Новости за 01.06.2018

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A college in Worcester says it’s getting one of the biggest donations in its history. Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced Friday that an anonymous donor pledged $12 million to the school in central Massachusetts. Officials say the donor is an alumni and a “successful professional” with no other beneficiaries. The pledge will […]

Resistance to the barbarian onslaught at the higher corporate level is most encouraging.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An array of classic cars will be flocking to the historic Packard proving grounds in suburban Detroit for a car show and gala celebrating the facility’s 90th anniversary. Packard Motor Car Company built some of the world’s finest cars for decades, but the proving grounds in Shelby Township also tested […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly four years after protests in Ferguson raised concerns about racial profiling of blacks in Missouri, a report from the state attorney general shows that African-American drivers are 85 percent more likely to be pulled over than whites — the highest level in the 18 years the state has compiled data. […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Construction has been halted on a 47-home Habitat for Humanity village in North Carolina because local officials are questioning whether it qualifies for $2 million in federal grants from Hurricane Matthew relief money. The Fayetteville Observer reports construction stopped last week on Oakridge Estates after Cumberland County officials questioned the funding. […]

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Klamath County say at least three people were injured in an attack that may have been carried out with a hatchet. According to 911 dispatchers, the incident happened Thursday in the gated community of Falcon Heights. They received reports of a woman struck in the back of the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two of the four peacocks that escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo this week and casually took a stroll on a nearby highway have been found safe, a day after another was found dead on that stretch of road. Zoo officials say a passer-by spotted the two peacocks Friday morning near the equestrian […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of religious leaders are opposing a proposed oil pipeline that would run across northern Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio reports that faith leaders say Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 3 project threatens Minnesota’s climate, environment and Anishinaabe people. The Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light and the Minnesota Poor People’s Campaign led the effort. […]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two teens have been arrested in the shooting death of a man at an apartment complex in South Carolina. Dorchester County sheriff’s deputies said 20-year-old Stacey Bradley II of Ladson was shot and killed at an apartment complex just outside North Charleston shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Maj. Tony Phinney […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A conservative House Republican has dropped his re-election bid in a suburban Kansas City district where two openly gay Democratic challengers are running. Rep. Randy Powell, of Olathe, withdrew his bid this week before Friday’s filing deadline. The 30th district includes parts of Olathe and Lenexa. The Kansas City Star reports […]

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A pedestrian in South Florida was killed after being hit by a train that is part of a privately-owned passenger rail. The Boynton Beach Police said Friday that the pedestrian had been on the tracks when he was hit by the Brightline train that is part of the All Aboard […]

WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An industrial park intended for growing medical marijuana in mid-Michigan is starting to take shape. The Lansing State Journal reports that a cultivation facility is currently under construction in Windsor Township’s nearly 130-acre (53-hectare) medical marijuana business development, Harvest Park. The township’s planning commission is also expected to review plans […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say national security concerns require the repairing of a northern Idaho road in important grizzly bear habitat near the Canadian border and lifting travel restrictions on law enforcement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Bog Creek Road would be used by officials to prevent illegal activities. But the east-west road […]

YOAKUM, Texas (AP) — A Texas meatpacker is recalling more than 9 tons (8.16 metric tons) of smoked sausage over possible contamination by soft plastic in its second recall in a month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced the latest recall by Eddy Packing Co. of Yoakum. The company on May 4 recalled […]

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey Catholic order has settled lawsuits with several men who claim they were sexually abused by monks and a headmaster at a private school. The Record reports the Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey settled with five men who claimed they were abused while attending the Delbarton School […]

HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a North Carolina teenager who they say went armed to his high school and planned to save his classmates after hearing about a potential attack. Pender County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. James Rowell told local news sources the 16-year-old told deputies he headed to Topsail High School with […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis says North Carolina lawmakers made a mistake when they ended film incentives several years ago and replaced them with grants. Tillis tells WECT -TV that legislators “seriously diminished” the industry’s effect on the coastal economy. He made his comments after a policy round table in Wilmington this […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state budget includes millions of dollars to revive a landslide mapping program that North Carolina legislators stopped funding seven years ago. The budget that lawmakers approved Friday includes $3.6 million for the Department of Environmental Quality to re-start the program with money from the state’s disaster relief reserve. The approval […]

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A toddler was burned by a flash-distraction device used by SWAT team members in Florida when they executed a search warrant on a home where drug activity was taking place. A spokesman for the Lakeland Police Department said Friday that the 2-year-old boy suffered third-degree burns to his calves and groin […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says it has carried out an airstrike outside Somalia’s capital that killed 12 al-Shabab extremists. The U.S. Africa Command has carried out at least 15 such airstrikes this year against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab, which continues to hold some rural areas of the Horn of Africa nation. Dozens of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Corrections has reached a legal settlement that calls for the agency to end the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement at Wisconsin’s youth prison. The deal, filed in federal court Friday, would resolve a lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed last year […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says an all-male church board’s characterization of female congregants who were pressured into sex with the pastor as sinning “adulteresses” who gave into “temptation” was constitutionally protected religious speech. In a ruling Friday, the court held that members of the Covenant Reformed Church’s board of elders […]

PARIS (AP) — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is announcing a name-change for her National Front party, founded by her father nearly a half-century ago. It is expected to become the National Rally in a bid to more broadly embrace French voters ahead of next year’s European elections. The profile of Le Pen, a nationalist […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Organization of American States says that Nicaragua’s elections chief has agreed to resign as part of efforts to reform the country’s electoral system. Roberto Rivas had held the top post on Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council for more than a decade. Many accused him of orchestrating electoral frauds that kept President […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Although dockless electric scooter companies will be allowed to start business in Portland during a four-month trial later this summer, transportation officials say their future in the city is still up in the air. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports other large cities such as San Francisco, Washington D.C., Seattle and Austin, Texas, have […]