Новости за 19.04.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — There was no immediate response from Bill O’Reilly’s bosses Wednesday to escalating reports that the Fox News Channel personality will lose his job following accusations he had harassed women. New York magazine reported Wednesday, based on unnamed sources, that Rupert Murdoch and sons James and Lachlan, who run Fox parent 21st […]

Arlington and Darrington, together, are vying for millions of dollars in funding in the America’s Best Communities competition. Winners will be awarded Wednesday.

GLEN ROCK, N.J. (AP) — A gay New Jersey police officer who claimed he was fired because of his sexual orientation will soon be reinstated to the force. Glen Rock officials announced Wednesday they have reached a settlement with Matthew Stanislao. He had sued the town after he was fired in October 2014, alleging a […]

BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s salamanders could be decimated by a flesh-eating alien species that has already wreaked havoc in some parts of the continent, scientists said in a study published Wednesday. Researchers who examined the impact of the alien invader — a fungus native to Asia — on fire salamanders in Belgium and the Netherlands […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In what scientists call a clear sign of a warming world, Earth’s temperatures in March were the most above-normal on record without an El Nino spiking temperatures. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calculated that the average global temperature in March was 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit (13.8 Celsius), only behind last year’s El […]

SALMON AND STEELHEAD The 503 adult spring Chinook counted at Bonneville Dam through April 16 are the second lowest on record since at least 1939.  The record low are the 205 fish counted through April 16, 2006. Cowlitz River – 8 bank anglers with 1 steelhead kept.  20 boat anglers with 3 adult Chinook kept. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address to graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy next month. White House spokesman Sean Spicer announced Trump’s participation in the May 17 ceremony in New London, Connecticut, on Wednesday. Each year, the president delivers the commencement address at one of the U.S. military service […]

The philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder believes it’s a matter of “talking to (Trump) and giving him some background that he might not have had through his past work.”

BERNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The leader of a Pennsylvania church that rejects modern medicine won’t stand trial after a judge dismissed a novel case that sought to hold the pastor responsible for failing to report suspected abuse when his own granddaughter died of pneumonia. A district judge found insufficient evidence to support the felony charge […]

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The National Transportation Safety Board says better communication between police agencies might have prevented the deaths of five bicyclists last year in southwestern Michigan. A pickup truck plowed into a pack of cyclists on a rural road near Kalamazoo last June. The driver, Charles Pickett Jr., is charged with second-degree murder and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will welcome Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD’ ah-BAHS’) next month. White House spokesman Sean Spicer announced Wednesday that the visit is scheduled for May 3. The two leaders are expected to address options for pursuing peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Trump broke with longtime U.S. policy in February when […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will speak next week to the commander of the orbiting International Space Station. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Wednesday the call with astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer will take place on April 24. On that date, Whitson, the first woman to command the International Space Station, will […]

Woodinville’s Adventura is like an amped-up version of the ropes course you did at summer camp.

GRESSIER, Haiti (AP) — Their heads held high and chests puffed out, a group of nearly 100 Haitian men in camouflage fatigues do jumping jacks or march around an abandoned U.N. compound on a recent morning. But after a few drills, they seek shelter from the blazing sun in the absence of anything else to […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Democratic governor is facing mounting pressure to halt next week’s scheduled execution of an inmate whose case has seen two witnesses recant, years after he was convicted of ordering his ex-girlfriend’s killing. Ivan Teleguz, 38, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection April 25 unless he’s granted clemency by Gov. […]

The suspect, Alrick Hollingsworth, was arrested on a $1 million warrant on Tuesday night, police said.

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An outdoor professional tennis match in Florida came to a brief halt amid sounds of loud sex. Frances Tiafoe was about to serve Mitchell Krueger during their Tuesday night match in the Sarasota Open when he paused and flashed a smile of disbelief over the sound of a woman moaning in […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court wants to see unredacted autopsy reports from eight slayings in one family as justices consider media lawsuits seeking access to those full reports from the year-old, unsolved case. The court on Wednesday ordered the Pike County coroner to submit the reports within two weeks for justices to […]

Known to be one of the greatest pianists of his generation, Yefim Bronfman didn’t disappoint during his performance at the President’s Piano Series at Meany Hall Tuesday evening.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Online brokerage TD Ameritrade is maintaining its earnings forecast for is current fiscal year, despite cutting the fee it charges on customer’s trades. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said Wednesday that higher interest rates and growth in the assets it holds for clients will more than offset cutting its trading commission to […]

LONDON (AP) — Burberry shares plunged Wednesday after the U.K. luxury goods maker reported disappointing sales figures. The company said Wednesday that second-half sales fell 1 percent after stripping out the effect of favorable moves in currency exchange rates. While Burberry reported double-digit growth in sales at its European division, it saw a decline in […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — A senior government official says 44 people have been killed after a bus swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh state. Rohan Chand Thakur, the district magistrate of Shimla district, says two people, including the ticket checker, survived the crash late Wednesday […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Official says 44 people have been killed in a bus plunge in northern India’s mountainous Himachal Pradesh.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister says opposition parties have the right to file objections to the outcome of a recent referendum on expanding presidential powers, but warned that calling for street protests was unacceptable. Binali Yildirim said Wednesday the electoral board would rule on the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s request for the referendum’s […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of emotional people gathered on a train platform in Warsaw to await the arrival of Donald Tusk, president of the European Council and former Polish prime minister, who is to testify in an investigation into an alleged secret deal between Polish and Russian intelligence officials. The mood was tense as […]