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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim says he would be concerned if leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins and cancels the new Mexico City airport project. Slim strongly defended the $9.2 billion project, in which his companies have won major contracts. Lopez Obrador says the project is too costly and has pledged to cancel it if he wins the July 1 presidential vote. Asked if he is concerned about Lopez Obrador, Slim said Monday: "I would be concerned and afraid for what comes after... Читать дальше...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman will be getting $550,000 as part of a settlement of her lawsuit against a former Vermont State Police trooper whom she accused of unlawfully arresting and detaining her in a 2010 traffic stop. The Burlington Free Press reports that Fata Sakoc, a native of Bosnia, sued Timothy Carlson in 2011. He resigned in 2013 and joined the U.S. Army. The two sides reached a settlement Monday and agreed to dismiss the case. Sakoc's lawyer says Sakoc wasn't criminally charged after the stop... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to send up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking (all times local): 2:05 p.m. The National Guard Bureau's vice chief says about 900 guard members are deployed so far for President Donald Trump's effort to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson said Monday that about 650 are deployed in Texas... Читать дальше...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state Department of Public Health and Human Services is investigating several reports of E. coli among western Montana residents that are likely linked to chopped romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona area. Officials say laboratory testing confirms three cases are linked to a multi-state outbreak and four more are suspected while further testing is pending. The cases have been reported in Missoula, Flathead, Lincoln and Ravalli counties. Three people have been hospitalized. Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A photographer who captured the moment a car struck several people protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville on his last day of work for a Virginia newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography Monday. Working for The Daily Progress, Ryan Kelly captured the moment a car struck several people last August. One woman, Heather Heyer, 32, died and 19 people were injured. Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy said during Monday's announcement... Читать дальше...

Simon Quarterman’s “Westworld” character never expected the computer-programmed hosts to achieve a kind of consciousness, let alone that one would hold him captive. But that’s exactly where we find Delos story creator Lee Sizemore at the beginning of Season 2. “He’s found himself kind of an unwilling hostage of Maeve’s,” Quarterman told TheWrap of his conflict with Thandie Newton’s character ahead of the Season 2 premiere. “Maeve is off to search for her daughter, so I’m kind of there to help.” It all makes sense ... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Oregon City teaching aide to 28 years in prison for producing child pornography that involved an infant and a very young child. The sentence given to James McGlothlin on Monday will run at the same time as an 18-year sentence imposed on him last month in Clackamas County. In that case, he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three students with mental disabilities while working as their swim instructor. The 41-year-old McGlothlin will be nearly 70 when released from prison. Читать дальше...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers leads Democrat Lisa Brown in fundraising through the first three months of the year, but Brown continues to raise more money than her predecessors. McMorris Rodgers, seeking her eighth term, reported raising $776,000 in the first three months of the year. Brown raised $649,000 in the same period. McMorris Rodgers' campaign reported $1.5 million in the bank, compared to $836,000 for Brown. Brown is a former state legislator and college... Читать дальше...

CA Las Vegas NV Zone Forecast for Monday, April 16, 2018 _____ 332 FPUS55 KVEF 162101 ZFPVEF Zone forecasts for the Mojave Desert and Southern Great Basin National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 200 PM PDT Mon Apr 16 2018 This is an automatically generated product that provides average values for large geographical areas and may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site specific forecast...please visit weather.gov/lasvegas and either (1) Select a location... Читать дальше...

Andrew Sean Greer has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel “Less.” The Chronicle named it one of the top 10 books of 2017. In her review for The Chronicle, Carmela Ciuraru called the book “philosophical, poignant, funny and wise, filled with unexpected turns.” The novel centers on a struggling San Francisco author — Arthur Less — who, nearing age 50, decides to tour the world to escape himself. “The tragicomic business of being alive,” he says... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. An inmate who witnessed the violence told the Associated Press that bodies were “literally stacked on top of each other.” At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina prisons chief Bryan Stirling said. Читать дальше...