Новости за 17.03.2019

An idyllic “super bloom” of wildflowers in one Southern California city has devolved into something more menacing, according to local leaders: “The Poppy Apocalypse.” Lake Elsinore in western Riverside County … Click to Continue »

A top White House official said Sunday that President Donald Trump "is not a white supremacist" and attempts to tie him to the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter are "absurd." … Click to Continue »

An attack on a New Zealand mosque took the lives of 50 worshippers Friday and left dozens more wounded when a white supremacist opened fire and live-streamed the shootings. Here … Click to Continue »

Israel's Supreme Court has banned the leader of a Jewish ultranationalist party from running in the country's April elections. Reversing the decisions of Israel's elections committee earlier this month, the … Click to Continue »

Some residents in the Houston area are being urged to find a safe location indoors after a fire broke out at a petrochemicals terminal. The fire started Sunday at Intercontinental … Click to Continue »

Authorities say multiple people have been hurt in an explosion following reports of an underground gas leak in South Los Angeles. The fire department says crews found flames coming from … Click to Continue »

Flooding caused by heavy rain and snowmelt is blamed for three deaths in the Midwest, and two others are missing. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Nebraska … Click to Continue »

When Eddie James gives directions to his home on Bolivar Street, he tells people to look for a green house with a locomotive hanging from a post in the front … Click to Continue »

A Big Island hospital has received a $500,000 state grant to expand its emergency room serving the mostly rural northern part of the island. West Hawaii Today reports Gov. David … Click to Continue »

The Latest on the Democratic race for president (all times local): 11 a.m. Democrat Beto O'Rourke is making his first stops in Wisconsin as a presidential candidate, but he says … Click to Continue »

A group of leading international architects is appealing to Israel's government to halt its controversial plan to build a cable car to Jerusalem's Old City. Some 30 architects, including Spanish … Click to Continue »

Business owners, city employees and construction workers dug in Sunday to clean up one of the world's most glamorous avenues, after riots by ultraviolent yellow vest protesters trashed the Champs-Elysees … Click to Continue »

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is planning to head to Thompson to call attention to potential cuts in President Donald Trump's budget. The Connecticut Democrat said the budget would imperil federal … Click to Continue »

November would be permanently declared Alaska Native Heritage Month under legislation previously in the state Senate. The bill's sponsor, Anchorage Democratic Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, says introducing such bills is a … Click to Continue »

A woman convicted of second-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of an Oklahoma police officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Pottawatomie County court records indicate that … Click to Continue »

Despite a loss to Oregon in Saturday’s Pac-12 tournament championship game, Washington looks primed to make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011. Thanks to the defeat, the Huskies fell … Click to Continue »

A fishery that was once one of the most lucrative in the Northeast has declined to the point that it had its least valuable year in more than a half … Click to Continue »

In a long, cold, snowy winter, a bright spot lit up Park Avenue on President's Day in the early evening. Neon lights lit up the tiny red and white building … Click to Continue »

Minimum wage workers in New Hampshire would get a boost under a bill that passed the House this week, while those hired for public works projects could earn more under … Click to Continue »

An online filing system for state court cases has now been embraced by all but four of Indiana's 96 counties. Putnam and Miami counties instituted voluntary electronic filing last week, … Click to Continue »

The Vermont Senate is poised to consider a proposal that would create a 24-hour waiting period for the purchase of handguns. WCAX-TV reports the proposal was approved Friday by the … Click to Continue »

The Connecticut State Medical Society is taking a new stance on legislation that would allow terminally ill adult patients to receive medical aid in dying. After years of opposing the … Click to Continue »

The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University is turning to students to envision the future and reshape Illinois. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports college students from across … Click to Continue »

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a new phase in the development of a massive natural gas field. State TV on Sunday quoted the CEO of the South Pars gas … Click to Continue »

British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that it would be "a potent symbol of Parliament's collective political failure" if Brexit were to be delayed by so long that the … Click to Continue »