Новости за 10.09.2017

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Almost 300 paratroopers and dozens of military vehicles from the famed 82nd Airborne Division are deploying to Florida to help with recovery from Hurricane Irma. The Fayetteville Observer reports (http://bit.ly/2vYdQMn ) unit spokesman Lt. Col. Joe Buccino says the soldiers unit could deploy late Sunday or Monday, depending on weather. […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police are making arrests as they clash with anti-fascist protesters in Portland. Hundreds of people turned out Sunday to oppose a much smaller demonstration by the right-wing Patriot Prayer group. The Portland Police Bureau said the crowd became “violent and criminal,” with anti-fascist protesters throwing smoke devices and other projectiles at […]

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — The Historical Society of Michigan will soon hold its 143rd Annual Meeting and State History Conference in western Michigan. The event takes place Sept. 22-24 in Holland. The conference celebrates all aspects of Michigan’s history and moves to a different location in the Lower Peninsula each year. The conference also explores […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland police arrested 12 drunken drivers at a checkpoint in Anne Arundel County. Police say the sobriety checkpoint and saturation patrol in Anne Arundel County was conducted on Governor Ritchie Highway in Annapolis over the weekend. Police say during a three-hour, multi-agency initiative roughly 214 cars were checked, and a dozen […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who authorities say improperly discarded a cigarette that sparked a house fire that severely burned his 7-year-old daughter in 2015 is headed to prison. The Hartford Courant reports that Wallace Barton III was sentenced Friday to 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to felony risk of injury […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Wisconsin National Guard will head to Florida to help with the recovery from Hurricane Irma. Officials said Sunday that more than 2,500 Wisconsin Guard troops will go to Florida. Gov. Scott Walker says Wisconsin “stands ready to help our friends in Florida” who are bracing for Irma, one […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Fall trout fishing starts next month in Illinois and the state is stocking about 80,000 rainbow trout to prepare for the season. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the season starts Saturday, Oct. 21, at 54 ponds, lakes and streams statewide. The department warns that any anglers who take trout […]

Jeremy Lane was ejected for throwing a punch, negating an interception return for a touchdown by Nazair Jones.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A test lawsuit goes to trial in Minneapolis Monday against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta for introducing a genetically-engineered corn variety before China approved it for imports. The case alleges Viptera corn wrecked an important export market for U.S. corn and hurt prices. But Syngenta says the 2013 price drop resulted from larger […]

HANOVER, Va. (AP) — Hanover County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left a motorcyclist dead. Police say the wreck occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when 51-year-old James Contreras was riding a motorcycle west on Mountain Road in Hanover when he tried to brake and the bike began to skid. Police […]

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — The body of a Texas real estate agent was found in a marshy wooded area Saturday more than two weeks after she disappeared the day Hurricane Harvey made landfall, authorities said. The woman’s ex-husband, 44-year-old Steven McDowell, was charged with murder, and booked into Chambers County Jail, awaiting bail to be […]

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Mankato police say six people were hurt when a man deliberately drove his vehicle into a crowd in a parking lot. Authorities say the 21-year-old Montgomery man then fled the scene early Sunday before Blue Earth County sheriff’s deputies arrested him. The Mankato Free Press reports two of the victims were […]

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Two people are dead at a South Carolina motel and police say a suspect is being detained. Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Bobo said deputies were called Sunday afternoon after a reported shooting at the Days Inn motel near the intersection of Interstates 26 and 85. Bobo said in an email […]

MIAMI (AP) — The football teams from Florida International and Florida Atlantic remained displaced Sunday, waiting for Hurricane Irma to pass and for officials to determine when they can come home. FIU practiced Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama, where it has been since Thursday. The Panthers played what was to be their home opener there Friday, […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a man who was injured when he fell while trying to climb out of a cave near Bend had limited experience and poor equipment for attempting to explore the cave. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says it received the call Saturday afternoon from a climbing partner of Tyrell […]

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A convicted Wyoming bank robber who was recently released from prison has been returned to custody for violating the terms of his probation. KTWO-AM reports Jack Taber on Thursday admitted two violations of his federal probation. U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal sentenced him to another five months in prison. After that […]

ASHLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled a Becoming an Outdoors-Family Camp at Carol Joy Holling Camp near Ashland in eastern Nebraska. The Sept. 23-24 camp is designed for families looking to get started camping but needing some encouragement. There will be fishing, hiking, bird watching, cooking outdoors, shooting, kayaking […]

COPPER HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — An Upper Peninsula lodge built with federal aid during the Great Depression is up for sale. The Keweenaw County Board has received a $1.5 million offer for Keweenaw Mountain Lodge, which includes land, rooms, a nine-hole golf course and a string of cabins. James Henderson, president of Adoba Hotels, says […]

Hernandez will pitch Thursday against the Rangers while Paxton will go on Friday in Houston.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A national gathering of moms will bring some high-profile speakers to Omaha later this month. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will join Missy Robertson from the Duck Dynasty reality show in headlining the list of speakers at the Sept. 23 event. The event will be held at the Ralston Arena […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The attorney for a two North Carolina police officer involved in a fatal shooting says the dead man pointed a handgun at his client before the officer shot and killed him. Attorney George Laughrun tells The Charlotte Observer (http://bit.ly/2xUzVrE ) Rueben Galindo pointed the gun at Charlotte Police Officer David Guerra […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The composer of a new hockey musical at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis has died days before the show opens. Michael Friedman, an Obie-winning composer and lyricist known for the musicals “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” died Saturday of HIV/AIDS complications in New York, where he lived. He […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Irma has pushed water out of a bay in Tampa, but forecasters are telling people not to venture out there, because it’s going to return with a potentially deadly vengeance. On Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, about 100 people were walking Sunday afternoon on what was Old Tampa Bay — a […]

Despite signs of a comeback, weasel-like fisher will remain on state’s endangered species list, the Washington wildlife commission has decided

MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) — The city of Maricopa has scrapped an idea to buy a private water company amid customer complaints about service interruptions and sudden spikes in water bills. The Maricopa Monitor reports (http://bit.ly/2eOShTm ) the city hired Piper Jaffray, an investment bank and asset management firm, to conduct research on the possibility of […]