Новости за 07.04.2017

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state senator has been charged with accepting illegal payments in exchange for using his position to facilitate business deals. The U.S. attorney’s office announced the federal wire fraud charge Friday. It stems from an investigation dating to 2015, when Oaks was a member of the House of Delegates representing […]

Twin Harbors, closed off and on for most of this past fall and winter, is open for coastal razor clam digging, but it might be especially wise to stay home Friday and avoid the coastal beaches. The National Weather Service issued a high wind watch for the central coast (Grays Harbor County) through Friday. South […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer for a onetime business associate of Dennis Hastert says his client could appeal a judge’s dismissal of a 2013 lawsuit against the imprisoned former U.S. House speaker. J. David John alleged Hastert used federal funds for private business after leaving Congress. The suit is unrelated to Hastert’s hush-money case that […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal regulators say that environmental impacts of a proposed roughly 120-mile (193-kilometer), $1.2 billion natural gas pipeline from northeastern Pennsylvania to New Jersey would be “effectively limited.” The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday issued its final environmental impact study for the PennEast pipeline. The report outlines several areas of concern, […]

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The smells and sounds of Tijuana smack us as soon as we open the doors of our bug-splattered rental, a Jeep Renegade: food stalls selling roasted corn, churros and hot dogs; a near-empty bar blaring the oompa-oompas of norteno, Mexico’s answer to polka. This is our last stop. We have just […]

COROLLA, N.C. (AP) — The owner of a 24-bedroom home along North Carolina’s Outer Banks has gone to court, arguing the house with enough beds to sleep 50 people is a single-family home. Multiple media outlets report the owner of the $4.6 million property north of Corolla sued Currituck County last month. The county ordered […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man who was fined $190 for allowing his pet snake to slither freely in a South Dakota park says he’s disturbed by an animal control officer’s suggestion that he restrain the reptile on a leash while in public. The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/2oMstxK ) reports that Jerry Kimball was ticketed […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four inmates were found dead Friday morning in a dorm at one of South Carolina’s maximum-security men’s prisons, authorities said. The inmates were found at Kirkland Correctional Institution in the capital city of Columbia, Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling told The Associated Press. Stirling did not say how they died […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say 4 inmates have been found dead at a South Carolina prison; cause of deaths not released.

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of an Oklahoma police officer has been booked into jail. Online records indicate 36-year-old Byron James Shepard of Okemah is being held in the Pottawatomie County Jail on Friday after being released from a hospital where he was treated for gunshot wounds. Shepard is […]

The spring chinook are slow to arrive in the Columbia River, and the low counts continue at Bonneville Dam although a burst of more than a dozen fish shot upstream on Wednesday. Prior to that through April 3, only 22 adult spring chinook had been counted at the Bonneville fish ladder, and the previous low […]

WSU is pursuing four-star Utah quarterback Camm Cooper for the class of 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for President Donald Trump’s son-in-law says Jared Kushner’s failure to disclose on his security clearance application the names of some of his contacts with foreign governments was unintentional and an “administrative error.” Kushner lawyer Jamie Gorelick says the president’s senior adviser will provide additional information to the FBI. The New […]

Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to California's historic drought. Monster snowstorms this winter blanketed the Sierra Nevada, California's key water source, and boosted reservoirs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia will maintain a hotline aimed at preventing midair collisions of their warplanes in Syria, senior U.S. military officials said Friday, contradicting Moscow’s claims that it has suspended the “deconfliction” talks in protest of America’s cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base. The officials also said they’re […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown declares end to state’s drought emergency following wettest winter in years .

Brian Unmacht, the only non-Bartell family member to be CEO in the company’s history, has stepped down after two years on the job.

NEW YORK (AP) — An influential firm that advises big shareholders says the majority of Wells Fargo’s board of directors should be removed at the bank’s annual shareholders meeting later this month, accusing the board of having a lack of oversight over the bank’s sales practices. Institutional Shareholder Services said Friday that Wells Fargo investors […]

The presidents of the United States and China probably can't expect much from their summit. But if you could wave a wand, how would you change the most important relationship on the planet?

The Trump administration so far is turning out to be just Republican governance with (much) worse management. Which brings me back to the original question: Does the appalling character of the man on top matter?

The biggest McCleary news this week: Seattle teachers decided against a one-day strike over school funding, and a union-coordinated Twitter campaign reminds lawmakers they’ve racked up $60 million in fines.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from his Chinese counterpart to visit China later this year. The official Xinhua News Agency reported late Thursday that Trump will travel to China at an “early date” in 2017 but gave no details. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Scarlett Johansson says Ivanka Trump could have a “big impact” by being vocal, and she’s baffled by the first daughter’s reluctance to take a public stance on controversial issues related to her father’s administration. Johansson referenced an interview Trump gave with CBS News earlier this week in which she suggested that […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in Atlanta shot a man several times, wounding him. In a news release, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a Fulton County police officer responded to a report of a fight at an apartment complex in Atlanta on Thursday night. The agency says the man ignored commands […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank says it has completed its effort to raise 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion) from investors through the sale of new shares. The Frankfurt-headquartered bank said in a statement Friday that the transaction strengthened its capital and leverage ratios, two measures of financial resilience. Its Common Equity Tier […]