Новости за 29.10.2017

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A Maui Vacation Rental Association official fears two bills on property tax classifications recommended for approval by a Maui County Council committee could lead to higher taxes for Maui County property owners. But The Maui News reports county officials and Council Member Riki Hokama say it is too early to speculate […]

KEIZER, Ore. (AP) — A man who along with his 6-year-old daughter was pulled from a burning house fire in Keizer has died of his injuries. KOIN-TV, citing hospital officials, reports that Miguel Ruvalcaba died late Saturday at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland. His daughter, Brixa, remains in critical condition at Randall Children’s Hospital […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State officials are meeting to discuss the possibility of decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Virginia. The Virginia State Crime Commission is hosting a meeting Monday in Richmond. Commission staff will present the findings of a study on the subject, and then the public will be allowed to […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Big names in both political parties are flocking to Virginia as the state’s closely watched race for governor enters its final days. Former Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California rallied Virginia Democrats over the weekend to support Ralph Northam and other Democrats. Republican Ed Gillespie […]

PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A photograph of a New Hampshire college student that went viral on social media is bringing her dreams of becoming a model closer to reality. Anok Yai (uh-NUCK yie) grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and is a sophomore at Plymouth State University. The Boston Globe reports that a photographer took […]

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. (AP) — Police in a Chicago suburb are hiring trappers to remove coyotes after receiving a surge of reports about the animals roaming through neighborhoods and attacking small dogs. The Daily Herald reports the Grayslake police department is asking residents to alert them of coyote sightings to help the trappers find the coyotes’ […]

ROME, Ga. (AP) — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a college student at an apartment in northwest Georgia. Floyd County Police told local news media that Ricket Carter III and Troy Cokley are charged with murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Joseph McDaniel on Saturday afternoon. Police […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Emergency personnel in Delaware say a man has been found dead after going missing from a fishing pier. The News Journal reports the Little Creek Volunteer Fire Company sent a rescue boat out around 5 a.m. Sunday to help a 30-year-old man who went missing near the Port Mahon Fishing Pier. […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A former Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper has acknowledged scraping his ex-wife’s boyfriend’s car with a key, causing more than $2,100 in damage. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Robert King appeared in Laramie County District Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to felony property destruction. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors […]

EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine (AP) — A Maine ocean science laboratory says its new president and chief executive officer will be a professor from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences says Deborah Bronk will take over as the new president and CEO on March 1. She has also previously worked as […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police in North Texas have identified a 22-year-old Arlington college student as the victim shot and killed by his girlfriend’s father. The gunman later was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Arlington police say the daughter is being treated after being run over Friday night at a shopping center […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The head of the Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire is retiring next spring. The Valley News reports that during her 10-year tenure, Jeanne McLaughlin has guided the organization to more secure financial footing and helped shape an affiliation agreement between her organization and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. […]

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University officials plan to spend nearly $50 million modernizing a campus power plant in the coming years. The Lansing State Journal reports that improvements to the T.B. Simon Power Plant will include replacing two boilers that have been in operation since the plant’s opening in 1965. School officials […]

PITTSBORO, Ind. (AP) — Police say a man and a woman who were fatally shot in a small central Indiana town died in a murder-suicide. Major Scott King of the Pittsboro Police Department says a juvenile met officers Saturday at the home in the town just northwest of Indianapolis. Inside, police found the bodies of […]

The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s office has referred four cases of suspected voter fraud in the 2016 general election to county prosecutors.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a driver was killed in a head-on crash shortly after he had fled the scene of another collision. Lakewood police say German Alonso Velasquez Gonzalez rear-ended another vehicle on Route 88 around 8:40 p.m. Saturday. They say the 41-year-old Toms River man then drove away and soon sideswiped another […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say they believe a man charged in the rape and murder of a 13-month-old girl in Ohio was hitchhiking and camping during two weeks on the run before he was captured in Pennsylvania. A federal marshal says 37-year-old Joshua Gurto was carrying a knife, maps and a tent when he was […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Police say an officer shot a person during a burglary in Portsmouth. The Virginian Pilot reports the shooting took place around noon Sunday. Police spokesman officer Ricky Wright says the victim sustained injuries that are not life-threatening. Wright says that because the investigation is ongoing, the police department isn’t releasing the […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — More than 80 artists, craftsmen and business owners are getting ready for next weekend’s New Hampshire Open Doors, offering visitors craft demonstrations, product tastings and other activities. People can look at on online map and take self-guided tours on Nov. 4-5 to see people working in their studios, learn about locally […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Head of Puerto Rico power company says Whitefish contract will be cancelled after ongoing work ends.

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — High winds have taken down the top of an old cottonwood known as a “hanging tree” in Medora. A 15-foot-tall section of trunk is all that remains of the tree in front of Medora’s post office. Ed Sahlstrom, assistant site supervisor for the Chateau de Mores, tells The Bismarck Tribune the […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after someone defaced a Kansas City church with racist graffiti and set a small fire inside. The Kansas City Star reports an ethnic slur directed at black people and the letters “KKK” were painted on the windows of the predominantly black Concord Fortress of Hope Church in […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown has asked a state agency to cancel plans for a water swap that would have allowed Nestle to access the valuable spring water it wants. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the water transfer is a key part of Nestle’s plans to build a $50 million water bottling plant in […]

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say they are searching for a man who allegedly hit a white woman who was seated at a pub with a black man. Nashville police said in a statement Sunday that a group of white men and women entered the pub in Brentwood and sat behind the couple. […]