Новости за 07.12.2017

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A lawyer who spent six months on the run after pleading guilty in a $500 million Social Security fraud scheme was being flown back to Kentucky on Tuesday after he was caught outside a Pizza Hut in Honduras. Eric Conn was handed over to the FBI after his capture by a SWAT team as he left the restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba. Spokesman Jorge Galindo of the country's Technical Agency of Criminal Investigation said they left Honduras on a private plane. Conn was expected to arrive in Lexington... Читать дальше...

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — The trial has begun for the second of two men accused in the deadly shooting of a coal executive in West Virginia last year. Monday was the first day of trial for Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick, 20, of Louisa, Kentucky, news outlets report. Fitzpatrick is charged with offenses including first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy in the death of Bennett K. Hatfield, 59. Mingo County Prosecutor Duke Jewell said Fitzpatrick and Anthony Raheem Arriaga, 22, of Delphos, Ohio, killed... Читать дальше...

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — The trial has begun for the second of two men accused in the deadly shooting of a coal executive in West Virginia last year. Monday was the first day of trial for Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick, 20, of Louisa, Kentucky, news outlets report. Fitzpatrick is charged with offenses including first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy in the death of Bennett K. Hatfield, 59. Mingo County Prosecutor Duke Jewell said Fitzpatrick and Anthony Raheem Arriaga, 22, of Delphos, Ohio, killed... Читать дальше...

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has signed a decree ordering what state media outlets called the first mass pardoning of convicts in the Central Asian country's history.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For three days, attorneys representing the federal government and a former South Carolina officer charged in an unarmed black motorist's shooting death have presented technical testimony to a judge to consider how much time Michael Slager should spend in federal prison. That includes use of Slager's stun gun, which the former officer says Walter Scott grabbed and turned on him, causing Slager, who is white, to fear for his life and shoot in self-defense, firing five times into his back as he ran away. Читать дальше...

The Latest on a fugitive Kentucky lawyer captured in Honduras, where he fled during sentencing for Social Security fraud (all times local): 12:50 p.m. Officials in Honduras say a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who disappeared six months ago after pleading guilty to massive Social Security fraud is on his way back to the United States. Eric Conn was handed over to the FBI on Tuesday, a day after his capture by a SWAT team as he came out of a restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba. Spokesman Jorge Galindo... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Top-ranked Clemson once again dominated the Associated Press All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams released Tuesday. The league-champion Tigers placed six players on the first team, led by offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt — one of eight unanimous selections from the panel of 14 sports writers who cover the conference. Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson was the unanimous pick as the offensive player of the year while Boston College running back A.J. Dillon was unanimously selected as the newcomer of the year. Читать дальше...

Liverpool put on a stunning display in the Champions League, and Philippe Coutinho was at the heart of it all. I have been critical—and recently!—of Philippe Coutinho. During the first couple of months of this campaign, when the Brazilian international played for us, our results were largely disappointing. However, Coutinho has not only continued contributing goals and assists at a pace that puts his past seasons to shame, the results too have followed suit. In the last two outings alone, Liverpool have hung 12 goals on our opponents... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's public schools are becoming less white, but black students still lag behind their white peers in reading and math proficiency according to an Associated Press analysis of more than a decade's worth of data from the National Center for Education Statistics. In 2000, 68 percent of Kentucky's public schools were at least 90 percent white. But by 2014, 46 percent of schools were at least 90 percent white. Over that same time period, Kentucky's racial populations stayed roughly the same... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican governor asked his party on Saturday to call for the resignation of four GOP lawmakers who signed a secret sexual harassment settlement, but party leaders rejected it in a move the governor said "speaks to the fact that we've got real problems." The Republican Party of Kentucky's Central Committee held its regular meeting on Saturday. Party Chairman Mac Brown introduced a resolution that condemned "proven sexual harassment in any form committed by any public... Читать дальше...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off his biggest legislative victory of the Trump era, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday disputed projections that the Senate's tax bill would add to the nation's debt woes. Back home in Kentucky just hours after the Senate narrowly pushed through the nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill, McConnell predicted that the boldest rewrite of the nation's tax system in decades would generate more than enough economic growth to prevent the burgeoning deficits being forecast. Читать дальше...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Actress Ashley Judd, whose claims against a Hollywood mogul helped set off an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations, said Friday that the fight against sexual misconduct will be a "chaotic, messy" endeavor, but that women won't let potential public fatigue about the scandals slow the efforts. Judd told an audience at the University of Kentucky, her alma mater, that the fight is about "ending impunity." Judd said that film mogul Harvey Weinstein harassed her three different times. Читать дальше...

Undefeated Swadlincote super lightweight, Connor Parker, is hoping to end 2017 with a bang.

Arsenal News HQ brings you the latest Arsenal news, match analysis, transfer news, injury news, team news and rumours from trusted media outlets around the world. Arsenal striker Theo Walcott has emerged as a transfer target for Everton. According to the Daily Mail, Everton have made an enquiry about the Arsenal winger, who has not started a Premier League match this season. New Everton boss Sam Allardyce wants to strengthen his squad in the summer and the 28-year-old is among the targets. It was... Читать дальше...

[4e de 4] Certains professionnels de la santé développent au cours de leur carrière une dépendance aux opioïdes, notamment au fentanyl. Voici le récit d'une pharmacienne et d'une infirmière qui ont subi l'emprise des opioïdes.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rick Pitino has sued the University of Louisville Athletic Association for $38.7 million, saying it breached his contract by placing him on unpaid administrative leave without notice and firing him last month with no legally justified "cause." The ULAA fired the Hall of Fame coach on Oct. 16, weeks after he was placed on leave when Louisville acknowledged it was being investigated in a federal bribery probe of college basketball. Pitino is not named in the federal complaint... Читать дальше...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rick Pitino has sued the University of Louisville Athletic Association for $38.7 million, saying it breached his contract by placing him on unpaid administrative leave without notice and firing him last month with no legally justified "cause." The ULAA fired the Hall of Fame coach on Oct. 16, weeks after he was placed on leave when Louisville acknowledged it was being investigated in a federal bribery probe of college basketball. Pitino is not named in the federal complaint... Читать дальше...

December 7 – It has been a slow burn but ticket sales have suddenly ignited for the Russia 2018 World Cup following the Final Draw last Friday. 1,318,109 tickets were requested in the first 24 hours from when the sales window opened December 6.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has called for a new Palestinian intifada -- or uprising -- against Israel after U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday recognized Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. "Jerusalem is being kidnapped and ripped from us," Haniya said in a speech in Gaza on Thursday, according to media reports. "We should call for and we should work on launching an intifada in the face of the Zionist enemy," he said. Trump's move breaks with decades of U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the capital... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A plaque in the Kentucky Capitol declaring the only president of the Confederacy to be a hero and a patriot will stay until a lawyer with Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration can determine if the decision to remove it was legal. The plaque is attached to a 15-foot (4.5 meters) marble statue of Jefferson Davis, who was born in Kentucky and was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Efforts to remove the statue have been ongoing for years, but they gained momentum... Читать дальше...