Новости за 08.03.2017

ATLANTA (AP) — Police say they helped eight women leave an Atlanta-area mansion after a woman called 911 and said she was there to work as a dancer and her boss threatened to kill her if she left. Sandy Springs police said they received the call Tuesday morning. They arrested 33-year-old Kenndric Roberts, who faces […]

Forbes sports contributor Maury Brown discusses his interview with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred about ideas to speed up the pace of baseball games. From recent rule changes to a look at possibly shortening the length of TV commercials between innings.

HONOLULU (AP) — The latest on Hawaii’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel plan. All times local. 9 a.m. Hawaii has filed an amended federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. The state filed the suit Tuesday night with updates on its existing challenge to Trump’s previous order. It says the order […]

Forbes sports contributor Maury Brown discusses his interview with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred about ideas to speed up the pace of baseball games. From recent rule changes to a look at possibly shortening the length of TV commercials between innings.

HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are condemning recent bomb threats and vandalism against Jewish institutions in the nation. Their son, Neil Bush, speaking on his parents’ behalf as they received an award Wednesday in Houston from the Mensch International Foundation, says they understand this is “not a time […]

A district attorney in North Carolina is asking for a state investigation of two of his assistant prosecutors who are members of a North Carolina church that former congregants say beat members and derailed criminal investigations. Attorney David Learner said Wednesday that he has asked the State Bureau of Investigation look at his employees who […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The site of civil rights sit-ins in 1960, the Woolworth building in downtown Nashville, will reclaim its historic look as it becomes a soul food restaurant with live music. At Wednesday’s news conference inside the under-construction building, restaurant entrepreneur Tom Morales said it’s an act of love and responsibility to save […]

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer involved in a violent arrest outside a bar has been charged with assault and filing falsified paperwork about it, but his attorney said the officer was merely defending himself against an unruly mob. Anthony Federico, 36, was freed without bail Wednesday after pleading not guilty in Nassau County […]

SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities asked to investigate prosecutors’ involvement in church after AP report on abuse allegations.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Uber’s self-driving cars will return to California’s streets. But the company doesn’t plan to pick up passengers for now. The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Wednesday it has granted Uber permission to run two Volvo SUVs on public roads. Agency spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez said the DMV also approved 48 people […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials in Georgia’s sparsely populated, overwhelmingly black Hancock County agreed Wednesday to restore voting rights to dozens of African-American registered voters they disenfranchised ahead of a racially divided local election. About three-quarters of the people they removed from the voting rolls — nearly all of them black — still live in […]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow has struck out in his first at-bat for the New York Mets. The former NFL quarterback played for a split squad of Mets on Wednesday against Boston. He batted in the third inning against reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and looked at strike three. […]

The Washington state unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in January while the Seattle-area figure was 3.7 percent, both unchanged from a month prior.

DALLAS (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the Dallas Cowboys will release quarterback Tony Romo when the NFL year opens on Thursday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced a decision on Romo, who will get […]

Four strategies for conquering — or at least reducing — the unpleasant malady that can hit you on car, boat or plane trips.

A King County judge ruled The Seattle Times is entitled to recover legal costs and can seek monetary penalties against the university for the violations.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Andrew Bogut’s season is over. J.R. Smith’s has resumed. And so it goes for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who because of several major injuries have yet to play at full strength this season while defending their NBA title. Bogut has been ruled out for the rest of the regular season — and […]

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas college student who moonlights as a magician showed off his juggling skills after he was pulled over for a broken brake light, and the act was captured on an officer’s body camera and police cruiser video. University of Central Arkansas police pulled over 21-year-old Blayk Puckett last week in […]

Arts critic Moira Macdonald offers a list of contemporary writers from the Emerald Isle in time for St. Patrick’s Day.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A black University of Alabama student supported by a secretive campus group long controlled by whites has been elected student government president, breaking a barrier that seemed unlikely to fall a few years ago. Junior marketing major Jared Hunter won the office in balloting Tuesday, carrying 54 percent of the vote […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The youngest son of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate in her 2016 presidential bid, was one of six people arrested during a counter protest at a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Minnesota. The protesters clashed with hundreds of Trump supporters gathered at the State […]

BOSTON (AP) — Gay veterans who marched in Boston’s 2015 St. Patrick’s Day parade after decades of resistance from organizers say they have been denied a spot in this year’s event. The veterans group, OutVets, said on their Facebook page that the reason for the denial is unclear, but “one can only assume it’s because […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than 2,000 students from Islamic seminaries have rallied in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, urging the government to take stern action against all those people who are posting blasphemous content on social media. Wednesday’s rally came hours after the Islamabad High Court, responding to a petition from an Islamic cleric, ordered the government […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses added the most jobs in three years last month, a private survey found, a sign that hiring has accelerated sharply from last year’s modest levels. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that businesses added 298,000 jobs in February, up from 261,000 the previous month. The gains were led by a huge […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The productivity of American workers grew at a slower pace in fourth quarter and last year recorded the smallest annual gain in five years. The Labor Department said Wednesday that productivity grew at a 1.3 percent annual pace from October through December, down from 3.3 percent in the third quarter. For 2016, […]