Новости за 16.03.2018

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Eric Holcomb has added four additional counties to Indiana’s disaster emergency following widespread flooding and infrastructure damage last month. Holcomb signed an executive order Friday to include Gibson, LaGrange, Vanderburgh and Vermillion counties to the disaster emergency, bringing to 35 the number of counties eligible for expanded state emergency services. It’s […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the dismissal of an Arizona inmate’s lawsuit against Phoenix police. The court ruled Friday that Charles Byrd’s description that two officers “beat the crap out of” him was not “too vague and conclusory” to sustain a complaint. In their opinion, the three-judge panel […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama appeals court has overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a school teacher in 2011. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday reversed the death sentence that 29-year-old Jovon Dwayne Gaston received for his capital murder conviction in the killing of Calhoun County teacher Kevin […]

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A company involved in the design of a Miami pedestrian bridge that collapsed in a deadly accident was also involved in construction of several bridges in Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports on Friday FIGG Bridge Engineers of Tallahassee, Florida, helped design the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge from Kittery to […]

The deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida has cast a spotlight on a rapid construction technique widely used around the U.S. It is called Accelerated Bridge Construction, or ABC. It involves assembling large sections of a span offsite, and then moving the massive pieces into place. The technique eliminates the lengthy road closings […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan officials say at least 15 people have died and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation due to two days of heavy rainfall. The deluge of water submerged vehicles in Nairobi’s affluent neighborhoods and flooded middle class areas as well. Porters made a booming business carrying […]

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — An 18-year-old Florida high school student who says he was bullied is accused of threatening a mass shooting in a Snapchat post. Lakeland police say the teen was arrested Thursday after students told school resource officers he had posted a video Wednesday saying he would “commit manslaughter” Tuesday. Lakeland police Sgt. […]

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire that started at Fort Carson has spread off the Army post and forced the evacuation nearby residents in southern Colorado. About 100 people have been told to evacuate in Pueblo County and there an unknown number of homes evacuated in neighboring El Paso County because of Friday’s fire. […]

EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he’ll have an announcement soon on whether he’ll make a run for his old office. After speaking Friday at a Chamber of Commerce event in Edina, Pawlenty declined to say whether he’s definitely in. He called it “an answer for another day.” Pawlenty says recent fundraising […]

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — McNeese State University has found a new head basketball coach after a search that lasted less than two weeks. The university, in a news release, said Thursday it will introduce Heath Schroyer to the public at a press conference on Monday. Officials said there will be no further comment on […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation barring Arizona cities and counties from joining a growing national trend of taxing sugary drinks. The proposal from Republican Rep. T.J. Shope of Coolidge was signed by the governor on Friday without comment. Shope’s proposal doesn’t specifically mention taxes on sugary drinks, only saying any tax […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two officers in Tennessee have been relieved of duty during an investigation into the handling of police dogs. Memphis Police Department spokesman Louis Brownlee said Friday that the suspended officers are Lt. Robert Covington and Officer Carl Craig of the K-9 unit. Brownlee provided no further details, citing the ongoing investigation. […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont officials are urging people not to transport any firewood that might be infested with an invasive pest that has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in North America. The emerald ash borer was discovered in Vermont for the first time last month in the town of Orange. On Thursday, […]

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan says his office will not prosecute two St. Albans police officers involved in a shooting that injured a 26-year-old after he fired shots from an assault rifle. Donovan’s office said Friday he had completed his investigation into the Jan. 2 incident after reviewing material provided […]

NEW YORK (AP) — British graffiti artist Banksy has created a New York mural protesting the imprisonment of a Turkish artist and journalist. Zehra Dogan (doh-AHN’) was jailed after painting the Turkish flag flying over the rubble of a destroyed town. According to advocacy group PEN International , Dogan was convicted in March 2017 of […]

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A man arrested last month on drug charges is now charged in connection with a 2008 homicide in Louisiana. The Advertiser reports Lafayette police announced Friday that 56-year-old Millard Hebert is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 47-year-old Bonnie Ruphard, whose body was found in a wooded area in […]

The nationwide jockeying for HQ2 has sparked a debate about the trade-offs cities and states make to lure megaprojects. That’s playing out in Pittsburgh, where community groups are looking at what they can do to keep their neighborhood intact if Amazon comes to town.

Kudos for peaceful walkout I watched the reports around the country covering the student walkout, and I must applaud them all, not just for the message but for the way it was delivered. There was no property destroyed and no profane signs or bull horns blaring profanity, no one group claiming they mattered more than […]

DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished a review of damage claims from a Colorado mine spill the agency accidentally triggered. But an internal agency accounting of those claims could be off by tens of millions of dollars. It’s the latest in a series of complications and setbacks since EPA […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortions in the U.S. are very safe but getting one without facing delays and false medical information depends on where women live, says a broad examination of the nation’s abortion services. Friday’s report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine shows abortion increasingly is performed early in pregnancy, when it’s […]

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A plan to create a solar panel field in Illinois is still uncertain years after being contaminated from aluminum production. The Environmental Protection Agency says the 400-acre (162-hectare) site was used by Alcoa until the late 1950s as a place to dispose of waste from its aluminum production plant. […]

BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Florida is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend. News outlets cite a release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office saying 26-year-old Silvia Lara was arrested Wednesday and subsequently resigned in lieu of termination. The sheriff’s office says she refused to leave her ex-boyfriend’s front […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A new study finds that Indiana is one of a handful of states that have seen rising enrollment in college foreign language courses. The study conducted by the Modern Language Association shows that while enrollment in language courses other than English fell 9.2 percent at the nation’s colleges and universities between […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders want to investigate whether millions of dollars in confidential settlements paid to state employees since Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock took office were legitimate. House Speaker Austin Knudsen and Senate President Scott Sales cited a December memo by the Legislative Audit Division that found Montana had paid $2.6 million […]

The Seahawks are reported to be getting a visit from veteran DT Tom Johnson as Sheldon Richardson continues to be wooed by the Vikings.