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Nordstrom reports growth in 1Q profit, disappointing sales SEATTLE (AP) — Nordstrom Inc. said Thursday its overall profit jumped 37 percent at its department stores in the first quarter, but a key sales gauge fell short of Wall Street expectations. Sales at established stores across the Seattle-based chain declined 0.8 percent in the quarter. The figure of sales at established stores is a key retail indicator because it strips out the effects of newly opened and recently closed locations.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge has ordered prosecutors to charge the speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200, days after they declined to do so. Municipal Court Judge Marsha Neifield on Thursday ordered the arrest of engineer Brandon Bostian on involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges. The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office had announced Tuesday, as the two-year deadline to bring charges loomed Friday... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative senators are pushing to diminish insurance coverage requirements imposed by President Barack Obama's health care law as Senate Republicans try fashioning legislation overhauling the nation's health care system. Conservative senators are also talking about curbing health care tax credits Republicans want and slowing the growth of the Medicaid program for poor and disabled people. Conservative Sen. Mike Lee would like to eliminate Obama's requirements that insurers... Читать дальше...

While Republicans rewrite the Affordable Care Act in Washington, the future of the current law has grown hazier with the nation's third-largest health insurer completely divorcing itself from state-based insurance markets. BEIJING (AP) — In a mountain valley in Kashmir, plans are underway for Chinese engineers guarded by Pakistani forces to expand the lofty Karakoram Highway in a project that is stirring diplomatic friction with India. The work is part of a sprawling Chinese initiative to build a "new Silk Road" of ports... Читать дальше...

A critical hit that apparently couldn't find financial success, Dot's Butcher and Deli will close a second time.

Some folks say that all shiny-new condos look the same. That can't be said about #2206 at 2100 Third Ave.

NEW YORK (AP) — The heroin epidemic is driving up hepatitis C infections, with the biggest increase in people in their 20s, U.S. health officials said Thursday. The hepatitis C virus spreads through the blood but does most of its damage by infecting the liver. The number hasn't changed much recently but that figure reflects a different group of infected people — baby boomers. Before widespread screening of blood donations began in 1992, the virus was also spread through blood transfusions.

How major US stock market indexes fared on Thursday U.S. stocks closed modestly lower Thursday as several retailers declined after reporting disappointing results. Consumer goods, health care and utilities stocks eked out small gains.