Новости за 14.04.2017

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Through Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, the top federal prosecutor on California’s border with Mexico has resisted going after people caught entering the United States illegally on their first try and instead targeted smugglers and serial offenders. That approach may face a day of reckoning under President Donald Trump. Attorney General […]

Marshawn Lynch, a Seahawk from 2010-15, is coming out of retirement to play for the Oakland Raiders after agreeing to a contract with the team Friday.

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says water sampling in Lake Michigan and a tributary shows no significant discharge of a potentially carcinogenic chemical from a U.S. Steel Corp. wastewater spill in northern Indiana. The EPA said Friday that sampling results showed no significant trace of the chemical hexavalent chromium in the lake […]

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Phil Jackson thinks Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks might be better off going their separate ways. “We have not been able to win with him on the court at this time and I think the direction with our team is that he is a player that would be better off somewhere […]

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn University has canceled a speech by a white nationalist because of safety concerns. The university announced Friday that it was canceling the appearance by Richard Spencer. The university, in a brief statement, said the decision was made with law enforcement. The Auburn Police Department said the appearance would pose a […]

Despite the map capabilities of smartphones, buying a GPS unit for your car can still make sense. Here’s why

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord tweeted clips of speeches from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the overnight hours Friday, capping a strange day where he stepped on a third rail of American politics by suggesting viewers think of President Donald Trump as “the Martin Luther King of health care.” Lord […]

State lawmakers passed out of committee a bill intended to protect customers’ privacy, such as web browser history. The legislation is intended to protect internet users in the wake of the rollback of federal privacy rules.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state representative who opposed removing a statue of a Confederate general from the U.S. Capitol is now blocking its replacement, apparently because he isn’t happy that Walt Disney won’t be representing the state of Florida. Republican Rep. Scott Plakon blocked a bill to replace the statue Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A judge in heavily Mormon Utah who was sentencing a former church bishop for rape called the defendant an “extraordinary, good man” who did something wrong. Judge Thomas Low appeared to become emotional when he sentenced Keith Robert Vallejo on Wednesday to up to life in prison for 10 counts of […]

In our latest Seahawks mailbag, debating how real the Richard Sherman trade rumors are and looking at what the Seahawks might do in the draft to improve its secondary.

HONOLULU (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard surprised and angered many when she questioned whether Syrian President Bashar Assad was responsible for a chemical attack on civilians that killed dozens and sparked a U.S. attack on an air base. But back home in heavily Democratic Hawaii, she still has a deep reservoir of good […]

Of all the contributions Dan Rooney made to the NFL, the Rooney Rule was the most important and far reaching. The policy on minority hiring that carries his name has been adopted not only by other sports but by businesses and organizations nationwide. His death came days before baseball honors Jackie Robinson on Saturday, the […]

A weight issue that’s on course to become a mobility issue for husband and, with that, a serious quality-of-life issue for wife.

A single-payer health-care system, along with optional private insurance, is a cost effective, less complex way to provide quality health care.

As a teacher, I learned what students needed to succeed in Advanced Placement courses.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawyers who used an “affluenza” defense for a Texas teenager in a fatal 2013 drunken-driving wreck have failed to secure his release from jail. The Texas Supreme Court denied the request Thursday for 20-year-old Ethan Couch, who was 16 when his crash killed four people near Fort Worth. Couch received 10 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: “Maximum pressure and engagement.” U.S. officials said Friday the president’s advisers weighed a range of ideas for how to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, including military options and trying to overthrow the isolated communist dictatorship’s […]

The extremely popular (and sometimes controversial) fried-chicken sandwich chain now plans a total of four new locations for greater Seattle in 2017.

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta is giving airport employees permission to offer passengers up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up their seats on overbooked flights. Delta’s move comes as United Airlines struggles to recover from images of a passenger’s forced removal from a sold-out flight. In an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, […]

BOSTON (AP) — Jurors in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez have begun their sixth day of deliberations. The former New England Patriots tight end is accused of killing two men in 2012 after one of them accidentally spilled a drink on him at a Boston nightclub. His lawyers say it was Hernandez’s […]

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest time in the first practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Formula One rival Lewis Hamilton saved his pace for Friday’s second practice and did not push for a leading time. In roasting hot temperatures, Vettel clocked 1 minute, 32.697 seconds, putting him […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin man accused of stealing guns and writing an anti-government manifesto has been arrested.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police used carrots to corral a horse that got loose and blocked traffic at an intersection in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. Police believe the animal got loose from the city’s Fairmount Park stables. Officials there didn’t immediately return a call for comment. The horse was seen galloping through the city streets before being […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The local publisher of Vogue Arabia has announced Manuel Arnaut as its new editor-in-chief a day after the surprise exit of its former editor. Arnaut is currently the editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest Middle East, which like Vogue Arabia, is a publication of Conde Nast International. In a statement released […]