Новости за 01.01.2017

Seattle police are investigating a crash between a fire engine and a ladder truck, which led the ladder truck to run into a massage business.

GREENCASTLE, Pa. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been charged with homicide after a New Year’s Eve shooting that killed another 15-year-old boy. State police say they were called to a home in Greencastle, Franklin County, shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday to investigate a shooting. Police say one of the boys showed the […]

Seattle travels to Santa Clara to take on San Francisco on Sunday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A recent decision by a Cleveland judge to overrule a jury’s death sentence recommendation for a triple killer highlights how rare such judicial decisions are. Research by The Associated Press found just eight additional examples of judicial overrides since Ohio’s current death penalty law took effect in 1981. That’s compared with […]

UW finished the season 12-2, becoming just the second 12-win team in program history.

The playoff-bound Pittsburgh Steelers did as coach Mike Tomlin promised, sitting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, running back Le’Veon Bell, receiver Antonio Brown and center Maurkice Pouncey for a meaningless regular-season finale against Cleveland. With the AFC North champions locked into the third seed in the conference playoffs, the Steelers also gave tight end Ladarius Green (concussion) […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Katherine Snedaker says she has had 20 concussions, the first three decades ago from a car accident when she was 16. But it wasn’t until her son suffered a series of concussions in the sixth grade, around 2008, that she felt compelled to learn all she could about head injuries to […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two people with direct knowledge of the situation have told The Associated Press that Buffalo Bills interim head Anthony Lynn is the clear favorite to take over the job permanently. One person called Lynn’s succession to replace Rex Ryan as being “the working plan.” Another person said the final decision on […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In the end, the Ohio State Buckeyes’ youth and inexperience was exploited by Clemson in the desert. On the bright side, most of the team that reached the College Football Playoff with only six returning starters will be back next year, likely including quarterback J.T. Barrett. Barrett struggled and the play-calling […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old man who was fatally shot in a dispute at a downtown nightclub. Police were called to the Des Moines nightclub around 3:30 a.m. Sunday to investigate the altercation. Police Sgt. Paul Parizek says the 18-year-old died at the nightclub after […]

As the final day of the NFL regular season begins, the playoff picture is almost set with just three (four officially) NFC teams fighting for two spots. The AFC teams are set, but are playing for seeding. If the Redskins beat the Giants in a 4:25 p.m. game, the Packers-Lions loser tonight is eliminated. If […]

How much are your old prescriptions worth? Maybe not much to you. But for some companies, your medications, test results and hospital records are the building blocks of a multinational business. They collect millions of data points every day, analyze them and sell them to drugmakers and other health care players looking for insights into […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles residents awoke New Year’s Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read “HOLLYWeeD.” KABC-TV reports Los Angeles police have dispatched a unit to investigate the apparent vandalism. Police have also notified the city’s Department of General Services, whose officers patrol Griffith Park and the […]

A look at three keys to Sunday’s Seahawks-49ers game. Can Thomas Rawls get himself and the Seattle run game going? Who’s going to emerge among the wide receivers now that Tyler Lockett is out?

CHICAGO (AP) — One of the bloodiest years on record in Chicago ended with 762 homicides and more than 3,500 shooting incidents. Police released crime statistics on Sunday that reveal rampant gun violence. Not only were nearly 200 more homicides and more than 1,000 more shooting incidents than there were in 2015, but the total […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Mummers Parade, a Philadelphia tradition for over a century, is offering 2017 a lively welcome. The carnival-like celebration that draws tens of thousands of ornately costumed performers got underway Sunday amid mild winter temperatures and sunshine. The parade delights spectators along downtown city streets and at home in front of their […]

WACO, Texas (AP) — The first trial over a Central Texas gunfight involving rival motorcycle gangs that left nine people dead, 20 others hurt and more than 150 bikers charged is now set for April, 23 months after the 2015 shootout. Several charged in the gunfire at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco have been […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police are searching for suspects after a New Year’s shooting at a nightclub killed one person, a violent start after a year that saw nearly 150 homicides in the city. WITI-TV (http://bit.ly/2iwjMEs ) reports the shooting happened just before 5 a.m. Sunday at Dee’s Elegance Bar & Grill on Milwaukee’s northwest […]

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer says he expects President-elect Donald Trump will boldly use Twitter to make major policy announcements. Trump was scolded by foreign policy experts last month when he used Twitter as the venue to say that the U.S. should greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capacity until such time as […]

DENVER (AP) — There’s growing speculation that Broncos coach Gary Kubiak will step down after the season because of health concerns just 11 months after leading Denver to a triumphant Super Bowl 50. The Broncos (8-7) close their disappointing season Sunday at home against Oakland (12-3). Several coaches and players told The Associated Press over […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — As with any sequel, Alabama-Clemson II will have some new characters and fresh plot lines. The top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 3 Tigers will meet in Tampa, Florida, on Jan. 9 in the College Football Playoff national championship game. Last year they played a wild 45-40 game won by ‘Bama. It […]

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for January: It was back near the end of 1977, as a much younger rookie working at the Washington Department of Fisheries, when Deputy Director Frank Haw invited me to go winter blackmouth fishing on January 2, 1978. I was shocked that he could consider going salmon fishing […]

Seattle can still clinch the key No. 2 seed into the NFC playoffs, but it will need to beat the 49ers and hope the Falcons lose at home to New Orleans.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A lawmaker from Bangladesh’s ruling party has been shot dead by masked men in northern Bangladesh, police said Sunday. Manzurul Islam Liton, a national legislator from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party, was shot at his home in Gaibandha district on Saturday evening, said local police chief Atiar Rahman. Family […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives belts at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing nine people, including four members of the security forces. The police and hospital officials said the Sunday attack near the holy Shiite city of Najaf also wounded 22. There was no immediate claim […]