Новости за 22.04.2017

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) — A lit cigarette likely tossed by a parent waiting for a school bus caused a southwest Florida brush fire that destroyed four homes and several cars. According to the News-Press (http://newspr.es/2potWei), Lee County fire inspector Dale Reisen said Saturday that the 400-acre Lehigh Acres fire started Friday afternoon when a […]

They seem like postseason traditions: LeBron James is going for a sweep, and the Los Angeles Clippers have big problems. James is one win from the second round and the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers might be on the cusp of getting several rest days. Meanwhile, Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the season […]

PARIS (AP) — The final hours of many electoral campaigns are frantic affairs, dominated by last-minute pitches, late-breaking polls and massive social media campaigns aimed at drumming up turnout. Not so in France. Rules dating back more than half a century impose a 44-hour time out ahead of the polls’ closure Sunday, meaning that politicians, […]

Bynum is rated a three-star recruit by Scout.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Funeral services have been held for a Cleveland retiree whose shooting death was posted on Facebook. Family members on Saturday recalled Robert Godwin Sr. as a loving, gentle person who taught the importance of forgiveness. The 74-year-old Godwin was shot Easter Sunday along a Cleveland street. Gunman Steve Stephens led police on […]

After completing a 6-3 homestand, the Mariners are still looking for their first win entering the third game of their road trip. Ariel Miranda (1-1, 3.06 ERA) goes for the M's against Jharel Cotton (1-2, 5.40) in their third of four in Oakland.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say a man is dead after he and another man were hit by a CSX train. Fredericksburg Police say officials responded to the incident around 3:25 a.m. Saturday. Police say two men were taken to the hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck in Fredericksburg. Police say […]

“Damn right I’m in this march,” said Eddy Fischer, 97, professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Washington and Nobel Prize co-winner in 1992 for physiology or medicine. He was among thousands gathered at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill.

HANAHAN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say a police officer shot a man after he turned and pointed a gun at officers. Hanahan Police Chief Dennis Turner said in a news release that his officers were called to a home around 3 a.m. Saturday and found a man who had been drinking and […]

Guillermo Heredia gets the start for the second straight game in left field. Could he see more playing time?

MADRID (AP) — A large ferry slammed bow-first into a breakwater in the Canary Islands, injuring 13 passengers, Spanish authorities said Saturday. Manolo Vidal, a spokesman for Naviera Armas, the company that owns the ferry, said a “loss of electrical power” caused the accident Friday night as the boat was leaving the port of Puerta […]

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian anti-fascists and Serb minority groups have held a commemoration ceremony at the site of a notorious World War II death camp, boycotting the official event over alleged government inaction to curb the surge of neo-Nazi sentiment in the Balkan country. The ceremony Saturday was held a day before the Croatian […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The phone call came as Raymond Murray neared the bottom of his luck. His wife had died, his career had been ended by injuries, and struggling to get by on his disability check, he had scraped together just enough to pay a lawyer to avoid imminent foreclosure on his modest Brooklyn […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Babcock didn’t say goodbye to Verizon Center. He said see you soon. The highest paid coach in the NHL has a Stanley Cup ring and has been around the block a few times. He knows his Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t out of their first-round series against the Washington Capitals despite being […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A supply ship bearing John Glenn’s name arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday. Astronauts used the station’s big robot arm to grab the capsule, as the craft flew 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Germany. NASA’s commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, named the spacecraft the S.S. John Glenn in honor […]

The draft figures to yield at least one offensive lineman, though maybe not more considering the Seahawks at the moment have just seven picks and that this is generally regarded as one of the worst groups of OLs available in the draft in some time.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll mark his 100th day in office with a “BIG” rally in Pennsylvania. Trump hits 100 days on April 29 — next Saturday. He tweeted about the rally this Saturday, saying that next week “I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!” April […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of Venezuelans dressed in white, some walking with their hands up, marched Saturday in a silent protest in homage to the at least 20 people killed in unrest generated after the nation’s Supreme Court stripped congress of its last powers, a decision it later reversed. Walking with black bands tied […]

Both directions of Interstate 5 in North Seattle have re-opened, after downed power lines blocked the highway between Northeast 130th and 145th streets for a couple hours Saturday morning. Both directions were closed before 9 a.m. The southbound lanes opened first, around 10:30 a.m., with the northbound lanes opening before 11 a.m. Drivers were urged to […]

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University researchers say they’ve discovered a second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence. The Boston Globe reported Friday researchers Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen found the copy in a records office in southern England. The only other parchment copy is maintained by the National Archives in Washington. The two dated […]

Readers rave about help with car, rant about taking up too much parking space.

CEBU, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces killed a suspected Muslim militant in new fighting Saturday in a central resort province where troops foiled possible kidnapping and bombing plots by extremists earlier this month, officials said. Army troops and police killed Joselito Melloria in a gunbattle with about seven militants near Clarin town in Bohol province. […]

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Germany’s best-known nationalist politician on Saturday called on members of the Alternative for Germany to endorse her more pragmatic course instead of turning the party into a “fundamental opposition,” an appeal that appeared to reveal the growing split among the populist party’s leading figures. Speaking in front of AfD members at […]

PARIS (AP) — Election stations opened Saturday in French overseas territories that are voting first in France’s unpredictable presidential election — one day earlier than on the mainland. Opinion polls showed a tight race among four top contenders vying for the two places in the May 7 runoff which will decide who becomes the next […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A supply ship bearing John Glenn’s name arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday. Astronauts used the station’s big robot arm to grab the capsule, as the craft flew 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Germany. NASA’s commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, named the spacecraft the S.S. John Glenn in honor […]