Новости за 21.02.2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal officials say a Missouri man is charged with helping to plan what he believed would be a terrorist attack in Kansas City. Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr. was charged in federal court in Kansas City with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The 25-year-old Hester of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s choice of an outspoken but non-political Army general as national security adviser is a nod to pragmatism, but Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will serve a commander in chief with unorthodox ideas about foreign policy and an inner circle of advisers determined to implement them. McMaster, 54, is an independent-minded […]

Whose speech will deliver a punch? Who will set or break a win streak? Will Lin-Manuel Miranda complete his EGOT? We can’t answer those burning queries, but here at The Seattle Times, we can make a few predictions.

NEW YORK (AP) — Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned as editor of Breitbart Tech after coming under fire from other conservatives over comments on sexual relationships between boys and older men. On Monday, he was disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after video of his remarks was promoted through social media by a conservative blog, […]

In our latest Seahawks mailbag, looking at some potential draft and free agent options for the Seahawks, and assessing Richard Sherman.

The Seattle City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a proposed upzone of the University District.

MIAMI (AP) — There are 27 games remaining on Cleveland’s regular-season schedule, and perhaps only one person over that stretch will be able to stop LeBron James. That would be Cavs coach Tyronn Lue. He has to protect James from himself. Finding the right time to rest players is a conundrum that many NBA coaches […]

The 5th’s splendid revival of the 1950s rom-com feels up-to-date thanks to its focus on workers rights. It runs through March 5.

Westbound Redmond Way at Northeast 76th Street is expected to remain closed until 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Colleen Lamont’s flight from Scotland to Iceland is delayed, making her miss her connecting flight back home. When her airline rebooks her, it’s on a different airline — and to a different return airport than the one she originally booked. Does it owe her anything for the inconvenience?

Longtime North Capitol Hill bar the Roanoke has a "Drink for 'Merica" benefit tonight, Watershed Pub & Kitchen has a Bainbridge Brewing beer fundraiser tomorrow, and Renee Erickson's restaurants are serving "Cocktails for a Cause" through the end of the month.

Candice Wiggins described what she said was a “very, very harmful” culture in the WNBA — one in which she contends she was bullied throughout her eight-year career. She also described the discouragement she felt being a part of a “survival league.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andres Dorantes has long been content with the green card that lets him live in the U.S. and work as a tattoo artist in Los Angeles. That changed when Donald Trump became president and swiftly made executive orders to crack down on immigrants and ban travel from certain countries. Dorantes, a […]

DALLAS (AP) — American and United have started selling cheaper “basic economy” fares as they battle discount airlines for the most budget-conscious travelers. American announced early Tuesday that it began selling the new fares for flights starting March 1 on 10 different routes from its hub airports in Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia and Charlotte, North Carolina. […]

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people jeered Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as he drove to a speech Tuesday where he told local business leaders that “winners make policy and the losers go home.” Protesters crowded the American Legion Post 34 Fairgrounds, kept at bay by several police officers and a chain link fence. […]

The man was found in the apartment building’s parking lot with a cut on his hand, police said.

Sarah Rudinoff shines in Lisa Kron’s comedy “Well,” on stage at Seattle Repertory Theatre through March 5.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Free-agent catcher Matt Wieters and the Washington Nationals have an agreement in principle on a $10.5 million contract for 2017, pending a physical, according to a person familiar with the deal. The contract also includes a player option for 2018 worth $10.5 million, the person said, speaking to The […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ordered R&B singer Chris Brown to stay away from his ex-girlfriend after she accused him of physically abusing and threatening her. The Grammy winner was ordered to stay 100 yards away from Karrueche Tran and not attempt to contact her after she wrote in court filings that Brown […]

Mayor Ed Murray gave his State of the City address Tuesday morning.

BOURGES, France (AP) — It’s a case of culinary mistaken identity. The Michelin Guide has accidently awarded one of its coveted stars to a lowly local cafe that shares its name with a gastronomic restaurant 150 kilometers (93 miles) away. In the annual restaurant list unveiled Feb. 9, the publishers confused “Le Bouche a Oreilles” […]

HILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in western New York say two county jail deputies are recovering from gunshot injuries suffered in an off-duty gun-cleaning accident. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says Dale Fair and Robert Thorpe had stripped and cleaned Fair’s personal weapon early Sunday morning in a home in the village of Hilton, near […]

WATAMU, Kenya (AP) — South Sudan’s president says his government will ensure “unimpeded access” for all aid organizations, a day after famine was declared in part of the country. The United Nations and others have long accused the government of blocking or restricting aid delivery as the East African country’s civil war continues. President Salva […]

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania college student got a reminder to take out the trash when his mother sent him some garbage in a care package. Eighteen-year-old Connor Cox tells WHTM-TV (http://bit.ly/2l3BugR ) that his mother sent two boxes to him at Westminster College in New Wilmington last month. One box contained food […]

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman visiting her husband’s grave died after she had an asthma attack that caused her to crash her car in the cemetery. The Berks County coroner says 68-year-old Nancy Heist died about four hours after the crash Saturday evening at the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Pottstown. Her 76-year-old […]