Новости за 17.07.2017

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say it appears that a Johns Hopkins University student athlete found dead last week near the campus accidentally fell to her death from a high-rise building near the campus. Baltimore police spokesman T. J. Smith said at a news conference Monday that it appears that Abigail Bastien of Sandusky, Ohio, fell […]

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Big 12’s decision to restore a football championship game was based only on the league wanting to boost its chances of getting a team into the College Football Playoff, Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday. At the start of football media days, Bowlsby said he feels good about what the Big […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man has been ordered to spend nearly three decades in prison after admitting he killed a woman in a Missouri apartment where officers found three children cowering under a blanket. Thirty-two-year-old Derrick Williams of Kansas City, Kansas, was sentenced Monday in Kansas City, Missouri, after pleading guilty to […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma police officer is facing a fourth trial in the shooting death of his daughter’s black boyfriend. Three mistrials have been declared in the case of Shannon Kepler, who was charged in the August 2014 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jeremey Lake in Tulsa. Kepler told investigators he acted in […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Jamaican man accused of masterminding a lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans out of millions of dollars has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors in North Dakota. The agreement signed by the defense and prosecutors on Friday calls for Lavrick Willocks to plead guilty to […]

MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to the shooting death of his elderly neighbor nearly three years ago, just weeks after receiving a life sentence for plotting to attack a nightclub or concert on behalf of the Islamic State. Multiple media outlets report 21-year-old Justin Nojan Sullivan admitted Monday in […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For years, the Atlantic Coast Conference has been regarded as the basketball power lagging in football behind Southeastern Conference, considered stronger, tougher and deeper on the gridiron. It’s a perception that doesn’t line up with today’s reality. After two national-title wins against SEC opponents and two Heisman Trophy winners in four […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have fired general manager have fired general manager Dave Gettleman less than two weeks before the opening of training camp. Team owner Jerry Richardson said Monday in a statement he made the decision after a long evaluation of the team’s football operations. Richardson also acknowledged the timing is […]

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — An Alaskan hiker says he’s lucky to be alive after a bison gored his thigh in North Dakota. Michael Turk tells the Minot Daily News (http://bit.ly/2u1slL9 ) that if the giant animal had hit his femoral artery, the largest artery in the body, he would have died. The 51-year-old former Army […]

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Sergio Garcia won’t be wearing his green jacket from Augusta National at his wedding. What about pouring champagne from a claret jug? Garcia doesn’t have one yet, though he loves the thought of such possibilities, especially considering that only four months ago, the 36-year-old Spaniard was learning to accept his career […]

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — Construction of a North Carolina bridge to replace the one that links isolated Hatteras Island to the mainland is attracting sightseers even though it’s not quite halfway finished. Dare County commissioner Danny Couch tells The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, that people enjoy crossing the old Bonner Bridge, stopping on the […]

City Councilmember M. Lorena González said she’s asked Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to consider stepping down in light of new information about sexual-abuse allegations.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A longtime Arkansas soybean farmer, Mike Wallace thought of his neighbors as a community and always was willing to lend a hand if they faced any hardships with their crops. “Mike would do anything for any farmer,” his wife, Karen, said. “If there was a farmer who got sick in […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Japan’s government spokesman says this is a moment to raise pressure on North Korea — not a time for dialogue. Norio Maruyama said North Korea has reached “a new level” with its latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile “and this is a time to raise pressure in order to be […]

LONDON (AP) — Doctors intending to perform cataract surgery on a 67-year-old woman in Britain found something rather unexpected: 17 contact lenses mashed together in her right eye. In a case report published Monday in the journal BMJ, the doctors said that the woman had worn monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years; she had […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is appealing a judge’s decision to allow a medical supply company’s attempt to prevent the state from using one of its execution drugs to move forward. The state on Friday filed a notice that it is appealing Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray’s order denying the state’s motion to […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is no longer the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program. Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday signed an executive order establishing a drug monitoring program that will focus on those prescribing the drugs and filling the prescriptions. The announcement was made at Express Scripts, a suburban St. Louis […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Garth Brooks says he’ll pony up for a Hawaiian honeymoon for a couple who got engaged at his concert in Oklahoma City. WFAA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2ty9tS0 ) Drew Bargsley proposed to Chelsea Townsend while Brooks was playing his hit “Unanswered Prayers” Saturday night. The singer got wind of the commotion and asked […]

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will offer an extra 15,000 temporary, seasonal work visas this budget year. The extra H-2B visas are for seasonal, non-agriculture workers for jobs at a variety of businesses, including resorts. The extra visas will be available to companies that can how that their businesses would be harmed if they can’t […]

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro has asked for international help to fight wildfires that are also raging along the Adriatic sea coastline in neighboring Croatia, authorities said Monday. At least 100 tourists have been forced to evacuate from a coastal area in Montenegro that has been the hardest hit by the blaze. Fueled by strong […]

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 4-year-old boy was hit by a pickup truck as he rode a wave too close to a traffic lane on a Florida beach. Volusia County beach safety spokeswoman Tammy Marris tells news outlets the boy was alert and crying when crews took him to the hospital on Sunday afternoon. […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A leader of the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group says a peace accord it’s trying to implement with the government is “the best antidote” for violent extremism exemplified by a bloody siege of southern Marawi city by Islamic State group-aligned militants. Government and rebel representatives submitted draft legislation to President Rodrigo […]

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — State police say they will release new evidence on the main suspect in the killing of two northern Indiana girls in February. Sgt. Kim Riley says a news release will be issued Monday morning providing “very important” information that “will give people a clearer image of who we are looking for” […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Delta Airlines has pushed back at Ann Coulter after the conservative commentator berated the carrier on Twitter over a changed seat assignment. Coulter began tweeting about the episode Saturday in which she said the airline gave away an “extra room seat” she reserved before a flight from New York to Florida […]

The National Science Foundation just awarded a $2.9 million grant to a project that would get Seattle students ages 5-9 thinking about complex issues like food security. How? School gardens.