Новости за 10.03.2017

SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina district attorney says 2 prosecutors ‘no longer employed by’ his office after AP church abuse report.

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen pleads guilty in scheme to cheat diesel emissions tests in US.

BERLIN (AP) — A prosecutor says the 19-year-old suspect arrested in the death of a neighbor’s boy has admitted to the killing and that of another man. Bochum prosecutor Danyal Maibaum says the suspect made a comprehensive confession following his arrest Thursday. Maybaum told a news conference on Friday that the suspect, Marcel Hesse, is […]

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are making widespread gains Friday morning after a strong February jobs report. Technology and industrial companies are rising more than the rest of the market, but the gains are relatively broad as investors expect the pickup in hiring to translate into more spending and economic growth in the coming […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has denied a “‘stand your ground” defense for a retired Florida police officer who fatally shot a man in a movie theater over texting. Judge Susan Barthle ruled Friday that 74-year-old Curtis Reeves must stand trial in the death of 43-year-old Chad Oulson. Reeves is charged with […]

SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey police officer helped a dying woman fulfill her final wish of going to the beach one last time. Pat Kelly, 78, of Burlington City, has a terminal diagnosis of acute leukemia and is in hospice care. WPVI-TV in Philadelphia (http://6abc.cm/2nmFUQC ) reports her family asked her what […]

The group has refiled its lawsuit against Seattle, arguing that the city’s law allowing Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers to unionize is illegal because drivers are contractors not employees. Seattle’s law is the first of its kind in the U.S.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A naval mine suspected to have been planted by rebels has hit a Yemeni coast guard vessel in the Red Sea, killing two sailors. Yemeni security officials say eight personnel were also wounded in the blast, which wounded the ship’s captain. It was the first such explosion by a naval mine […]

The Alexa artificial-intelligence software could generate $10 billion worth of business a year for Amazon, stemming from device sales and voice orders, according to analysts with RBC Capital Markets.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A man reportedly chasing children around a Southern California sports complex was shot and killed by two police officers. Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy tells The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/2n74cCe ) that there were reports that the man was holding a bat and broken bottle before he was shot […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — CORRECTS: Judge denies ‘stand your ground’ defense for former officer who fatally shot man in theater over texting. (Corrects APNewsAlert to restore dropped word “shot.” )

MOSCOW (AP) — Just days before the 100th anniversary of Yevgeni Khaldei’s birth, the daughter of the photographer who took the iconic World War II image of Red Army soldiers atop the Reichstag has regained possession of his negatives after a 15-year court battle. Anna Khaldei is now preparing to bring the negatives back to […]

After decades of work with the U.S. Foreign Service, a couple finds the right spot in West Seattle, then the right house.

Steer clear of jumping to conclusions about lousy parenting and dark hearts.

Writers include Abeer Y. Hoque, Timothy Egan, Michael Haydon and Zoey Leigh Peterson.

Seattle Marimba Quartet, Tafelmusik, Early Music Underground and Seattle Symphony all have concerts March 10-17.

An Idaho mining town faces a disaster and its aftermath in Kevin Canty’s masterly, affecting new novel.

The major players who buy airplanes painted a gloomy picture for sales of big jets over the next few years, with global airlines facing a glut in capacity and lower fares. The outlook is worrying for Boeing's 777 in particular.

The Seahawks proved more serious than maybe anyone imagined they were about wanting to add some veteran depth at tailback. It had been revealed that Seattle will get visits from Jamaal Charles of Kansas City, Latavius Murray of Oakland and Eddie Lacy of Green Bay.

Whitman, the tiny liberal-arts college known for academics, is the only NCAA school with an undefeated basketball team. The men are 29-0 and set for a Sweet 16 Division III showdown vs. Hardin-Simmons. The women also are in the Sweet 16, facing Trinity University of Texas.

NEW YORK (AP) — Half a mile away from where college basketball’s premiere conference tournament is being played, there are no signs that the Atlantic Coast Conference is in town. The Thai restaurants, bodegas and store-front day care centers on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood are going about Thursday late-morning business as usual. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators are demanding documents and contacting witnesses in a wide-ranging probe of the Defense Department’s troubled anti-propaganda efforts against the Islamic State. The investigation by the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee follows reporting by The Associated Press in January that uncovered critical problems with the program known as WebOps and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years after she left the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor remained enthusiastic about the early morning exercise class she started at the highest court in the land — the basketball court that sits one floor above the courtroom where she heard arguments for nearly a quarter-century. While the first female justice […]

TCU’s NCAA Tournament chances seemed to be minimal at best after a 6-12 run through the Big 12. A massive upset against the nation’s top-ranked team and potential No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed has the Horned Frogs dreaming big. Playing with poise down the stretch, TCU stunned top-ranked Kansas 85-82 in the Big 12 quarterfinals […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women seeking abortions and some basic health services, including prenatal care, contraception and cancer screenings, would face restrictions and struggle to pay for some of that medical care under the House Republicans’ proposed bill. The legislation, which would replace much of former President Barack Obama’s health law, was approved by two House […]