Новости за 02.05.2017

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — People in the southern Oregon city of Medford who violate a ban on growing marijuana in their backyards could face fines of $250 per day if they are caught, officials have said.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — A casino will team up with a city in eastern Iowa to build a $1.1 million park along the Mississippi River where a riverboat casino stood for many years.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and other newspapers, has warned about 18,000 current and former employees that hackers may have had access to their personal information after breaking into the emails of members of its…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Amtrak's plans for major repairs this summer to tracks and other equipment at New York's Penn Station in the wake of recent train derailments (all times local):

Erin French runs a 40-seat restaurant called The Lost Kitchen in an old mill in a tiny town in central Maine. She takes reservations for the season one day a year, starting midnight April 1.

NEW YORK (AP) — A year after falling head-over-heels for a musical about Alexander Hamilton, the Broadway community threw its arms wide open at the 2017 Tony Award nominations, handing out nods to 25 shows in a season notable for…

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — The Pearl Button's owner says the boat will no longer churn along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa because he can't afford extensive repairs needed to fix the damage the sidewheeler suffered after breaking loose during…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby walked around the Pittsburgh Penguins practice facility on Tuesday, trying to encourage his teammates as they prepared to go forward in their increasingly caustic playoff series against Washington without their captain and the game's most…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Schoolchildren who visit the First White House of the Confederacy learn that its famous former resident, President Jefferson Davis, was leader of a "heroic resistance" who was "held by his Negroes in genuine affection as well…

MILES CITY, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man convicted of embezzling $1.9 million from 18 people he convinced to invest in his "house flipping" business has been sentenced to 40 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution.

Garland Jeffreys, "14 Steps to Harlem" (Luna Park Records)

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Jackson has signed a multiyear deal with ESPN to continue calling NBA games, including the NBA Finals.

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Republicans in Congress craft a bill to unwind the tighter financial rules that took effect after the 2008 crisis, President Donald Trump is looking in another, seemingly opposite direction: He's entertaining the idea of restoring the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A businessman will get a new trial on mortgage fraud charges because his defense attorney was seen sleeping by the judge, witnesses and the federal court jurors who convicted him last year.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police have arrested a 22-year-old University of South Florida football player on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment hours after he allegedly assaulted a female student in her dorm room.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Assembly Republican alternative to Gov. Scott Walker's funding plan for roads may include a new sales tax on gasoline along with cuts to income taxes.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox President Sam Kennedy is apologizing to Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones after fans at Fenway Park taunted him with racial slurs.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former media executive for CBS and Univision executive announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governor, saying he's frustrated with the state's political leadership and will make economic development and investment…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is poised to vote on a bill that would ease fish farm regulations.

BOWIE, Md. (AP) -- Erick Salcedo hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 10th inning, as the Bowie Baysox beat the Erie SeaWolves 6-5 on Tuesday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — May Day protests turned violent in the Pacific Northwest as demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, threw smoke bombs at police, set fires and vandalized downtown businesses while elsewhere thousands of people peacefully marched against President Donald Trump's…

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming will lay off employees in coming weeks as the state's only public, four-year college deals with more than $40 million in budget cuts, but there are no plans for faculty job eliminations,…

The Melrose High School and Melrose-Mindoro High School Alumni Banquet will be held on Saturday evening, May 27, at the Melrose American Legion Hall at 7 p.m.

WINONA, Minn. — Police are looking for two men after a botched robbery attempt late Sunday night.

Jackson County youth are encouraged to attend a Wisconsin Safe Operation of Tractor and Machinery Certification Program.