Новости за 27.12.2017

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an 11-year-old girl has died following a sleepover in northeast Philadelphia. Authorities say a neighbor found the girl unresponsive and she was later pronounced dead at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday. Officials have not said what caused her death. Investigators are at the scene. No other information was immediately available. Most Read […]

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A 67-year-old dementia patient missing for four days from a northern Ohio care center has been found dead. Authorities in Toledo say the man’s nephew found his body Wednesday near a pond and railroad tracks. Family members and search crews had been looking for Jeffrey Millns since workers at a memory […]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — For one suburban New York family, Christmas Eve is turning into a tradition of very special deliveries. Newsday says Stony Brook residents Jacki and Josh Grossman had their second son on Sunday, four years after their first son arrived. Baby Elliott and older brother Oliver were delivered at Stony Brook […]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — For one Long Island family, Christmas Eve is turning into a tradition of very special deliveries. Newsday says Jacki and Josh Grossman of Stony Brook had their second son on Sunday, exactly four years after their first boy arrived. Baby Elliott and older brother Oliver both were delivered at Stony […]

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — A judge overseeing the case of an Arizona teenager who was charged in a double homicide when he was 8 years old heaped praise on him Wednesday for the progress he’s made. Judge Monica Stauffer told the now 17-year-old boy the past nine years haven’t been easy but knows he’ll […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A group of former and current public workers is suing three hedge funds for selling risky investments and overstating returns to the agency that manages Kentucky’s struggling pension fund. The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks damages from hedge funds KKR Prisma, Blackstone and PAAMCO. The workers allege the funds sold “unsuitable ‘black […]

Barack Obama edged his successor as the most admired man for 2017, a Gallup poll finds, marking the first time since 2008 when a sitting president didn’t win the annual accolade. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is the woman Americans most admire for the 16th year in a row.

No, Mike Leach isn't gonna tell you what's wrong with his quarterback's left hand. He will, however, tell you about his pet raccoon, Bilbo Baggins. Those stories and more from Wednesday's Holiday Bowl coaches news conference.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials say a longtime teacher at Cincinnati’s Elder High School has died from injuries caused by a hit-and-run accident. The Hamilton County Coroner’s office says 74-year-old Mark Klusman died Tuesday. He was hit while doing volunteer work Dec. 9. Klusman and others were helping clean up leaves and debris along a road […]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado law enforcement official has pleaded guilty to two felony charges for fraud and theft. The Daily Sentinel reports 49-year-old Michael Taylor pleaded guilty earlier this month to an insurance fraud charge and a charge of theft of between $20,000 and $100,000. Taylor is a longtime police officer who […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is recommending about $66 million less in state funding for education due to the revised school funding formula and counties projected being able to kick in more. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports the Republican governor is proposing that the Legislature provide $1.76 billion to the state Department […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A political consulting firm says an ongoing decline in West Virginia’s population could eventually threaten one of its three U.S. House seats. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Election Data Services says the latest dip in population supports speculation that West Virginia could lose a congressional seat by 2022 — after the 2020 […]

Boeing and Royal Air Maroc said Wednesday the airline has ordered four 787-9 jets with a list price of $1.1 billion.

BARNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate escaped from a Georgia jail and drove away in a county-owned vehicle. The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office told WSB-TV that the inmate, Christopher Nicholas Carroll, broke through a brick wall before he climbed through a hole in a fence to escape from the county jail on Wednesday. […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is delaying the launch of a new computer system for issuing driver’s licenses. The Department of Revenue announced Wednesday what it called a slight delay for the KanLicense system that was supposed to launch Jan. 2. The announcement came less than two weeks after a state audit raised questions about […]

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a woman pointed a pistol at a Corbin man accused of holding her and her 3-month-old baby against their will. A Laurel County Sheriff’s Office statement says the woman stopped early Tuesday on a highway to ask another woman if she needed a ride when 35-year-old James William Moore […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have identified an Oregon man killed in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies southeast of Portland. A medical examiner ruled that 44-year-old Nathaniel Macalevy of Boring died from a gunshot wound that was not self-inflicted. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says a SWAT team responded Christmas night after Macalevy’s wife reported […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan regulators are ordering 13 utilities to study the impact of new federal tax cuts and how savings will be passed along to consumers through lower electric and gas bills. The order was issued Wednesday during a special meeting called by the Michigan Public Service Commission. Utilities have until Jan. 19 […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The city of Charlottesville has announced the appointment of an interim police chief, less than two weeks after the previous chief retired after a review found serious police and government failures in responding to violence at the “Unite the Right” rally that drew hundreds of white nationalists. City Manager Maurice Jones […]

BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma school superintendent who resigned amid a sexual assault investigation of a student is being paid more than $167,000 as part of his resignation agreement. Kyle Wood resigned Dec. 19 as Bixby schools superintendent during an ongoing investigation of accusations that several school administrators failed to promptly report the assault […]

COLUMBIA, La. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a deadly fire at a home in north Louisiana last Friday. The state fire marshal’s office said in a news release Wednesday that firefighters found the body of 48-year-old Rebecca Dianne Baugh after they entered the home in Columbia. The release says an […]

The Durango Herald, Dec. 27, on tax reform: Tax legislation passed by the Republicans last week does not significantly simplify tax filing, nor does it provide tax reductions for everyone. Lower and moderate income payers will have about twice the standard deduction and child tax credit, which are reductions and simplifications, while some individuals’ tax […]

South Dakota lawmakers were among the state’s busiest newsmakers in 2017 — as usual — with a range of moves that included recasting some of the measures approved by voters just a few months earlier. The GOP-controlled Legislature wasn’t entirely happy with a measure that created a public campaign finance system, established an ethics panel […]

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Police in Kalamazoo say prosecutors will decide whether anyone will face criminal charges over a pit bull attack that badly injured a child. Emergency crews were called to a home early Saturday after the attack on the child. Police say the child had been dropped off at the house to be […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s elections division has expanded the number of languages available on forms to register for people to vote to six languages. The division, which is part of the secretary of state’s office, said Wednesday that the forms, both online and on paper, are now offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali […]