Новости за 09.11.2017

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Attorney General’s Office is auditing how many untested rape kits there are in Missouri. Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the audit Thursday. The announcement comes after a Columbia Missourian report that Missouri has never done a statewide review of untested rape kits, so the number of unprocessed kits is […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he still doesn’t know how much President Donald Trump will shrink two Utah national monuments. The Republican governor said at his monthly televised news conference on KUED-TV Thursday that the president has not given him any details since a general phone call two weeks ago […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new government forecast says Kansas is on track to harvest record crops of corn and soybeans. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that the state’s corn crop is forecast at 707 million bushels, up 1 percent from last year’s production. The increase is due mostly to the fact that […]

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been five years since a team other than UConn started the season as defending champions. Coach Dawn Staley and her South Carolina Gamecocks have that honor this year. After a thrilling Final Four that ended with the Gamecocks winning their first national championship, women’s college basketball is ready to get […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s in for some chilly, gusty weather. A cold front Thursday night was expected to give way to snow showers or a squall in the northern part of the state. Some rain or snow showers are possible in the rest of New Hampshire. A wind advisory was issued for New […]

15 Puget Sound-area companies received perfect scores in an annual report that ranks how well companies treat LGBTQ employees.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been arrested in Rhode Island after federal prosecutors say he transported child pornography into the state. Acting U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Stephen Dambruch says 34-year old Fetahe Makonnen, of Malden, had travelled to Rhode Island on Oct. 28 with the purpose of sharing the illegal images. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state lawmaker has filed a police report accusing someone in her campaign office of stealing $6,000 in campaign donations over several years. The Des Moines Register reports that Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines, D-Des Moines, reported the theft Wednesday. She told police the campaign worker wrote checks to herself […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. Air Force official is publicly acknowledging for the first time that the domestic abuse charges for which the Texas church shooter was court martialed in 2012 should have been reported to the FBI. The Air Force had previously said that Devin P. Kelley’s conviction was not submitted to the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been convicted of fatally shooting a New York City police officer in 2015. Thirty-seven-year-old Demetrius Blackwell was found guilty of murder and other charges Thursday in the death of police Officer Brian Moore. The 25-year-old and his partner were in street clothes in an unmarked car when they […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Queens man has been convicted of fatally shooting a New York City police officer in 2015. Thirty-seven-year-old Demetrius Blackwell was found guilty of murder and other charges Thursday in the death of Police Officer Brian Moore. The 25-year-old officer and his partner were in street clothes in an unmarked car […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct toward several women, including masturbating in front of them to their horror and embarrassment, according to a report in The New York Times. Five women allege the Emmy-winning star of FX’s “Louie” pleasured himself in front of them, asked to do it […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A crowd of teens from an Orthodox Jewish school demonstrated outside the Queens home of a former Nazi concentration camp guard on the 79th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a deadly Nazi attack on German Jews. The group of about 100 students stood across the street from the house of 94-year-old Jakiw Palij […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials in New Mexico’s largest city are excited about a new program announced by social media giant Facebook to help small businesses grow. Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said Thursday he’s hopeful the initiative will allow residents to gain more technical skills that will help them thrive in a digital world. He’s […]

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Board of Regents is considering paying the incoming University of Montana president nearly $314,000 annually. Kevin McRae with the Montana Commissioner of Higher Education Office’s tells the Missoulian if the contract is approved, Seth Bodnar’s salary will comparable to that of interim President Sheila Stearns’ and Montana State University […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is planning to expand its ROTC scholarship program, with a goal of doubling the number of students on campus who are using the scholarships. Missouri officials said Thursday that beginning next fall, the scholarship will cover room and board for the freshman year for incoming ROTC students […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin school districts would be required to inform parents every year of all state or federally mandated tests to be given under a bill passed by the state Assembly. The Assembly approved the measure Thursday. The Assembly also passed another bill that would give students in all grades subject to state-mandated […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House panel approves GOP legislation to deeply cut taxes for corporations, double standard deduction, simplify tax code.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sihk) says he won’t spare the life of a condemned killer who has cited his poor health and tough upbringing in an attempt to avoid execution. The Republican governor’s decision Thursday came in the case of Alva Campbell, who was sentenced to die for fatally shooting 18-year-old […]

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is investigating a report that a Massachusetts state trooper was ordered to alter a police report after arresting the daughter of a judge to avoid embarrassing them. The Republican governor called the allegations serious Thursday. He said he hasn’t asked for resignations or put anyone on leave and hopes […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California billionaire Tom Steyer said Thursday he’ll double his spending on ads calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment to $20 million, even as some prominent national Democrats question whether such calls are a smart move. In announcing the new spending, Steyer argued that Tuesday’s big election wins in Virginia and New […]

In observance of Veterans Day, here is a list of Friday and Saturday changes in bus schedules, garbage pickup and other holiday changes.

Four women interviewed by The Washington Post say Roy Moore pursued them when they were teens and he was in his early 30s, episodes they say they found troubling as they got older. Moore, a former Alabama state Supreme Court justice, is now a U.S. Senate candidate

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s corrections department has taken a key step to initiate the state’s first execution since 1997, although no date has been set. The Department of Correctional Services on Thursday notified death-row inmate Jose Sandoval of the lethal injection drugs to be used in his execution. The department is required to notify […]

EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) — Ebony Ginard can build a small house in just two weeks. Some people work their entire lives to become certified in their trade, but Ginard says she has gained multiple carpentry certifications and valuable skills at Center of Applied Technology South, a Maryland public high school in Edgewater, Maryland, with more […]