Новости за 12.07.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel has voted to lift a ban on slaughtering horses at meat processing plants. The move by the House Appropriations Committee would reverse a horse slaughter ban that was contained in a huge catchall spending bill signed into law by President Trump in early May. A move to renew the […]

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A stash of cocaine hidden inside a Cookie Monster doll has landed a Florida man in jail on a drug charge. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday that 39-year-old Camus McNair was arrested after a traffic stop in the Florida Keys involving a car with heavily […]

MORRISONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — State police say they’ve charged a woman with stealing nearly $20,000 in her deceased father’s benefits as his body decomposed in his northern New York home. WIRY-AM in Plattsburgh reports that troopers went to 91-year-old Ralph Teft’s home in Morrisonville on May 11 after Clinton County Adult Protective Services discovered his […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — During a recent day on the job, Louisiana probation and parole officer Scott Tubbs searched for a prostitute addicted to drugs, urged a paralyzed former gang member to ease up on pain pills, and checked in on a man who had killed his father with a meat cleaver decades ago. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a steady pace in late May and June and hiring was solid, yet the improvements weren’t enough to accelerate wage or price growth. The Federal Reserve says the economy expanded in 10 of its 12 districts. It grew just slightly in St. Louis and Philadelphia. The anecdotal […]

Microsoft’s Seeing AI app, which relies on the iPhone camera, can read out short snippets of text, describe people, identify products and currency denominations, and take a stab at identifying the objects in a person’s surroundings.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has announced a $32 million, multi-agency plan to reduce the rat population. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the plan will target rats in the Grand Concourse area of the Bronx; Chinatown, the East Village and the Lower East Side in Manhattan; and the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant areas […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Nashville fought a losing battle this spring as a state law passed that lets people with gun permits enter city buses and its main bus terminal with their guns. Nashville is now among several cities in Tennessee to tweak its bus system rules just enough to follow the […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings man charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence of marijuana is challenging the state standard at which a person is considered to be under the influence. Public defender Gregory Paskell says the THC blood level set by the state is arbitrary, and he’s asking that the charge against […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Days before the opening of the Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler comedy “The House,” producer Adam McKay could see the writing on the wall. The box-office forecast for the film wasn’t looking good. In the end, “The House” opened with just $8.7 million, the latest in an increasingly long line of comedy flops. […]

DENVER (AP) — There’s nothing like a near no-hitter to lift the spirits of a slumping team heading into the All-Star break. Denver native and rookie Kyle Freeland came within two outs Sunday of becoming the first Colorado Rockies pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Coors Field. His gem before the four-day break certainly made […]

PARIS (AP) — A French court has annulled a 1.11 billion-euro ($1.27 billion) tax adjustment imposed on Google by France’s tax authorities. The French tax administration argued that Google had to pay taxes in France for the 2005-2010 period because the Californian firm and its Irish subsidiary have been selling a service for inserting online […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials have conceded that inadequate staffing and management of a Southern California jail played a key role in the brazen escape of a trio of inmates last year. A sheriff’s department document shows since then officials have hired nearly 22 new deputies at the jail in Santa Ana, the […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A woman says her 5-year-old son came down a slide at a McDonald’s playground in New Hampshire covered in poop. Justina Whitmore took to Facebook to recount the incident and complain that staff at a Manchester McDonald’s didn’t take the problem seriously and ignored her pleas for help. She wants an […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified the Las Vegas baby and his family found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. The Clark County coroner’s office said John Dylan Lunetta was 11 months old when he was found dead Monday at a home in southwest Las Vegas. Police say a man fatally shot a woman, their […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka police on Wednesday arrested a senior navy officer in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 11 youth, including ethnic minority Tamils, during the country’s civil war that ended seven years ago. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said navy Commodore D.K.P. Dasanayake was arrested Wednesday after an investigation into […]

SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a New Hampshire woman arrested for drug possession returned to the police station to demand the drugs be returned to her, and she was rearrested. An officer told 26-year-old Emily Morin, of Concord, he wouldn’t return the Suboxone, a highly addictive substance that can be used to treat heroin […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan pledged on Wednesday to passing a “strong, bold” Russia sanctions bill even as President Donald Trump’s spy chief voiced concerns over the legislation that aims to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election. “I’m a Russia hawk,” Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters. “We want to move this Russia […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted of corruption and money laundering on Wednesday and sentenced to nine and a half years in jail. Silva will remain free while an appeal is heard. Silva was accused of receiving a beachfront apartment as a kickback from construction company […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — While Senate Republicans wrangled behind closed doors over health care Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Kentucky, one of the states with the most at stake as the GOP pushes to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Pence planned to join Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in […]

LONDON (AP) — Royal Bank of Scotland said Wednesday it has reached a $5.5 billion settlement in the United States over mortgage-backed securities issued before the financial crisis. The deal with the Federal Housing Finance Agency — the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — resolves claims regarding the issuance and underwriting of approximately […]

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A preliminary hearing for a Pennsylvania man charged with fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman during a road rage encounter has been postponed. Tuesday’s hearing for 28-year-old David Desper, of Trainer, was postponed at his attorney’s request until Aug. 17. Police say Desper and Bianca Roberson were engaged in a high-speed […]

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former police officer in Kentucky charged with sexually abusing a child has agreed to a plea deal. The Kentucky New Era reports 33-year-old Ian L. Damber pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree sexual abuse Tuesday and received a 10-year sentence. He’ll also be required to register as a sex […]

Sketched July 11, 2017 Local artist Andrew Morrison says it’s been a long journey to get to this point. In 2013, the murals he painted on the walls of the old Indian Heritage School site in North Seattle over a 12-year span were slated to be demolished during construction of a new school. Two years […]

Itching to climb some Cascade mountain cliffs? Every expert climber starts somewhere, and it’s often the beginner class at the nearest rock gym.