Новости за 25.03.2018

BOW, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a dog helped save a Bow family from a fire that destroyed their barn overnight. WMUR-TV reports that the fire was reported just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Crews from a dozen towns responded as flames spread from the barn to the home. Fire officials say a barking dog woke […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine would preserve protections under former President Obama’s health care law under legislation vetoed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The House this week overrode the governor’s veto of a bill to preserve preventative health services requirements under the law. The bill would require health plans in Maine to provide coverage for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s favorite TV network is increasingly serving as a West Wing casting call, as the president reshapes his administration with camera-ready personalities. Trump’s new national security adviser, John Bolton, is a former U.N. ambassador, a White House veteran — and perhaps most importantly a Fox News channel talking head. Bolton’s […]

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Marlboro College in Vermont says it expects a large operating deficit this year, citing the low enrollment at the college as a reason. College President Kevin Quigley says the deficit will be between $3 and $4 million this year and it was expected. The Brattleboro Reformer reports enrollment has fallen to […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s 23rd annual Maple Weekend is coming to a close, but some sugar houses have events planned through the end of the month. The New Hampshire Maple Producers Association says nearly 100 sugar houses will be open to the public this weekend to demonstrate the centuries-old craft of turning sap […]

BERLIN (AP) — German police say ex-Catalan fugitive Carles Puigdemont has been detained on a European arrest warrant.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A senior official in the U.N. children’s agency says the number of severely malnourished children in Yemen has doubled in three years of civil war, from 200,000 in 2015, and that an additional half a million boys and girls can no longer go to school. Regional UNICEF director Geert Cappelaere called […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, the fugitive ex-leader of Catalonia and ardent separatist, was arrested Sunday by German police on an international warrant as he tried to enter the country from Denmark. The Spanish government told The Associated Press it had received “official confirmation from German authorities of the arrest” of Puigdemont in response […]

One does not, after all, expect virtue from a sex performer. That’s kind of the whole point. There was, however, a time not long ago when you did expect a simulacrum of it from presidents, lawmakers and people of faith.

MADRID (AP) — Lawyer says fugitive ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is being held by German police.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s visit to the United Arab Emirates this week shows the Asian nation’s deepening cooperation with the Gulf country, from buying its oil to building the Arabian Peninsula’s first nuclear power plant and potentially backing it in war. The defense pact Seoul reportedly struck with […]

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The U.S. military says it has launched an airstrike in southwestern Libya, killing two militants. Africa Command said Saturday’s airstrike was conducted near the town of Ubari as part of efforts to “disrupt and destroy terrorist organizations.” AFRICOM said no civilians were killed. Videos and photos circulated online showed shrapnel-riddled cars […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s coast guard says it’s trying to rescue 192 people from ferry that hit a rock off country’s southwest coast.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A package of contraband covered in grass clippings that was dropped by a drone at a Panhandle prison is one of the most recent examples of inmates using advanced technology to smuggle illegal items behind prison walls. The News-Journal reports that authorities are investigating two confirmed drone drops at Florida prisons […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s new central bank governor has outlined sweeping changes aimed at reining in rising debt and financial risks but expressed confidence Beijing can prevent potential dangers. Speaking at an economic conference, Yi Gang said Sunday high debt for state-owned companies, local governments and households are “still a challenge.” The ruling Communist Party […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel wins season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix.

Loyola-Chicago and Sister Jean have completed their divine run to the Final Four. Michigan joined the Ramblers in completing the road to San Antonio. The upstarts had their fun on the left side of the bracket. Now the final two of the Final Four will be determined by the high seeds on the right. No. […]

Barely six hours after Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said he would wait several days to receive further information before ruling on the ball-tampering case involving senior players, the sport’s national governing body announced captain Steve Smith and vice captain David Warner had agreed to stand down for the remainder of the third test against […]

Zack Andrusiak scored 5:04 into overtime to lift the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 5-4 victory over the Everett Silvertips and even the best-of-seven Western Hockey League playoff series at one game apiece.

Hernandez allowed one run in 3.2 innings as the Mariners went on to blow out a split-squad Cubs team.

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Working on an absolute maximum problem, Anderson High School junior Jai Jackson writes 4x-7=0 on the dry-erase table as seniors Siraj Elbey and Marissa Merritt wait. Welcome to the classroom of the future, where students can work their equations directly on their tables, on the doors of the storage closets and […]

TAYLORSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A Taylorsville family believes “God’s will” is the only way to describe the unexpected birth and miraculous survival of their child. Carmen Melendez didn’t even know she was pregnant when the ailing woman went into her bathroom on March 2, 2013 — five years ago this month — and, to everyone’s […]

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — Quincy native Bob Havens, 87, has been on TV somewhere in the country every Saturday night for more than half a century. From playing jazz in the clubs on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street to becoming a fixture on the Lawrence Welk Show, playing the trombone with Welk’s band each week […]

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — In four years assigned to a helicopter unit, Cpl. David Steinfels experienced a lot of hard landings, fast-roping off the “helos” with up to 100 pounds of gear when it wasn’t safe enough to come down. He served in the Marine Corps infantry from 2011 to 2015, and received advanced medical […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gregory Eaton moved around the room, busing tables, shaking hands. He was wearing a white shirt, slacks, and an apron tucked in front of him. He’s checking to see if anyone needs another drink. If they need a menu. If they’re done with their meal. He may stop to chat, but […]