Новости за 14.05.2016

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say Jacksonville police shot a knife-wielding man who threatened to cut off officers' heads.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of tiny red crabs are carpeting beaches in Orange County and creating an amazing spectacle for swimmers and surfers.

REDMOND, Oregon (AP) — Last year, Lindsey Pate and her husband, Christopher, bought 15 acres of high desert covered in junipers in central Oregon, where they planned to grow marijuana in greenhouses to sell for recreational use.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan said the shootings of two Manchester police officers as they pursued a robbery suspect are a "vivid reminder of the risks the members of law enforcement take every day."

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Shiprock, New Mexico, middle school principal has been placed on leave for allegedly displaying a poster listing students who wouldn't be graduating to the next grade.

MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a teenage driver lost control and struck a tree, leaving the girl and a friend dead and two others injured hours after they apparently attended a high school prom.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Blacklist" is branching out.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A priest and former president of a prestigious Catholic high school on Long Island in New York has been suspended after allegations of sexual abuse of a minor were deemed "credible."

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah gay rights group is holding a dedication event for a new Salt Lake City street named for pioneering gay leader Harvey Milk.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Climate activists from around the Northeast gathered Saturday at a key crude oil shipment hub on the Hudson River in upstate New York to denounce fossil fuels and promote an accelerated transition to renewable energy sources.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is expected to finalize a peace deal with a notorious militant group in the coming days, in what could be a template for ending the 15-year war with the Taliban, a government official and a…

ROCKLIN, Calif. (AP) — Perry Lutz says his struggle to survive as a small businessman became a lot harder after California voters reduced theft penalties 1½ years ago.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Officials in Gage County have announced that buildings and property of the now-closed Store Kraft have been bought.

NATICK, Mass. (AP) — Bad luck followed a group of teenagers heading to the prom on Friday the 13th as the limousine they were riding in caught fire.

SEATTLE (AP) — Dozens of protesters have blocked railroad tracks leading to two oil refineries in northwest Washington state to oppose the flow of oil from trains to those facilities.

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Police in Russia's Dagestan region say two officers have been killed and 14 wounded during clashes with militants holed up in an apartment.

In a story May 13 about a pharmaceutical company's refusal to sell states drugs used in lethal injections, The Associated Press erroneously spelled the last name of the director for Reprieve, a civil rights group opposed to the death penalty.…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say Jacksonville police shot a knife-wielding man early Saturday morning who threatened to cut off officers' heads.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A former children's television show host who vanished decades ago amid allegations he sexually abused children on a camping trip in Louisiana is due to be arraigned Monday on rape charges.

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Workers in Mitchell are preparing the land for a new $2.7 million Coca-Cola distribution plant, less than a year after the previous facility suffered heavy damage in an August fire.

Discover the art of contemporary flint knapping in the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum’s special exhibit, Beyond the Point: Contemporary Knapping and the Object.

Passport to Healthy Families is a free event held by Longview Parks and Recreation, the YMCA, and Youth and Family Link. The event is sponsored by the Northwest Health Foundation.

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — One of two men accused of luring a woman and her four teenage daughters to a Utah house and tying them up in the basement surrendered to authorities in western Wyoming, while the manhunt for his…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say a Cairo court has sentenced 51 people to two years in prison for taking part in protests last month.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The multinational forces fighting the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram have arrested five of the group's leaders and freed dozens of captive women and children, Cameroon's government announced Saturday.