Новости за 14.05.2018

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The number of people who died from the synthetic opioid fentanyl surged in 2017. A preliminary report released Monday by the Minnesota Health Department says there were 172 deaths involving synthetic opioids in 2017. A total of 156, or 91 percent, of those deaths listed fentanyl as a contributing factor. The number […]

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — One of three Ohio pastors accused of conspiring to recruit teenage girls to have sex with them has pleaded guilty to federal charges, including child sex trafficking. Thirty-eight-year-old Kenneth Butler also pleaded guilty Monday in Toledo to a related conspiracy charge and obstructing a sex trafficking investigation. He acknowledged having sex […]

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Southeast Minnesota officials aren’t sure why an Indiana company has spent more than $3 million acquiring property in their area. The Winona Daily News reports that Rock LLC has bought six properties in Winona since December, including a stained glass studio and a lumber site. The company sometimes paid more than […]

FORADA, Minn. (AP) — Douglas County sheriff’s officials say they’re investigating the death of a man who was found beaten outside a bar in Forada more than a week ago. Authorities say first responders were called to rural Alexandria Sunday where 46-year-old Steven Hlinsky was found unresponsive and not breathing at his home. He was […]

LANSING, Kan. (AP) — A black middle school student claims in a lawsuit that school administrators punished him after he was physically and sexually abused by a white student. In a federal lawsuit, the black student at Lansing Middle School said he was repeatedly harassed last February by the white student at school and on […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania regulators aren’t predicting when sports betting will begin legally in the state now that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Monday its staff must first write regulations that the […]

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Liverpool to say goodbye to Alfie Evans, the British toddler whose parents fought an unsuccessful legal battle to keep him on life support. People applauded as the boy’s funeral cortege passed the Everton Football Club stadium Monday after a private family funeral. Inside a hearse, Alfie’s […]

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — After a weekend break, police in suburban Detroit have resumed digging in an area that might yield the remains of up to seven missing girls. Konnie Beyma’s sister, Kimberly King, disappeared in 1979 at age 12. Beyma was at the site Monday in Macomb County’s Macomb Township and says police […]

GENEVA (AP) — The Director-General of the World Health Organization says Congo officials have agreed to use an experimental Ebola vaccine. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that use of the vaccine could begin by the end of this week. He said WHO has an agreement with Congo including all the necessary registration and import permits. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is suing its controlling shareholder as part of its long-running attempt to avoid a combination with Viacom. Both companies are controlled by National Amusements. That’s the holding company run by Shari Redstone, the daughter of media mogul Sumner Redstone. Though National Amusements abandoned a proposal for CBS and Viacom to […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of three men who plotted to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Monday reset the sentencing date to Sept. 6 for Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen. The case had been scheduled […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city has filed a petition for annexation that would nearly double its land area. The Oxford Eagle reports that the city filed its petition on April 26. The city is seeking to annex about 12 square miles (31 square kilometers) of unincorporated Lafayette County into the city limits. The […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Early voting has begun for the 30-plus races across Texas where no candidate captured 50 percent of the votes cast in crowded fields during the March 6 primary — forcing runoff races. Democratic gubernatorial candidates Lupe Valdez, a former Dallas County sheriff, and Andrew White, a Houston businessman, are competing for […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — To Lawrence Langer, the purpose of interviewing survivors of the Holocaust is not to prevent such a monumentally horrific event from happening again. History has shown that, to some degree, genocide has continued unabated since Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime was destroyed in World War II. Langer, 88, who lives in […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is urging people to watch out for turtles on the state’s roadways. During the spring, female turtles are looking for places to deposit their eggs and they sometimes choose to lay along the shoulders of roads, which can end tragically for the turtles. Biologist […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Utility regulators face requests from Mississippi Power Co. for rate increases totaling $52 million. But the more important question may be what the utility’s relationship with the Mississippi Public Service Commission will be like after the multi-billion dollar Kemper debacle. Two increases approved last week and two others still proposed could […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota horse owners are on high alert amid the surfacing of a neurological disease. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the state High School Rodeo Association and the Junior High Rodeo Division have canceled several rodeos in the wake of Lil Sis, a barrel racing horse who died last month. Tests […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A slew of technology companies are climbing in early trading after President Donald Trump appeared to lobby on behalf of ZTE, a Chinese telecom company that has been sanctioned by the U.S. The U.S. government cut off ZTE’s access to American suppliers in April in a case involving illegal exports to […]

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Cheyenne school district is under federal investigation for allegations of sexual and disability discrimination. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights says the Laramie County School District No. 1 had an investigation opened on April 9 that involves sex discrimination — specifically sexual harassment — and disability discrimination. […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar, who has risen in polling thanks to a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, is taking a “temporary pause” from TV ads. Spokesman Tony Lewis says the campaign achieved its “first phase” goals and objectives, and halted the months-long TV blitz to prepare for the final stretch of the […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s health officials say total of 52 Palestinians killed, more than 1,200 wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A leader of a Mississippi casino association says casinos have been in talks with state regulators about draft rules allowing sports betting, and that regulators could vote quickly. Mississippi Gaming and Hospitality Association Deputy Director Michael Bruffey says the rules envision that any Mississippi casino could take bets. He says casinos […]

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit residents are seeing their water bills drop as part of a city program that installs new toilets for free and covers plumbing repairs. The Detroit Free Press reports that Susan Kulczyk had an ultra-low-flow toilet installed in her Detroit home last month. She’s part of the city’s Water Residential Assistance Program […]

YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Officials in northeast Illinois have approved plans for a historical marker to commemorate the original location of the state’s northern boundary. The Beacon-News reports that the aluminum cast marker will be installed in Yorkville’s Town Square park this summer. Alice Fellers of Crystal Lake created the idea when she was researching […]

SORRENTO, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities say a 27-year-old boater is dead and his father is accused of causing his death by driving the boat while intoxicated. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says in a news release that the boat driven by 53-year-old Patrick White of Sorrento hit a bulkhead as they returned from […]