Новости за 02.12.2017

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue center and was released unharmed. Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge officials say the opossum was brought in by a Fort Walton Beach, Florida, police officer on Nov. 24. A liquor store employee found the animal next to a broken and empty bottle of bourbon. Refuge technician Michelle Pettis told the Panama City News Herald the female opossum appeared disoriented, was excessively salivating and was pale. Читать дальше...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A judge in Dayton says a woman charged with fatally shooting two of her children is presently competent to stand trial. The Dayton Daily News reports that the judge ruled last month after reviewing a psychiatric report. Dayton police say 30-year-old Claudena Helton confessed to shooting 8-year-old daughter Khmorra and 6-year-old son Kaiden in the head in May to "save them from the evils of the world." A third child helped drag their bodies outside the home. Police say Helton was... Читать дальше...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An autopsy report says a young Virginia woman whose body was found in North Carolina after police say she was kidnapped died of "undetermined trauma." TV station WVEC obtained the autopsy report for Ashanti Billie, a 19-year-old whose body was discovered Sept. 29 behind a church in Charlotte days after she went missing. The autopsy performed by the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's Office says Billie's body was partially skeletonized when it was found. Billie was reported missing Sept. Читать дальше...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed "high-risk" for deer collisions. The Joplin Globe reports that the other two states considered high-risk are Arkansas and Kansas, according to State Farm. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that accidents involving deer are common, but fatalities and injuries are rare. The patrol reported three deaths and just more than 300 injuries from deer collisions in 2015. Auto shop manager Kelly... Читать дальше...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Michigan Rep. Sander Levin's decision to not seek re-election after 18 terms (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Detroit-area Rep. Sander Levin says he won't run for an 19th term in Congress next year and will teach at the University of Michigan. The 86-year-old Democrat said Saturday he will retire after 36 years in Washington. Levin has served on the House Ways and Means Committee for almost three decades. The powerful panel sets tax and trade laws. The Detroit Free... Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) — The children's book "Where's Waldo? Santa Spectacular" is among the 10,000 books banned from Texas prisons, but Adolf Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" makes the cut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice provided to The Dallas Morning News the list of banned publications and the more than 248,000 works that inmates are allowed to read. Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," a Pulitzer-Prize winner for fiction, and the 2005 best-seller "Freakonomics" also are not allowed. But two books... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including murdering a federal witness, in connection with a conspiracy involving robbery of drug dealers. Fifty-four-year-old Gregory Denson faces a possible life sentence. However, a plea agreement filed in federal court Friday states that prosecutors agree that a 30-year sentence would be appropriate in the case. A news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Duane Evans said Denson was the last among nine people to plead guilty in the conspiracy. Читать дальше...

CHISHOLM, Minn. (AP) — The remains of a Minnesota native and World War II veteran have been laid to rest in Washington state 65 years after his death. KARE-TV reports that U.S. Air Force Capt. John Ponikvar of Chisholm died in a plane crash 1952. Ponikvar's plane veered off course and crashed into Mt. Gannett in Alaska. Weather delayed rescue efforts and the men on the aircraft where entombed under ice and snow. A National Guard crew discovered parts of the plane in 2012 and reignited the search for the remains. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the GOP tax bill (all times local): 10:30 a.m. President Donald Trump is expressing thanks to Senate and House Republicans for their hard-fought victories on taxes. The Senate passed its legislation early Saturday, and now that chamber and the House must try to reconcile differences in their two versions. It's shaping up to be the largest tax overhaul in three decades, and Trump says he aims to sign it into law before Christmas. The Senate bill gives most of its tax breaks to businesses and high-earners. Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — State lawmakers say Georgia needs to target mental health and substance abuse issues in order to address the needs of the state's homeless population. A state Senate study committee has released nine recommendations that it says will improve access to mental and behavioral health services. The lawmakers say that doing so will help keep people off the streets. Republican state Sen. Renee Unterman of Buford says there's the potential for quite a few pieces of legislation revolving around mental health and substance abuse. Читать дальше...

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities have identified human remains found by a deer hunter in northeast Ohio. The Lorain County Sheriff's Office said Friday that the remains found Oct. 19 in New Russia Township are those of Minerva Tripp. She was last seen in Cleveland in August 2012. New Russia Township is about 36 miles (58 kilometers) west of Cleveland. Tripp was 41 years old at the time of her disappearance. Authorities say the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation used DNA to identify the remains. Читать дальше...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Both airplanes and books have the ability to take people on journeys. Now with the help of Read On the Fly, children can take flights of fancy while ascending into the clouds to cruise at thousands of feet. On Wednesday, Nov. 15, a group made up of representatives from the Association for the Education of Young Children, Southeast Alaska (AEYC), Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries, United Way of Southeast Alaska, Alaska Litho, and Rainforest Custom gathered at Juneau International... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled the largest tax overhaul in 30 years through the Senate early Saturday, taking a big step toward giving President Donald Trump his first major legislative triumph after months of false starts and frustration on other fronts. "Just what the country needs to get growing again," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in an interview after a final burst of negotiation closed in on a nearly $1.5 trillion package that impacts the breadth of American society. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Police say a man has died after being shot in an elevator at a Detroit casino. The shooting was not a random event at the Greektown Casino hotel. Police say an argument between two men started around 4 a.m. in a hotel room and continued in the elevator. The victim was in his 20s. A 28-year-old man is in custody.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were: 2-9-0-2, Sum It Up: 13 (two, nine, zero, two; Sum It Up: thirteen)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were: 5-0-9, Sum It Up: 14 (five, zero, nine; Sum It Up: fourteen)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Morning" game were: 01-04-05-06-07-09-11-12-16-18-21-23 (one, four, five, six, seven, nine, eleven, twelve, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-three)

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A special education teacher's assistant has been charged with kicking a 16-year-old nonverbal student who was in a wheelchair at a Rhode Island high school. The Newport Daily News reports that Stephanie LaRocque was arrested Friday on a charge of simple assault. Police say two teaching assistants told them Thursday that LaRocque had kicked the boy Tuesday at Middletown High School. The assistants allege LaRocque lifted her foot and made contact with the back of the chair, pushing the boy... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Yale University alumni are helping pay the legal costs of a former basketball star who is fighting his expulsion for sexual misconduct. Jack Montague told attorneys in a court deposition that $25,000 to $30,000 had been raised from alumni to help him pay costs associated with his lawsuit that asserts he was wrongly expelled in 2016 for sexually assaulting another Yale student. None of the alumni are identified. The suit alleges a Title IX officer brought a complaint against... Читать дальше...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing North Carolina child (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Arrest warrants say a man took the body of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter from where she died, knowing her death was not natural. The warrant released Saturday on a charge of concealing a death against 32-year-old Earl Kimrey did not say how investigators think she died. Onslow County deputies say they have not found Mariah Woods' body and will continue to search the eastern North Carolina woods with hundreds of volunteers. Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Earmuffs are all the rage on at least one day of the year. With the arrival of the holiday season and winter around the corner, the town of Farmington celebrated Chester Greenwood Day with a parade Saturday honoring the folk hero who's credited with the invention that has kept ears warm for more than a century. Earmuffs festooned floats and cars, and people and pets, too. A flag featuring with supersized earmuffs was hoisted outside the courthouse. Behind all the silliness... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A $3,000 reward is being offered for a man accused in the death of his girlfriend who was run over with a car. The U.S. Marshals Service says an arrest warrant was issued for 39-year-old Dominic Garcia in 19-year-old Samantha Sandoval's death in Albuquerque early on Tuesday. The Marshals Service says a fugitive task force is seeking Garcia and that he has been added to "New Mexico's Most Wanted Program." Garcia is described as 6-foot-2, 180 pounds and having green eyes and brown hair.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michigan wants the assets of a prisoner who has written a book of short stories about life behind bars. The Detroit News reports that the state filed a lawsuit against Curt Dawkins in October, seeking 90 percent of his assets. The lawsuit cites a law that allows assets to be seized to reimburse the state for housing a prisoner. Dawkins is serving a life sentence for the fatal shooting of a Kalamazoo man while on drugs in 2004. He's at a prison in Coldwater. Читать дальше...

CT Taunton MA Zone Forecast for Saturday, December 2, 2017 _____ 530 FPUS51 KBOX 021516 ZFPBOX Zone Forecast Product for Southern New England National Weather Service Taunton MA 1015 AM EST Sat Dec 2 2017 CTZ002-022100- Hartford CT- Including the cities of Hartford and Windsor Locks 1015 AM EST Sat Dec 2 2017 .THIS AFTERNOON...Partly sunny, then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds, becoming south around 5 mph. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has once again ruled that a former treasure hunter should remain jailed in Ohio on contempt-of-court charges. U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley has held Tommy Thompson in contempt since December 2015 for violating terms of a plea deal by refusing to respond to questions about the location of 500 missing gold coins. Thompson's attorney argues federal law prohibits holding someone under such conditions for longer than 18 months. Marbley has denied the request... Читать дальше...