Новости за 31.07.2017

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky obstetrician who was at the hospital to give birth to her own baby took time to deliver another patient’s baby first. Dr. Amanda Hess tells local media that she was getting ready for her own induction and delivery on Sunday at Frankfort Regional Medical Center when she heard there […]

BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says suggesting he threatened Alaska’s U.S. senators over a vote by one of them on health care is “laughable.” Zinke said Sunday in Nevada that he regularly speaks with Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and they get along. The Alaska Dispatch News last week reported […]

NEW YORK (AP) — HBO has had some of its programming stolen in what is being described as a cyber incident. The company says that it is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity firms. HBO CEO Richard Pepler says in an email to the network’s employees that “proprietary information” was stolen in the hack. Spokesman […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, a crusader against illegal immigration, is telling GOP officials and activists that he’s decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Bob Casey. A person familiar with the discussions tells The Associated Press that Barletta began telling party officials of […]

CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — Authorities have found a decomposed body inside a closed compartment aboard a retired Coast Guard boat in Massachusetts. The Cape and Islands district attorney’s office says Coast Guard personnel called Chatham police Sunday night to report the body. The preliminary investigation has not revealed evidence of foul play. The remains have […]

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch usually wakes up around 8 a.m. or so on race day and just waits until he’s needed for a meet-and-greet before he slips into the No. 18 Toyota. But if he’s up, he may as well as qualify before lunch. And if he wins the pole, well, he […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s state-owned utility voted Monday to stop building two billion-dollar nuclear reactors, likely ending the project. The reactors were set to be among the first new nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in decades, but the project has been plagued by delays and cost overruns. Santee Cooper’s board said the […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Officials say a scuba diver appears to have breached a barrier at the country’s largest naval base and they have stepped up security as a result. Navy spokeswoman Kelly Wirfel said several sailors on watch at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia briefly saw the person Monday in the water near the […]

Tributes poured in Monday, including from the French president, for one of France’s most-recognized performers.

The Seahawks have re-signed veteran linebacker Mike Morgan and released Arthur Brown.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The former star of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” is joining a legal effort to have New Jersey’s new bail rules thrown out. Duane “Dog” Chapman spoke Monday during a news conference at the federal court building in Trenton, where lawyers announced a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ revived law requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot will be put to the test — and come under heightened scrutiny by opponents who fear the new measure could lead to disenfranchisement— when it takes effect this week. Voters heading to the polls early in three […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — For all the wrinkles and formations in Kyle Shanahan’s new offense as San Francisco 49ers coach, there is one aspect that might be most important. As one of the league’s biggest proponents of play-action passes out of the same formations as his base run plays, Shanahan’s philosophy is to make […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says a Pennsylvania-based coal company has won a contract to supply coal used for heating to Ukraine’s state-owned power company. The deal announced Monday calls for Xcoal Energy and Resources to ship 700,000 tons of thermal coal to the Ukraine to heat homes and businesses. The first shipment is […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The rolling Chicago Cubs got a big lift Monday when they acquired reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila in a trade with the Detroit Tigers, bolstering their chance for another long playoff run. The addition of Wilson gives manager Joe Maddon another late-inning option in front of All-Star closer Wade Davis. […]

DETROIT (AP) — Imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is returning home for a federal court hearing on his efforts to remove his 28-year public corruption sentence. A notice filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit says Kilpatrick is due Aug. 23 before Judge Nancy Edmunds. Kilpatrick is being held in a federal prison in […]

LONDON (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been convicted of manslaughter for killing a Polish man whose death raised concerns about hate crimes in Britain. A jury found the boy guilty on Monday of punching 40-year-old Arkadiusz Jozwik, who struck his head as he fell to the ground outside a pizza parlor in Harlow, north […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s legislature has taken action amid the backlash over Gov. Chris Christie’s trip to a state beach this month during a government shutdown. The Democratic-led Legislature approved a measure Monday to pay state workers furloughed during the budget dispute. That now goes to the Republican governor’s desk. The Assembly on […]

Randy Newman’s new album includes a song cataloging American carnage titled, “It’s a Jungle Out There,” which he says he doesn’t really believe. Quite the opposite, in fact. His life is good. Nearly 50 years into Newman’s recording career, he’s still widely beloved by the rock ‘n’ roll generation, even though he never sang rock […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Charter, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., says it’s not interested in buying wireless carrier Sprint. Sprint, the fourth-largest carrier in the U.S., is unprofitable and has a lot of debt. According to published reports , Sprint had proposed an acquisition by Charter. Sprint didn’t answer a request […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police are searching for an armed robbery suspect who is suspected of killing a financial adviser inside a Minnesota business during the weekend. The Mendota Heights Police Department confirmed Monday morning that authorities haven’t yet found 44-year-old Lucifer Nguyen (wihn). Authorities say Nguyen went into a house in the St. Paul suburb […]

BERLIN (AP) — A German research group has handed over to representatives of Japan’s Ainu ethnic group a skull that a German took secretly from a grave in Japan in 1879. Alexander Paschos, the chairman of Berlin Society of Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory, said the group decided to return the skull as a “goodwill gesture.” […]

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Emily forms in the Gulf of Mexico off coast of Florida; expected to move inland.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, Mass. (AP) — The body of a New York man who went missing after slipping off a rock at a picturesque Massachusetts waterfall has been located, but authorities are unable to recover it. Authorities say the body of 21-year-old Aiden Campion-Pratt was located Sunday afternoon at Bash Bish Falls in Mount Washington. The […]

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The brother of an elementary school teacher fatally shot by upstate New York police says his sibling suffered from depression and likely was suicidal when he charged at officers with a knife. State police say 32-year-old Brian Skinner was killed and Glenville Police Officer Benjamin Ferretti was wounded by friendly fire […]