Новости за 14.11.2017

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Charges have been filed against a 25-year-old man who livestreamed part of a 2½-hour police chase in Oklahoma. Cleveland County District Court records show eight charges were filed Monday against Brenton James Hager of Oklahoma City. That includes three felony counts including assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon, […]

SUPERIOR, Mont. (AP) — The sheriff of a northwestern Montana county has resigned in a dispute with county commissioners over funding for the county jail. Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bauer says he resigned Monday mainly because of his disenchantment with county commissioners. The Missoulian reports that commissioners would consider the appointment of an acting sheriff. […]

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Johnson County Community College says it plans to use a $10 million gift from the Sunderland Foundation on a major campus renovation plan. The college based in Overland Park said Tuesday the gift is a matching grant intended to spur other people and organizations to contribute to a $102.6 million […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has seen a 42 percent increase over the past five years in the number of children removed from homes in which a parent is using drugs. The state Department for Children and Families reported Tuesday that the number of cases in which a child was removed and substance abuse was […]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled several Colorado local governments owe more than $1 million in tax overpayments to an oil and natural gas company. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports the high court ruled Monday state law “gives taxpayers the right to seek abatement and refund for erroneously or illegally […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City coffee company is being lauded by conservatives after coffee-machine maker Keurig drew anger from the right when it pulled its ads from Sean Hannity’s Fox News program over his coverage of an Alabama Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that while […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Utah man’s hopes for being freed from a Venezuelan jail now lie with a wealthy shipping magnate closely linked to the country’s socialist government. Just why Wilmer Ruperti is funding the defense of former Mormon missionary Joshua Holt is not clear. The Venezuelan businessman is not talking, and Holt’s parents […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say someone shot into an SUV in Tennessee, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring a 12-year-old boy along with a woman. News outlets report the shooting happened Monday afternoon in Memphis. Memphis police say the 12-year-old is in stable condition and the woman suffered injuries that were not critical. Police […]

It’s no surprise that glassmaking caught on. The necessary resources are abundant: dense forest (endless wood to fire the ovens) and many lakes (ample sand to melt into glass).

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are trying again to exempt rent-to-own businesses from the state’s consumer protection act. The act requires rent-to-own companies to disclose their interest rates. Rep. Warren Petryk and Sen. Terry Moulton began circulating a bill for co-sponsors Tuesday that would create a new section of statutes that apply specifically to […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Supporters of an investigation into Maine’s public referendums say they hope the probe sheds light on whether special interest groups are abusing the process. The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted in favor of allowing the investigation last week. Rep. Jeff Pierce of Dresden called for the investigation while the committee was […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For a second straight year, the Pennsylvania Senate is advancing legislation to permit Pennsylvania’s municipal police departments to use radar to catch speeders. The bill passed the Senate on Tuesday, 46-3, and heads to the House. A similar bill died in the House last year. Under the bill, trained police officers […]

The Foo Fighters will be bringing its "Concrete and Gold North American Tour" to Safeco Field on Sept. 1, 2018.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers say they want the Iowa Legislature to revisit a recent change in state law that reduced a key Medicaid benefit for the elderly and poor. Lawmakers on a legislative committee made the comments Tuesday about a reduction in so-called retroactive benefits, which help Medicaid patients […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Workers are repairing a hydrogen leak at Cooper Nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska after the problem was discovered in one of the turbines during maintenance. Nebraska Public Power District spokesman Mark Becker says the small hydrogen leak isn’t in the power plant’s nuclear systems, and it doesn’t represent a safety […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Two Baltimore police officers say a superior’s decision to put a black man in a van in handcuffs and shackles but without a seatbelt was reasonable and based on safety concerns because the man was combative and a crowd that gathered was a threat to officers. The Baltimore Sun reports Edward Nero […]

Not a lot of things rattle John Scott. Come on. He was a 6-foot-8, 260-pound NHL enforcer. Then he tried acting — and was terrified. “It’s a different kind of nerves,” Scott said. “I’ve been in front of big stadiums, I’ve fist-fought tough guys and that’s nerve-wracking. It’s so much different walking on to a […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on a special session of the Montana Legislature (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Gov. Steve Bullock enacted $76 million in budget cuts, one third of his plan to deal with a projected $227 million budget deficit. The move Tuesday afternoon came just hours after House Speaker Austin Knudsen argued […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A homeless advocacy group says 28 homeless people have died in North Carolina’s largest city in 2017. The Charlotte Observer reports the city’s Homeless Services Network says two people who died on the streets were murdered. Two others were hit by cars. Liz Clasen-Kelly, advocacy co-chair of the Homeless Services Network, […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A homeless advocacy group says 28 homeless people have died in North Carolina’s largest city in 2017. The Charlotte Observer reports the city’s Homeless Services Network says two people who died on the streets were murdered. Two others were hit by cars. Liz Clasen-Kelly, advocacy co-chair of the Homeless Services Network, […]

Brower worked in the Cubs organization the past two seasons as minor league pitching coordinator.

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors plan to seek a first-degree murder conviction against a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie, then reporting that she’d accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat. Forty-eight-year-old Christopher Leclair was formally arraigned Tuesday on charges including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, abuses of a […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s first family won’t be having Thanksgiving dinner at the new governor’s mansion. Capitol Facilities Manager John Boyle says officials had hoped for Gov. Doug Burgum to move into a new home by next week. But he says construction of the new 13,600-square-foot home is running a few weeks behind […]

The Redmond company made slight progress in its efforts to increase racial and gender diversity within its workforce in 2017, boosted in part by its acquisition last December of LinkedIn

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he is unfamiliar with an FBI report about black “extremists” that is alarming some lawmakers. The 12-page FBI intelligence assessment describes “black identity extremist” groups the FBI says are targeting law enforcement after police killings of black men. Foreign Policy first reported on the assessment, which drew […]