Новости за 19.01.2017

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — East Chicago officials plan to renew their request for a state emergency declaration over the city’s lead contamination after former Gov. Mike Pence turned them down before he left office. East Chicago’s mayor sought the designation in December, hoping it would make more state programs available to residents dealing with […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution expressing “full support” to Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow and calling on ex-leader Yahya Jammeh to step down, condemning his attempts to usurp power. A last-minute revision to the resolution after Barrow took the oath of office Thursday backed efforts by the […]

The Seahawks could lose a second-round pick in the 2017 draft for violating NFL rules concerning the disclosure of injuries in regards to a knee injury suffered by Richard Sherman, according to a report Thursday from ESPN.

Four different polls say the Raiders are the No. 1 team in the nation.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A scientist in California has named a newly discovered moth species after President-elect Donald Trump, saying the white and yellow scales on the insect’s head are reminiscent of Trump’s blond hairdo. The moth was named Neopalpa donadltrumpi by evolutionary biologist Dr. Vazrick Nazari, who discovered it while dissecting moths and noticing […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-led Mississippi Legislature has resisted much of President Barack Obama’s agenda. But in a bipartisan gesture of goodwill, the state Senate is calling the Democrat “one of the most consequential presidents in recent history.” Lawmakers have refused to expand Medicaid under Obama’s signature health care law, among other things. However, […]

The wild weather and road closures are clearly moving into the rear view mirror, and skiers and snowboarders can look forward to more fantastic conditions in the days ahead. Places like the Summit at Snoqualmie were closed Thursday, but state Department of Transportation was working diligently on getting I-90 – the major east- and west-bound […]

Blue Nile doesn’t just want to sell you diamonds; it also wants to help you sell your diamond jewelry.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN approves resolution backing Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow and urges ex-leader Yahya Jammeh to leave peacefully.

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal prosecutors say four men who advertised heroin for sale on Facebook have been convicted of conspiracy to deal drugs in Atlanta. U.S. Attorney John Horn said Atlanta police received a tip that Bernard “Big Pat” Stokley was advertising heroin on the social media site and offering “specials of the day.” Prosecutors […]

Washington’s unemployment rate inched lower in December, driven by gains in leisure and hospitality, information and retail trade sectors.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a scenic drive at Zion National Park in Utah is open again after crews using fire hoses removed massive boulders that tumbled onto the road nearly a week ago. Park officials said Thursday Zion Scenic Drive is passable to the increasing flow of visitors making the trip even […]

Center Justin Britt is another player whose contract the Seahawks could consider extending this off-season.

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Researchers say the Islamic State group lost nearly a quarter of its territory last year, as an array of forces pressured it on multiple fronts in Syria and Iraq. In a report published Thursday, IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center called the territorial losses “unprecedented” and predicted IS militants would be […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spike Lee says he won’t be using Chrisette Michele’s music in an upcoming project because of her decision to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Michele seemed to allude to the controversy Thursday on her blog , where she wrote: “We can’t be present if we’re silent.” She says she hopes for […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ten years after the watershed environmental documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” debuted, climate change is as dire as ever and yet the solutions are right in front of us, say directors Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, whose film “An Inconvenient Sequel” kicks off the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday. The film, […]

Laurie Frankel’s novel “This is How It Always Is” tells the story of a Wisconsin family whose life changes when the fifth boy decides that he is really a girl. Frankel discusses her book Jan. 24 at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Co.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Three high school seniors are among the four people killed when a stolen SUV crashed into a tree in Massachusetts. Police identified the victims of the Tuesday night crash as 20-year-old Andrew Savage; 18-year-old Chassidy Spence; 17-year-old Katrina Lee Maisonet; and 17-year-old Adrianna Hernandez. Springfield Central High School Principal Thaddeus Tokarz […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s interior minister defended the decision to post photos of some anti-government protesters to illustrate the country’s “zero tolerance for breaches of the law,” but opposition lawmakers Thursday called it an act of “political revenge” intended to intimidate government critics. Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak was referring to the publication on the […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Satellite imagery supports witness accounts that Nigeria’s military bombed a refugee camp with “multiple air-dropped munitions,” even though tents should have been easily visible, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The New York-based group again urged a thorough investigation of Tuesday’s bombing of the camp that one Nigerian official said killed more […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has left its key interest rates and stimulus programs untouched, with President Mario Draghi due to explain Thursday why the bank is keeping its measures in place despite improved inflation and growth. Draghi is expected to use his news conference Thursday to underline the bank’s determination to […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft commission has named a former top executive of national flag carrier Garuda as a suspect in a case involving bribes for the purchase of Rolls Royce aircraft engines. A deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission, Laode Syarif, said Thursday that the bribery occurred between 2005 and 2014, the […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation have issued an indirect protest against plans by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. A statement issued after a meeting in Kuala Lumpur didn’t mention the United States or Trump by name, but said the […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A monitoring group says 2016 was the deadliest year yet for journalists in Afghanistan. The Afghan Journalist Safety Committee said Thursday that 13 reporters were killed last year in violent attacks blamed on the Taliban, as well as government officials and other powerful individuals angered by their criticism. David Gilkey and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With glow sticks, hula hoops and rainbow flags, protesters took a dance party to the streets near the vice president-elect’s temporary home to oppose his positions on LGBT issues. News outlets report that more than 100 people accompanied by a truck blasting music danced Wednesday night through the usually quiet Chevy Chase […]