Новости за 19.05.2017

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A case manager failed to make monthly, face-to-face visits to see a developmentally disabled Missouri man whose body was found in a concrete-encased container, and the home where the victim lived often didn’t meet reporting requirements, according to the county agency charged with overseeing the care. Callaway County Special Services conducted […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Charges against a father-son partnership for allegedly smuggling more than $17 million worth of sea cucumbers to the United States and exporting them to Asia shed light on a growing and lucrative illegal cross-border trade. David Mayorquin and his father, Ramon Torres Mayorquin, are accused of buying the illegally harvested animals […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress and singer Amandla Stenberg directed a music video for a song in her new film “Everything, Everything,” and says she wants to spend more time behind the camera. Stenberg recorded a version of Mac DeMarco’s “Let My Baby Stay” for the film’s soundtrack, and starred in, directed and edited the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s choice to be deputy treasury secretary, bank executive Jim Donovan, is withdrawing from consideration to be second in command to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (mih-NOO’-shin). Treasury spokesman Tony Sayegh says Donovan withdrew to focus “his attention on his family.” Sayegh said in a statement Friday: “Jim has been an […]

FORT HOOD, Texas — A military report says an alert declaring all low-water crossings off-limits to vehicles was issued at Fort Hood hours before a truck carrying 12 soldiers was knocked over by floodwaters last year, killing nine. The report indicates that on June 2, 2016, a convoy of four Army vehicles was attempting to […]

After more than 25 years, authorities have identified the last remaining unidentified victim killed during the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The looting and violence was sparked after a jury acquitted four white police officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an 81-year-old Ohio man killed his wife after an argument and then drove himself to jail. The Dayton Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2q1JwsU ) Donald Cleaver showed up at a county jail early Friday after 70-year-old Mary Cleaver was stabbed to death at the couple’s home in Dayton. Police say […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs in southwestern Baghdad killed 11 people, including four police officers, and wounded at least 20 late on Friday night, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. The first attack targeted a police checkpoint in the neighborhood and moments later, the second blast hit a nearby street crowded with civilians, […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pregnant polar bear seeking to dig her maternity den chose an unlikely spot: a snow drift along a bridge leading to an artificial production island off the north coast of Alaska. As a threatened species, polar bears are entitled to peaceful pregnancies and the operating oil company, Hilcorp Alaska LLC, […]

EAST HANOVER, N.J. (AP) — “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars have received the red carpet treatment at the grand opening of a co-star’s Italian restaurant. NJ.com (http://bit.ly/2rAnXQM ) reports owner Joe Gorga and his sister, Teresa Giudice (joo-DEE’-chay), celebrated the opening of Gorga’s Homemade Pasta and Pizza on Thursday. Gorga says the restaurant is […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The man arrested in a string of serial killings left behind shell casings at several scenes that authorities tested and linked him to the crimes, police said in documents released Friday that provide the most detailed narrative to date about a case that unnerved Phoenix neighborhoods last year. The documents were released […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Communications Workers of America union says that up to 40,000 AT&T workers have started walking off the job over contract fights with the phone company. They’ll return to work Monday. That includes 21,000 workers on the wireless side of the company, which the union says raises the prospect that some […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine Dragons will pay tribute to the late Chris Cornell in words at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the show’s producers, dick clark productions, told The Associated Press on Friday that the rock band will talk about how the Soundgarden and Audioslave singer influenced them before they […]

CESENA, Italy (AP) — American motorcycle racer Nicky Hayden remains in “extremely critical” condition in hospital two days after he was hit by a car while training on his bicycle. Hayden, who was in Italy following a race at nearby Imola, was transported to a local hospital following the incident on the Rimini coast, before […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Always Dreaming has run away from the competition in four consecutive victories this year, winning by a combined 23 ¼ lengths. The dark bay colt was never challenged in winning the Kentucky Derby by 2 ¾ lengths on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs. Whether he does it again in the 1 […]

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say a hearse was stolen when its driver stopped at a fast-food restaurant and the body in the back later was found dumped on the side of a road. Police in Bryan, about 90 miles northwest of Houston, say an employee of a funeral home stopped for a […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A task force charged with outlining ways for Philadelphia to combat its opioid epidemic has recommended the city consider allowing safe sites, where drug users could inject heroin. Gov. Tom Wolf was on hand Friday as Mayor Jim Kenney outlined the task force’s findings. Kenney convened the 23-member group in January. “The […]

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Questlove is assuring students at a Pennsylvania high school that he will still perform at their prom despite unexpectedly canceling days earlier. The Roots’ drummer and DJ posted on Twitter on Friday that he has “adjusted some things” to perform Saturday at senior prom at Pennsbury High School East in Fairless […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge who declared his conscientious objection to handling adoption cases involving gay adults has been blocked from changing how he reviews adoption cases. Judge W. Mitchell Nance submitted the proposed rule to the state’s chief justice, John D. Minton Jr. Administrative Office of the Courts spokeswoman Leigh Anne Hiatt […]

POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania mother whose 22-month-old son was kept in a cage by the child’s father says local child welfare officials had seen the enclosure and “had no problem with it.” Tiffany George is speaking out after police arrested 38-year-old Cecil Eugene Kutz on child endangerment charges. State police say Kutz locked […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attorneys originally wanted him to submit an updated financial disclosure without certifying the information as true. In correspondence with the Office of Government Ethics, attorney Sheri Dillon said she saw no need for Trump to sign his 2016 personal financial disclosure because he is filing voluntarily this year. But […]

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida immigration officer has been charged with taking a bribe from a woman he accused of using a fake marriage to gain U.S. residency. Federal court documents filed Thursday in Miami show 34-year-old Jovany Perez is charged with receiving a bribe while a public official. Perez is an officer with U.S. […]

MOSCOW (AP) — While their country has become a daily source of headlines and political intrigue in the United States, most Russians are watching the drama over President Donald Trump’s relationship with Moscow with resignation, even indifference. Russian media, state-owned and private, chronicle Trump’s troubles matter-of-factly. Regular citizens generally care little about them. Many share […]

U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading Friday, extending the market’s modest gains from the day before. Industrials and bank stocks were among the biggest gainers. Energy companies also rose as the price of crude oil headed higher. Utilities and real estate stocks lagged. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 13 points, […]

GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (AP) — Three young Mississippi men were arrested hours after a 6-year-old boy was found shot dead in his mother’s stolen car and the suspects will be charged with capital murder, authorities said. Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest announced at a news conference Thursday that authorities plan to charge Byron McBride, D’Allen […]