Новости за 24.01.2018

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A slow-speed freeway pursuit on metro Phoenix freeways ended on a local street when a SUV being chased by state troopers accelerated through a Tempe intersection and collided with another vehicle before crashing. Troopers swarmed the crashed SUV and arrested the driver. Meanwhile, other troopers went to the other vehicle involved […]

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Students in northwest Arkansas have used technology courses and district equipment to help create a bicycle with a prosthetic handlebar for one of their classmates. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Gracie Marvin on Tuesday received her new bicycle with one end of its handlebar specially fitted for her. The first-grader […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy says New Jersey will join a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protected those who immigrated to the U.S. as children. Murphy, a Democrat, said Wednesday New Jersey would join 15 other states and the District of Columbia in the suit at a […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The father of a man killed at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution during a riot last year has sued the state and several individuals, saying staff watched the attack on prison surveillance video and did nothing to save him. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the father of 31-year-old Michael Galindo […]

WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a 16-year-old student shot a classmate in the neck and abdomen at a Texas high school before firing at another student and missing. Prosecutors recounted the shooting at Italy High School, south of Dallas, during a juvenile court hearing Wednesday for the boy accused in the attack. He is […]

EXETER, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who police say left several dogs outside in freezing temperatures overnight faces nearly two dozen animal abuse charges. Rhode Island State police arrested 35-year-old Eugene McQuade, of East Greenwich, Saturday following reports by Exeter Animal Control. Police say three dogs were found in Exeter and eight dogs […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple’s next major update of its mobile software will include an option that will enable owners of older iPhones to turn off a feature that slows the device to prevent aging batteries from shutting down. The free upgrade announced Wednesday will be released this spring. The additional controls are meant to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he won’t meet with Republican President Donald Trump to discuss infrastructure funding. The Democrat originally was expected to attend a meeting with other mayors at the White House on Wednesday afternoon. Instead, he blasted the Trump administration on Twitter , saying the Department […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for embezzling more than $450,000 from a retirement and health benefits plan for unionized engineers. The Oklahoman reports that 51-year-old Susan Michelle Tyson of Yukon had pleaded guilty to wire fraud for making dozens of unauthorized transfers to her […]

LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a second woman has been found in southern West Virginia and a suspect in that case and another killing last week is in custody on an unrelated charge. Greenbrier County Sheriff Bruce Sloan tells WOAY-TV the body found of 24-year-old Chastity Faye Hamm of White Sulphur […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A free-market think tank has launched a billboard campaign advocating what it’s calling “worker voting rights” amid renewed efforts at the Statehouse to make Ohio a right-to-work state. The Buckeye Institute says the outdoor advertising campaign in Columbus it announced Wednesday is meant to raise awareness among unionized public-sector workers who […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff says a man at a South Carolina comedy club became so angry after a comedian mentioned him that he jumped on stage, swinging the microphone stand at him. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said 28-year-old Marvin Toatley faces a number of charges including assault for the attack Sunday night […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ex-sports doctor gets 40 to 175 years in prison at sentencing where 150-plus women and girls described molestations.

GRAND TOWER, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in southern Illinois say a man is dead after mixing drain cleaner with bleach in an attempt to clear a clogged drain. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinois reports that the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that a preliminary investigation shows the man created a poisonous gas […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ international airport sets a record for passengers served. A news release Wednesday from Greater New Orleans Inc. credits new flights for the record 12 million passengers boarding and leaving planes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Aviation Director Kevin Dolliole says more than 20 new flights in 2017 […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say three people were injured when a department prisoner transport van collided with a car at a Des Moines intersection. Police say the crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at an I-235 ramp intersection. Police say a car driven by a 19-year-old Urbandale man collided with the van, […]

MARSHALL, Wis. (AP) — The fiancee of a defendant charged with killing a man whose body was found in a Dane County storage unit has been arrested. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office says the 51-year-old Marshall woman was arrested Wednesday on a possible charge of hiding a corpse. Officials say she is engaged to Daniel […]

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ favorite icon of the Madonna in Rome has gotten a face-lift. The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled photos of the restored Salus populi Romani, the Byzantine-style painting on wood located inside the St. Mary Major Basilica. The icon, revered by Romans, will be displayed to the public Sunday, when Francis celebrates […]

WESTLAKE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana city has received its first “clean” audit in years. The American Press reports that City Hall employees in Westlake can’t remember the last time an audit did not find any problems. CPA Coy Vincent reported Monday that the general fund ended the 2016-17 fiscal year with a cash balance […]

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Louisiana investigators are looking for a hit-and-run driver in the death of a bicyclist wearing pajama pants. Caddo Parish Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick says fingerprints identified the victim as 49-year-old Christopher Sheldon of Shreveport. His body was found about 3:45 a.m. Monday, face-down and partly atop his bicycle, just south of […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A House committee doesn’t want to require Mississippians to be 21 to buy tobacco products. The House Ways and Means Committee, on a split voice vote Wednesday, rejected House Bill 835 . The measure sponsored by Rep. Debra Butler Dixon, a Raymond Democrat, would have increased the age to buy cigarettes […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s health department will comply with a state law that requires it to share with prosecutors the results of drug toxicology tests done on children in abuse and neglect cases. Prosecutors criticized the Department of Public Health and Human Services last week during a legislative interim committee meeting. Deputy Director Laura […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Singer and actress Cher has endorsed Democratic state Rep. Paulette Jordan in the race to become Idaho’s next governor. Cher tweeted Wednesday that she met Jordan at the Las Vegas women’s march and said Idahoans would be well served under Jordan’s leadership. Cher added that Jordan is a thought and intelligent […]

MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Cook County jurors have convicted a man for the 2013 shooting death of a Cook County sheriff’s investigator in suburban Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Brandon Jackson was found guilty Tuesday in the death of 50-year-old Cuauhtemoc Estrada. Jurors returned with a verdict in less than six hours. Prosecutors say […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — More than 11,000 customers remain without power in Maine in the wake of a strong winter storm that brought ice, freezing rain and snow to the state. Central Maine Power says the outages are scattered all over the state. The highest concentration is in coastal Lincoln County, which had more than […]