Новости за 14.05.2018

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says the city has hired an outside counsel to review the Boston Fire Department’s handling of harassment and discrimination allegations brought by some women firefighters. Walsh said Sunday he reached out to attorney Kay Hodge, a partner at Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, to conduct the review after […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Park District says about 200 of its outdoor drinking water fountains will remain shut off this summer after tests found lead in the water. The move affects at least 16 percent of the district’s outdoor fountains and will leave the city parks with about 1,000 in operation. It follows the […]

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California couple arrested after deputies found them and their three kids on a desert property without electricity or running water says their living situation was unconventional but not abusive. Daniel Panico and Mona Kirk pleaded not guilty this month to misdemeanor child endangerment and charges related to truancy. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Family of former Sen. Harry Reid says he has had surgery to ‘remove a tumor from his pancreas’

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The price of gasoline in Rhode Island is up another five cents per gallon. AAA Northeast said Monday its weekly survey found self-serve regular selling for an average of $2.90 per gallon. That’s three cents higher than the national average. The average price of gasoline in Rhode Island is 59 cents […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Chile’s Catholic bishops say they’re open to whatever Pope Francis proposes to overhaul the Chilean church, which has been devastated by a clergy sex abuse and cover-up scandal, including removing bishops, reforming seminaries and paying financial reparation to victims. Chilean bishops told reporters Monday they were heading into three days of […]

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Police in southern Indiana say a man has died in an apparent industrial accident at a Duke Energy power plant. New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey says 65-year-old Clarence Silviking Jr. was pronounced dead at a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital from injuries sustained in the accident Monday morning at Duke’s Gallagher […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a landfill in New Hampshire is leaking toxic chemicals into a nearby river. Toxics Action Center and Conservation Law Foundation filed the lawsuit Monday against Casella Waste Systems and its subsidiary, North Country Environmental Services. It’s accusing the companies of allowing […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit against a former federal judge accused of sexually assaulting a teenage witness when he was a prosecutor handling a white supremacist serial-killer trial. The case heard Monday is a key test of a law aimed at allowing people who say […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has dismissed most of the social workers in a lawsuit that alleges the Oklahoma Department of Human Services failed to protect children from decade-long abuse by a couple. The Oklahoman reports that the appeals court ruled 14 of 17 agency workers should be dropped from the lawsuit […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the aide who dismissed Sen. John McCain’s opposition on President Donald Trump’s CIA nominee by saying “he’s dying anyway” has been “dealt with internally.” That’s according to spokesman Raj Shah, who says White House communications aide Kelly Sadler still remains in her position following her comment during a […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police are searching for a car that hit and killed a man using a motorized wheelchair. The car fled the scene after the crash Monday in downtown Kansas City. Sgt. Bill Mahoney says a preliminary investigation found that the man was using the crosswalk when he was hit […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Music fans looking for a piece of history are going to get a chance to own guitars, outfits and other memorabilia from the likes of Prince, Bob Dylan, George Harrison and others. Julien’s Auctions is hosting two days of auctions focused on musical artists at the Hard Rock Cafe New York […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Sports betting in Maryland likely won’t be happening soon, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing states to approve it. Maryland has six casinos, but it would take a state constitutional amendment to allow sports betting. A measure in the state’s legislative session this year would have put the matter on the […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A man who was fatally shot at a bus shelter in western Massachusetts has been identified. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Angel Calo of Springfield died from several gunshot wounds Sunday night at one of the city’s bus shelters. Springfield police responded to the scene at 11:40 p.m., and continue to investigate the […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 50-year-old Tulsa man has been apprehended in Kansas. The Tulsa Police Department says 36-year-old Dameon Leathers was arrested Friday in Wichita, Kansas. Records indicate Leathers was being held without bond Monday in the Sedgwick County Jail in Kansas. The records don’t […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos saw their gambling revenue increase by 1.3 percent in April compared to a year ago. Figures released Monday show the seven casinos won $214.4 million. Internet gambling was up 10.6 percent to over $23 million. Resorts was up over 23 percent to $17.2 million, while the Golden […]

Having been on multiple tours of the King County Election Center, I am aware of the importance postmarks have for processing ballots. If postage is prepaid on the envelope, how will the state know when a ballot was mailed? Usually there is not a postmark on prepaid envelopes. Will the state change to requiring ballots […]

Chris Stearns, a commissioner with the Washington State Gambling Commission, said changing our state’s anti-gaming laws would require a two-thirds super-majority in the legislature or by referendum. “ ... nothing can happen, obviously, until next year at the earliest,” he said.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States opened its new embassy in Jerusalem Monday with a high-powered American presidential delegation joining Israel’s top leadership in a joyous celebration of their countries’ close friendship and the city’s history as the ancient capital of the Jewish people. About 800 well-dressed guests packed a makeshift outdoor podium outside the […]

DIAMOND, Mo. (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Navy sailor killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii have been returned to Missouri to be buried with full military honors. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Clifford George Goodwin had been resting in a common grave at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The annual session of the North Carolina General Assembly begins as thousands of teachers descend on the Legislative Building for a school funding rally. That should slow down formal lawmaking activity on the first day Wednesday, but all signs point to the session ending before July 4, with approving adjustments to […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The chief investment officer of California’s $350 billion pension fund is stepping aside. Ted Eliopoulos announced Monday he’s leaving the California Public Employees’ Retirement System once a replacement is hired. He’s one of California’s highest paid state workers responsible for the nation’s largest public pension fund. Eliopoulos’ five-year tenure coincided with […]

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian theater manager accused of embezzlement has been released from prison following public outrage that he remained in detention after a health emergency. Alexei Malobrodsky, the former director of Moscow’s Gogol Center, was arrested in June on charges of embezzling public funds allocated for a theater production. Last week, he was […]

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The new publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal and its digital site, Ohio.com, will be the man who holds that title for eight other newspapers in GateHouse Media’s Ohio group. The Beacon Journal reports its employees were introduced Monday to publisher Bill Albrecht, a veteran publisher and advertising executive. He will […]