Новости за 05.05.2017

Fans looking forward to seeing Frank Ocean headline this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival are in for some bad news as the Grammy-nominated R&B singer has dropped out, citing “production delays beyond his control.” The festival takes place May 26-28 at the Gorge Amphitheater and features a diverse line up of music and comedy. In his […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas say a 70-year-old passenger car driver ran a red light and caused a school bus crash that injured 15 children. The driver of the car was killed in the crash. Clark County school police Capt. Ken Young said Friday that 40 children were aboard the bus and […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation requiring words in Tennessee law to be interpreted as having their “natural and ordinary meaning.” Gay rights groups call it a sneaky way of denying same-sex couples the legal rights and protections granted to a “husband,” a “wife,” a “father” or “mother.” Haslam signed […]

Here's a post-draft review of the Seahawks' defensive depth chart.

Due to weekend construction, eastbound I-90 drivers will squeeze into one lane at Rainier Avenue South before moving into the express lanes to Bellevue.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said Friday that her departure from the White House won’t end her passion for education. She made the comment at a New York City event marking College Signing Day, a nationwide tradition she began as first lady to encourage young people to seek higher education. It […]

Those yearning to go sturgeon fishing will be glad to know that the catch-and-keep season will reopen on the Columbia River’s Priest Rapids and Wanapum reservoirs from one hour before official sunrise on June 3 through one hour after official sunset on Sept. 30. The open areas will be from Priest Rapids Dam to Wanapum […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An embattled U.S. contractor accused of failing to promptly disclose sex trafficking, alcohol smuggling and security violations on a nearly $700 million contract to secure an Iraqi air base has denied many of the charges. Investigators who uncovered those findings were fired by Sallyport Global in March, but their attorney says the […]

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is scheduled for trial in October on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, according to a new timetable set Friday after several delays in the case. The judge, Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, said at a pretrial hearing that he […]

SANFORD, Maine (AP) — Construction workers in a Maine city found human bones and the remains of a Victorian-era coffin in an area that had been converted from a cemetery into a school playground decades ago. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2phQDx7 ) reports the bones were found Thursday by workers digging a water line. Police […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by seven this week to 877. A year ago, only 415 rigs were active amid a slump in energy prices. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 703 rigs sought oil and 173 explored for […]

In Seattle, there has always been Slick Watts. He was voted to the Sonics’ 40th anniversary team alongside players with longer tenures and gaudier resumes. He embodies what the Sonics mean to Seattle, even as he gets ready for his Social Security meeting later this month.

CAIRO (AP) — The leader of an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt vowed to escalate attacks against Christians, urging Muslims to steer clear of Christian gatherings and western embassies as they are targets of their group’s militants. “Targeting the churches is part of our war on infidels,” the unidentified leader said in a lengthy interview […]

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia (AP) — In a cramped office at the Marines’ Quantico base outside Washington, about 20 investigators sit elbow to elbow, staring into their computers as images of naked men and women flash across the screens. On the walls are white boards with statistics, crime lists and a montage of social […]

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says that women have made major strides in the workplace in the past 125 years but expressed concern about barriers that are holding women back today. In a speech at Brown University, Yellen cites a recent study that shows that boosting the participation rate of […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The estranged wife of a Silicon Valley CEO says his domestic violence plea deal is too lenient and that justice is being thwarted by efforts to ensure he isn’t removed from the country. Abhishek Gattani, co-founder of customer analytics startup Cuberon and a native of India, had been charged with felony […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based atheist group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s order easing enforcement of an IRS rule limiting religious organizations’ political activity. A 1954 federal law prohibits tax-exempt charitable organizations such as churches from participating in political campaigns. Violators could lose their tax-exempt […]

Hoping to take the train south from Seattle? Right now, you just can’t get there from here. Amtrak suspended its Amtrak Cascades train service between Seattle and Portland early Friday due to a landslide on the tracks. BNSF Railway, which owns the tracks, has placed a 48-hour moratorium on their use, suspending rail traffic on […]

House Republicans claimed victory after pushing through their legislative centerpiece that would scuttle much of Obamacare. The health-care bill’s pathway through the U.S. Senate is less clear.

PARIS (AP) — The spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office says a man on a list of national security threats has been detained near a French military air base in the northern region of Normandy. Spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said the arrest occurred Friday in Evreux, 97 kilometers (60 miles) west of Paris. She said authorities […]

GARDEN CITY, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a possible tornado demolished one business and damaged several others in a town near Georgia’s coast. The Savannah Morning News reports (http://bit.ly/2qzEqrH ) the Thursday evening storm ripped the walls and roof from an Advance Auto Parts store in Garden City, leaving insulation, shattered glass and pieces of […]

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts prisons report says Aaron Hernandez was outwardly elated after his acquittal in a double murder trial and did not appear to have thoughts of suicide in the days before he killed himself in his prison cell. The state Department of Correction report released Thursday also says there were no drugs […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Warren Buffett says he’s sold about a third of the 81 million shares he holds in IBM, sending the stock sharply lower before the opening bell. Buffett bought into IBM when its stock was near an all-time high, but it’s been in decline since then as Amazon and Microsoft have dominated […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US added 211,000 jobs in April, unemployment rate fell to 10-year low of 4.4 percent.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says a service member has been killed in Somalia during an operation against the extremist group al-Shabab. A statement Friday from the U.S. Africa Command says the service member was killed Thursday during the operation near Barii, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of the capital, Mogadishu. The […]