Новости за 10.11.2017

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed in an explosion at a Florida work site. The Palm Beach Post reports that blast occurred Friday afternoon in a Boynton Beach retirement community. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says a crew had been working in an 8-foot-wide, 3-foot-deep hole at Sun Valley […]

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Top Vermont officials are helping remember on Veterans Day people who lost family members who died while defending the country. On Friday, Republican Gov. Phil Scott attended the unveiling in Northfield of the Hershel “Woody” Williams Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. Also attending the ceremony were representatives of the Vermont National […]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker and Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou have signed off on a $3 billion contract for the Taiwanese company to build a massive display screen factory in southeast Wisconsin. Walker and Gou signed a contract Friday that locks the state into providing up to $3 billion in tax […]

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker who needed emergency surgery got a shock when her surgeon turned out to be a fellow legislator. State Rep. Lela Alston says she was visiting Tucson last month when she came down with a sudden case of appendicitis. She was completely taken by surprise when fellow Democrat and trauma […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A leading eye care manufacturing company plans to invest another $97 million in suburban Atlanta as it starts the next phase of a multiyear project to expand its production capacity of contact lenses. Gov. Nathan Deal, in a news release Thursday, said Alcon is expanding its “significant economic footprint” in the Johns […]

WEARS VALLEY, Tenn. (AP) — A road considered one of the oldest unfinished highways in Tennessee is nearing completion. Great Smoky Mountains National Park acting superintendent Clay Jordan told news outlets on Thursday a 16-mile (26-kilometer) stretch of Foothills Parkway is expected to be opened to the public by December 2018. Crews are still working […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — After a four-year wait to provide medical cannabis to patients, the drug could be available to Marylanders as early as this month, according to industry stakeholders. “I think we could see product in November, with increase in December and a steady flow from all operators in the new year,” said Wendy […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Consider it the meeting of one of Louisiana’s most exclusive clubs. The state’s governors are gathering together this weekend at the house where each once lived. Gov. John Bel Edwards and first lady Donna Edwards are hosting Louisiana’s former chief executives at the governor’s mansion Sunday afternoon for a reception […]

LinkedIn is a rare foreign internet company in a country that blocks Facebook, YouTube, Google and other online mainstays in the rest of the world. It persists in China by closely adhering to local rules, but those rules are being ratcheted up.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two bodies found in a forested park in Portland have been identified as a missing 15-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man who was the subject of a sexual abuse investigation involving the girl. Portland police said Friday that autopsies had confirmed the bodies were those of Annieka Vaughan, of Aloha, and […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Northern Michigan police say a woman whose body was found in a submerged minivan tested positive for several opioids and other drugs. Traverse City police Capt. Keith Gillis said Friday that drowning has been ruled the cause of death of 22-year-old Morgan Victoria Fawn Elmer of Traverse City. A fisherman […]

Teaching students to think for themselves in the face of conflicting information is what underpins what we do in college.

Coming home, this anticipation of a return to normalcy was replaced with a new, nagging awareness that 7,000 miles away, life is completely different, and the tragedies and absurdities of war continue without me.

WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area man is dead after being struck while walking away from his car after it crashed or broke down along a service road. The accident happened about 5 a.m. Friday near Warrenton. The victim’s name has not been released. Authorities say the man’s car was found in a ditch […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is complaining that Senate Democrats are holding the department’s nominees “hostage” to a political agenda that includes opposition to his review of presidentially designated monuments. In a sharply worded letter to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, Zinke says it’s unfortunate that Democrats have placed […]

Jazz up some of the boxed stuff for a warm, savory bake.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada federal judge has denied requests from rancher Cliven Bundy, one of his sons and another defendant to be released from custody days before their trial over a 2014 armed standoff with government agents in a cattle-grazing dispute. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro on Thursday ruled Bundy, his son […]

Since The New York Times published allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in October, multiple men in Hollywood and media have faced allegations ranging from sexual misconduct to rape. A look at some of the accused.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) says allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor make Roy Moore unfit to serve and he should leave the race for Senate in Alabama. In a tweet Friday, the outspoken fellow Republican said he has “long opposed Roy Moore & his divisive viewpoints” and “the GOP […]

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say a 28-year-old man died when he fled from a minor traffic accident, jumped from an overpass and was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 84 in Boardman. Lt. Mark Duncan said in a news release that troopers responded to the initial crash at 3 a.m. Thursday. A […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State officials say most New Mexico parents of students from first to third grade aren’t getting required letters notifying them of students’ lack of reading skills. Public New Mexico Education Secretary Christopher Ruszkowski said Friday the lack of notification is hurting parents with the decision on whether they should hold students […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A tech company in Eugene has pledged to donate $2 million to construct a facility for homeless teenagers in western Oregon, but the gift will be made in bitcoin. The Register-Guard reports the company CBT Nuggets plans to cover the full costs of building a 20-room facility to house teenage boys […]

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania college student says he was robbed at gunpoint by a group of young kids. An alert from York College says the student was walking alone down an alley when he was approached by four or five children who demanded money. The student reported that one of them had a […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The CEO of Connecticut’s health insurance exchange says there’s been strong activity during the first full week of open enrollment. Access Health CT CEO Jim Wadleigh says it’s “really encouraging” to see large number of consumers signing up for coverage “despite the confusion in the news.” Officials at the health insurance […]

A tweet and a Seattle Department of Transportation spokesperson announced an extra day of free parking for Friday. But — oops — that was a mistake.