Новости за 04.05.2017

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said in an interview on ESPN 710 Seattle Thursday that his relationship with Richard Sherman is "as good as it's ever been.''

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A former vacation resort executive has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in what federal prosecutors called a $300 million scam. A federal judge in Key West, Florida, imposed the sentence Thursday on 60-year-old David Schwarz. A jury previously found Schwarz guilty of conspiracy to commit […]

MILAN (AP) — Italian tax officials say Google has agreed to pay 306 million euros ($335 million) to settle an ongoing tax dispute. Google has been under investigation by Milan prosecutors for the tax years 2009-2013, one of several European probes looking into the tax practices of international companies. Tax officials said the settlement announced […]

66% of black 3rd grade students in Seattle are not reading at grade level.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A South African gold mining company has completed a $2.2 billion acquisition of the only U.S. producer of platinum and palladium. Thursday’s announcement comes a little more than a week after shareholders of both Sibanye Gold Limited and Littleton, Colorado-based Stillwater Mining Co. approved the merger. The U.S. government also reviewed […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont works hard to maintain its image as a picture postcard state complete with no billboards, and nothing exemplifies that effort more than Green Up Day. Held on the first Saturday in May, Green Up Day brings tens of thousands of volunteers out to pick up litter from roadsides and public […]

COLTON, N.Y. (AP) — American authorities say the pilot of a small plane registered in Canada has been killed in a crash in northern New York. Federal Aviation Administration says a twin-engine Piper PA-31 departed Wednesday night from Jean Lesage International Airport outside Quebec City and was headed to Sainte-Hubert Airport near Montreal. The FAA […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is skating again, but coach Mike Sullivan provided no update on when his star will be ready to return from a concussion. Crosby sat out Pittsburgh’s 3-2 victory in Game 4 of its Eastern Conference semifinal against Washington on Wednesday night. He was diagnosed with his second […]

TOWSON, Md. — Authorities in Maryland say they have exhumed a priest’s body as part of an investigation into the decades-old slaying of a Baltimore nun. Media outlets report that Baltimore County police dug up A. Joseph Maskell’s grave in February to extract material for a DNA profile. The development was first reported by WJZ-TV. […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is scheduled to testify in her own defense on charges that she used a charity meant to give scholarships to poor students as a personal slush fund. Brown’s testimony was scheduled Thursday afternoon, just a few hours after federal prosecutors rested their case. Prosecutors say Brown ordered […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say 14 middle school students received moderate injuries and a person in another vehicle was critically hurt in a crash that left a school bus on its side in Las Vegas. Clark County school police Lt. Darnell Couthen says about 40 children were on the full-sized yellow school bus that […]

U.S.. Rep. Dave Reichert says the Republican health-care bill “falls short” and won’t get his vote.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police say a customer at a North Texas sports bar fatally shot a man who had just killed the restaurant’s manager to “prevent further loss of life.” Officials say 48-year-old James Jones walked into Zona Caliente sports bar in Arlington on Wednesday evening and fatally shot the manager, 37-year-old Cesar Perez. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in key swing states who settled on a candidate just before Election Day, along with polls that surveyed too few voters without a college degree, were among the culprits behind overconfidence that Hillary Clinton was sure to beat Donald Trump in the race for the White House, a new report suggests. […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa’s police union has filed an ethics complaint against the district attorney, saying he unfairly brought charges against an officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man. Officer Betty Shelby has pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the Sept. 16 killing of Terence Crutcher. Her trial is scheduled to start […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal inmate and his fiancée ran an “inmate taxi service,” ferrying inmates to restaurants, hotels and homes and returning them to the prison, authorities said Thursday. The pair charged a fee to transport inmates who were able to easily escape through holes in a fence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, […]

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia teenager who took pills, placed a bag over her head and tried to livestream her suicide on Facebook Live was saved by deputies after viewers watching the haunting scene called 911. The Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/2p01y2p ) that three patrol cars and an ambulance sped to the teen’s […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump at the Vatican May 24, the world will be watching how the Argentine “slum pope” interacts with the brash, New York billionaire-turned-president. On many issues, the two men couldn’t be more different. Francis wants bridges between nations, not the walls Trump is building. […]

LIVONIA, Mich. — Police say a Detroit-area firearms instructor accidentally shot and wounded a man attending a gun training class. Livonia Police Detective Capt. Robert Nenciarini tells MLive.com that the man was shot Saturday at a gun range west of Detroit. Nenciarini says the 44-year-old instructor was conducting a class for people seeking concealed pistol […]

Many coastal razor clam enthusiasts are crossing their fingers in hopes of digging more of these tasty bivalves this month, but much of that hinges on additional marine toxin testing. “It is a big unknown at this point, but we should know soon what the next round of marine toxin testing reveals,” said Dan Anyres, […]

PARIS (AP) — Days ahead of Sunday’s runoff vote between centrist Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, “fake news” briefly took center stage in the French presidential election. Speaking during their only one-on-one debate Wednesday, Le Pen told her rival: “I hope we won’t find out you have an offshore account in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC has confirmed that “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged. The engagement was first reported by the New York Post’s Page Six on Thursday. Regular panelist Harold Ford Jr. offered his congratulations at the top of Thursday’s show. Brzezinski thanked him before fellow co-host Willie Geist joked […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has told The Associated Press that a city like Dubai can show people the best of the Middle East, its people and Islam. Speaking from a penthouse overlooking Dubai’s man-made Palm Jumeirah archipelago, Tyson on Thursday praised the sheikhdom as “a party place, […]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Anheuser-Busch InBev will purchase North Carolina brewery Wicked Weed and add it to its craft and import brand unit. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports (http://avlne.ws/2oXCglr) the beverage giant announced the acquisition Wednesday. Wicked Weed, established in 2012, will join brands such as Stella Artois and Devils Backbone in The High End business […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Cher will sing her late 1990s anthem “Believe” at the Billboard Music Awards this month. Dick Clark Productions announced Thursday that Cher also will receive the ICON Award at the May 21 event in Las Vegas, where the singer is completing a residency at the Park Theater at Monte Carlo. It […]