Новости за 23.10.2017

Industrial and technology companies and retailers all stumbled Monday as U.S. stocks began the week with losses. General Electric suffered its worst one-day loss in six years following downgrades from analysts. On Monday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gave up 10.23 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,564.98. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 54.67 […]

Delvonn Heckard’s new lawsuit not only accuses former mayor Ed Murray of repeatedly raping and molesting him as a teenager, but also blames the city of Seattle for enabling Murray to use his political office to slander Heckard and other alleged victims.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will hold a special election March 13 to complete the term of disgraced Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, an anti-abortion lawmaker who resigned after his hometown newspaper revealed he had suggested a mistress get an abortion when they thought she might be pregnant. Monday’s announcement by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will hold a special election March 13 to complete the term of disgraced Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, the anti-abortion lawmaker who resigned after his hometown newspaper revealed he had suggested a mistress get an abortion when they thought she might be pregnant. Monday’s announcement by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf […]

MANSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Fire officials are trying to determine the cause of a propane gas leak that led to an explosion at a Connecticut restaurant just before a fundraiser for an area interfaith ministry. Five people suffered burns in the explosion on Saturday afternoon at the Spring Hill Inn in Mansfield, just over a […]

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say three people have been shot, including a California Highway Patrol officer, in the Northern California community of Clearlake Oaks. CHP Officer Kory Reynolds says the injured officer responded to a report of a shooting near the post office and was following a suspect Monday morning when the person […]

ASHBURNHAM, Mass. (AP) — Police say a man mistook a coyote for a neighbor’s dog and was bitten several times in a Massachusetts town. Ashburnham police on Monday advised people to stay away from coyotes, foxes and unfamiliar dogs after the man was bitten on Sunday evening. Police say the man was in his yard […]

BETHEL, Pa. (AP) — Police say a good Samaritan was severely beaten and stuffed into the trunk of his own car after offering a ride to the man who attacked him. State police say the 64-year-old victim offered a ride to 42-year-old Bradley Butler of Scranton on Friday. Police say Butler, who was wanted on […]

MILTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man faces a possible life sentence for fatally shooting his girlfriend and wounding the woman’s daughter. News outlets report that 58-year-old Christopher Warrick was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder, aggravated battery and aggravated assault. His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 12. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says […]

PETTUS, W.Va. (AP) — State and federal investigators are trying to determine what killed a 48-year-old miner found Monday at a coal mining operation in Raleigh County. James Ray Adkins of Colcord, West Virginia, was discovered missing at approximately 7:10 a.m. at Marfork Coal Co.’s Horse Creek Eagle Deep Mine, according to the West Virginia […]

PULASKI, Va. (AP) — A Virginia appeals court has declined to revisit its reversal of a woman’s felony child abuse conviction in the death of her 5-year-old son, who was found dead in a septic tank. A three-judge panel last month overturned the most serious conviction against Ashley Jennifer White in the 2015 death of […]

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — A 29-year-old black former Eastern Michigan University student has been arraigned on charges stemming from anti-black graffiti found on the Ypsilanti campus last year. The university says Eddie Curlin, who studied there from 2014 to early 2016, was arraigned Monday in Washtenaw County District Court on three counts of malicious destruction […]

Any driverless crashes will be sensationalized, while we ignore tens of thousands of deaths from human crashes. But I still expect that driving will be revolutionized sooner than many people now understand.

Jeffries Butts had been wanted on an arrest warrant for more than four months after he allegedly strangled and punched Lyles, the mother of his two children, in May. Lyles was fatally shot by Seattle police three weeks later during an unrelated encounter.

T-Mobile added 817,000 subscribers in the third quarter and boosted its subscriber forecast for the year. The latest gains show T-Mobile’s position of strength in merger talks with Sprint.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight former members of a federal energy panel — including five former chairs — oppose a Trump administration plan to bolster nuclear and coal-fired power plants. The former officials, who served under presidents from both parties, call the plan “a significant step backward” and say it would raise prices and disrupt electricity […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has withdrawn its request with the Trump administration to opt out of the Affordable Care Act and redirect federal money toward lowering premiums for younger participants in a single state-run program. The idea was designed to stabilize health care insurance in the state, making premium costs based on age […]

CALEDONIA, Wis. (AP) — A Racine man is charged with causing the death of a bicyclist who was struck last week in southeastern Wisconsin. Twenty-seven-year-old Tyler Martinez was charged Monday with felony hit-and-run resulting in death. Martinez remains in jail with signature bond set at $50,000. The Journal Times reports the victim is identified as […]

The government must change how it funds wildfire suppression and prevention, including forest thinning.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut elementary school principal has pleaded guilty to using a school-issued smartphone to secretly photograph and record young girls, including an attempted “upskirt” video. The Hartford Courant reports that 47-year-old John Bean faces up to two years in prison for voyeurism charges when he’s sentenced in January. The former […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa withdraws request pending with the Trump administration to opt out of the Affordable Care Act.

CAREFREE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a vehicle passenger who fired gunshots at Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers during a police chase was on probation for drug convictions. Records released Monday say 25-year-old Ray Rudy Saucedo leaned out of the vehicle window to fire at officers. A police vehicle was struck by gunfire, but […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: VF Corp., up $3.57 to $69.95 The owner of clothing brands including Vans, Timberland and Wrangler, raised its profit estimates for the year after a strong third quarter. Seagate Technology PLC, up $4.41 to $39.35 Most Read StoriesIt looked ugly on TV, but […]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Severe weather passing through western North Carolina has left more than 11,000 people without power. Duke Energy reported outages in Henderson, Transylvania and Buncombe counties on Monday, while the Haywood Electric Membership Cooperative reported nearly 3,100 outages. Officials with Avery County Schools dismissed classes at 2:30 p.m., or 90 minutes early, […]

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — A military base spokesman says authorities have taken a woman into custody for firing gunshots on an Army post in Georgia. Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said in a news release that nobody was injured after several shots were fired Monday afternoon near a building on the sprawling base roughly […]