Новости за 11.12.2017

CORBETT, Ore. (AP) — A tree has fallen into a house near Portland, Oregon, impaling a woman who was inside. The incident happened Sunday night in Corbett. The 65-year-old woman had a tree limb in her lower torso. A rescue crew secured the limb and evacuated the woman, who was conscious, to a hospital. A […]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University says it installed an interim general manager of the student-run U92 radio that was temporarily shut down from a job action by student workers on Thursday. School officials say while their investigation continues, assisted by an outside counsel, the current general manager won’t be reporting to work on […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S Army Corps of Engineers are planning to seek bids to restore a patch of rare habitat at a forest preserve district in a southwest suburb of Chicago. The Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve says it features wet and wet-mesic dolomite prairie, which are among the most critically endangered natural communities on […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — High carbon monoxide levels have forced the evacuation of children and staff from a church daycare in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Fire Department reports that no injuries have been reported Monday at the Purpose of Life Church daycare and that the children were released to their parents. Citizens Energy was called to the […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two political leaders from upstate New York who are seen as possible candidates for governor next year are weighing in on incumbent Andrew Cuomo, the upstate-downstate divide and the state’s economic future. Outgoing Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat, joined Deputy Senate Leader John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican, at a forum […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The sole suspect in a 2015 theft of guns off a Chicago train who chose to go to trial has changed his mind and pleaded guilty just as jury selection was to start. A federal judge was to begin trial Monday but accepted Dandre Moody’s guilty pleas instead, sending would-be jurors home. […]

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Police in Las Cruces are investigating the discovery of human remains in an undeveloped area of the city. They say the remains were found by a hiker walking his dog about 10 a.m. Sunday. The remains haven’t been identified yet and will be sent to the New Mexico medical investigator’s […]

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois plans to dedicate its new menorah this week after its previous menorah was vandalized four times in recent years. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports the dedication will be 5 p.m. Wednesday. Crews installed the rectangular steel structure Monday morning. The new […]

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A state police fire marshal says careless smoking started a fire that killed a Pennsylvania man last week. Trooper Carl Richards said the blaze shortly before noon Friday started on the bed of 68-year-old Edward Yamnitsky of Richland Township. Richards said in a statement Monday that Yamnitsky “was unable to escape […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, consumer advocates and others have reached a settlement with Xcel Energy over the utility’s plans to add more wind power for customers in New Mexico and parts of Texas. The proposed agreement was filed Monday with New Mexico utility regulators for approval. The Public Utility […]

Over the weekend, the fire re-emerged with a vengeance, pushing into Santa Barbara County and destroying more homes. It could take weeks or months to finally contain. Here’s a look at how it got so bad.

Seattle Public Theater’s “The Flight Before Xmas” chronicles an all-too-common holiday scene — the delayed flight — and manages to be amusing and heartwarming.

STARKS, La. (AP) — Police say a Texas man has died after being struck by a vehicle while walking on a Louisiana highway. A statement from Louisiana State Police Sgt. James Anderson says early Sunday troopers were called out to a report about a pedestrian hit nearly 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of the Texas […]

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) — No injuries were reported when a construction vehicle equipped with a concrete extension boom overturned in Bartlesville. Police say a crane overturned shortly before noon Monday at a downtown intersection, slightly damaging a nearby building. Authorities say the driver of the crane had completed work on a construction job in the […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has launched a new program to help veterans, service members and their families access health and social services. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo announced the beginning of “RIServes” Monday at the Statehouse. The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University administers the national AmericaServes network to help people […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Tennessee company has filed a lawsuit against The Greenbrier Hotel Corporation in West Virginia and two affiliated companies, citing The Greenbrier resort’s failure to pay out on damaged rental equipment. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Sunday that Special Event Service and Rental accuses the resort of receiving a roughly $623,000 insurance […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general is weighing whether to appoint a special investigator to check into use of the secretive Confide app by Gov. Eric Greitens’ staff. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday that Attorney General Josh Hawley said he can’t directly investigate fellow Republican Greitens because he’s defending the governor’s office […]

Central Washington University said Monday it is investigating the conduct of state Rep. Matt Manweller and has placed him on administrative leave from his job as a political science professor. Officials at the Ellensburg school declined to discuss the details of the investigation or what prompted it.  Manweller, who has taught at the university since […]

BOSTON (AP) — Three former guards at a Massachusetts facility that treats the mentally ill in the state criminal justice system have been acquitted of charges in the 2009 death of an inmate with schizophrenia. Inmate Joshua Messier suffered heart failure when the guards forcefully strapped him to a bed. The Boston Globe reports a […]

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan health officials say the southeastern part of the state is seeing a serious outbreak of hepatitis A cases. An analysis by the Detroit Free Press found that Michigan has led the U.S. in hepatitis cases per capita this year, with more than 500 reported cases so far. California was the only […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Absences by a Pennsylvania state lawmaker who has missed every session day since July are raising objections from a fellow House member. Monday’s absence by Democratic Rep. Kevin Haggerty of Lackawanna County was recorded as unexcused. That’s after a fellow Democrat, Rep. Michael Carroll of Luzerne County, objected to Haggerty’s request […]

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a store manager before turning the gun on himself at an Atlantic City outlet mall last year has been convicted of murder charges. Luis Maisonet was also found guilty of aggravated assault and three weapons offenses stemming from the September 2016 shooting at a […]

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Police in Roswell say a city worker has found what is believed to be a human skull. They say the skull is being sent to the state medical investigator in Albuquerque for confirmation of its authenticity. Police say the skull was found last Friday afternoon next to a water pump station […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and House Republicans are escalating their feud with an outdoor retail company that opposes the Trump administration’s plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments. The House Natural Resources Committee said in a tweet that clothing giant Patagonia is “lying” about Trump’s plan in order “to sell more […]

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The body of a missing woman has been found in a south Louisiana lake, after an angler hooked her purse. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz (GIH’-droze) told news organizations that divers found the body in Lake Dubuisson (DOO’-bih-sawn) early Monday. Authorities are withholding her name until her family can be […]