Новости за 13.05.2017

GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate being treated at a hospital outside Chicago is holding an employee hostage after taking a gun from a correctional officer. Kane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Patrick Gengler says SWAT teams and crisis negotiators arrived Saturday afternoon on scene at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, about 40 miles west […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Jake Butt has no regrets and one thing to prove. The former Michigan star and Denver Broncos rookie wants to show he’s the best tight end of the 2017 NFL draft class even though six were selected ahead of him, including three in the first round. Butt was considered a first-rounder, […]

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 10 in south Alabama. Authorities say 35-year-old Jonathan Victor, of Metairie, Louisiana, died at a medical center early Saturday, hours after Friday’s shooting about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the Florida line. Joseph Dejoie, of […]

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island YMCA being sued by a mother who says the agency wouldn’t allow her to breastfeed in public says it had developed a policy allowing mothers to breastfeed in the facility in response to her complaint. The American Civil Liberties Union said Friday it filed a lawsuit against the […]

Here’s how local senators voted on major issues in the week ending May 12. The House was in recess.

NEW YORK (AP) — The cyberextortion attack hitting dozens of countries spread quickly and widely thanks to an unusual confluence of factors: a known and highly dangerous security hole in Microsoft Windows, tardy users who didn’t apply Microsoft’s March software fix, and a software design that allowed the malware to spread quickly once inside university, […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mario Andretti showed everyone just how far technology has come in the world of racing. On Saturday, the 77-year-old racing icon made a late pass in the grass and pulled away from Sam Schmidt in the final straightaway on the Indy track to win a semi-autonomous car race, an exhibition event where […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Nigerian archbishop has become president of the Lutheran church. Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus was elected as head of the Lutheran World Federation on Saturday at an assembly held in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Filibus, 57, is the second church leader from Africa to lead the Lutheran federation since it was […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — With the Negro Leagues museum as his backdrop, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said the recent racial taunting he endured in Boston shows there needs to be more dialogue about diversity. Almost two weeks after he said he was called the N-word and had a bag of peanuts thrown in […]

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican has a 2,000-case backlog in processing clerical sex abuse cases and says criticism of the slow pace was justified. But he says more staff are being added and insists the Vatican is “on the right path.” Francis was making his first comments […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals have reached a $21,625,000 deal for the 2018 season, a contact that covers the slugging outfielder through his last year before he can become a free agent. While no long-term agreement is in place, the deal Saturday shows the sides are talking beyond the time the […]

Storms starts season without stars Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird, who are hampered by knee injuries.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says he won’t try to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to soften his policies on immigration and the environment when they meet this month, but wants instead to find common ground and work for peace. Francis said proselytizing isn’t his style — in politics or religion. Speaking […]

GREAT FALLS, Montana (AP) — A Montana beekeeper has recovered hives that were stolen from him in California, thanks to an agricultural sting operation. Lloyd Cunniff of Choteau reported 488 hives stolen in January, after he had transported them to California for the almond pollination season. A tip led Fresno County authorities to find stolen […]

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) — Val Kilmer, who famously played Doc Holliday in the movie “Tombstone,” is making plans to visit the Arizona Old West town this summer as part of a festival that pays tribute to the gunfighter. Kilmer announced he would be coming to Arizona in August on Facebook, the Sierra Vista Herald reported […]

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Mark Bradford has his feet in two worlds: social engagement and producing art. Often they mix, as at the 57th Venice Biennale where he is representing the United States. His Biennale show, “Tomorrow is Another Day,” examines both allegorically and autobiographically what it is to be marginalized, part of a trend […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox will be ready with its “Rent” next year. The network has announced a live TV production of the award-winning stage musical “Rent.” No airdate was specified, but it is likely to be telecast after “A Christmas Story,” which Fox has already planned for December. “Rent” is set in New York’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Ellis Island Medals of Honor go to 90 Americans, from a former astronaut and a yogurt company founder to a television journalist. An Ellis Island International Medal of Honor is also going to Malala Yousafzai (YOO’-sahf-zigh), the teenager who won the Nobel Peace Prize after being shot in her […]

Here is the latest fishing report from Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad’s Family Guide Service: What’s hot is trolling for Kokanee within a mile or two of Wapato Point. Also hot is trolling for Lake Trout in the State Park area. Finally, Roses Lake is great, bait fishing for planter rainbows from the State […]

Those who were banking on an Icicle River spring chinook fishery will need to make alternate plans. State Fish and Wildlife announced that the sport fishery on the Icicle in Chelan County scheduled to open Monday (May 15) will remain closed. The preseason forecast and current in-season run data indicate the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery […]

The spot shrimp season got off to a relatively good start in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, and state Fish and Wildlife is crunching numbers to see if anything is left in the tackle box for additional fishing dates. “Fishing was generally good in most areas and the weather was good everywhere except the eastern […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Undercover inspectors have determined that a building registered as a church was being operated as a sex club. WTVF-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2qcR8f2) that the city of Nashville has filed a complaint against the owners for “maintaining a public nuisance by permitting acts of lewd conduct” and violating a state law banning sex […]

Should you use cash, a mortgage refinancing, line of credit or second mortgage to fund that remodeling project? Here are some tips and a Q&A.

In the past three years alone, Vanguard has brought in more than eight times more money than the rest of the fund industry combined.

The new Florida property will debut without the promised sequels from “Avatar” director James Cameron, and Disney is hoping the bioluminescent world of Pandora will attract crowds despite what one expert calls “no real emotional connection with ‘Avatar’ among the public.”