Новости за 06.01.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving are expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lineup for their game against the Brooklyn Nets. Coach Tyronn Lue says both stars would play Friday night in the opener of a six-game road trip. Love missed a loss to Chicago on Wednesday and was limited in […]

UW President Ana Mari Cauce was among the first to fly to Havana, Cuba, on a new Alaska Airlines route.

A county animal control officer says the facility did not have a required kennel license from the city of Tumwater.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Viggo Mortensen will return to his northern New York hometown this month to kick off a film festival with a screening of his 2016 movie “Captain Fantastic.” Organizers of the Snowtown Film Festival say the 58-year-old actor will be in Watertown on Jan. 27 for the screening, which will be preceded […]

Boeing sold 668 jets and delivered 748 in 2016. Deliveries were slightly down compared to 2015 because of a production rate cut for the 747 jumbo jet. Sales slumped compared to previous years as the airline industry faces a capacity glut.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Chippewa tribe in Wisconsin is calling for the removal of a pipeline from its reservation after 64 years of operation. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s tribal council voted Wednesday to refuse to renew easements for the portion of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. Line 5 carries oil and […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — L.L. Bean heiress Linda Bean is in hot water with the Federal Election Commission over a political action committee she created to support Republican President-elect Donald Trump. According to a Wednesday letter obtained by The Associated Press, federal regulators say Bean’s Making America Great Again LLC was limited to individual contributions […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The parents of a Houston journalist taken hostage in Syria in 2012 say their hope that their son will come home safely has never wavered. That faith recently got a boost from U.S. officials, who told the family they have high confidence Austin Tice is alive. “On a certain level, people expect […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama urged fellow leaders at the United Nations to do more for the world’s refugees, his mention of a young boy named Alex could have been just a footnote, unnoticed or quickly forgotten. The White House had other plans. Its social media specialists sent a video crew to the […]

The Associated Press 2016 NFL All-Pro Team is showing off the new wave of pro football stars. Three rookies among 17 first-time selections highlight the team, including Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott, and Kansas City’s Tyreek Hill, who is a unanimous choice as a punt returner. Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan, edging New England’s Tom Brady, […]

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen will soon be able to repair some of its diesel cars so they meet U.S. emissions standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board said Friday they have approved a fix for a portion of the 475,000 Volkswagens and Audis that were programmed to cheat on U.S. […]

YORK, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania woman drove into a river to avoid arrest, then ignored officers and continued drinking beer as she floated in the vehicle. The York Daily Record (http://bit.ly/2hTLfyY ) reports police approached the woman near a boat launch Monday to arrest her for fleeing from them earlier. She was […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Texas Rep. Sam Johnson has announced he will retire at the end of his term. Johnson, 86, was a fighter pilot in Vietnam and Korea before his election to Congress in 1990. He spent seven years as a prisoner of war in the notorious Hanoi Hilton. On Capitol Hill, the Republican […]

Is Hollywood in the mood to party? On Sunday, the movie industry will gather for the Golden Globes, which are regularly one of the most freewheeling and frothiest award shows of the year. Champagne will flow. Punchlines will fly. But the tone of this year’s ceremony may be different, and not just because it will […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — More grim news for malls as women’s apparel designer and retailer The Limited says it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend. The New Albany, Ohio company says it will continue to operate online only after the Jan. 8 closures. The Limited made the announcement just two […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he would support repealing his health care law if Republicans could put forward a better plan. But he stresses, “I want to see it first.” Obama spoke Friday during a live-streamed interview with the Vox news website. He argued that repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is denying permits for energy companies to conduct seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean to map potential drilling sites for oil and natural gas. The Interior Department said it denied six pending applications in part because Obama has blocked Atlantic drilling under a five-year offshore drilling plan finalized late […]

It’s an NFL postseason that will also help shape the perception of whether time is still on the Seahawks’ side, or beginning to run out. The NFC appears as wide open as ever, with no reason why the Seahawks can’t make a long run.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — An atheist’s complaint has led South Carolina troopers to stop using state money to send a book including Bible passages to the family members of people who die in wrecks. Public Safety Department spokesman Sherri Iacobelli says the agency immediately reversed course on the book titled “A Time to Grieve” after […]

Officer Mike McClaughry was moved out of the intensive-care unit at Harborview Medical Center and is in serious but stable condition.

LONDON (AP) — British police seeking to establish facts about the Christmas Day death of pop star George Michael are taking statements about the case. Thames Valley Police said Friday this is normal practice involving deaths that are “unexplained but non-suspicious.” The statement said the police investigation is “standard practice in cases such as this […]

Yahoo Finance says it accidently tweeted out a racial epithet when promoting a story about the cost of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to increase the size of the U.S. Navy. The headline for the story on Yahoo Finance is, “Trump Wants a Much Bigger Navy: Here’s How Much It’ll Cost.” But when it was tweeted […]

LONDON (AP) — Further evidence has emerged to show that the 19-country eurozone economy ended 2016 strongly. In a wide-ranging survey of economic activity across the single currency bloc, the European Union found sentiment running at near six-year highs. Its economic sentiment indicator rose 1.2 points to 107.8, its highest level since March 2011. Friday’s […]

YULEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother has pleaded not guilty in a suspected DUI crash that killed her two boys. News outlets report Tonya Capallia-Eason waived her appearance in court Thursday, but her attorney entered the plea on her behalf. She’s charged with two felony counts of causing death while driving under the influence. […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Orlando, Florida, middle school teacher is accused of requesting and receiving nude photos from one of his former teenage students. News outlets report the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Andrew Montalvo was arrested Wednesday and charged with obscene communication. Records show the seventh-grade Avalon Middle School civics teacher kept […]