Новости за 18.02.2019

For more than 700,000 customers of a private South Carolina utility, the $1,000 rebate checks aren't in the mail. A year ago, Dominion Energy proposed writing the average South Carolina … Click to Continue »

Poland on Monday withdrew from a European summit in Jerusalem, derailing the meeting and embarrassing its Israeli hosts, to protest claims by Israel's acting foreign minister that Poles collaborated with … Click to Continue »

A Republican operative, who last year rounded up votes for a GOP candidate running for Congress, conducted an illegal and well-funded ballot-harvesting operation, North Carolina's elections director said Monday. The director's testimony … Click to Continue »

A civil rights activist says a plaque honoring Thurgood Marshall has been stolen from a Topeka bridge named for the former U.S. Supreme Court justice. It is the second time … Click to Continue »

Beefy’s Burgers will open Wednesday, if all goes as planned, in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood. It’s a fast-casual spot for burgers, fries and shakes. Beefy’s will open in the former … Click to Continue »

Snow is back in the forecast for Puget Sound, but it’s likely to come with rain, if at all, this week. A storm is expected early Tuesday and could bring … Click to Continue »

A Bonney Lake man is accused of beating his 11-year-old daughter with a belt and golf club. School counselors noticed red welts on the girl’s arms Feb. 14 and notified … Click to Continue »

Louisiana officials say the month-long partial federal government shutdown likely further delayed recovery grants to homeowners still trying to recover from the 2016 flooding. As many as 6,000 Louisiana residents … Click to Continue »

Professional puppeteers and students from around New England are coming to the University of Connecticut for a puppetry slam. The 2019 UConn Winter Puppet Slam, similar to a poetry slam, … Click to Continue »

A man living in northeast England has been charged under Britain's terrorism laws with attempting to incite a car, knife and bomb attack in Germany. Fatah Mohammed Abdullah, a 33-year-old … Click to Continue »

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts has increased 1 cent in the past week. AAA Northeast said Monday that its weekly price survey found self-serve regular … Click to Continue »

The Vatican's ambassador to Nicaragua says Pope Francis has lifted the suspension imposed in 1983 on Nicaraguan priest and poet Ernesto Cardenal. A statement from nuncio Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag Monday … Click to Continue »

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has dropped 1 cent in the past week. AAA Northeast said Monday that its weekly price survey found self-serve … Click to Continue »

Think you could pass a U.S. citizenship test? It might be harder than you think. A new survey from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation found that about 60 percent of U.S. … Click to Continue »

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday his budget will include proposals to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use and legalize medical marijuana. Evers said it's time … Click to Continue »

A Dutch company has been convicted of illegally exporting to Iran gas turbine parts that could be used in the manufacture of weapons. A court in the southern province of … Click to Continue »

When President Donald Trump visited Beto O'Rourke's hometown to argue that walling off the southern border would make the U.S. safer, the former Democratic congressman and possible 2020 presidential hopeful … Click to Continue »

A Florida-based company is considering building a $30 million eel farm in Michigan, which one state agriculture official said could be the first facility in the U.S. to commercially raise … Click to Continue »

A construction machinery company known for its earth-moving equipment plans to expand its Chicago office in an effort to attract top tech talent. Caterpillar Inc. is expanding its digital team, … Click to Continue »

Tax incentives that New Jersey enacted during Chris Christie's administration to lure businesses to the state are set to expire this year, and Gov. Phil Murphy wants to scrap his … Click to Continue »

The Latest on the dispute between Poland and Israel (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Poland's prime minister says his country is not sending a delegation to a meeting in Jerusalem … Click to Continue »

British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that calls for tougher rules on Facebook to keep it from acting like "digital gangsters" and intentionally violating data privacy and competition laws. … Click to Continue »

The next leader of the Vermont National Guard, who will take office later this week, will be confronting allegations the institution tolerated sexual harassment, alcohol abuse and retaliation against whistleblowers. … Click to Continue »

Conservative European lawmakers who were barred from entering Venezuela this weekend are urging the European Union's top diplomat to suspend contacts with Nicolas Maduro's government. Esteban Gonzalez Pons, the head … Click to Continue »

A threat reporting system now required for all Pennsylvania schools fielded more than 4,900 tips in its first month, about a third of them considered serious enough to pass along … Click to Continue »