Новости за 12.01.2018

Seattle's big little indie label turns the big 3-0.

DALLAS (AP) — The father of a 3-year-old girl whose body was found near their suburban Dallas home less than a year after she was adopted from an Indian orphanage has been indicted on a capital murder charge. Dallas County court records show 37-year-old Wesley Mathews also faces charges of abandoning a child and tampering […]

Everything is excellent at Aviv Hummus Bar on Capitol Hill — hummus, falafel, salad and more. But this reviewer’s favorite was the pita.

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Military Department plans to spend $25 million on improvements at the former Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston. The Oregon National Guard said Thursday that a new training center will be used for weekend and annual training requirements for the Guard and other military branches. It will also house the […]

DALLAS (AP) — Texas father indicted on capital murder charge in killing of 3-year-old girl adopted from Indian orphanage.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) — A special prosecutor has dropped 12 felony title-fraud charges against a Tennessee sheriff. News outlets report Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson had been charged with having or using forged titles for six cars he bought in Florida and sold in Tennessee in 2016. District Attorney Jimmy Dunn says in a press […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s new Republican lieutenant governor is being sued for trying to keep her seat in the state Senate. Senate President Michelle Fischbach automatically became Gov. Mark Dayton’s second-in-command this month when Tina Smith resigned the job for a seat in the U.S. Senate. But Democrats vowed to sue Fischbach to […]

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for stealing a car from a Kansas City, Kansas, gas station as a 3-year-old girl slept in the back seat. The Kansas City Star reports that 30-year-old Karri Reich was sentenced Friday for attempted kidnapping. She pleaded […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities investigating the use of child labor by what they’re calling an “alternative religious group” have arrested four more people. Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright announced Friday that the four suspects had turned themselves in. Two were charged with involuntary servitude of a minor, among other charges. Another was […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Denver woman accused of shooting at law officers during protests in North Dakota against the Dakota Access oil pipeline will not receive more information about an FBI informant she alleges seduced her and owned the gun. Red Fawn Fallis is to stand trial in federal court in Fargo beginning Jan. […]

Here’s what’s opened and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday.

The former Lake Stevens High star took to Twitter to thank Georgia for "an incredible two years."

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A hog farm in Arkansas has filed a request to stay the state’s decision to deny the farm a new operating permit to replace its expired one and effectively shut down the facility. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that attorneys for C&H Hog Farms filed the request with the Arkansas Pollution […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block enforcement of an order throwing out the state’s congressional map because the lines were too partisan. The lawmakers’ attorneys filed a motion Friday with Chief Justice John Roberts seeking delay of the lower court judges’ directive that the […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will use a federal transportation borrowing tool to construct $600 million in long-awaited road projects aimed at relieving traffic headaches. The biggest-ticket project is a $350 million widening of Interstate 10 from the Mississippi River Bridge to Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge, a daily chokepoint also considered one of […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez are preparing to boost spending on public schools, early childhood education and law enforcement as state government climbs out of a financial crisis. Strategies for reducing property crime and violence in New Mexico’s largest city also are at the top of the […]

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she’d accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat is seeking dismissal of the charges against him. The Erie Times-News reports that 48-year-old Christopher LeClair argues that the Erie County charges should be dismissed because […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — The judge’s daughter at the center of a report-altering scandal that led to the resignation of the top two officers of the Massachusetts State Police has appeared in court on heroin possession charges. Alli Bibaud (BEE’-boh) admitted to sufficient facts for a guilty finding Friday and was sentenced to six months’ […]

Set aside the latest Trump blurt. He may not read. He’s not qualified for office. But he is a master manipulator, especially through social media. I’m convinced the comment was meant to distract us from more serious news. But immigration was a hot issue in the 2016 presidential election and continues to be. Democrats tend […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you haven’t visited the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the History of Mississippi Museum, you can attend Saturday through Tuesday, free of charge. The Clarion-Ledger reports the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is sponsoring the weekend in honor of the National Day of Healing. The museums are open 9 a.m. to 5 […]

SiriusXM is creating channels for the Pac-12, ACC and SEC. Is it DirecTV? Nope. Is it something? Actually, it’s more than something.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Correction is looking to open a re-entry center in the Twin Falls area where as many as 120 minimum-security state prisoners could live and work. Department Director Henry Atencio confirmed the plans Tuesday. The Times-News reports the proposed re-entry center would be similar to one that […]

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Police have arrested a Connecticut man in connection with a series of armed robberies in the state as well as in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Authorities say 32-year-old Zachary Provost, of Waterbury, was charged with Hobbs Act Robbery at his arraignment Thursday. The Hobbs Act allows federal prosecution if the crime […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky becomes first state to win approval from Trump administration requiring many Medicaid recipients to work.

Assange sought refuge in the embassy in 2012 after Sweden sought to have him arrested in connection with allegations in that country. Sweden is no longer seeking his extradition, but Assange has refused to leave, fearing U.S. extradition.