Новости за 06.03.2018

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — A 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents inside a Central Michigan University dorm room will make his first court appearance. James Eric Davis Jr. is hospitalized but scheduled to appear in court via video for an arraignment hearing Tuesday. He was arrested early Saturday following a daylong manhunt. Davis […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Representatives of a New Hampshire woman who won a $559.7 million Powerball jackpot and wants to stay anonymous are going to announce her plans for a major donation to nonprofits. The woman’s lawyers will accept the prize on her behalf at a news conference at state lottery headquarters in Concord on […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announces her resignation after admitting to affair with bodyguard, pleading guilty to theft.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker says it is “horrific” but unsurprising that someone in the state’s child welfare agency altered records in the case of a 3-year-old Wichita boy whose body was found encased in concrete. The Wichita Eagle reports the Kansas Department for Children and Families Secretary Gina Meier-Hummel met with Evan […]

STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine (AP) — A defense attorney says a Maine woman charged with murder in her 10-year-old daughter’s death is being abused in jail. Attorney Chris MacLean tells WCSH-TV that 33-year-old Sharon Carrillo shouldn’t be in jail and that there is not always enough staff to keep her safe. Col. James Bailey, administrator of […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Three state lawmakers in Maryland say they were sexually harassed on the job and are calling for a new policy for handling complaints. The Baltimore Sun reported that the state delegates spoke out Monday during a committee hearing on possible changes to the Legislature’s procedures for investigating harassment. Among them was […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Another strong earthquake has shaken a remote Papua New Guinea region that was badly damaged by a powerful quake last week. The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday’s earthquake measured magnitude 6.7 and was centered 112 kilometers (70 miles) southwest of Porgera. It was fairly shallow at a depth of 22.9 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is traveling to a pair of Wisconsin companies on Tuesday to speak out against President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Walker planned to meet with employees to talk about the tariffs at Bemis Industrial Products in Oshkosh and Seneca Foods in Janesville. Seneca […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House has refused to allow Democrats to bring forward new gun control legislation spurred by the recent school shooting in Florida. The House voted 178-144 Tuesday to prevent the introduction of a bill that would have banned bumpstock devices that allow guns to be fired at a more […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) says Iran is responsible for “darkness descending” on the Middle East by building an anti-Israel empire. Netanyahu tells the annual pro-Israel AIPAC policy conference that “we must stop Iran, we will stop Iran.” He is accusing Tehran of a litany of malevolent acts throughout the region […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A month after she admitted to an extramarital affair with her then-bodyguard, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has pleaded guilty to theft of property and is expected to resign at a surprise news conference scheduled for Tuesday morning. When Barry first admitted Jan. 31 to having an affair with Sgt. Robert Forrest, […]

PARIS (AP) — VIP guests at Paris Fashion Week left the urban bustle at the door Tuesday as they entered Paris’ Grand Palais to discover a giant indoor forest complete with dewy scents and rustling dry leaves at Chanel’s spectacular ode to fall. Designer Karl Lagerfeld crowned the fall-winter shows on its final day with […]

NEWFIELD, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say they charged a man with criminal threatening after he threatened his daughter and her boyfriend with an AR-15 rifle during a domestic dispute. Police say a caller told them her father, 51-year-old Grant Lane, was arguing with her and the boyfriend on Monday when he made the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an officer shot and killed a dog that charged at an officer serving a warrant in northeast Philadelphia. A police spokesman says a SWAT team was at a home in the Frankford neighborhood when the pit bull charged at an officer on the first floor of the residence. A second […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers are considering outlawing most child marriages. Senate bill 48 would ban officials from issuing marriage licenses to anyone 16-years-old and younger. The bill unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and could be called for a vote this week. Seventeen-year-olds could still get married, but they would need […]

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors allege that a Colorado man being re-tried for killing his wife in 2001 shot her in the head while she slept and put her body in a dumpster at work. Michael Blagg is on trial for the second time in the death of Jennifer Blagg. He was convicted of murder […]

NASHVILLE (AP) — After admitting to affair with bodyguard, Nashville mayor pleads guilty to theft of property, gets 3 years’ probation .

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A medical marijuana firm originally from northeast Arkansas has chosen to build its cultivation plant in the Pine Bluff area. Natural State Wellness Enterprises had its choice of either Jackson or Jefferson counties because two of its applications were chosen among the top five. But the firm picked Jefferson County […]

BENKELMAN, Neb. (AP) — A former Dundy County sheriff’s deputy has been imprisoned for kidnapping and molesting a woman in his patrol car. North Platte station KNOP reports that 37-year-old Charles Thibedeau was sentenced Monday to six to eight years for kidnapping, a year for sex assault and six months for oppression under the color […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A man who was shot and wounded after pointing a gun at Springfield police officers has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 44-year-old Jerry Beasley was sentenced Monday for assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Police say a suicidal Beasley told a 911 dispatcher […]

BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are helping local law enforcement agencies investigate a fatal explosion at an apartment building in Beaver Dam. Police Chief John Kreuziger says the explosion Monday afternoon “had an unknown chemical origin.” The blast killed one man and blew out the […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One problem with self-driving cars is people. The Los Angeles Times reports that of six crash reports filed in California so far this year, two involved a person attacking a robot car. Both incidents happened in San Francisco, according to Department of Motor Vehicles records. On Jan. 2, a vehicle operated […]

BOSTON (AP) — Utilities are racing to restore power to tens of thousands of customers in the Northeast still without electricity after last week’s storm as another nor’easter threatens the hard-hit area with heavy, wet snow, high winds — and more outages. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that stretches from […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are pressing Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on whether a key member of his security team improperly steered a government contract to a personal business associate. The Associated Press reported in December that EPA paid $3,000 to have Pruitt’s office swept for hidden listening devices by Edwin Steinmetz, an […]