Новости за 17.01.2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Air Force officials will hold public hearings on plans to expand the Nevada Test and Training Range at Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the United States Air Force Warfare Center now is accepting public comment on an environmental impact statement for the proposed expansion to the […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice’s administration has proposed opening West Virginia’s state parks to logging. Legislation introduced by the Senate’s Republican and Democratic leaders at Justice’s request would authorize the Division of Natural Resources to implement “a sound silvicultural management plan.” It calls for limits not exceeding “the average of four trees per […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials are raising the projected cost of the first phase of California’s bullet train by 35 percent, to $10.6 billion. The extra $2.8 billion comes on a 199-mile segment in the Central Valley that is partly under construction. The California High Speed Rail Authority board discussed the increase Tuesday. The added […]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A surfer was rescued in Northern California after losing his board and becoming trapped in an alcove against a rocky cliff where he was pounded by waves. Surfer Gavin Carpenter says he was on a cliff in Santa Cruz on Monday getting ready to jump in the water when a […]

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio businessman who has lived in the United States for 38 years and had been granted a temporary stay of his deportation to his native Jordan has been taken into custody by federal immigration officials. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan says in a statement that Youngstown businessman Amer Othman was […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s first Somali police officer is on paid leave during an investigation after her arrest over the weekend in Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester police charged Zahra Munye Abu, of Portland, with several misdemeanors including assault and battery, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Police say the 26-year-old caused a disturbance at a Ja […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have dramatically affected farm wages in the state by granting those workers collective bargaining rights. The New York Farm Bureau said Tuesday that a judge on New York’s trial-level state Supreme Court granted its request to dismiss the challenge to a […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cost estimate for first phase of California bullet train climbs by 35 percent, to $10.6 billion.

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LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — A northwestern Montana man who acknowledged using methamphetamines before causing a fatal crash has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Western News reports 27-year-old Richard Gene Davidson of Libby was sentenced Jan. 5 for the March 2017 crash on Montana Highway 56 that killed Laura Cooper of Troy and […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers will be asked to rewrite the state’s riverboat casino laws for the first time in nearly two decades. A legislative task force is recommending two main changes: to move the casinos to land and to redefine the limits on gambling space. Sen. Ronnie Johns, a Lake Charles Republican, […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Todd Haley’s contract as the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers is up. And coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t sound as if he’s in a rush to decide whether Haley will be back next season. Tomlin sidestepped several attempts to endorse Haley’s return on Tuesday as the AFC North champions continued to dissect […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report by the group Freedom House says basic rights and political freedoms in the United States are deteriorating at a faster pace under President Donald Trump, exacerbated by attacks on key institutions like the press and the courts. In its annual global assessment, the think tank is slamming the Trump […]

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.6 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in southeastern Missouri. The survey says the earthquake struck Tuesday more than 2 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of Caruthersville, Missouri. No damage has been reported, but the survey reports the quake also was felt in parts of West Tennessee, […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new report says quality of life is low for children in New Mexico. The 2017 New Mexico Kids Count Data Book found more children are living in poverty, are without health insurance and living in single-parent household than a year ago. The report from the New Mexico Voices for […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Democratic state representative who is the son of a late Florida Supreme Court justice is running for attorney general. Sean Shaw made his announcement Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court and recalled how he used to run through its hallways as a child when his father, Leander Shaw, served […]

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two Kingman men have been seriously injured in a crash involving four motorcycles. Kingman police say one of the men suffered life-threatening head and internal injuries while another man also remains hospitalized in serious condition with internal injuries that aren’t life-threatening. They say four motorcyclists were travelling as a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctor: Trump has a ‘very strong and a very probable possibility’ of completing presidency ‘with no medical issues’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia health officials say Medicaid recipients are beginning to receive expanded addiction treatment following federal approval in October. The Department of Health and Human Resources says starting this week services statewide include a new screening tool to identify treatment needs and Medicaid coverage for providing methadone for opioid addiction withdrawal. […]

COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) — A local police chief has confirmed the Rhode Island State Police have raided the home of a state senator. Coventry Police Chief John S. MacDonald tells the Providence Journal that state police raided Coventry state Sen. Nicholas Kettle’s home on Tuesday. He did not explain the reason for the raid. Kettle, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal between President Donald Trump and Congress to protect young immigrants from deportation remains distant. House GOP leaders are discussing plans for a bill temporarily keeping federal agencies open in hopes of avoiding an election-year shutdown this weekend. The continuing firestorm over Trump’s incendiary remarks about countries in Africa is roiling […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A former official with Atlanta’s transit system has been sentenced to federal prison for a false invoicing scheme. The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release Tuesday that former Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority senior director of operations Joseph Erves has been sentenced to serve two years and nine […]