Новости за 25.10.2017

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska attorney general’s office says it is dropping charges against four Whiteclay beer stores now that the establishments have lost their liquor licenses. A spokeswoman said Wednesday the citations are being dismissed. Authorities had accused the stores of selling to bootleggers and failing to cooperate with investigators, among other liquor […]

KINLOCH, Mo. (AP) — The former mayor of a St. Louis County town has been sentenced to eight months in jail for stealing money from the town’s fire protection district. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that former Kinloch Mayor Darren Small was sentenced Wednesday in federal court. His wife, Jayna Small, a former president of […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An assistant principal at a high school in Providence has been placed on paid administrative leave after an altercation involving a student. The Providence School District said Wednesday that there was a physical altercation in the cafeteria at Central High School involving a student and an assistant principal. A video of […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man shot a killed a grizzly bear that broke into his garage where an elk carcass was hanging. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokeswoman Andrea Jones tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle the shooting Sunday evening near Hebgen Lake was self-defense. Jones says the 15-year-old bear broke through a metal door […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal immigration authorities have for the second time this year revoked the protection from deportation granted to a Mexican woman whose case grabbed national headlines when she was a Georgia college student seven years ago. Federal government lawyers said in a court filing Wednesday that the government had re-evaluated 29-year-old Jessica Colotl’s […]

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a 78-year-old man apparently shot and killed an elderly woman before killing himself in Massachusetts. The Hamden district attorney’s office says Holyoke officers responded to a residence around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday and found a woman in a hallway on the third floor suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. A witness […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Breach-of-contract allegations against the private operator of the state-owned, safety-net hospitals in north Louisiana won’t be remedied by this week’s deadline. Instead, negotiations continue between Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration and the Ochsner Health System to possibly help the operator, BRF, run the hospitals or replace the company. That’s according […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish court orders human rights activists facing terror-related charges released from prison pending trial verdicts.

Seattle transportation officials reported the hazard at First Avenue South and Yesler Way about 1 p.m., advising drivers to avoid the area

HONESDALE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania bank customer has single-handedly tackled crime. WNEP reports the drama started Friday, when a masked man with a gun burst into a bank in Montdale, in Pennsylvania’s Poconos. Police say he ordered the tellers to fill a bag with money. Surveillance video captured customer Robert Sakosky tackling the man, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top aide to Bishop Robert Morlino has issued guidance to priests in the Catholic Diocese of Madison that critics say could limit funeral rites for gay people. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Vicar General James Bartylla sent an email to priests Saturday, with the bishop’s approval, that says rites […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Senate is advancing legislation to bar coverage for gender or sex reassignment surgery in the federally subsidized Children’s Health Insurance Program. The Republican-penned bill passed Wednesday, 37-13, over the protests of Democratic lawmakers who called it discriminatory. It goes to the House for consideration. Senate Republicans say Pennsylvania can’t […]

Money approved by Congress last year to fight the opioid epidemic is gradually reaching places where it can do some good, with some setbacks along the way. Republicans and Democrats shared impatience Wednesday as they questioned top administration officials at a hearing on the 21st Century Cures Act and other federal spending to address the […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has been paralyzed for a second day as opposition legislators fight the governing party’s attempt to hold a secret vote on upholding the firing of a key prosecutor. A large number of legislators from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI, didn’t show up for a scheduled vote Wednesday. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Left fielder Joc Pederson and second baseman Chase Utley get the start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series in place of Enrique Hernandez and Logan Forsythe, and shortstop Corey Seager moves from sixth to second in the batting order. Chris Taylor bats leadoff and plays […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t decided to run for president in 2020. But he’s decided that he’s “not going to decide not to run.” Got it? The 74-year-old Democrat offered the somewhat confusing take on his political future in a series of new interviews ahead of the release of his […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump teamed up with Republican legislators Wednesday to try to ensure the tax-overhaul package under construction on Capitol Hill includes an expansion of the child tax credit. The White House adviser and presidential daughter, appearing at a Capitol Hill press conference with GOP lawmakers, framed the tax credit as crucial for […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The cheer begins slowly, rhythmically — everyone raising their hands above their heads, clapping in sync to the beat of the drum, screaming in unison and picking up speed with each chant. A! ….. T! ….. L! A! … T! ….L! A! T! L! Most Read StoriesClinton campaign, DNC helped pay for […]

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Two people have died after the car they were in was crushed by a concrete truck that tipped over onto their vehicle while turning in La Vista. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the crash was reported just after noon on Wednesday, and crews didn’t get the truck turned upright until […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two wealthy Californians are behind separate fall ballot issues in Ohio. Henry Nicholas is the billionaire businessman behind Issue 1, Marsy’s Law. It’s a crime victims’ rights measure named for his murdered sister. Michael Weinstein is CEO of the $1.2 billion AIDS Healthcare Foundation behind Issue 2, a drug-pricing measure. While […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State regulators have approved a utility’s plan to build two natural gas-fueled power plants in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Public Service Commission on Wednesday endorsed Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.’s plan to build the plants in Negaunee and Baraga Townships at a cost of $277 million. The plants that would […]

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A man who authorities say fatally stabbed his co-worker with a sushi knife at a Massachusetts restaurant in an unprovoked attack has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The Essex district attorney’s office says 25-year-old Jaquan Huston was sentenced Wednesday in Salem to life with the possibility of parole after 20 years […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has rejected a request by 18 states to force the federal government to immediately resume paying health care subsidies that President Donald Trump cut off. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco on Wednesday denied an injunction sought by the states. The payments reimburse insurers for reducing out-of-pocket […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood is criticizing Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature on highways, taxes and other issues that could be relevant in the governor’s race two years from now. Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves says tax cuts are helping Mississippi and the state is making progress. Reeves and Hood are widely seen […]

Four career Seahawks have busts in Canton. Here's a look at the other five the Seahawks' name appears on after signing them late in their careers.