Новости за 18.04.2018

Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers:

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April 18

Tuscaloosa News on sport championship events potentially selling alcohol:

According to national reports, the NCAA is expected to bring an end to a long-standing prohibition on alcohol sales at its championship events. The NCAA Division I Council is expected to vote soon ...

April 18

Los Angeles Times on the Supreme Court delivering a victory for due process for deportees:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in a case from California that if a law is deemed to be so vague that it is impossible for the government to use it to impose ...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Lions have signed cornerback Raysean Pringle.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Police say they've broken up a drug ring that included eight students and a professor at William & Mary.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Wichita police say more than six people were in a home when a 40-year-old man was shot and killed.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Officials say a North Carolina grand jury has indicted a man who they say kept his mother's pension payments 15 years after her death.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order restoring voting rights to parolees (all times local):

NEW YORK — Two students who survived the deadly mass shooting this year at a Florida high school have a book deal.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon wildlife officials have shot and killed two wolves from a helicopter, in an attempt to reduce killings of cattle by the predators.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would have barred adults in Tennessee from smoking in a vehicle with children appears dead for the year after lawmakers voiced concerns that it gave the government too much power over citizen freedoms.

The weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for April 18 and also available on the internet at http://www.txfishing.com

NEW YORK (AP) - Nanny convicted of killing 2 kids; New York jury rejects argument she was too mentally ill to be held responsible.

Billings Gazette, April 18, on protecting Montana kids from abuse:

The bright blue pinwheels shining on lawns and fences in Billings have a serious purpose. Pinwheels for Prevention is an annual, national campaign to raise awareness of child abuse and to mobilize community members to help keep all children safe.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run home run that backed Chad Kuhl and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 10-2 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Tens of thousands of Facebook accounts have been compromised this month by malicious software masqueraded as an "inspirational" painting program that surreptitiously slurps user credentials, a cybersecurity firm said Wednesday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - There was a mutual attraction between Tina Thompson and Virginia's women's basketball program that made for a short courtship.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Richmond has dismissed sophomore guard De'Monte Buckingham from its basketball program for a violation of athletics department policy.

The Durango Herald, April 18, on the value of local news:

The annual Pulitzer Prize winners were announced this week, and as usual, they include examples of exceptional journalism: sexual harassment in major industries, the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, white supremacists in Virginia and the fires in Sonoma County. ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Some of the more than 100 motions filed in the case of a Chicago police officer charged in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald that have been kept secret may soon become public.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's unemployment rate declined slightly to 4.7 percent in March.

PIE TOWN, N.M. (AP) - The Postal Service is providing assurances that it is committed to providing full services in Pie Town, a tiny western New Mexico community where the current post office is closing.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's pharmacy board has awarded three more licenses to dispense medical marijuana to eligible patients.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Senators have whittled down proposals to toughen Louisiana's policies against sexual harassment in government agencies to one compromise bill. And they removed language that could have hidden harassment allegations and investigation details from the public.

PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) - A fast-moving fire destroyed a New Jersey deli and briefly trapped two people who lived in an apartment above the business before they were safely rescued by firefighters.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The head of Utah's Department of Corrections is stepping down after five years in office.