Новости за 17.10.2017

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A jury has awarded a Maine man nearly $300,000 in damages in a dental malpractice case. The Kennebec Journal reports a jury on Monday found Dr. Jan Kippax and Androscoggin Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, P.A. acted negligently in the case of 25-year-old Stephen Darnell Jr. Darnell’s mouth became infected in 2011 […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Nearly two decades after a woman was killed in Salem, Oregon, lawyers for the man convicted of murdering her have asked a judge to allow DNA testing of crime-scene evidence. They say the tests could lead to the real killer and exonerate Jesse Johnson. But the judge says he must study […]

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The United Nations’ new special envoy for the disputed Western Sahara has met with Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and government ministers as part of his first tour of the region. Horst Kohler, A former president of Germany, is also expected to visit refugee camps in Algeria for Saharawi refugees who fled […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top court will consider whether a mother’s tardiness for a hearing on severing her parental rights meant she skipped it altogether and waived some of her rights. The Supreme Court said Tuesday it’ll review a state Court of Appeals decision that overturned a judge’s severance of the mother’s parental rights. The […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Confederate monuments in two Virginia cities have been vandalized this week. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the word “racist” was found painted in red on the Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond on Tuesday. The Virginian-Pilot reports Norfolk police spokesman Daniel Hudson says a memorial to the Confederate dead was spray-painted with […]

FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Democrat Phil Murphy’s campaign to succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie has gotten a boost from the mayor whose town was gridlocked in the so-called Bridgegate scandal. Democratic Mayor of Fort Lee Mark Sokolich joined fellow Democrats Rep. Bill Pascrell, state Sen. Loretta Weinberg and Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer Tuesday to […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton says Minnesota is preparing only a modest bid for online retailer Amazon’s second headquarters with no more than $3 million in direct assistance. The governor told reporters Tuesday that Minnesota’s pitch focuses on the quality of the state’s workforce, educational opportunities and transportation systems. He says no […]

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say five South Georgia men have admitted to conspiring to steal checks from the mail and cashing them. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Kedrick Antwan Williams, 31-year-old Zerrick Devon Tompkins, 44-year-old Jerry Lewis Rawls Jr., 64-year-old Willie James Smith and 46-year-old Gregory Willie Harris all pleaded guilty this month to conspiring […]

LONDON (AP) — American author George Saunders has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel “Lincoln in the Bardo.”

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police video shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s son never identified himself as the governor’s son during a traffic stop but offered several times to get out and walk back to the governor’s mansion. A Maple Bluff Police officer pulled over a state van near the mansion on Aug. 18 because three […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Airport officials in Maine say radar outages were responsible for recent changes in flight patterns from the Portland International Jetport. Airport officials say Federal Aviation Administration surveillance radar at the Gray traffic control tower began having problems in March and continued through September at the airport. Authorities say the outages forced […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department has won permission to start flying drone aircraft. Despite concerns over privacy, the civilian Police Commission on Tuesday approved a one-year test program. The drones will only be used for high-risk incidents such as hostage situations, search-and-rescue operations, the hunt for gunmen and natural disasters. The […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A total of 18 Mississippi public school districts have been put on probation for breaking state rules. That includes the Jackson school district, which remains at risk of a state takeover. The state School Accreditation Commission on Tuesday approved the probation list. Of the districts, 13 were cited for teachers or […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Saturday funeral has been scheduled for a New Orleans police officer who was shot to death last week. The police department says services for 29-year-old Marcus NcNeil are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Household of Faith Church in New Orleans, with interment following at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The department […]

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Fontana police have killed a mountain lion they say charged officers. The police Animal Services Unit was searching for a cougar that had killed animals at two homes and Monday morning they got a call from someone who said a mountain lion was in the backyard. Authorities say the area has […]

SISTER BAY, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who died when a car landed in the water at Sister Bay Marina last weekend. The Door County Sheriff’s Office identifies the victim as 24-year-old Victoria Burger of Sobieski. A 24-year-old woman from DePere, who also was in the car, survived. Authorities […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The chief of staff for the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services has been promoted. Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday appointed Virginia Pryor to be interim director. Pryor will replace Bobby Cagle, who’s leaving to lead the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services on Nov. 10. Deal, in […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s top lawyer says the traditional form of tribal justice known as banishment doesn’t generally involve the state, but adds her office will step in if asked to do so or to address a state interest. State Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth outlined the state’s position on tribal banishment Tuesday as the […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Providence have launched a new online reporting system to help victims of non-violent crimes. WPRI-TV reports citizens can register non-violent crimes that don’t have any known suspects. The system is built to handle crimes like harassing phone calls, thefts and vandalism. Data company LexisNexis constructed the reporting system. Providence […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A suburban Cleveland man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his daughter while she slept, saying he believed she disrespected his rules by coming home late and not cleaning her room. Jamal Mansour, of Rocky River, pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault and has been sentenced to 22 years […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill to exempt military retirees from paying personal state income taxes. The bill passed the chamber 95-1 Tuesday during the Legislature’s special session. It would exempt from state income tax any federal retirement income from the regular armed services, reserves and National […]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A man is in the hospital after an officer-involved shooting in St. Cloud. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says a Stearns County sheriff’s deputy and several St. Cloud police officers were investigating a possible assault just before midnight Monday. Investigators had knocked on the front door when an armed […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A co-founder of the Minuteman border watch group has lost an appeal of his 2016 convictions for molesting a 5-year-old girl and showing her pornography. The Arizona Court of Appeals’ ruling Tuesday upholds Chris Simcox’s convictions and 19-year prison sentence. The ruling says a Maricopa County Superior Court judge failed to make […]

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Outside one of the first shops to reopen for business on an empty central square in California wine country, clerk Rhiannon Lorenzini swept the sidewalks as the sky cleared of ash more than a week after the state’s deadliest group of wildfires ignited. In a wine region that normally draws more […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is rejecting opposition claims that regional elections for governors were shrouded in fraud. In a three-hour news conference Tuesday, Maduro defended Venezuela’s voting system as one of the most secure in the world. He provided an on-site demonstration of how the nation’s voting machines work and remarked […]