet and died of blunt force trauma.

The Democrat, who served seven years in prison for public corruption, is scheduled to be sworn into office on Dec. 1. Since Election Day, the 56-year-old has already created a 75-member transition task force with seven committees.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities have detained 30 people suspected of having extremism links after a suicide bombing targeting presidential guards, and identified the bomber as a local street vendor. In a later statement, the ministry said it detained 30 people suspected of links to extremist groups and seized several weapons in 526 raids around the country over the past 24 hours.

NOTTINGHAM, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say a motorcyclist was killed when he crashed into a car on Interstate 695. It happened about 1 p.m. Thursday in Nottingham. Troopers said in a news release that 32-year-old Kendall Redhead was speeding and hit a car trying to change lanes. Redhead was ejected from the motorcycle. Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash is under investigation.

TRINITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Alabama has killed a man. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office told local news media that 66-year-old Azrel Gene Stovall was found inside the home on Wednesday night. Sheriff Gene Mitchell says Stovall's 59-year-old wife, Susie Ella Stovall, was arrested at the scene for failing to appear in court on a domestic violence complaint filed by her husband. Authorities are investigating the incident as arson. No one has been arrested in connection to the fire.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the buses were carrying employees of the Paradisus Punta Cana Resort and the Coco Bongo nightclub. The World Health Organization said in 2013 that the Dominican Republic had the world's second-worst mortality rate from road accidents, with 41.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans paused Thursday to celebrate their blessings despite terrorism fears and racial tensions over fatal police shootings across the country. A record number of police officers patrolled the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, while St. Louis resumed its annual parade, canceled last year amid protests over Michael Brown's death. Spectators at the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York noted a stepped-up police presence, with officers perched on buildings... Читать дальше...

[...] conjuring the image of the founder of Venezuela's socialist revolution may no longer be enough for a person named Chavez to win elected office in this ranching state where the late leader and his five brothers were raised. A home-turf defeat in Dec. 6 congressional elections would badly wound the governing socialists, who tightly control state institutions after 16 years in power. Independent polls show the opposition on track to win back control, and within striking distance of a two-thirds majority... Читать дальше...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military cannot meet the president's December deadline to crush Boko Haram's Islamic uprising, and Nigerians must expect suicide bombings to continue, a government spokesman said Thursday. "The timeline on when to stop the insurgents from activating sleeper cells and detonating bombs into soft targets in any part of the country, especially in the frontline states, is therefore not tenable," Anas said. In June, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military to crush the insurgency by December... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A street fight in the Florida Keys turned ugly late Wednesday when authorities said several men attacked Monroe County sheriff's deputies who were investigating the beating of a man found with multiple cuts and bruises to his face. The beating victim, Echererria Aguila, 48, was found lying in the road on 15th Street in Marathon just before midnight with "severe injuries to his face, including swelling, bruising and lacerations," according to a statement issued Thursday afternoon by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

A march protesting the videotaped slaying of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer is planned Friday in the city's busiest shopping district on the busiest shopping day of the year. The black teenager who was shot and killed by a white Chicago police officer had lived a troubled, disadvantaged life and had at least one previous brush with the law. Chicago police say that four people were arrested during the second night of largely peaceful demonstrations following the release... Читать дальше...

John Fortunato, a sheriff's spokesman in Jefferson Parish, says 32-year-old Ronald Pritchett faces charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and auto theft.

[...] according to the National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, nearly 60 percent of holiday shoppers have already started holiday shopping as of Nov. 10. Unemployment rate has settled into a healthy 5 percent rate, but shoppers still grapple with stagnant wages that are not keeping pace with rising costs for things like rent. Gerald Storch, CEO of Hudson's Bay Company, which also operates Lord & Taylor, said the deals at the stores are even more aggressive than... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's message for high school seniors fretting about their college prospects is simple. [...] picking a college "is a very individual decision." The 17-year-old is among U.S. high school seniors who are nervously taking standardized tests, completing college admissions applications, filling out financial aid forms and writing personal essays — all on deadline. Malia's cousin, Leslie Robinson, is a sophomore forward on Princeton's women's basketball team. Tack on room and board... Читать дальше...

Salata, who is on the sex offender registry in Utah, grabbed a boarding pass that a woman accidently left at a check-in kiosk and used it to get through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, said Craig Vargo, chief of airport police. The day after Salata got through security in Utah, TSA officials in Washington announced enhanced security for certain inbound international flights in response to an explosion aboard a Russian passenger jet after takeoff from Egypt. Southwest spokeswoman... Читать дальше...

The game will be televised on FOX Sports 1; Radio on KGO 810 AM; Live stats on CalBears.com Over their first four games, all of which came in the friendly confines of Haas Pavilion, the Bears outscored teams by an average of 21 points and boasted a plus-14.9 rebounding margin. In the semifinal Thursday night of the Las Vegas Invitational, Cal faces a San Diego State team surrendering just 61 points per game. Can the Bears prove that their gaudy offensive numbers — 85.2 points per game, 13 offensive rebounds per game... Читать дальше...

The production that opened a brief run at the War Memorial Opera House on Wednesday night was almost a carbon copy of the 2013 version — though with a little mix-and-match from the original, which featured two separate casts in alternation. In the pit, Giuseppe Finzi conducted with even more crispness and vivacity, choosing brisk tempos and making them stick; the overture was a terrific combination of fleet-footed rhythms and buttery textures. Emilio Sagi’s Spanish-themed production, with characters... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State troopers suing North Carolina for millions of dollars in back pay say the state's broken promises have forced them into tough spots: working second jobs, moving in with parents, even going on food stamps. About 800 troopers — equivalent to half the force — have joined a class-action lawsuit arguing that the state promised a schedule of regular pay increases when they were hired, but reneged because of budget problems. Many took pay cuts when they were recruited from other agencies... Читать дальше...