Новости за 10.03.2016

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania - A federal lawsuit alleges Pennsylvania State Police held a man for four days on a trumped-up charge because they falsely suspected him in a trooper's 2014 ambush.

TOPEKA, Kansas - A bill declaring that Kansas Supreme Court justices can be impeached for meddling too much in the state Legislature's business cleared its first big hurdle toward passage Thursday.

LOS ANGELES - Officials believe P-22, a wild mountain lion that prowls a sprawling Los Angeles park, made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the city's zoo.

WASHINGTON - A rare letter written by the poet Walt Whitman for a wounded Civil War soldier has been found in the National Archives.

PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania man who started a 2014 house fire that killed six people, including four young children, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

CONCORD, New Hampshire - The governors of New Hampshire, New York and Vermont are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review and issue new safe drinking water guidelines regarding an emerging contaminant that's shown up in water systems and in private wells.

INDIANAPOLIS - A deal struck by GOP legislative leaders would pump about $800 million into fixing the Indiana's crumbling roads and bridges without raising taxes.

ATLANTA - The decision by the owner of a small insurance company to require his employees to carry firearms at the office has sparked a debate: Would having a gun on the job make you safer, or is it inviting violence into the workplace?

HAMMOND, Indiana - A Gary man is facing federal charges alleging he fatally shot a 7-Eleven store clerk during a robbery.

Jeff Buckley, "You And I" (Sony Legacy)

"Far From True" (New American Library), by Linwood Barclay

MOSCOW - Russian emergency officials say that an explosion of natural gas in a Moscow apartment building has left one person dead and injured 13 others.

Shooter Jennings, "Countach (for Giorgio)" (Black Country Rock)

BRUSSELS - European Union lawmakers are demanding that Egypt give Italy documents and information so a fair investigation can be held into the death of an Italian graduate student who is believed to have been tortured.

KINSHASA, Congo - Congo's government says it has suspended consideration of a reform to the country's 2002 mining code, as a group of civil society organizations called on them to revisit the changes.

WASHINGTON - Americans' household wealth jumped in the final three months of last year, pushed higher by rising stock prices and greater home values. That leaves many households, particularly wealthy ones, with more money to spend - a potential boost to economic growth.

INDIANAPOLIS - A bill to allow pharmacists to serve as gatekeepers for cold medicines that contain the common methamphetamine ingredient pseudoephedrine is on its way to the Gov. Mike Pence for consideration.

"The Travelers" (Crown), by Chris Pavone

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tourists in southern Argentina had the opportunity to witness a breathtaking natural phenomenon when huge chunks of the Perito Moreno Glacier broke off in front of them.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's opposition-controlled Congress has given preliminary approval to a bill that would put the country on the road to a presidential recall referendum.

LOS ANGELES - What does technology look like five minutes in the future?

PORT HURON, Michigan - A Michigan man and his wife will spend the rest of their lives in prison in the death of his 5-year-old daughter who had pneumonia and weighed just 25 pounds when an emergency crew was called to their home last spring.

NEWARK, New Jersey - Talks between New Jersey Transit and rail worker unions resumed Thursday as tens of thousands of commuters were left wondering whether they'll be able to get to work next week in case of a strike.

SACRAMENTO, California - The Latest on California lawmakers voting to raise the smoking age to 21 (all times local):

MONACO - Paula Radcliffe, the world record-holder in the women's marathon, is skeptical whether Russia has done enough to clean up its drug-testing program in time for the Olympics. She also questions whether Russian athletes would know how to "train without cheating" if allowed back for the Rio Games in August.