Новости за 20.09.2017

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Del. Bill Frick says he’s running for Montgomery County executive, not Congress. The Democrat announced his plans Wednesday. He had been exploring a run for Maryland’s 6th congressional district. Frick has served in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2007. He says the county needs new leaders who will face problems […]

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast sheriff’s deputy who was shot with his own weapon in July has resigned. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson told local news media Wednesday that the deputy resigned Sept. 1, after a period on paid leave. The deputy, whose name is being withheld, claimed that a man exited […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to “curtail citizens’ possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic drug.” Twenty-nine other states have legalized marijuana in some way, the most common being for medical purposes. While Kentucky […]

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island transportation officials say new construction accountability signs will not include Gov. Gina Raimondo’s name. The change comes after Portsmouth resident John Vitkevich questioned whether the signs bearing the Democratic governor’s name violated Federal Highway Administration design standards. The signs, which are located along state roads and highways, display when […]

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman in “Stronger,” an eloquent recovery-from-injury drama that mostly avoids sentimental cliché.

With their Pac-12 opener Saturday at Colorado, the Huskies reflected on the best moments from their 41-10 victory over the Buffaloes in the 2016 conference championship game.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Alabama next month to campaign for Democrat Doug Jones in the race for U.S. Senate. The Jones campaign announced Wednesday that Biden will headline an Oct. 3 campaign rally in Birmingham. Biden, in a statement, said that Jones “is a proven leader in […]

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — Workers are trying to get two locomotives and four rail cars back on track after a derailment in south-central North Dakota. A spokeswoman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway says the derailment happened Wednesday morning near Gavilon Grain west of Jamestown. Amy McBeth tells KQDJ Radio the derailment happened on industry […]

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane center: Maria weakens to a Category 2 storm, could regain major hurricane status by Thursday.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A Prescott cemetery official says a plaque at the gravesite of gunfighter John Henry “Doc” Holliday’s girlfriend has been stolen. Arizona Pioneers’ Home cemetery official Dale Sams tells The Daily Courier (http://bit.ly/2fjHQex) that the plaque was added to Mary Katherine Horony-Cummings’s gravesite in 2008 by a private citizen. She died in […]

GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Police at a New Jersey university are looking to identify three people suspected of posting white supremacist flyers on campus. The flyers were placed around Stockton University’s campus Sunday night. They promoted a group called “Identity Evropa,” which the Anti-Defamation League identifies as a white supremacist association. The university says the […]

UPS is gearing up for holiday deliveries. United Parcel Service Co. said Wednesday that it plans to hire about 95,000 workers to handle the surge in packages from late November through January. That’s about the same number as the last two years. Rival FedEx Corp. said earlier this week that it would hire about 50,000 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators is seeking information from the White House related to Michael Flynn’s stint as national security adviser and about the administration’s response to a meeting at Trump Tower last year. Mueller’s office has requested documents from the White House and is expected to interview at least […]

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A man who won a $338 million Powerball jackpot was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a child. Pedro Quezada was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Passaic County prosecutor Camelia Valdes said the child was between 11 and 14 years old when the assaults occurred. […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Washington University in St. Louis is suspended while police investigate an alleged hazing. Rob Wild, dean of students, says several people reported possible hazing of new members in the spring. Wild told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch the university forwarded the information to police and suspended […]

Seattle Art Museum’s film series dedicated to gimlet-eyed detectives, tough femme fatales, moody lighting and chewy dialogue is said to be the longest-running noir series in the world.

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s investigating after pieces believed to be from an aircraft were found in yards near Detroit Metro Airport. It says a Spirit Airlines flight from Detroit to Atlanta returned to the airport after experiencing engine failure Monday evening. The flight was able to land without incident. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board in South Dakota is re-examining its move to ban public comments at meetings due to criticism of the planned change. Public comments of up to three minutes each are typically allowed at the monthly board meeting if there is time near the end. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: General Mills Inc., down $3.21 to $52.17 The packaged food company’s earnings and revenue disappointed investors as cereal sales dropped. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., down $4.29 to $22.74 Most Read StoriesSwastika-wearing man punched on Seattle street, removes swastika, police say'Polite Robber' suspect […]

ATLANTA (AP) — All 30 players who made it to the Tour Championship have a mathematical shot at the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. That includes Pat Perez, the No. 11 seed, who calculated his own odds of winning. “All the top guys would have to play bad, which they haven’t done all […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could have fined Wells Fargo in excess of $10 billion for its illegal sales practices but instead settled for $100 million, according to the agency’s internal documents released by Congressional Republicans this week. The CFPB also had evidence that the bank’s sales problems went back to […]

NORTH POLE, Alaska (AP) — A 48-year-old North Pole man died in an apparent chain saw accident. Alaska State Troopers say Robert Grill died Tuesday while cutting trees near a home north of the city. Troopers just after 5:30 p.m. took a call of a man dead in woods. Troopers determined Grill suffered a severe […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Queens man has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for strangling his grandmother and keeping her corpse wrapped in plastic bags inside her home for five months. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Christopher Fuhrer was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the strangulation death of 85-year-old […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill that would let Kentucky’s governor appoint the state’s appellate judges. State Rep. Jason Nemes pre-filed the legislation Wednesday. It would amend the state constitution to let the governor pick judges from a list of three nominees provided by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Right now, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is apologizing for letting advertisers use phrases like “Jew-haters” as a targeting criteria and for not noticing it until it was pointed out. The company is also tightening policies and tools that let businesses target advertisements to its 2 billion users, hoping to ensure that this doesn’t happen again. The […]