Новости за 20.10.2017

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia say a man wanted for robbery fled a traffic stop by jumping into the Ohio River, only to be met by police waiting on the other side. Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl tells The Intelligencer that officers stopped a car for a burned-out taillight Thursday afternoon. […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio’s failed bid to get his conviction wiped off his record leaves him vulnerable to lawsuits arising out of his disobedience of a court order to stop his immigration patrols. A judge has rejected Arpaio’s request to throw out a decision that explains his guilty verdict. Arpaio wants to prevent the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — First the U.S. government temporarily banned laptops in the cabins of some airplanes. Now it is looking to ban them on from checked luggage on international flights, citing the risk of potentially catastrophic fires. The Federal Aviation Administration recently recommended that the U.N. agency that sets global aviation standards prohibit passengers from […]

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings’ new college scouting director still occasionally catches scouts, executives and coaches apologizing for swearing in a meeting. “I have to swear back and say I swear the same as you,” she said. That’s right. She. Kelly Kleine is in her first season in that job for the […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A major agribusiness company sued Arkansas regulators on Friday for banning its version of an herbicide that’s drawn complaints from farmers across several states who say the weed killer has drifted onto their crops and caused widespread damage. Monsanto asked a state judge to block the Arkansas Plant Board from […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state lawmaker and wife of former U.S. Health Secretary Tom Price asked during a legislative committee meeting about the possibility of quarantining people with HIV. Rep. Betty Price, whose district includes parts of Atlanta’s northern suburbs, asked the head of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s HIV Epidemiology Section during […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The longtime owner of a Reno car dealership and his wife are contributing $1 million toward the renovation of the University of Nevada’s baseball stadium. The school announced Friday that Don and Toni Weir wrote the check for the project already underway at what now will be called Don Weir Field […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down Kentucky’s restrictions on Internet access for registered sex offenders, saying they are too broad and violate First Amendment rights. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove ruled Friday on a lawsuit by a man who registered as a sex offender after his conviction for possessing child […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s deputy human rights chief says the process of integrating leftist rebels into Colombian society after more than 50 years of war isn’t going well. Andrew Gilmour, who visited Colombia last week, warned Friday that if this doesn’t happen “there is a strong chance that they will go back to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has postponed an open hearing with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Michael Cohen was scheduled to testify next week as part of the panel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether Trump’s campaign was involved. The committee wouldn’t say why Wednesday’s meeting was delayed. Committee […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House counsel’s office is refusing to tell a committee on Capitol Hill which of President Donald Trump’s aides used private email accounts for public business, a top Democrat said Friday. According to a letter from Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, attorneys from the White House counsel’s office said this week […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A 33-year-old man took his own life at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs medical center. The VA says the man fatally shot himself outside the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center on Friday morning. The man was in a secluded area and nobody else was injured. Two years ago, a veteran killed himself […]

BAGSHOT, England (AP) — Todd Gurley isn’t buying this NFL in London business. The Los Angeles Rams running back arrived with the team in London on Friday after an overnight flight from Florida, where they spent the week following their win over Jacksonville last Sunday. Gurley said that’s simply too much travel to take on […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man accused in a shooting that injured 28 people outside a Little Rock nightclub has pleaded not guilty. Police allege 19-year-old Tyler Jackson was the first of several people to open fire during a rap concert at a now-closed nightclub in July. A police report accuses Jackson of shooting […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has pleaded no contest to randomly stabbing an employee at a Rhode Island Rite-Aid. The Rhode Island attorney general’s office says 42-year-old Jacob Gallant, of Westport, pleaded no contest Friday to assault with intent to murder, mayhem and a weapons charge. Superior Court Magistrate John McBurney sentenced him […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is challenging the constitutionality of a proposed ballot initiative aimed at protecting salmon habitat. The state says it is appealing a court decision that called for allowing backers of the measure to begin gathering signatures. The matter went to court after Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott last month […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says he will plead guilty to a drunken driving charge. The 34-year-old Republican says he was arrested by the North Dakota Highway Patrol in Mandan on Sept. 30. He says he had a blood alcohol content of 0.20, which is more than twice the state’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Celgene Corp., down $14.63 to $121.33 The drugmaker ended late-stage testing of a potential treatment for Crohn’s disease. General Electric Co., up 25 cents to $23.83 Most Read Stories'The Big Dark' is here as first of three storms rolls into Northwest on stretch […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former presidents are shedding a traditional reluctance to criticize their successors, unleashing pointed attacks on the Trump White House and the commander in chief — but without mentioning him by name. Remarks on the same day by former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama raise the prospect that more dissenters will […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s presidential palace says that President Michel Temer has been diagnosed with a partial coronary obstruction. In a statement emailed on Friday, Temer’s press office said aspirin and a low-fat diet are being used to treat the 77-year-old president. The statement added that catheterization is not being considered for the moment […]

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed the most serious criminal charge against a woman who authorities say overdosed while pregnant. The Butler County judge ruled Thursday that state law bars prosecutors from charging a pregnant woman with aggravated assault of her own unborn child. Kasey Dischman still faces three other charges, including […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A man who fired a shot at anti-Nazi protesters following a speech at the University of Florida by a white nationalist has been charged with attempted murder, police in Gainesville said Friday. Two men who allegedly urged him to shoot face the same charge. A Gainesville Police Department report released on […]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — In Tennessee, which permits schools to use corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure, one school district is considering ending it. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson said at Wednesday’s PTA Council meeting that a complete halt to physical punishment hasn’t been implemented, but he […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert is on his way to Jordan and Israel for a trade mission. The trip is hosted by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the World Trade Center Utah. Herbert is scheduled arrive in Jordan on Saturday and attend meetings in Amman before heading to Israel on […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s unemployment rate is down slightly. The Department of Workforce Solutions reports that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in September 2017, down from 6.3 percent in August as New Mexico’s economy added 2,000 jobs. The department’s monthly report released Friday says Bernalillo County, the state’s most […]