Новости за 10.12.2018

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Facebook page of Maine’s Republican governor will no longer block critics, according to a settlement reached last week with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the operators of the Facebook page. The operators of Gov. Paul LePage’s Facebook page agreed to unblock certain critics in a settlement Friday […]

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Ketchikan city officials are mulling the potential impacts of a federal court decision on use of cruise ship passenger fees. U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland ruled that while Juneau can keep collecting the fees, their use must constitute a service to the ship. The decision restricting use of the […]

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Social media reactions to the powerful earthquake that rocked southcentral Alaska will be part of the historical record to be archived by the Anchorage Museum. Alaska Public Media reports the record will include viral memes and other Facebook and Twitter responses to the Nov. 30 quake that struck 7 miles north […]

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man convicted of killing his wife has pleaded guilty to killing his parents and a niece. Douglas County District Court records say 46-year-old John Dalton Jr. entered the pleas Monday to three counts of first-degree murder and four weapons counts. Dalton was given three life sentences plus 197 to […]

PARIS (AP) — French president promises to scrap a tax hike on poor and low-income retirees.

PARIS (AP) — French president promises to speed up tax relief, urges companies to give bonuses to struggling workers.

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PARIS (AP) — French President Macron criticizes ‘inadmissible violence’ of protests, promises ‘all means’ to restore calm.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A passenger says a Swift Air charter plane carrying the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes made an emergency landing in Oklahoma over the weekend after a noxious smell filled the cabin. The Boeing 737 landed at Tulsa International Airport about 4 a.m. Saturday while traveling from Long Beach, California, to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is on track to have roughly $63 million less in tax revenue than budget forecasters predicted, with general fund revenue collections for the month of November coming in nearly $16 million lower than expected. A report from the Legislative Services Office released Monday says that when the 2019 Legislature convenes […]

Washington senior linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven has been selected to The Associated Press’ All-America first team, and teammates Taylor Rapp and Byron Murphy have been selected to AP’s All-America second team. Last week, Burr-Kirven was named the Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year. A senior from Menlo Park, Calif., he leads the FBS with 165 […]

ROME (AP) — Italy’s right-wing interior minister says former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon has interesting ideas but that he doesn’t understand Europe’s complexities. Matteo Salvini met over the summer with Bannon, who is reported to be planning a political consulting strategy to advance far-right parties in Europe. The Guardian newspaper has reported that the […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Billings Clinic Foundation is seeking to raise $3.3 million to keep Montana’s brand-new psychiatry residency program going once a grant covering its first three years of operations ends. Billings Clinic officials said Monday that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana started the drive with a $250,000 donation to the […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker is seeking to create a bipartisan majority coalition in the House after leaving a fragile GOP caucus that he says was “doomed to fail.” Kenai Rep. Gary Knopp (kuh-nop) says he wanted to start talks on possibly forming a bipartisan coalition. The new legislative session starts Jan. […]

CAIRO (AP) — Security officials and retailers say Egyptian authorities have restricted the sale of yellow reflective vests, fearing opponents might attempt to copy French protesters during next month’s anniversary of the 2011 popular uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. They say industrial safety equipment distributors have been instructed not to sell yellow vests to […]

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve charged two people in Ohio involved in planning separate attacks, including one who wanted to carry out a shooting at a synagogue. The FBI and Department of Justice said Monday that the attacks were in the planning stages and that there was no immediate threat to the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon says 10,400 U.S. managers have accepted a voluntary buyout offered as the company seeks to trim costs to invest more into its push into the next-generation network known as 5G. That’s about 7 percent of its global workforce. Verizon offered the buyouts to 44,000 employees earlier this year. The staffers […]

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia has unveiled a monument to late leader Franjo Tudjman, who led the country to independence from the former Yugoslavia but has also been criticized for his nationalist policies. Top Croatian officials attended the ceremony in Zagreb on Monday that marked the 19th anniversary of Tudjman’s death. President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said […]

ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors say eight people are under investigation so far in connection to a stampede at a packed nightclub that killed six people, five of them teenagers. Authorities stressed on Monday that the investigation of the stampede early Saturday was just beginning. They said they want to know about the security measures […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals throughout California started a weeklong strike Monday to protest what they say is a lack of staffing that affects care. National Union of Healthcare Workers says 4,000 psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and other medical professionals will picket through Friday. Union president Sal […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police are investigating the deaths of two men found on a west-side street. Police say one man was found Sunday inside a vehicle parked on west 29th Avenue and another was outside the vehicle. KTUU-TV reports police dispatchers received a call of shots fired around 5:10 p.m. Responding officers found […]