Новости за 02.02.2016

UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Baylor are the four No. 1 seeds right now according to the NCAA women’s basketball selection committee. Taking a page from the college football playoffs, the NCAA decided this year to release the top 10 women’s teams three times in February to help build a buzz for the tournament […]

The FCC must do more to ensure viewers know who is using political ads to influence their vote this election season.

Relatives found the two people dead around 3 p.m., according to police. This post will be updated.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge’s decision appears to be at least weeks away in a lawsuit over North Carolina’s photo ID mandate for voters, making it likely that the new legal requirement will remain in place when early in-person voting begins March 3. Trial ended Monday in multiple lawsuits over the new statute, […]

A former Maryland judge pleaded guilty Monday to a civil rights violation for ordering a defendant to be physically shocked in his courtroom. Robert C. Nalley of La Plata, Maryland, gave the order in July 2014 while presiding over a criminal trial for a man who was representing himself, according to the plea deal’s statement […]

King County and the University of Washington announced an agreement Monday for the UW to continue operating Harborview Medical Center.

Thanks to a strict and meticulous recruiting process, the Huskies rarely are surprised on National Signing Day, and that should be the case again Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Registered sex offenders who have committed crimes against children will have a harder time traveling internationally under legislation Congress has sent to the president’s desk. The House passed the legislation by voice vote Monday after Senate passage in December. If signed by the president, the U.S. would let other countries know when […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia lawmaker criticized for recent comments about the Ku Klux Klan has withdrawn bills honoring the Confederacy. Rep. Tommy Benton, R-Jefferson, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/1SyTVGd) last week that the KKK wasn’t racist but was a group of vigilantes trying to keep law and order. The newspaper reported Monday that Benton […]

A south-central Idaho TV weather forecaster has been charged with felony rape.