Новости за 16.10.2017

FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors won’t file charges connected to auditors’ findings that a sheriff’s office north of Salt Lake City misspent public money and committed time card fraud. The Standard-Examiner reports that prosecutors decided the allegations against the Davis County Sheriff were administrative issues rather than criminal complaints. Auditors faulted Sheriff Todd Richardson for […]

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers for late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez have refiled a lawsuit against the NFL. The attorneys filed a federal lawsuit last month after Hernandez had killed himself in prison and an autopsy had revealed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (ehn-sehf-uh-LAH’-puh-thee), a degenerative brain disease found in people who’ve […]

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — More than two dozen people have been arrested at a protest of a $3 billion pipeline being built to carry natural gas from northeastern Pennsylvania to Southern states. Scores of demonstrators gathered Monday on land in Lancaster County’s West Hempfield Township that is owned by a Catholic order of nuns that […]

EUNICE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police say a former bookkeeper for the Eunice Public Schools has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and fraudulent use of a credit card. They say Kristen McLean has been booked into the Lea County Detention Center. It was unclear Monday if she has a lawyer yet. State […]

WEEPING WATER, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man faces an assisted suicide charge after authorities say he helped his girlfriend commit suicide in the woods. Cass County sheriff’s deputies charged 41-year-old Matthew J. Stubbendieck, of Weeping Water, in the death of 38-year-old Alicia Wilemon-Sullivan, of Florida. Authorities say Stubbendieck reported that Wilemon-Sullivan had killed herself […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday to discuss the possibility of a second term as head of the central bank, according to a source familiar with the administration’s Fed search. Trump has said Yellen is one of several candidates he is considering for the Fed’s […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A mother says an Atlanta hospital is unfairly punishing her 2-year-old son because of his father’s mistakes. Carmellia Burgess told WXIA-TV that her son, A.J., was born without kidneys and needs a transplant. The boy’s father, Anthony Dickerson, is a perfect match and wants to give this lifesaving gift to his son. […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas landscaper says that one day after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival he was at City Hall with an idea for remembering the 58 people killed in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. Jay Pleggenkuhle (PLAY-ghen-kool) of Stonerose Landscapes said this week that work […]

Droughts, heat waves, reduced snowpack, winter storms and sea-level rise are all expected to intensify, driven by both natural weather patterns and greenhouse-gas emissions.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Following Cleveland’s final practice before a season opener against Boston with playoff-level hype, Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue still wasn’t sure if LeBron James was playing Tuesday. J.R. Smith knows. “Oh, he’s gonna go,” Smith said of his celebrated teammate. “He’s gonna go, trust me that. I don’t care what he’s gotta […]

Petersen: "Sometimes you don’t have your fastball, and it’s painful when you don’t.”

DENVER (AP) — Twenty five people are accused of stealing over $35,000 in goods from Denver area home improvement stores and returning the items to get merchandise credit cards. The Denver District Attorney’s Office said Monday that a grand jury indicted the members of the alleged theft ring last week after a months-long investigation. Prosecutors […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Four legal-advocacy groups have asked the judge in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s criminal case to appoint a lawyer to appeal the judge’s decision to let the lawman’s pardon stand. The groups say in a filing Monday that a private attorney must be appointed to protect the independence of the courts. The groups […]

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — University of Oklahoma students are pushing to rename a Norman street honoring a former university professor who also was a grand dragon in the Ku Klux Klan. The university’s student government association passed a resolution last month to support efforts to rename DeBarr Avenue, including a petition by Norman City Councilwoman […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A country music festival will stay in New Orleans for a second year. Organizers of Bayou Country Superfest say the 2018 version of the event, to be held over Memorial Day weekend, will again take place at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The event was held at Louisiana State University’s […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper says it’s “disrespectful” to North Carolina residents and “inexcusable” that the legislature hasn’t yet confirmed 10 of his nominees to three state boards and wants them to vote this week. Cooper wrote Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore on Monday to complain about inaction on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When two extremely dense neutron stars crashed together in a distant galaxy, astronomers struck scientific gold, confirming previously unproven theories, including some from Albert Einstein. Scientists announced Monday that after picking up two faint signals in mid-August, they were able to find the location of the long-ago crash and see the end […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is claiming his predecessors did not sufficiently honor the nation’s fallen. His accusation that most presidents did not call families of military personnel killed in action is provoking a heated response. President Barack Obama, for one, visited the air base that often receives the remains of the dead. He […]

CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) — Construction of a bridge over the Interstate 85 project in Rowan and Cabarrus counties will mean detours for motorists. The N.C. Department of Transportation says in a news release that crews will be placing beams for a new bridge on N.C. 152 in China Grove. A section of I-85 North […]

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — A woman has been charged after a man was stabbed in a home in Delaware. Newark police say in a news release that the stabbing occurred early Saturday. Officers say the victim, a 28-year-old man who was visiting the home reported he was stabbed several times in the chest while sitting […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: Aramark, up 20 cents to $42.53 The food, facilities and uniform company agreed to make two acquisitions for $2.35 billion. Tesla Inc., down $4.97 to $350.60 Most Read Stories'The Big Dark': Satellite image shows future rain clouds stretching from China to Puget SoundAthletic […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu Police Department officer and retired major arrested by the FBI over the weekend were expected to appear in federal court Monday. The arrests Sunday of Officer Minh-Hung “Bobby” Nguyen and retired major Gordon Shiraishi are part of a federal corruption investigation into the department that stemmed from the peculiar case […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A snapshot of crops across Kansas shows the pace of wheat planting lagging well behind normal for this late in the season. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that just 42 percent of the next year’s winter wheat crop has been planted. Normally by this time about 75 percent of […]

LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) — Carmichael Lopez, a seventh-grader at Daisy Bronson Middle School in Littleton, put a global perspective on a local effort to help those in need. “We want to be the change we wish to see in the world,” he said, quoting Gandhi. Fellow classmate Alba Perez is hoping the change they are […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is sinking deeper into debt in its relentless pursuit of more viewers, leaving the company little margin for error as it tries to build the world’s biggest video subscription service. The big burden that Netflix is shouldering hasn’t been a major concern on Wall Street so far, as CEO Reed […]