Новости за 12.01.2018

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A 20-year-old Florida man has claimed the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot, choosing to get $282 million at once instead of more in annual installments. A Florida Lottery news release said Friday that 20-year-old Shane Missler, of Port Richey, had claimed the jackpot from the multistate game’s Jan. 5 drawing. They say […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s family and the Sons of Confederate Veterans are challenging last month’s removal of Confederate statues from Memphis parks. According to The Commercial Appeal , the petition with the Tennessee Historical Commission claims Memphis and nonprofit Memphis Greenspace Inc. violated numerous state laws. The city sold the […]

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man who killed his wife with a hatchet during an argument has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Fifty-nine-year-old Michael Norton was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in October to second-degree murder in the death of Sherry Norton. Police say the couple were […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — State Farm has spent more than $33 million since 2015 on updating its corporate campuses in Illinois. The Pantagraph reports that the insurer is aiming to design a contemporary workplace that would attract and retain employees. The Bloomington campuses’ remodeling is intended to mirror the company’s regional hubs in Atlanta, Dallas […]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2050 the population aged 65 and up is projected to reach 83.7 million.

The federal law making marijuana use illegal is the issue, and our U.S. legislators should act promptly to change the law that creates the conflict with states.

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder by neglect in the death of her infant son. Thirty-year-old Casey Layton of Georgetown was sentenced after entering the plea Friday in the 2015 death of Aiden Hundley. Layton and the boy’s father, Doyle Hundley, […]

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Salvage logging is planned on more than 20 square miles of land that burned during last summer’s Chetco Bar wildfire in southwestern Oregon. Documents obtained by the Mail Tribune newspaper show the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest eyes logging within lands already tapped for timber production and where the fire burned more […]

Here are some interesting author events for the week of Jan. 12-18.

PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutor’s office says it will take control of three suspects in custody in connection with this week’s Ritz Hotel jewel heist in Paris. The office said a judicial investigation will be launched Saturday centering on the suspects’ links to organized crime, criminal conspiracy, theft and armed robbery. Since Wednesday’s heist, Paris […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Texas’ appeal to preserve congressional and legislative districts that a lower court struck down as racially discriminatory. The justices said Friday they will review a lower-court ruling that found problems with two congressional districts and statehouse districts in four counties. The lower court had ordered […]

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Kootenai County have located a snowmobiler who was reported missing on Thursday evening. The sheriff’s office says 62-year-old Fredrick Goodwin of Rathdrum was found around 8:40 a.m. Friday by searchers. Goodwin was on foot when found. The sheriff’s office says he was cold, wet and tired and suffering […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Organizers delivered more than 45,000 signatures on a proposed ballot initiative that would put financial and travel restrictions on Alaska legislators. Nine boxes of signatures were presented to state election workers Friday in Anchorage. The proposed initiative from the group Alaskans for Integrity would cut off a daily allowance for Alaska […]

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Peter Kema Jr.’s siblings filed a lawsuit against the state and Kema Jr.’s parents, claiming the boy’s death in 1997 was preventable. The suit was filed Wednesday by attorney Randall Rosenberg on behalf of Kema Jr.’s estate and siblings. It came after a court-appointed special master found in April 2017 that […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Court documents say a man who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flew to California was caught with two high-quality fake IDs, two cellphones and more than $6,000 in cash. Prosecutors filed the documents Thursday in an attempt to keep Randall Saito in jail instead of returning him to the hospital […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House is once again this year calling for an end to red-light cameras. The House on Friday voted 83-18 in favor of a bill that would ban the use of cameras in Florida starting in July 2021. The legislation heads to the Florida Senate, where it’s not clear if […]

CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — An Islamic congregation’s plan to build a mosque is facing opposition from residents of nearby upscale neighborhoods in a northern Indianapolis suburb. The Al Salam Foundation is proposing to construct Carmel’s first mosque, which has been welcomed by local faith leaders and the city’s mayor. Those who are opposed have raised […]

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Maryland man has been charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl who kept him hidden in her basement. The News-Enterprise reports 20-year-old Domenico Antonio Bucci was arrested Wednesday. He faces up to 10 years if convicted on each of six counts of rape and sodomy. An arrest warrant says […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has passed a bill for the second straight year that would prohibit sports teams from constructing or renovating a facility on publicly-owned land. The bill by Reps. Bryan Aliva and Manny Diaz passed 75-27 on Friday. The bill (HB 13) is identical to Aliva’s bill from […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a 24-year-old Gilbert man admitted striking a 4-year-old girl when she spilled milk, and a judge says the child may not survive her injuries. Major Aaron Murry was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child abuse but Superior Court Commissioner Jane McLaughlin said during a Friday initial appearance that Murry could […]

The pause, which is scheduled for 4:04 p.m. and is to last up to 50 seconds, will serve as a moment of reflection and remembrance to honor the birthday of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been convicted in the shooting death of a 16-year-old near his high school. The Jackson County prosecutor’s office says jurors found 21-year-old Tymon Reed, of Kearney, guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the September 2016 death of Javon Reilly. Court documents say […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos saw their gambling revenue increase in 2017 for the second year in a row. Figures released Friday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the seven casinos won $2.66 billion in 2017. That’s an increase of 2.2 percent over 2016. The past two years have been […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas police officer has become the first in recent memory sentenced to prison for excessive force, after his body camera showed him slamming a woman’s head against his patrol vehicle and dragging her to the ground in January 2015. Richard Thomas Scavone was sentenced Friday by U.S. District […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump waives key sanctions on Iran, keeping nuke deal alive for now, but says, ‘This is the last chance’ to fix accord.