Новости за 16.02.2017

The atmospheric river is coming to an end, and skiers and snowboarders should see an improvement heading into the holiday weekend. An upper level trough is expected to bring much cooler temperatures as rain showers fade away by late Thursday, and look for some new snow to fall over the next few days peppered with […]

COPLAY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania firefighters say a man thought to be trapped in a burning home was actually on a mission to save his pets. Fire officials say John Horwith kept going back into the burning house Tuesday night to look for his cats and dogs. Fire Chief Robin Hood tells The Morning Call […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California man pleads guilty to providing rifles used in deadly San Bernardino terror attack.

VIENNA (AP) — A Viennese cafe owner has a message for customers who dawdle over drinks while charging their cellphones: Pay up. And Galina Pokorny says that instead of complaining when they see a power charge on their bills, customers should read the menu: “Electricity, 1 euro” is printed there. Pokorny said Thursday that a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump claims progress, says media is ‘out of control’ and he will take his message ‘straight to the people’

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican lawmakers agreed to forcibly end debate Thursday on legislation that would eliminate most collective bargaining rights for public workers in Iowa, a maneuver that highlights how quickly the bill moved through the new GOP-majority statehouse. Republicans requested a rarely used motion to end near-simultaneous debate of the bill in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Big Hollywood hits commonly reap half or more of their box office overseas, as “Finding Dory” and “Rogue One” have done. Zhang Yimou’s “The Great Wall,” which opens Friday, will test whether that trick works both ways. “The Great Wall,” a mostly English-language film with a Chinese director, crew and cast, […]

A mudslide has blocked traffic on Maple Valley Highway approaching Interstate 405 and Renton.

The Washington State Patrol says troopers are not federal agents and detaining people is not their jobs. However, troopers are allowed to contact federal authorities.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — US ambassador says the United States “absolutely” supports a 2-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved to fill vacancies in his new administration on Thursday, selecting a Florida law school dean and former Justice Department attorney to lead the Labor Department. A senior White House official said that Trump planned to announce that R. Alexander Acosta, the dean of the Florida International University law […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Not even a month into his presidency, Donald Trump is moving to dismantle seven decades of American policy built on trade deals and multinational alliances that help fuel the U.S. and global economies. And no one is sure what will replace them. The void risks intensifying uncertainty at home and abroad. Without […]

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — The mother of a 7-month-old boy found dead in the Connecticut River has testified about the troubled relationship she had with the baby’s father. Tony Moreno is on trial in Middletown on charges that he threw the boy from a 90-foot-high bridge into the river. He has pleaded not guilty to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the founder of a New York-based private equity firm to lead a review of the intelligence community as President Donald Trump vows to crack down on what he describes as “illegal leaks” of classified information. A senior White House official said Thursday that Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The abrupt withdrawal of the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary brought swift blame from press secretary Sean Spicer, who said Democrats had “a double standard” for his party’s president and former President Barack Obama. But it was only the Republicans who had the power to kill the nomination […]

BONN, Germany (AP) — The United States, South Korea and Japan are condemning North Korea’s latest missile test and say they’ll enhance security cooperation in response. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Germany on his first overseas trip as the top American diplomat — and has met with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore says more attention must be paid to the health consequences of climate change. He called on scientists, health officials and health care providers to work together to address what he calls a “climate crisis on health.” Gore made the comments Thursday during a meeting at The Carter […]

Here is the latest fishing report from Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad’s Family Guide Service:\ And the beat goes on… Lake Chelan continued hot, trolling for Mackinaw in the Trench and Kokanee on Colyar Ledge. Trolling for suspended Kokanee continues terrific. Pull Mack’s Lure’s Mini Cha Cha Squidders in Orange on a short leader […]

A new statement by the American Heart Association says there’s growing evidence that the timing of your meal matters when it comes to cardiovascular disease.

Murphy, whose limited series "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" was a big hit, also says he's working on a series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal.

CLINTON, Tenn. (AP) — A 65-year-old man who plowed his pickup through a crowded parking lot in Tennessee, killing one man and injuring several others, has been convicted by an Anderson County Jury. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2lQVbJJ ) that jurors found Lee Cromwell guilty Wednesday of vehicular homicide for killing 37-year-old James Robinson. […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Closing times at bars in California could go later if proposed legislation there gets passed. The bill proposed Tuesday by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, would let municipalities set their own last call times. The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2laPqGv ) that communities could decide to […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says the U.S. chief of staff, Gen. Joe Dunford, will arrive in Turkey on Friday for talks on a possible joint operation to recapture the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Fikri Isik told reporters in Brussels that Dunford’s visit to Ankara would help Washington assess whether […]

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hailed a landmark trade deal with the European Union, in an address to the EU parliament one day after the pact was formally approved. Trudeau said Thursday that the deal would create jobs and boost the middle class on both sides of the Atlantic. He […]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An international human rights group has accused Bangladesh authorities of harassing and intimidating garment worker leaders and rights activists, saying 34 have been arrested since December. New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement Wednesday that the arrests were made on politically motivated charges. Protests broke out in December in […]