Новости за 17.11.2017

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis City-County councilman has resigned from his post after being charged with three counts of child molestation. The Indianapolis Star reports Jeff Miller resigned Friday, hours after prosecutors accused him of fondling two young girls at his home. Police recently searched the 50-year-old Miller’s home after an allegation that one, a […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto has signed a new law aimed at addressing the country’s staggering number of unsolved disappearances. Mexico has more than 30,000 missing people, many victims of the country’s drug violence or corrupt security forces. Advocates are hailing the law as a long-awaited start, but caution that the […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police sergeant has been convicted of trying to cover for three officers accused of beating of a man caught after a high-speed car chase. The Palm Beach Post reports a federal jury found Boynton Beach police Sgt. Philip Antico guilty Friday of obstruction of justice but acquitted […]

For people with serious dementia, the state’s Death with Dignity Act, requiring mental competency, falls short. But there are other legal and morally acceptable ways to help.

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The city of Kenai is buying properties for a rock berm to halt severe bluff erosion in the city’s Old Town section. The Peninsula Clarion reports the city has acquired six of 24 necessary parcels for the mile-long site that’s eroding about three feet each year. Kenai’s federal partner, the U.S. […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to order that 55 absentee ballots be counted in the election of a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. The Washington Post reports Judge Claude Hilton said Friday in Alexandria that that while the ballots that arrived the day after the Nov. 7 election were […]

Together, citizen advocates, volunteers and the public and private sectors can reduce the number of times the bells chime in memory of those who died homeless, in shelters or under bridges in our community.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s unemployment rate edged lower in October to 6.1 percent, slightly less than the previous month and nearly a percentage point less than the same period last year. The state jobless rate is still higher than the national rate, but labor officials say New Mexico over the past year […]

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake is heaping praise on the Republican tax overhaul bill working its way through Congress, but still wants tweaks before he agrees to vote for the bill. The Republican told aerospace company workers in Mesa, Arizona, Friday that corporate tax cuts are needed to restore America’s global competitiveness. […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is spending $500,000 to create a phone number people can call to get help with opioid addiction. Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said beginning Dec. 1 anyone needing help battling opioid addiction in Kentucky can call 833-8KY-HELP, or 833-859-4357. People who call will be connected to social workers and other programs […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The commission appointed by New York’s mayor to evaluate statutes and monuments and ensure there are no “symbols of hate” on public property held its first hearing Friday, featuring a mix of citizens who thought some monuments should be taken down and others who lambasted the committee’s work as an exercise […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents have been sharing their thoughts with a commission that’s evaluating statutes and monuments to ensure there are no “symbols of hate” on public property. The commission heard testimony Friday during a small but lively hearing in Queens. Some speakers thought some monuments should be taken down. Others […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Northern Arizona University professor is accused of stalking a student and two firefighters she met online. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that a federal grand jury indicted 36-year-old Melissa Ann Santana this week on five counts of felony stalking. According to court documents, the married interior design professor started cyber-stalking […]

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Larry Graves picked up a laser pointer — “the kind you tease your cat with” — and pointed it at a wall, and into a camera lens. The red light bounced around, reflected and produced a blinding effect. “That’s what pilots see when they get hit with one of these,” […]

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a state trooper who was involved in a case of mistaken identity. The court apparently was tied, 3-3, Thursday, meaning an appeals court decision stands. Billy Rowe spent a weekend in the Calhoun County jail in 2011 until police figured […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Constitutional questions swirl around a crime bill passed by the Alaska Legislature. But the director of the Department of Law’s criminal division thinks the courts will work out a solution. KTOO reports that John Skidmore says courts will find a way to interpret the law in a way that avoids constitutional […]

The president’s legal bills had previously been covered by the Republican National Committee. And his plan to pay bills for current and former White House staff apparently won’t include campaign staffers such as Paul Manafort, Richard Gates and George Papadopoulos.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s state legislature has voted to release three lawmakers who had been jailed in a corruption investigation. Friday’s decision is sure to infuriate residents of Rio. The state is in the midst of a fiscal crisis just a year after hosting the 2016 Olympics. A major cause of […]

KINGSTON, N.H. (AP) — A fire has destroyed an apartment building in Kingston, New Hampshire, in which a woman trapped on the second floor jumped into a police officer’s arms to safety. Firefighters say five people were displaced by the fire Friday morning, which was fanned by high winds. The woman was taken to a […]

The Port of Seattle wrongfully terminated two employees, who said they were fired because they did not extend leases of airport businesses that were campaign donors to Commissioner John Creighton.

Tech Review: Here’s a look at two external batteries that are a little larger than you might expect — the myCharge Adventure Ultra and the Ecoflow River Mobile Power Station

Patrick Marshall answers your personal-technology questions each week.

WARREN, Ark. (AP) — Two former workers at a state-run residential center in southeast Arkansas have been arrested on felony abuse charges after authorities say they used excessive force and an unsafe restraint method with a resident. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Jimmie Bradley and Nicholas Stephens were arrested last month in connection with the […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge says a Utah teenager has become mentally fit to stand trial on charges that he lured a 12-year-old neighbor from her home and killed her. Judge James Michie decided Friday that treatment for unspecified mental disorders and intellectual disabilities has helped the now-17-year-old understand court proceedings enough to […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is scrapping its plan to release its new internet-connected speaker in time for the holiday season. The delay announced Friday means Apple’s HomePod speaker won’t be available in the U.S., U.K. and Australia until early next year. Apple intended to release the $349 HomePod in early December so it could […]