Новости за 08.12.2017

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of killing University of Utah student with a weapon stolen from a slain Colorado man wants a judge to let his wife go. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Austin Boutain asked for permission to speak during a procedural hearing Friday and said, “My wife is innocent. […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An email disclosed to The Associated Press shows Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office recommended the appointment of a state purchasing regulator whom the Republican now claims is under his Democratic rival’s thumb. The March 2015 email obtained Friday is from Jason Barclay, then Republican Rauner’s chief legal officer. It recommends to the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national intelligence director is tightening rules for the internal disclosure of Americans’ names that are omitted from classified reports. Such names in intelligence reports are often concealed. Government officials can ask for a name to be revealed to them to understand the intelligence being provided. Republicans have wanted stricter […]

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on murder charges in his sisters’ killings is seeking a new trial and a judge’s recusal. The Kentucky New Era reports defense attorneys for 66-year-old Robert Jerry Rogers filed a motion Nov. 13 for a new trial, and another Wednesday […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes respond to rockets by hitting targets in Gaza Strip.

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say an elementary school teacher from southwestern New Mexico is facing a felony charge of voyeurism after he was accused of using his cellphone to take inappropriate photos of students. New Mexico State Police say 38-year-old Frank Ramos Arias of Bayard was arrested Friday and booked into the Grant […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor announced Friday he will not file criminal charges against a police officer in the September shooting death of a deaf man who was not following officer commands. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said his investigation determined the Sept. 19 shooting death of Magdiel Sanchez outside his south […]

A former Amazon financial analyst had pleaded guilty to tipping off a friend to the company's quarterly earnings ahead of their release. The friend made $116,000 on a stock deal based on the information.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutor declines to charge police officer in shooting death of deaf man holding a pipe.

But Trump is a chump. And he is a chump because he is ignorant and thinks the world started the day he was elected, and so he is easily gamed.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Spirit AeroSystems says an employee who was injured in an accident Nov. 3 at its Wichita plant has died. Spirit officials confirmed the death of Sammy Barnett in a statement Friday. The company has not said how Barnett was injured. An investigation is ongoing and Spirit said in its statement that […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A commission created by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has voted to press forward with controversial plans to relocate two state office buildings in Trenton. City residents have fiercely objected to a project geared toward creating new office buildings for the state’s Health, Agriculture and Taxation departments — and raze the […]

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A southwestern Montana judge rejected a plea agreement that recommended a mostly suspended sentence for a hit-and-run crash in Butte that injured a man, saying driver Dakota McClanahan is addicted to drugs and has spent a lot of time in the criminal justice system. The Montana Standard reports District Judge Brad […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin public schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ allies want a Madison judge to reaffirm that Evers doesn’t need Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s permission to write regulations. The state Supreme Court last year upheld a Dane County judge’s ruling that a 2011 state law requiring agency heads to get Walker’s approval before writing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has produced hundreds of thousands of documents, copied 36 electronic devices and 2,000 “hot” documents in the government’s case against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Mueller’s investigators made copies of cell phones and hard drives and submitted 15 search warrants and other requests in their investigation of Trump’s […]

LYNDHURST, N.J. (AP) — Officials say Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration has drained the entire $3 million budget of a conservation trust for the Meadowlands. The Meadowlands Conservation Trust says they were shocked to learn their budget had been diverted to the state general fund in August. The Record reports the trust was formed in […]

NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — A transient who killed a Newton woman and her 4-year-old daughter pleaded guilty to capital murder but will not face the death penalty. Twenty-year-old Keith Hawkins will serve life in prison without parole after entering the plea deal Friday. He admitted killing 24-year-old Alyssa Runyon and her daughter, Zaylynn Paz, in […]

EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Five Minnesota high school students who are members of a conservative club say their free speech rights were violated when the school ended its sponsorship over the group’s criticism of a student protest. Members of the Edina High School Young Conservatives Club and their parents are suing the school and district. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Forest City School board has accepted the resignation of an elementary school teacher placed on administrative leave following racial comments about high school basketball players aired in an online broadcast. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that the board unanimously approved Friday the agreement with third-grade teacher Holly Jane […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of employees with the Florida Legislature, including the spokesman for House Speaker Richard Corcoran, have been working at jobs outside their taxpayer-paid positions. While some employees have worked afterhours and weekends as waitresses, tutors, photographers and flight instructors, other have taken the jobs that could raise questions about potential conflicts, […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A 17-year-old driver has been convicted of second-degree murder and other charges for leading police on a high-speed chase in western Michigan that ended with a crash that killed two people. A Kent County jury reached the verdict Friday against Alejandro Torrez for the March 11 crash in the city […]

DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) — The O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission has voted to approve a plan that supporters say will more fairly distribute jet noise around Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The Chicago Tribune reports that the “Fly Quiet” plan approved Friday now goes to the Chicago Department of Aviation, which will make a formal request […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer responding to a dog attack was shot in the leg after a bullet from another officer’s gun ricocheted off a home’s wall. Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the dog was attacking an 80-year-old woman Friday afternoon when the officers responded to help. One officer fired his gun several […]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Hoboken’s more than 100-year-old rail terminal will be the site for track repairs similar to those performed last summer at New York’s Penn Station that forced service cutbacks around the region. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday approved about $30 million for the work in an […]

The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee says the plan is to take a team to the Pyeongchang Games “unless it’s legally or physically impossible.” CEO Scott Blackmun spoke Friday after a board meeting, and a day after members of the Trump administration surprised the USOC by casting doubt over whether the U.S. would field […]