Новости за 18.12.2017

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — After the art market spent years hunkered down like the Sheffield Island Lighthouse in a New England winter, in the flourishing stock market of 2017 sales are surging ahead like Superman. If it’s a coincidence that both images happen to grace the Norwalk art studio of David Morico, there is related […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Officials say a man has died following a house fire in Mississippi. The Clarion-Ledger reports that 63-year-old Sullivan Canphor died after a house fire early Saturday. Jackson Fire Department Division Chief Cleotha Sanders says firefighters were dispatched to the house and began a preliminary search as they took the hose line […]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys who previously worked for a civil rights center at the University of North Carolina have set up a separate law practice named for the man whose work inspired the center’s creation. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that Mark Dorosin and Elizabeth Haddix have opened the Julius L. Chambers Center for […]

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former seaman has sued a fisherman who starred in Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove” show, alleging the man was negligent and caused severe injury. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Nolan Dean filed a suit Dec. 6 in federal court against Gary Ripka, nicknamed “The Ripper,” who appeared in the first episode of […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police arrested a Eugene man accused of killing his girlfriend’s dog. The Register-Guard reports 23-year-old Daran Malnar turned himself in Saturday night, two days after the dog named Sneekers was found dead in a garbage container. Social media posts with the hashtag “Justice for Sneekers” indicated the Chihuahua-mixed dog had been […]

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont city is working with county officials to make repairs to two of Newport’s most prominent clocks. At Tuesday’s annual Orleans County budget meeting, City Manager Laura Dolgin said the city plans to have two of their clocks running by next summer’s centennial celebrations. The Caledonian-Record reports the two clocks […]

RYE, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire are investigating the death of a dog allegedly shot by a man who told police he felt his own dogs were threatened. The Portsmouth Herald reports police arrested 62-year-old Robert Vose, of Rye, on a reckless conduct charge Saturday. He was released on personal recognizance bail and […]

Hunger has stalked Venezuela for years. Now, it is killing the nation’s children at an alarming rate, doctors in the country’s public hospitals say.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A problem with the heating system has forced an early closure of Hartford’s City Hall. City officials set workers home at noon Monday, citing problems with the heat. The city also cancelled a public hearing scheduled for Monday night. The mayor’s office says they expect the building to open again Tuesday […]

HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man entered a plea Monday in a case stemming from the death of a man who was slung from a monster truck and run over during a festival. Billy Jason Carson, 45, of Cleveland, Tennessee, entered an Alford plea to a charge of vehicular homicide by recklessness in Scott […]

The victim was taken by private car to Harborview Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead Sunday night, police said.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Austin man who officials had said in a court filing was planning an attack on police was sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to violating a federal law that says it’s illegal for controlled substance users to own a firearm. The Austin American-Statesman reports 50-year-old Steven Boehle […]

ROSEBURG, Ore. — An Oregon teacher has been charged with rape and other crimes against a 15-year-old student. Lt. Chris Merrifield of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that 29-year-old Andrea Baber was arrested after investigators obtained a warrant to search her Cottage Grove home. Baber taught at Logos Christian Academy in Springfield. Merrifield […]

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon teacher has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Lt. Chris Merrifield of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that 29-year-old Andrea Baber was arrested after investigators obtained a warrant to search her Cottage Grove home. Baber taught at Logos Christian Academy in Springfield. Merrifield […]

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to life in prison for the 2015 shooting death of a man during an argument over athletic shoes in a Burlington, Iowa, intersection. The Hawk Eye newspaper reports District Judge John Linn sentenced 24-year-old Earl Booth-Harris on Monday to life in prison without parole […]

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is looking for an artist to create a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Walsh said Monday the city is releasing a request for qualification open to all artists, architects, landscape architects, or design teams with experience in public art. Boston played a […]

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Each year almost 60,000 people hunt for elk in Wyoming. It’s about one-tenth of the state’s population and about a third the total number of big game hunters in the state. Some of them apply for and receive a hard-to-draw license, giving them the chance to stalk a trophy bull in […]

CYNTHIANA, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a man who had been breaking into a home was shot and killed by someone inside. Trooper Charles Loudermilk tells WKYT-TV that 57-year-old Marcellus Custard had broken the glass out of the home’s front door and was trying to unlock it when he was shot Sunday night. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The judge who authorized the release of Attorney General Brad Schimel’s report on records leaked from an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign says he shouldn’t have allowed details about a separate ethics probe to be made public. Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge William Hue told the Wisconsin State Journal […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A doctor in Mississippi has been accused of causing a woman’s opioid addiction by a lawsuit filed on her behalf. The Clarion-Ledger quotes the federal lawsuit filed in Jackson for Beverly Dennis against Dr. Michael Livingston in a Saturday report . The lawsuit says Livingston began prescribing Dennis hydrocodone and phentermine […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia police chief retires after criticism over Charlottesville’s response to violent white nationalist rally.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A new chapel in central Oklahoma will be dedicated in honor of a martyred priest from the state. Enid News reports that the Blessed Stanley Rother Chapel will be located at the Center of Family Love, an organization committed to helping people with disabilities. The Most Rev. Paul Coakley, archbishop of […]

The cause of the crash, which occurred around 11:08 a.m. near the Stewart Street exit, was not immediately known.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Facebook post alluding to the use of a Wichita mosque as a shooting range is raising concern in the local Muslim community. The Kansas chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations called on Monday for the posting to be investigated as a possible hate crime and urged local police to […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A political consultant from New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiring with a former Arkansas lawmaker and Springfield, Missouri, charity executives to spend nearly $1 million on illegal political activity. Sixty-two-year-old Donald Andrew Jones, of Willingboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to steal from an organization that receives federal funds. […]