Новости за 09.03.2017

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit that accuses Louisiana regulators of harassing and discriminating against a group of Vietnamese-American nail salon owners. Court filings on Wednesday didn’t disclose terms of the agreement. Attorneys for the state and for four Vietnamese-American salon owners didn’t immediately respond to calls […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit that accuses Louisiana regulators of discriminating against a group of Vietnamese-American nail salon owners. Court filings on Wednesday don’t disclose any terms of the deal. Attorneys for the state and for four Vietnamese-American salon owners didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking […]

The man who allegedly shot the deputy was killed in a shootout with deputies Monday night in Colbert, Spokane County.

CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — “American Pie” singer Don McLean says he has had no contact with his ex-wife for more than a year and will obey the terms of an order of protection she received in court. A Maine court granted an order of protection for Patrisha McLean on Wednesday. Don McLean pleaded guilty in […]

NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee investigators have arrested a woman who they say ran over a Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranger’s foot and struck a deputy with her car before being shot last month. News outlets report 28-year-old Chelsey Dunbar of Greene County was arrested Wednesday on multiple charges, including aggravated assault. Authorities say […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A Wall Street rating agency says Chicago isn’t alone in grappling with underfunded city employee pensions, but that it’s in the worst shape among the nation’s 15 largest cities. The Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/2n3YXTA ) reports that the mayor’s office had no immediate reaction to Standard & Poor’s survey of pension obligations, in […]

MADRID (AP) — Spanish energy company Repsol says an oil reserve of 1.2 billion barrels has been identified in Alaska’s North Slope, which the company is the largest onshore discovery in the United States in three decades. Repsol said that the contingent resources of recoverable light oil found near the village of Nuiqsut in North […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some hungry customers in the nation’s capital may be surprised to discover a robot is delivering their pastrami on rye. The delivery service Postmates is using knee-high, six-wheeled robots to bring food to customers. The robots can travel up to 4 mph and use sensors and cameras to navigate sidewalks and cross […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The company owned by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen may settle a lawsuit by paying up to $140,000 to a group of interns who claim they did the work of employees without payment. Under the proposed settlement filed last week in a New York court by attorneys for a former intern, each […]

Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett has pledged to donate all of his 2017 endorsement money to help rebuild minority communities and to initiatives that affect women of color.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — CSX expects rail operations to resume at the site of a derailment where one of the company’s freight trains collided with a vehicle at a Hudson Valley crossing. Company spokesman Rob Doolittle says CSX continues to repair damage caused Tuesday when the train hit a boom lift that had stalled on […]

Sean "Diddy" Combs and Faith Evans paid tribute to the slain rapper.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are trying for the second year in a row to fix the state’s death penalty law. The Legislature is preparing to send Gov. Rick Scott a bill to require unanimous jury decision to impose the death penalty. The House and Senate are scheduled to take up the bill Thursday, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stock market’s rise to record levels fueled a big increase in U.S. household wealth in the final three months of last year. The wealth gains could lead to more spending, lifting the economy, but the increases aren’t widely shared. The Federal Reserve says Americans’ stock and mutual fund portfolios jumped $728 […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — They are known in the U.S. Border Patrol as “tunnel rats” — agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the past 20 years to smuggle drugs. The Associated Press joined the Border Tunnel Entry Team, as it is formally known, inside an incomplete tunnel […]

Veridian Credit Union says Eddie Bauer should compensate financial institutions for their costs after a hack of the retailer’s point-of-sale system stole consumer payment-card information.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. commander for the Middle East says he’s completed an exhaustive review of the Yemen raid that killed a Navy SEAL, and has concluded there were no lapses in judgment or decision making surrounding the military operation. Gen. Joseph Votel (voh-TEL’) — who heads U.S. Central Command — says he […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission says it is investigating why AT&T cellphone customers were unable to call 911 in several states on Wednesday night. Law enforcement and government agencies in Texas, Florida, Tennessee and other states reported the problem and provided alternate numbers for people to call during emergencies. AT&T later on […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has sued IBM, saying the company failed to deliver on a 2006 contract to build an integrated system to process unemployment claims. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, says the computer company was paid $170 million, but delivered a failed project when the state let the contract expire […]

EUGENE, Ore.  — A wave of complaints about aggressive dogs in the downtown area of Oregon’s third most populous city has prompted Eugene city councilors to ban dogs from the downtown area except those owned by people who live or work there. The Eugene City Council Wednesday voted 6-2 to approve the ban that takes […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council has unanimously approved a four-year, $68 million contract with the city’s largest police union. The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2n1ynuA ) the council approved the deal on Wednesday for the 1,500 patrol officers in the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association. Members will receive a 2 percent increase each year for […]

BEIJING (AP) — China says more than 20,000 people from neighboring Myanmar have fled across the border into China after months of violence between ethnic rebel groups and government forces, including fighting this week that killed at least 30 people. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Thursday that China condemns the fighting in northern Myanmar […]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toy maker Lego says its famous colored building blocks were in high demand in most regions last year, helping its full year revenue increase 6 percent to 37.9 billion kroner ($5.4 billion), the highest figure in the company’s 85-year history. The privately-held group’s net profit rose to 9.4 billion kroner […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Opening statements are expected in the Medicare fraud trial of a prominent Florida eye doctor who is also accused of bribing a U.S. senator. Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Salomon Melgen are scheduled to address the 12-member panel Thursday, which was seated after three days of jury selection. The […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel threw her weight behind Donald Tusk to retain one of the European Union’s top jobs ahead of an EU summit Thursday, despite staunch opposition from his home country of Poland. The 28 EU leaders are due to decide as their summit starts in Brussels Thursday on who will […]