Новости за 07.09.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump Jr. tells Senate committee: ‘I did not collude with any foreign government and do not know of anyone who did’

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a Hugo construction company will pay $125,000 to two former employees settle a racial harassment lawsuit. The agency’s lawsuit against JL Schwieters Construction alleged the company subjected the two black employees to a hostile work environment, including physical threats, based on their race. Willie Staple […]

Judi Dench, Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz can’t salvage this film featuring a badass abbess and a randy fishmonger shrieking about tulip futures. Rating: 1.5 stars out of 4.

Investigators last year discovered Ronald Paulson, 71, was using the name Warren Big-Eagle and living in Oklahoma.

PARIS (AP) — France lowers death toll in French Caribbean territories to 4, down from 8; officials say at least 50 have been injured.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A human rights group is urging the United Nations to reverse its policy and pay compensation to members of the Roma and other minority communities in Kosovo who were resettled in U.N.-run camps in the late 1990s and now suffer from lead poisoning. Human Rights Watch said in a report launched […]

CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man who is accused of leaving a child in his car while he went to go drink at a bar has pleaded guilty. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2vPgGTC ) 21-year-old Matthew Jaggi of Parma had previously pleaded not guilty to the accusation. By pleading guilty on Tuesday, the charge […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — One person has been hospitalized after a fire that damaged a house in southwest Lincoln. The blaze was reported around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, and fire officials say it was ignited by a discarded cigarette. The flames were mainly contained to the living room. The name of the injured person hasn’t been […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A transgender woman who was arrested by immigration agents in a Texas courthouse as she obtained a protective order against an abusive boyfriend has been sentenced to nine years in prison in an unrelated fraud case. Irvin Gonzalez Torres was sentenced Wednesday in El Paso for her role in a […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a $1 million plan to provide compensation to victims of illegal detentions during the administration of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2xR20Rp ) that the board approved the funding unanimously on Wednesday to comply with a U.S. District Court judge’s orders to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump Jr. says he was open to info about Clinton’s “fitness, character or qualifications” in meeting with Russian lawyer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected the request of a condemned killer to delay next week’s execution while he pursues an appeal. Death row inmate Gary Otte (OH’-tee) wants the death penalty declared unconstitutional in his case because he was under 21 at the time of the crime. The court denied […]

FORT MITCHELL, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky business association has apologized after an obscenity was posted on the chamber’s official Twitter account to criticize Republican Rep. Thomas Massie following his “no” vote on disaster relief. The lawmaker seems to be taking it in stride. The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s account posted a story Wednesday […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Thick wildfire smoke may be choking residents across western Montana, but it’s also helping to keep one fire burning in Glacier National Park in check. Park and fire officials said Thursday that a blaze about a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from Glacier’s Lake McDonald Lodge has been dampened by the thick […]

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana appeals court has rejected a bid by a man convicted of killing a Ball State University student 23 years ago to have his life sentence thrown out. A lawyer for Larry Newton Jr. has argued the life sentence is unconstitutional because was 17 when the shooting happened in 1994. […]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A former linebacker has filed a lawsuit against Notre Dame, claiming the university concealed the results of a spinal scan from him and that he has potentially permanent nerve damage to his neck. The Indianapolis Star reports that Douglas Randolph filed the complaint this month in St. Joseph Circuit Court, […]

U.S. stocks are mostly lower Thursday as banks tumble along with bond yields and interest rates and insurance companies fall as investors weighed the prospects of big losses caused by Hurricane Irma. The storm, which hammered the Northern Caribbean, was projected to hit Florida this weekend. Technology companies are climbing as the dollar weakens further, […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Government and health officials plan to dramatically expand availability of an overdose-reversing drug in a southwest Ohio county, in what they hope could prove to be a national model for saving lives. Attorney General Mike DeWine on Thursday joined Hamilton County officials, doctors and others involved in drug treatment to discuss a […]

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — There’s something you need to know about Alice Waters, the celebrated chef who changed the way America eats. She grew up eating frozen peas, frozen fish sticks and canned fruit salad for dinner. To complete this incongruous picture, Waters adds, “I grew up with iceberg lettuce and Wishbone dressing.” Waters and […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former New Jersey police officer to 20 years in prison for firebombing his supervisor’s home. Under terms of a plea agreement, 40-year-old Michael Dotro must serve 17 years before he’ll become eligible for parole. Dotro did not speak during Thursday’s sentencing. The judge said “his […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City patrol officers have been injured after a vehicle speeding away from a crime scene crashed into their police cruiser. New York Police Department officials say two other officers were on foot in a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday night when they heard gunshots and witnessed a car speeding down […]

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Rachael Ray, the author and Emmy-winning chef who started out working in restaurants in upstate New York, has listed her home in the Hamptons for sale for nearly $5 million. Newsday (http://nwsdy.li/2wKvQGX ) reports the 49-year-old Glens Falls, New York native’s Southampton home is on the market for $4.9 million. The […]

HAZLET, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey police officers became midwives for a day — helping a woman deliver a baby girl when she and her husband arrived at the station seeking help. According to a Facebook posting, Hazlet police Sgt. Kevin Geoghan and Patrolman Pat Kiley came to the aid of the expectant mother and […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago City Council is going to bat for the Cubs. The council on Wednesday voted to lift for one game a ban on Friday night games at Wrigley Field so that the players can get a little more rest before playing Central Division rival Milwaukee on Friday night. The game was […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Public Safety Department plans to spend $5 million to upgrade and expand its citywide system of surveillance cameras. The Tribune-Review reports (http://bit.ly/2wJoc1m ) that the city council gave preliminary authorization Wednesday for a three-year $1.25 million contract to upgrade, maintain or replace many of the city’s 225 cameras. Public Safety Department […]