Новости за 20.07.2017

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Chicago man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a smash-and-grab crime at a suburban St. Louis Saks Fifth Avenue store. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Mario Washington was sentenced Thursday as part of a plea agreement. He was the getaway driver in November when 12 […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced a review Thursday of nearly 100 cases involving three officers who appear in a body camera video that allegedly shows evidence being fabricated. Determining whether cases involving the officers under scrutiny can be brought to trial “is going to take time,” Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said. The […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses state prison officials of blocking attorneys from investigating claims that inmates with disabilities are being neglected and abused at a north Louisiana prison. The federal suit filed Thursday by the Advocacy Center says the New Orleans-based nonprofit has received “alarming” reports of physical and verbal abuse of […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been charged in what federal authorities say is a $5 million fraud scheme using his Rhode Island jewelry store. Gerald Kent, 51, of Groton, Connecticut, was ordered detained Thursday on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Providence. Kent […]

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes essentially hit the snooze bar Thursday as investors were relieved the European Central Bank didn’t announce any changes to its stimulus policies. On Thursday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dipped 0.38 points to 2,473.45. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 28.97 points, or 0.1 percent, to 21,611.78. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processing giant Visa said its fiscal third-quarter profit rose sharply from a year earlier, following its purchase of Visa Europe. The San Francisco-based company earned $2.06 billion in the period ending June 30, or 87 cents a share, compared with a profit of $412 million, or 12 cents per share, […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pushing and shoving? Of course. Pinching? Borderline. But biting? Retired stars Landon Donovan, Alexi Lalas and Steve McManaman said lengthy suspensions are needed to stop players from sinking their teeth into opponents, as El Salvadorans did against Americans Jozy Altidore and Omar Gonzalez in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. “In my hierarchy of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is praising Sudan for improving its counterterrorism record despite keeping it on a blacklist of countries that sponsor terrorism. Just a day after once again labelling Sudan a “state sponsor of terrorism” in its annual terrorism report, the State Department on Thursday welcomed Sudan’s recent announcement with Saudi Arabia […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. is ending the Cartwheel Perks rewards program that it began testing in five markets last year. The Star Tribune reports (http://strib.mn/2uDMb1A ) that the program was part of the company’s Cartwheel app, which provides in-store shoppers with digital coupons for extra savings when they check out. The Cartwheel app will […]

The Redmond company’s quarterly profit more than doubled from a year ago on growth in its cloud-computing units and a big tax benefit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The art of humiliation appears to be a key operating principle for President Donald Trump. Trump blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an interview Wednesday with The New York Times. Trump sharply criticized the former U.S. senator over his decision to recuse himself from the FBI investigation into possible ties between Trump’s […]

In the second of our 10-part series counting down to Seahawks' training camp, we look at whether the return of a healthy Russell Wilson can also bring back the Seattle rushing attack in 2017.

CHICAGO (AP) — The FBI has released a report that accuses Chicago police of pressuring four suspects in a 1994 murder case as they gave prosecutors their statements. The 6-page report was unsealed Wednesday. It details the FBI’s interview of former Assistant State’s Attorney Terence Johnson, one of the prosecutors who worked with detectives to […]

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (AP) — When ice floes stretch to the horizon in the Arctic Circle, threatening to strand normal ships, icebreakers are in their element. For big vessels, they can turn quickly to avoid big blocks of ice, and can stop fast. They can slice through many ice fields without a shudder. And when […]

The state will start killing wolves this week to protect ranchers’ cattle

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says he intends to keep pressuring China to allow the wife of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to move freely and leave the country if she wants to go elsewhere. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein told a group of reporters Thursday that he intends to […]

Seattle Parks warns people to not even “set foot on” Green Lake’s Duck Island, considered by the city a wildlife habitat, where skateboarders have built a concrete skate bowl.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawmaker says basic necessities such as toilet paper and soap are being withheld from inmates in some Florida prisons. On a weekend visit to Tomoka Correctional Institution near Daytona Beach, Miami Beach Rep. David Richardson found inmates without toilet paper, soap and pillows. One cell block had roaches […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions against eight individuals and businesses linked to the Islamic State extremist group and al-Qaida. The eight additions to the U.N. sanctions blacklist include IS leaders in Southeast Asia, IS-affiliated extremist groups in Syria, foreign fighters from the Caucuses and illicit money […]

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Hey veterans, you can soon shop tax free. Starting later this year, all honorably discharged veterans will be eligible to shop tax-free online at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service with the same discounts they enjoyed at stores on base while they were in the military. The […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s official news agency says a man has been arrested on suspicion of terror propaganda for wearing a T-shirt with the word “hero” on it while attending a relative’s court hearing linked to last year’s failed coup. Anadolu news agency said Thursday that the man was detained Monday in Ankara. His arrest […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A person with knowledge of his plans tells The Associated Press that Pablo Sandoval plans to sign a minor league contract to return to the San Francisco Giants. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Thursday because the agreement had not been announced. Sandoval technically will not be […]

DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Police say a woman on her way to daily mass at a Catholic church in Florida was pushed to the ground by two men who took her keys and left in her car. Chris Graham, a spokesman for the city of DeLand, tells local news outlets that police spotted the woman’s […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former Alabama educator to more than 30 years in prison on child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler imposed the sentence Thursday on 40-year-old Brett Kirkham of Tuscaloosa. Kirkham is a former principal at Hueytown Middle School in suburban Birmingham and a past human resources […]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Wildlife researchers in Cambodia have found a breeding location for the masked finfoot bird, one of the world’s most endangered, raising hopes of its continuing survival, the researchers announced Thursday. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said its scientists, along with conservationists from Cambodia’s Environment Ministry and residents along the […]