Новости за 12.05.2018

ROME, Ga. (AP) — A former Cartersville, Georgia police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for notifying drug traffickers that the FBI was conducting a court-authorized wiretap of their phones. U. S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak, in a news release Friday, said 31-year-old Bryson-Taylor Wayne Banks, of Calhoun, will also […]

COLUMBIA, Conn. (AP) — Police say a man was assaulted in his Connecticut home by two men posing as salesmen. The victim let the men into his home Friday afternoon when they asked if he wanted to buy vinyl siding for the house. Police say the man suffered minor injuries from the assault and has […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a gang member serving life in prison for killing two men in separate incidents. The court on Thursday rejected John Brisco’s challenge to a probation officer’s testimony about the accuracy of a GPS tracking device that Brisco was wearing while on probation when […]

PARIS (AP) — Police: 1 person killed, four injured in Paris knife attack; alleged assailant also killed by police.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center is charged with having sexual contact with an inmate. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the charges Saturday against 25-year-old Jaroyne Wright. Court documents indicate sheriff’s deputies were called to the detention center after corrections officer commanders who were reviewing […]

PARIS (AP) — French government denounces ‘odious’ knife attack in Paris; French media report 2 dead, including attacker.

Kaplan served as an assistant coach during the team's 18-7 finish last season.

BOSTON (AP) — Elected officials, law enforcement officers and families will walk this weekend in Boston to honor homicide victims and support their loved ones. The 22nd annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace will be held on Sunday. The group will walk 6.8 miles from Dorchester to City Hall. The event raises money for the […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Dragons and fire — not unusual. A dragon on fire? That’s really something special. A float depicting Maleficent the dragon from the “Sleeping Beauty” movie and a follow up film named after the fire-breathing creature caught fire during a parade at Walt Disney World on Friday. ABC News reports […]

The Sounders and Timbers clash Sunday at Portland in the 100th meeting of a Cascadia rivalry that can now add a mocking video to past derby antics that include log-sawing, fake tree chopping, scatological Twitter feuds, Tifo retorts and an old-fashioned ripping up of a referee's notebook

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court says the case of a boy who shot at Douglas County deputies will remain in juvenile court. Tyler Pitzl was initially charged as an adult with five felonies, including attempted murder, after the Sept. 3 incident. He is now 18 but was 17 at the time police […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has admitted he killed his stepfather by striking him repeatedly in the head with an ax. Middlesex County prosecutors say 27-year-old Joao Torres faces 30 years in prison when he’s sentenced July 6. He pleaded guilty Friday to murder, disturbing human remains and two counts of […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA is planning to send a tiny autonomous helicopter to Mars on its next rover mission to the red planet. The space agency announced Friday that the helicopter will be carried aboard the Mars 2020 rover as a technology demonstration to test its ability to serve as a scout and to […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have charges a motorist in a four-car crash in which a mother and her 3-year-old son were killed. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a news release 27-year-old Alicia Shanell Mcfarland and her son died Friday when a van that was sideswiped by another driver hit their car head-on. […]

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Police say officers shot and killed a man after he stabbed a woman in eastern Idaho. Blackfoot police say officers responded to a residence Friday night and found a 24-year-old man with a knife holding a 20-year-old woman against her will. Police say the man refused to comply with officers’ commands. […]

ROME, Ga. (AP) — Rome News-Tribune Publisher Otis Raybon Jr.’s introduction to the newspaper industry was a case of love at first sight. He says he knew on his first day walking into the Griffin Daily News in 1964 to ask for a paper route, he was fascinated by the industry and remains so today. […]

BARRE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont city library is preparing to spend grant funding on an upgrade of its children’s room. The Times Argus reports Barre’s Aldrich Liibrary already has over half of the $306,000 needed to upgrade the room, currently located in the library’s basement. A majority of this funding comes from a Promise […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is warning fellow Republicans in his farewell speech at the Wisconsin state party convention that a “blue wave” could wipe out GOP advancements made since Donald Trump became president. Ryan spoke Saturday at his final Wisconsin Republican Party convention before his retirement after 20 years in Congress. Fellow […]

MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Republican Party has adjourned its state convention without changing its party platform. Saturday’s meeting at Inter-Lakes High School was held to consider platform changes. The changes included stating the party supports a comprehensive fight against the opioid crisis in New Hampshire, including education, rehabilitation and interdiction. Delegates also […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have arrested three people in connection to the deadly shooting of an Idaho man in eastern Oregon. The Idaho Statesman reports 54-year-old Douglas Madrid of Payette was shot to death Wednesday night outside a house north of Ontario, Oregon. Malheur County District Attorney David Goldthorpe says the information indicates the […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Federal Transit Administration is giving a ferry line in Maine $6 million to replace an aging boat. The administration is providing the money to Casco Bay Lines in Portland. The boat that will be replaced is aging to the point where it’s no longer useful. Elected officials in the state […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a woman has been charged with first-degree murder in her 2-year-old son’s death. Memphis police announced 25-year-old Davida F. Wooden’s arrest in a statement on Twitter Saturday. She also is charged with aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect. The statement says the boy was unresponsive when […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys for a central Oregon couple charged with killing their 5-year-old daughter have asked the state to negotiate a settlement. The Bulletin reports the lawyers for 35-year-old Estevan Garcia and 32-year-old Sacora Horn-Garcia filed court motions last month seeking a settlement conference to avoid trial. The Redmond couple was arrested in […]

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bill Anderson had a vision to help the organization his mother spent years serving. Now, students at Holston United Methodist Home for Children are using that gift — the grounds Anderson grew up on — to serve the Greeneville community. And it’s all being done in the name of Anderson’s mother. […]

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The office of Albania’s top prosecutor says a former interior minister has been put under house arrest while being investigated for alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring. Prosecutors had asked for Saimir Tahiri to be kept in custody, but Denion Ndrenika, spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office, said Saturday that […]