Новости за 28.04.2018

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant will return to the lineup on Saturday, six days after being hit in the head by a pitch in a game at Colorado. Bryant will bat third in Chicago’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after missing four games. He’ll wear a protective flap on his helmet. “I […]

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Ranchers and land owners in southeastern New Mexico are joining forces to restore grasslands in the area amid the growth of invasive plants and severe drought conditions. They are seeking to replace invasive bushes such as salt cedar or creosote with vast expanses of native grass, the Carlsbad Current Argus reports […]

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say a murder suspect shot and killed himself after law enforcement officers found him in a parking lot. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland identified the deceased man from the incident in Lawrence County on Friday night as 27-year-old Desmond Allen. Niland says the Lawrence County Sheriff’s […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The city of Boise has agreed to pay five homeowners $275,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after a hillside started sliding and destroyed the homes. City spokesman Mike Journee tells the Idaho Statesman in a story on Friday that the city admitted no guilt but agreed to settle to avoid a […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Federal authorities in Virginia have charged a South Carolina woman with possession of the deadly poison ricin and having a gun with an obliterated serial number. Sixty-two-year-old Debra Siers-Hill of Ladson, South Carolina, made an initial court appearance Friday and is due back in court Tuesday for a hearing to determine […]

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered that flags at all state government buildings be lowered to half-staff on Monday to honor a Nogales police officer fatally shot while on duty. The Nogales Police Department said Officer Jesus Cordova was shot when he stopped a carjacking suspect Friday in the border city […]

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Three shops at a Detroit-area strip mall have been destroyed by fire. The blaze started about 3 a.m. Saturday in Pontiac. Firefighters from four stations battled the fire before bringing it under control in about hour. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have detained the head of a reformist newspaper over an article that alleged prostitution at a residential complex in the eastern city of Mashhad. The semi-official ISNA news agency reported Saturday that several people filed legal complaints about the article in the Shargh newspaper, saying it had insulted women. […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a California trucking school has pleaded guilty to conspiring with state employees to obtain driver’s licenses for students who failed or did not take driving tests. Mangal Gill of San Ramon, California owned Central Truck Driving School with locations throughout Northern California. The U.S. Attorney’s office in the […]

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A test rocket manufactured by California-based Astra Space Inc. has been scheduled to launch from Kodiak next month. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the launch at the Pacific Spaceport Complex was planned for earlier this month, but it was canceled minutes before liftoff. Officials of the complex say the cause for […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a fire has killed six horses in the west Denver suburb of Lakewood. KDVR-TV reports the fire started early Saturday in two adjacent barns in a residential neighborhood. Four other horses survived. West Metro Fire Rescue Division Chief Gary Armstrong says the fire is suspicious because two other fires […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s home and the 10 acres where it sits are now valued at $2.9 million, $1.3 million more than what a Bevin-owned company paid in March 2017. According to the Courier Journal , the suburban Louisville home’s new valuation follows questions about whether Bevin and his wife got […]

WATERLOO, S.C. (AP) — Searchers in South Carolina used dogs specially trained to find bodies and ground penetrating radar to try to find a North Carolina woman missing for 23 years. Laurens County Sheriff Don Reynolds says his deputies were called by Gaston County Police from North Carolina and asked to search property near Waterloo. […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — NFL teams are announcing their third-day draft picks from a variety of locales. Perhaps the most unique is what the Arizona Cardinals are doing Saturday. The Cardinals will do so from Route 66 in Winslow, Arizona. Rejoice Eagles fans — no, not of the Super Bowl champions but of the Hall […]

LAGRANDE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Oregon are searching for a missing trucker who apparently turned his tractor-trailer off the planned route. Oregon State Police say 22-year-old Jacob Cartwright was driving the 400 miles (645 kilometers) on Tuesday from Portland in northwest Oregon to Nyssa in eastern Oregon near the Idaho border. Little Trees […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence will be in Arizona on Tuesday to tout the Republican tax overhaul approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump. Pence will appear at an afternoon event in Tempe hosted by America First Policies, a pro-Trump nonprofit. He’s traveling across the U.S. to highlight […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House aides, reporters and other famous-for-Washington types were set to gather without President Donald Trump to toast press freedom. It was to be the second White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in a row without the president. Trump posted on Facebook this past week that he would hold a Saturday evening rally […]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s coroners are lobbying for a late-session bipartisan bill that would remove autopsy reports on minors’ deaths from the state’s open records act, citing a need for family privacy and the prospect of copycat youth suicides. Press organizations are among those opposing the bill, which has cleared the state Senate and will […]

NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Two Central Ohio city council members are at odds with county commissioners over their decision to not allow the county courthouse to be lit with rainbow colors during a gay pride festival. The Columbus Dispatch reports Councilmen Jeremy Blake and Sean Fennell sought to have the Licking County Courthouse illuminated during […]

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police say a man has life-threatening injuries after being shot by officers during a confrontation outside an apartment where a woman earlier called 911 for help. Police say the confrontation and shooting occurred early Saturday morning when the man left the apartment after a woman and another person exited in […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Teachers in Arizona, Colorado and elsewhere across the country have marched in a push for more funding, but in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy is proposing higher school aid. The protests and strikes stem from teachers’ calls for higher pay and more resources and have in some states resulted in concessions […]

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A pipeline project decades in the making that will provide water to more than 300,000 customers in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota is nearing completion. Minnesota Public Radio reports that work on the Lewis and Clark pipeline is nearing its end point in Worthington. Officials say the pipe should be connected […]

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RYE, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire police say a sport utility vehicle flipped and landed upside in a creek, killing the driver. Police Chief Kevin Walsh tells the Portsmouth Herald that a passer-by Saturday morning reported the overturned vehicle in Berry Brook in Rye. Walsh said the motorist died at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. The victim’s […]

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