Новости за 16.03.2018

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for making online threats to shoot CIA employees as they arrived for work. Thirty-six-year-old William Lewis Weaver of Herndon pleaded guilty in December to threatening harm against government workers. Court records indicate Weaver received an enhanced sentence because […]

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — State and county officials are planning to install new signs at a Colorado intersection where a crash killed a longtime NBA agent last month. The Aspen Times reports Pitkin County and the Colorado Department of Transportation will install warning signs, a stop sign and additional flashing lights at the Smith Way […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island lawmaker is trying to stop people from pretending their pet is a service dog. Democratic Rep. Thomas Winfield said pet owners are increasingly putting vests on their dogs to bring them into restaurants and other places service dogs can go. Winfield said Friday he has introduced a bill […]

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has passed a bill that would create automatic voter registration for people who are eligible and agree to be registered. The Senate passed the measure 32-12 Friday. It now goes to the House. The bill designates three state agencies to register a resident to vote or update a […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Car inspection rules in Vermont could get a little laxer as the state considers making some repairs recommended, but not required. The Burlington Free Press reports that proposed new inspection rules would mean some defects, like a cracked tail light, would not cause the car to fail inspection. Repairs deemed not […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Auditors have flagged the state of Michigan for gaps that could increase the risk of its computer network being hacked. An audit released Friday made 14 findings, including five that are “material” — the most serious. The Office of the Auditor General says the Department of Technology, Management and Budget did […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As lawmakers scrounge for money, state senators are eyeing an annual stream of Gulf oil spill recovery money tied to Louisiana’s economic damages from the disaster. Louisiana is expected to receive yearly payments of $53.3 million for 15 years from BP as compensation for economic damages from the massive 2010 […]

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the capital murder conviction of a Texarkana woman serving life in prison for killing a woman in her square dancing club who was having an affair with her husband. The high court ruled Thursday that there was enough evidence to support the jury’s finding that 69-year-old […]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Two Colorado senators think that Grand Junction would be the perfect location for the Bureau of Land Management headquarters and have invited Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to prove it. The Daily Sentinel Zinke said this week that he is looking to move the agency’s headquarters out of Washington D.C. and […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Two people were arrested after chaining themselves to cement-filled barrels in an effort to prevent trucks from hauling Yellowstone National Park bison to slaughterhouses. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports two members of the group Wild Buffalo Defense were arrested Friday in the park. A federal court clerk in Mammoth, Wyoming, confirmed […]

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities have made public the secret operating standards used by Utah sheriff’s offices to run jails. The Standard-Examiner reports the Utah Sheriffs’ Association last month published the operational guidelines on its website, making the documents available for public viewing. The state had previously said the guidelines could not be released because […]

DETROIT (AP) — The government says a Michigan college professor who blew the whistle on defective material in police vests will receive $5.7 million. The Justice Department says the award is part of a $66 million settlement with a Japanese company and its U.S. subsidiary. Toyobo was accused of knowingly selling defective Zylon fiber that […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — WrestleMania is returning to MetLife Stadium in 2019. The WWE, the Jets and Giants football team and state officials announced the 35th edition of the wrestling extravaganza will be held on Apr. 7, 2019 at the arena. The weeklong showcase will also feature four events at Barclays Center. The last […]

In part four of this series, Seattle Times food writer Bethany Jean Clement and movie critic Moira Macdonald deeply enjoy the bland, brown charms of Bellevue’s Cinemark Reserve.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed an Ohio ex-fugitive’s 20-year prison sentence for a Ponzi scheme that victimized hundreds of investors in the 1990s. Prosecutors said Eric Bartoli and his co-conspirators swindled U.S. and Latin America investors by selling them $65 million in unregistered securities. Bartoli fled the country, was arrested […]

TEMPLE, Texas (AP) — Police in Central Texas say two men found slain this week at an auto parts store worked there and the suspect in their deaths was a former employee. Temple police on Friday identified the victims as 25-year-old Cody Glenn Cornell and 35-year-old Robert Joseph Pellerin III. Their bodies were found Wednesday […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating two California sheriff’s deputies who allegedly stole money and other property from a 75-year-old woman who suffers from dementia, listed her home for sale and put her on a plane to the Philippines. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says it began investigating in late January after someone expressed […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury subpoena received by North Carolina State seeks communication records between school officials and its former coaching staff, and ex-Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. and his representatives. N.C. State released the subpoena Friday, a week after confirming it was received on Jan. 17 from the Southern District of New […]

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas appeals court has ruled in favor of a gun-rights activist who had complained that county officials were illegally barring firearms from a public building. The Court of Appeals for the 1st District of Texas found in favor of Terry Holcomb Sr. by ruling, in part, that Waller County had no […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is launching a book in which he says he is ‘ready’ to go to jail and serve a 12 year and one month sentence on corruption charges. The book entitled “Truth Will Triumph: The People Know Why I am Being Condemned,” is scheduled […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged millions of dollars for widespread property buyouts and preparations for dredging the San Jacinto River to help communities prevent future catastrophic flooding that occurred during Hurricane Harvey. The Houston Chronicle reports that Gov. Greg Abbott met with area leaders Thursday in Kingwood to announce plans for […]

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Police in Newark say six men have been arrested on charges of patronizing prostitutes in the New Castle County city. The Newark Police Department says undercover officers placed a fictitious online profile of a female escort to see who would solicit the woman for prostitution. Out of roughly 150 calls or […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former lawyers for Marion “Suge” Knight have pleaded not guilty to charges that they conspired to pay off witnesses for false testimony in the rap mogul’s murder trial. Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper entered the pleas Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to counts including conspiracy to commit bribery […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of two experienced climbers who are presumed dead on a southeast Alaska mountain likely won’t be recovered for months. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says summer is the soonest authorities could launch a recovery effort, though that depends on snow and ice conditions and the risk […]