Новости за 04.11.2015

OfferUp’s technology is designed to make it easy for smartphone users to post items for sale on its site. A long line of high-powered investors are betting it’ll be successful.

The stakes were high for Airbnb, last valued at $25.5 billion and widely expected to go public in the coming years. Losing the ballot could have encouraged political activists in other cities to push for similar restrictions.

When Seattle politicians first talked about making the city the most progressive in the nation, it seemed like just talk. But the city’s increasingly liberal voters are making it a reality.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As a recent high school graduate from a middle-class Kabul family, Mohammed Fahim Aazar has the means to go to college and pursue a profession in Afghanistan, but instead he’s acquired a $5,600 visa and a plane ticket to Turkey, where he will embark on the migrant trail to Europe. The […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing people to flee their homes in panic, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and authorities said there was no threat of a tsunami. The magnitude-6.3 earthquake was centered 28 kilometers (17 miles) northeast of the Alor island […]

Scientists detected domoic acid — a neurotoxin produced by the marine algae and is harmful to people, fish and marine life — in more than three dozen animals from Washington to California.

Jessica Clark (Monroe) and Delaney Hopen (Shorewood) had double-doubles in WesCo tournament wins Tuesday.

Sam Abbott scored five goals as Curtis shutout Auburn Mountainview, 19-0.

Latest shooting victim found dead on a sidewalk in the Hilltop neighborhood.

Bishop Blanchet defeated Holy Names in a shootout to advance to the 3A Metro Championship.

Strong revenue growth came partly because of the Seattle online ad company’s acquisition of Trulia, it biggest rival.

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Officials say an 86-year-old Washington woman escaped from a car trunk in Oregon after she was reportedly abducted by teenagers. The Tri-City Herald reports Hazel Abel was taken from her home in Kennewick on Monday, forced into the trunk of her car and driven to Multnomah County in Oregon. Officials with […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two St. Louis police officers acted in self-defense and won’t be charged in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man who was armed with a steak knife as he approached the officers and urged them to shoot him, the city’s prosecutor said Tuesday. Kajieme Powell was shot 12 times by officers […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A white police officer was cleared by a grand jury in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old black man during a fight at a traffic stop, a prosecutor said Tuesday. The grand jury declined to indict the officer despite Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich’s recommendation that he be indicted on […]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A small plane that made an emergency landing along an Arkansas highway was piloted by a former CEO at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Bill Simon, who led the company’s U.S. operations from 2010 to 2014, told The Associated Press he unfurled a parachute that brought the plane down Tuesday along Arkansas 16 […]

A Renton teacher who was fired before the start of the school year was charged last week with third-degree rape of a child, accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student nine years ago.

Tech companies and others put the Seattle-Bellevue area ahead of much larger markets like New York City and Chicago in demand for office space during the latest quarter.