Новости за 22.11.2017

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas will play Ole Miss in Little Rock during the 2018 football season in what could be the Razorbacks’ final game in what will then be a 70-year-old War Memorial Stadium. The university announced Wednesday that the Hogs and Rebels would play in Little Rock next Oct. 13. Arkansas has […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a bid by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a presidential permit for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Billings, Montana on Wednesday rejected Justice Department arguments that the court had no authority to second-guess the […]

BURTON, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 33-year-old Flint-area man has died after being trapped underwater for about 20 minutes when a water main burst during construction work. Burton Police Detective Don Schreiber tells The Flint Journal that 33-year-old Curtis Duane Hollingshead of Davisson died at a hospital Tuesday after the trench he was working […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is disputing a Democratic senator’s claim that top economic adviser Gary Cohn faked bad reception to get President Donald Trump off the phone. Delaware Sen. Tom Carper said Wednesday in a CNN interview that he and other Democrats had been in a meeting with several White House officials discussing […]

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the closing of three Stillwater elementary schools. The lawsuit was filed by a parent-led coalition known as 834 Voice. The suit alleged open meeting violations by the school board and financial conflicts of interest. But Anoka County Judge Daniel O’Fallon ruled this week that […]

The Seahawks promoted receiver David Moore to the 53-man roster on Wednesday.

Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer is taking the lead on writing a state budget proposal to submit to legislators when they return to Topeka in January as Gov. Sam Brownback prepares to leave office for a diplomatic post. A U.S. Senate committee has approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brownback as an ambassador at large […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Court hearings have been continued for 18 taxicab drivers charged with illegally selling alcohol out of their cabs in a remote Alaska town known for its large taxicab fleet. During a status hearing Wednesday, attorneys for the drivers in Bethel told a judge they need more time to review case discovery. […]

Washington coach Chris Petersen, in his final availability before Saturday’s Apple Cup, was asked Wednesday about his relationship with Mike Leach, the significant of the Apple Cup, Washington State’s defense and more: (Lot of questions on WSU’s stemming on the defensive line. How much do you have to give your OL a refresher on it?) […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office says it’s investigating Uber over the ride-hailing company’s massive data breach. Hawley’s office sent a letter Wednesday telling Uber to notify customers if their personal information might have been affected and demanding that the company make changes to protect data. The company came clean […]

MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in Northern California convicted a man of first-degree murder for gunning down another man in broad daylight in front of the shooter’s own wife and children and more than a dozen security cameras. The Mercury News of San Jose reports that Edbert James III was found guilty Tuesday in Contra […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Northern California city of Santa Clara will pay $1.7 million to a man who was injured after a police officer fired two rubber projectiles that hit him in the head. A jury issued its verdict last week after it found Santa Clara Police Officer Mike Horn liable for hitting […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed charges against a man accused of trying to hit a police officer with a car as he deployed a spike strip during a car chase that went through several cities in the Salt Lake City area. The Deseret News reports 28-year-old Juan Arias was charged Tuesday with […]

MT. STERLING, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man has been sentenced for supplying the potentially deadly painkillers fentanyl and carfentanil that led to several overdoses and one death. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Wesley Hamm was sentenced Monday to 35 years in federal prison for several charges, including conspiring to distribute fentanyl. A dozen fentanyl- and […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has sworn in John Lausch as the new U.S. attorney for northern Illinois. The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago says Lausch’s swearing-in took place Wednesday. There will be a public ceremony later. President Donald Trump nominated Lausch in August. The Senate confirmed the 47-year-old earlier this month. The job […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A native of Ecuador living in Connecticut who took sanctuary inside a New Haven church last summer to avoid deportation can go home to his family. An attorney for Marco Reyes Alvarez says the Department of Homeland Security has agreed not to arrest, detain or deport him while his appeals […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities are clearing dead cows off a northern Utah interstate highway after a semitrailer hauling cattle tipped over and crashed on an exit ramp above the highway, spilling cows onto the road below. Utah’s Highway Patrol said the semitrailer driver was speeding Wednesday while exiting Interstate 15 near Riverdale to […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The fact that the jury in the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez couldn’t reach a verdict and was apparently in favor of acquitting the Democrat and a wealthy friend supported the defense’s theory that their friendship carried more weight than the criminal allegations, a defense attorney in the case said Wednesday. […]

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Campus police are investigating a sexual assault allegation at a University of Central Arkansas fraternity. KATV-TV reports that officers received a report this week alleging a male student sexually assaulted a female student at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house early Sunday morning. The report describes the incident as a rape. […]

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors want to try a 15-year-old accused in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old woman in northern Colorado as an adult. The teen was charged with first-degree murder in juvenile court in Boulder Wednesday but prosecutors requested that his case be moved to district court. Because he is under 16, a […]

With demand for seasonal workers heating up, ex-offenders can prove to be worthy employees this holiday season if they are given the opportunity.

Before the shopping and eating, make a plan for holiday giving this Thanksgiving.

CHICAGO (AP) — An oversight agency for the Chicago Police Department has cited a veteran officer for more than 60 rule violations, including posting insensitive racial and religious comments on Facebook. A 95-page report obtained by the Chicago Tribune shows that the Civilian Office of Police Accountability sustained 62 allegations against Officer Brian J. Hansen […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Assemblyman Travis Allen says he’ll ask the state Supreme Court to decide on the official ballot summary for his measure to repeal the gas tax. The Huntington Beach Republican says Attorney General Xavier Becerra wrote a misleading ballot summary for the repeal initiative. Becerra’s summary focused on repealing the revenue from […]

Six great bars for University of Washington and Washington State University fans in Seattle and on the Eastside to catch Saturday's Apple Cup.