Новости за 04.01.2017

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal grand jury in North Dakota is looking into a violent November clash between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and officers in which one woman was seriously injured. Attorney Ralph Hurvitz says pipeline opponent Steve Martinez has been ordered to testify regarding New York resident Sophia Wilansky’s arm injury due to […]

Lobsang Dargey on Wednesday pleaded guilty to two felony charges and agreed to spend up to 10 years in prison and pay up to $24 million in restitution to investors he defrauded.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s mayor is calling on billionaire investor Carl Icahn to sell the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino, saying his struggling city can’t afford to let such a big piece of its Boardwalk lie vacant indefinitely. Republican Don Guardian says allowing the casino to stay vacant is “the worst of […]

The high-school student was expelled on an emergency basis for his social-media post others perceived as a threat.

Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center offers many opportunities to learn about and see the eagles, which have migrated to feast on salmon. Also: Where to have fun snowshoeing, sledding and tubing.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors have reached verdicts in a major Chicago federal trial of six Hobos street gang members. Federal court spokeswoman Julie Hodek said the verdicts would be announced at 3 p.m. local time. The verdicts followed a three-month trial of accused Hobos boss Gregory “Bowlegs” Chester, hitman Paris Poe and four others on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new independent study shows no pause in global warming, confirming a set of temperature readings adjusted by U.S. government scientists that some who reject mainstream climate science have questioned. The adjustments, made in 2015 to take into account how ocean temperatures have been measured over the decades, riled a House committee […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Scientists say an ash cloud from a remote Alaska volcano that might have gone more than 6 miles into the atmosphere has dissipated after it was tracked north over the Bering Sea. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued its highest aviation alert for aircraft after the eruption late Tuesday of […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia lawmaker has introduced legislation similar to North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law, which has consumed that state for months and scared off businesses and sporting events. Republican Del. Bob Marshall introduced the legislation Tuesday, sparking a strong pushback from civil rights groups who say the bill is discriminatory. The bill […]

People who live at the duplex say they evacuated their home after their smoke alarms woke them up.

Little League International announced mandatory criminal background checks for its volunteer coaches, new eligibility requirements for players and a host of new rules on Wednesday intended to increase the pace of play. Under the rules changes that take effect this year, local leagues will have the option to force batters to keep one foot in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at “Obamacare” on Twitter, President-elect Donald Trump correctly identified two of its most pressing problems — a spike in premiums and high deductibles. But he failed to acknowledge the subsidies that soften the hit for many consumers, though not all. Trump’s series of tweets Wednesday came as President Barack […]

Tracking medallions debuting next fall will do everything from unlock your state room to alert a waiter to your favorite drink.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin authorities say a man locked a woman inside a wooden box with screws after using a stun gun to subdue her and forcing her to perform a sex act. The Marathon County sheriff’s office says 54-year-old Allen Jamroz of Mosinee is being held on $30,000 bail and faces felony kidnapping and […]

The new chief trade negotiator is the real deal. But how will he modify the existing world order without hurting America, too.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican environmental authorities seized a Bengal tiger after a man took it for a walk on a leash in a neighborhood of the border city of Tijuana. The attorney general’s office for environmental protection said Tuesday the 4-month-old tiger had been living in a private home with children. The man had […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A record number of endangered Florida panthers died again last year — 42 of the remaining big cats were killed, matching the 2015 record. Thirty-four were hit by vehicles in southwest Florida, where development is shrinking what’s left of their habitat. The tally kept by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two former allies of Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie seeking to have their convictions in the George Washington Bridge Lane-closing scandal reversed are citing a ruling last month in a Massachusetts corruption case. Attorneys for Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni filed letters with a federal judge in Newark on Tuesday. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Football drove TV viewership last week, carrying NBC and ESPN to hefty wins, Nielsen said Wednesday. NBC enjoyed its sixth straight weekly win, which matched its longest in-season winning streak in 21 years. Meanwhile, ESPN beat its closest cable rival by nearly 7 million viewers. Among broadcast networks in prime time, […]

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The chairman of the Chicago Bears insists he still has faith in coach John Fox and general manager Ryan Pace, even after the team’s worst season in several decades. Chairman George McCaskey said Wednesday he is “pleased” with the job Pace has done the past two years. McCaskey praised the […]

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say an acquaintance of suspected Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri has been arrested in a separate case. Frauke Koehler, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors, said that the 26-year-old Tunisian had known Amri since the end of 2015 and the pair ate together at a restaurant the night before the […]

Gardening adapts for 2017 to reflect generational shifts, current research and climate concerns.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — People who lost their homes in the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal nearly two years ago are tired of waiting for help to rebuild. The slow pace of distributing government grant money for rebuilding has left many people to spend their second winter without a home. Nhuchhe Laxmi Prajapati and Shiva […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department says officers have shot and killed a man who was firing a gun on a Brooklyn street. Officials say the plainclothes officers confronted the man as he fired a handgun into a lounge around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on Atlantic Avenue in the borough’s Crown Heights section. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — After more than half a century as an operatic powerhouse, Placido Domingo might easily take success for granted. Instead, each time he storms onstage as the ruthless ruler in Verdi’s “Nabucco,” he feels he has “more than ever to prove.” “Because there are no excuses right now,” Domingo said. “I have […]