Новости за 21.04.2018

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The former governor of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas has been extradited from Italy to the United States to face charges of racketeering, drug smuggling, money laundering and bank fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brownsville, Texas, announced Friday that Italy had extradited 61-year-old Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba after detaining him […]

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved an order requiring utilities including to pass along their federal tax overhaul savings to customers. The order approved Thursday requires each utility to credit consumers with the estimated savings beginning with their next billing cycle. The tax overhaul passed last year by Congress and signed […]

KINGWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia county has declared a state of emergency over “deplorable” road conditions. The Dominion Post cites a release from the Preston County Commission that says Thursday’s proclamation asks the state to address several roads that “pose a danger for motorists, commercial traffic and first responders.” The release says the […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say a driver fleeing from the scene of a crash was killed when he or she drove the wrong on Interstate 84 and collided with another car. Sgt. Chris Burley said the incident began Thursday just before midnight with a two-car crash in outer northeast Portland. One driver suffered […]

Roberts, a fourth-year junior, could be the do-it-all sixth man for the O-line this fall.

Consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought romaine at home, including salads and salad mixes containing that lettuce, should throw it away immediately, federal health officials said - even if some had already been eaten with no ill effects.

Following the fatal engine failure on a 737 Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration is poised to issue an emergency airworthiness directive calling for stepped up inspections of the CFM56-7B engine manufactured by CFM International.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted a tour bus driver in a fatal 2015 Seward Highway crash. Alaska State Troopers say 63-year-old Charles Curtis of Wasilla faces one count of criminally negligent homicide, two counts of felony assault and nine counts of misdemeanor assault. Online court documents do not list his […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Newly released police body cam footage shows police officers staying in their cruiser as they search for an Ohio teen who became trapped and died in a minivan. Cincinnati officials are trying to determine how the two failed to find Kyle Plush last week after he made two 911 calls from inside […]

AP () — — FAA orders inspections of more jet engines like the one in fatal Southwest accident.

Just to balance things a bit, the staff at my local Starbucks bends over backward to accommodate everyone. Homeless people nap on the comfy chairs, whether they are black, white, Asian or Hispanic. They do not buy any coffee. I have never seen any problems, and the place is always clean. Perhaps some of the […]