Новости за 12.01.2017

Highlights include an MLS Cup rematch between the Sounders and Toronto FC on May 6 at CenturyLink Field.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration filed a trade complaint with the World Trade Organization on Thursday against China for allegedly “dumping” aluminum on the global market at artificially low prices. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said China is using artificially cheap loans and illegal subsidies to undercut the global price of aluminum. That makes […]

The Washington Supreme Court threw a major wrench Thursday in plans for a big oil terminal on the coast, saying the proposal must be reviewed under a 1989 state law designed to protect marine life following the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska.

National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife slate open houses, webinars in February.

Leaders from the Puget Sound region’s 35 school districts called for lawmakers to come up with a bipartisan solution to the “levy cliff,” which could cause a $228 million shortfall starting next year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Holloway says he’s terrible at keeping secrets, which is ironic because the actor has starred in two TV shows where it’s key to keep plot points quiet: ABC’s “Lost” and now USA’s “Colony,” premiering its second season Thursday at 10 p.m. EST. “My wife laughs at me all the time. […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania district attorney says he’ll drop all but two minor charges against Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter after reviewing video of his altercation with a bar bouncer and a police officer. District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. says the video evidence supports only summary citations for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning that he was getting sick before he ever felt any symptoms of Lyme disease. Geneticist Michael Snyder never had Lyme’s characteristic bulls-eye rash. But a smart watch and other sensors charted changes in […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tanya Tucker is postponing tour dates after fracturing a vertebrae and injuring a rib during a fall while on tour. A statement from her publicist says Tucker was also diagnosed with bronchitis while in a hospital in Texas. The statement says Tucker is receiving breathing treatments and physical therapy but will […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister said Thursday that an upcoming conference in Paris aimed at reviving peace talks with the Palestinians was “rigged” and that Israel was not bound by anything decided there. Dozens of countries are set to attend the conference on Jan. 15, where they may endorse an international framework for peace […]

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Police say a student from a Connecticut center that provides behavioral and developmental services fell through a frozen pond and had to be rescued. Police and firefighters responded to Adelbrook in Cromwell on Wednesday morning for a report that a student was standing on the ice in the middle of a […]

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Small stalls and carts have sprung up outside the bombed-out buildings in eastern Mosul, selling meat and vegetables, cigarettes and cellphones to the thousands of civilians still living in neighborhoods where the Iraqi military has driven out the Islamic State group. As the grinding military operation enters its fourth month, about […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling has helped Atlantic City’s casinos post their first revenue increase in a decade. Figures released Thursday by state gambling regulators show the casinos won $2.6 billion from gamblers in 2016, an increase of 1.5 percent from a year earlier. The last time Atlantic City casino revenue increased was […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. federal government’s budget deficit rose from a year earlier for the second straight month, the latest sign of a rising financing gap. The Treasury Department said Thursday that the December budget deficit was $27.5 billion, nearly double the $14 billion in December 2015. In the first three months of the […]

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. car shoppers will find plentiful deals, relatively low interest rates and lots of high-tech choices in the market this year. “It’s a good time to buy a car now, and it should be for the rest of the year,” says Jessica Caldwell, an analyst with the car-shopping site Edmunds.com New-vehicle sales […]

Two years ago, the Washington state Legislature began allowing wine lovers to fill growlers at their favorite wineries. Now, a new measure would allow refills at grocery stores, wine boutiques and other places licensed to sell wine in the state.

Sometimes, the balloons would break lose from their tethers and wreak havoc on the city.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The capital of California and an apartment complex have agreed to pay $1.35 million to an elderly stroke victim who was raped several times by an off-duty Sacramento police officer. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2jAm42C ) that the city and the senior complex in which the woman lived will each pay […]

Seattle's Kam Chancellor reached out last spring to Atlanta rookie Keanu Neal, a player who has drawn a lot of comparisons to Chancellor in his style of play.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona state trooper stopped to help at a car wreck along a remote highway Thursday when he was shot and wounded in an ambush by a man who was bashing the officer’s head against the pavement until a passing driver shot him to death, authorities said. The trooper suffered a severe […]

The sentence was preordained after Allen Ivanov pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated first-degree murder. By doing so, he avoided a possible death sentence.

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is adding more than 816,000 vehicles in North America to the growing Takata air bag inflator recall. The company says the latest callback covers the 2005-2009 and 2012 Mustang and the 2006-2009 and 2012 Ford Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr and Lincoln MKZ. Also included are the 2007-2009 Ford Ranger and Edge, the […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major shareholder in Saudi airline Flynas says the discount carrier has reached a deal to buy $8.6 billion worth of planes from European plane-maker Airbus. Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Company announced the deal Thursday, though it did not say how many aircraft or what […]

Washington State University’s online bachelor’s degree program has gotten a top ranking from U.S. News & World Report.

A detailed, categorized calendar of events all over Seattle and Western Washington, Jan. 13-19, 2017.