Новости за 12.01.2018

DALLAS (AP) — A two-term state district judge in Dallas County who was earlier reprimanded by a state judicial panel has been ruled ineligible for re-election because of a paperwork error. County Democratic Party attorney Sarah Duncan told The Dallas Morning News that Judge Teresa Hawthorne in her paperwork was supposed to indicate whether she […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The fourth of five defendants in an alleged human trafficking enterprise in Delaware has pleaded guilty and faces up to five years in prison. The Delaware State News reports that Jason Haith, of Dover, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree promoting prostitution and second-degree conspiracy. Delaware State Police arrested five people in […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma sports marketing agent has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay nearly $698,000 in restitution for misusing charity funds. The Oklahoman reports that 59-year-old Bill Horn was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to two felony tax charges in September. The Edmond resident was given a 15-month sentence. Horn […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fire Department of New York says six people have been hurt, one seriously, in a Queens high-rise fire. The department says the fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. in the Rockaways. Officials say it started on the 11th floor of the 13-story building.

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Elko County Sheriff Jim Pitts says two deputies shot and killed a man who killed his wife at a residence in rural northeast Nevada. Pitts told the Elko Daily Free Press that deputies responded to a report of a domestic dispute at a home in Spring Creek about 8 miles (13 […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Heavy snow has slowed travel in the Jackson Hole region of northwest Wyoming and in the Snowy Range area of the south-central part of the state. The National Weather Service posted winter storm warnings for both areas Friday. Areas of the Jackson Hole Valley have received up to 12 inches (30 […]

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A large hazardous waste treatment facility in Michigan is seeking approval to treat dioxins, some of the most toxic man-made chemicals. The Detroit Free Press reports that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing the request from US Ecology’s Michigan Disposal Waste Treatment Plant in Van Buren Township. […]

The 30-year-old suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of felony assault.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A coroner’s inquest has been scheduled in the case of a 25-year-old man fatally shot by Great Falls police. The Great Falls Tribune reports Thomas Jordan Addison was shot and killed on Sept. 11. Officers had responded to a report of a burglary when they encountered Addison. Cascade County Attorney […]

WAPWALLOPEN, Pa. (AP) — Three dog breeders in Pennsylvania are facing 130 criminal counts stemming from a raid in which authorities said some dogs were found outside in freezing temperatures and others were inside in squalid conditions. State police say they were called to the Conyngham Township property Dec. 31 after a report that 11 […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s state revenue tax collections surged in December, possibly due to the federal tax package approved that month. The Department of Revenue announced Friday that net tax receipts were nearly 10 percent higher than projections for the month. The state saw net tax collections of $415 million, which is $37 million […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man once imprisoned for a Minnesota homicide has been sentenced to life for a Nebraska killing. Court records say the sentence was handed down Friday to 32-year-old Tyeric Lessley, of Omaha. Early last month a Douglas County jury in Omaha found him guilty of first-degree murder and four other crimes. […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County health officials have confirmed two more flu-related deaths. The health district said in a report released Thursday that a total of seven Washoe County residents have died this flu season dating to Oct. 1. The most recent deaths were reported last week. The department says over the past week, […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled a Wichita woman accused of decapitating her ex-boyfriend’s mother is not competent to stand trial. Judge Faith Maughan on Friday ordered 35-year-old Rachael Hilyard returned to Larned State Hospital for more treatment. Her status will be re-evaluated after 90 days. Hilyard is charged with first-degree murder in […]

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Protesters upset with Wells Fargo’s financial backing of oil pipeline projects chained themselves to bank’s doors in downtown Duluth. The protest Friday involving 20 to 30 people began at around 9 a.m. Wells Fargo kept the internal entrance to the lobby closed while Duluth police responded to the bank. One of […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan says President Donald Trump’s vulgar slur about African countries was ‘very unfortunate, unhelpful’

Maine’s congressional delegation is unanimous in its condemnation of President Donald Trump’s vulgar remarks about immigrants from Haiti and Africa. Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin the president’s “reported comments are not helpful” when it comes to immigration reform and securing the nation’s borders. Sen. Susan Collins, also a Republican, tweeted that the comments are “highly inappropriate […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scottsdale police say authorities are checking on a possible explosive device at an auto body collision repair business. Police say the state Department of Public Safety bomb squad is removing the device from Service King Collision Repair at 8180 East Raintree Drive in north Scottsdale. There is no export of an […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Residents in two neighboring South Dakota cities are rushing to save the only grocery stores in their communities. The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports that grocer R.F. Buche is closing the CashSmart stores in Tripp and Tyndall on Jan. 31 after a continued decline in sales. City officials and residents […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty in South Carolina in the 2015 shooting death of a woman who investigators say was not the intended target. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported 23-year-old Richard Dara Simmons pleaded guilty this week to murder and four counts of attempted murder in a shootout that […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — CVS Health Corp. says it has no plans to move Aetna from Connecticut’s capital city, reversing last year’s announcement by the insurance giant that it would move headquarters to another state. Friday’s statement comes days after New York City halted a $9.6 million incentive package. CVS Health announced in December it […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Tempe pet store says five French bulldog puppies worth over $6,000 each have been stolen. Tempe police says the puppies were taken from the Animal Kingdom pet store at the Arizona Mills mall in Tempe on Wednesday night. The store is offering a $1,000 reward for their safe return. Police […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials say 22 people have died from the flu in the state this season, and more than 1,000 people have been hospitalized. An update released Thursday says that more than half of the people hospitalized for flu are age 50 and up. The state Department of Health says it […]

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Fire officials have denied a previous claim that a barn fire that killed at least 11 animals may have been arson. The two residents that live on the farm in Cranston previously said investigators suspected the fire was started intentionally based on evidence. The city’s fire marshal now tells The Providence […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Hopes for a new government in Germany sent the euro and markets higher Friday on relief that the Europe’s biggest economy might soon get stable leadership. But it left some economists and business lobbyists saying it offers too little to support the country’s prosperity over the longer term. Friday’s tentative deal […]