Новости за 08.05.2017

The revived 2011 production has some new visual touches, an excellent conductor in Julia Jones and nimble singers who bring Mozart’s enchanting, humorous tale to vibrant life.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man whose job once included helping homeless addicts get drug treatment was sentenced Monday to nearly nine years in prison for overseeing a drug ring that sold heroin and crack cocaine. Harold “Hal” Miller was previously a program coordinator at a homeless shelter in Camden partly funded by […]

The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has killed off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol. A Pepe cartoon published Saturday shows Matt Furie’s creation in an open casket. Furie didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday. Furie has described […]

If you live in King County, your life expectancy exceeds the national average — and it grew more than life expectancy in some Washington counties in recent decades.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Uniformed police officers will be barred from the courtroom when a fired Pittsburgh officer faces civil rights charges that he wrongly beat a drunken man and then lied about it in a report. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon agreed with prosecutors and ruled Monday in the upcoming trial of former Sgt. Stephen […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star on supervised release following her imprisonment for fraud could be in danger of violating her probation. A federal court filing last week says Teresa Giudice (jooh-DEECH’-ay) failed to report two traffic violations to her probation officer within 72 hours as required. The filing says […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 15-year-old boy left a suicide note before he was killed by officers after pointing a BB gun at them in a high school parking lot in the dark, police said Monday. Assistant Police Chief Brian Ahearn told The Associated Press that police found the note on the Torrey Pines High […]

I don’t mind President Donald Trump building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, but I do mind him tearing down the wall between church and state. Marjorie Rhodes, Seattle

NOVATO, Calif. (AP) — The Northern California coroner for one of the wealthiest counties in the country was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a girl younger than 14. Darrell Harris, 46, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on four felony charges and a misdemeanor count of sexually abusing the girl over the last nine […]

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has ruled that Facebook must delete hate speech postings worldwide and that Austrian law can be applied to lawsuits against the social media website. Maria Windhager, a lawyer for an Austrian politician, said Monday’s ruling is a rebuff to the social media giant’s claims that any court actions against […]

Veteran Seattle police Officer Alex Chapackdee is accused of helping his brother-in-law and others smuggle at least 100 kilograms of marijuana to the East Coast. In return, Chapackdee was paid $10,000 a month, charges allege.

The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission will meet May 16 to discuss whether supporters of Mayor Ed Murray can set up a legal-defense fund as he battles a child sexual-abuse lawsuit.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — United Airlines hasn’t explained why a giant rabbit died after being flown from London to Chicago or why it had the animal cremated within hours of his death, a lawyer for the rabbit’s buyers said Monday, announcing possible legal action. Des Moines Attorney Guy Cook, representing an Iowa group that […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — That whole April showers thing went a bit overboard last month in the United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it was the second wettest April on record, averaging 3.43 inches for the nation, nearly an inch above the 20th century average. Only 1957 had more April rain. Records […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three judges appointed by President Bill Clinton will hear the appeal of Hawaii’s challenge to President Trump’s travel ban targeting six predominantly Muslim countries. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in its Seattle courthouse on May 15. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in […]

A memorial service for former Gov. Mike Lowry, who died last week, has been scheduled for May 30 in Renton.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is there a price that a worried parent wouldn’t pay to help their child do well on college admissions tests? The good news is that test preparation doesn’t have to be expensive anymore. The multimillion dollar coaching industry is facing competition from free or low-cost alternatives in what their founders hope will […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say they believe the two people who were shot and killed during a memorial for a man fatally shot earlier that day were all members of the same street gang and were likely killed by a rival gang. Police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Monday that the man killed early […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Salvadoran national whose conviction in the slaying of missing intern Chandra Levy was overturned has been deported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday that Ingmar Guandique, 35, was flown Friday to San Salvador and transferred to authorities in there. A jury convicted Guandique of murder in 2010 for the death […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a death row inmate’s claim that Alabama improperly allows “unaccountable bureaucrats” to decide how executions are carried out in the state. Montgomery Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs on Monday ruled for the state. Inmate Tommy Arthur’s lawsuit claimed it violates the separation of powers of the state constitution […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Authorities say a Delaware motorcycle police officer was injured in a crash while helping escort a procession to the funeral of a slain state trooper. Dover police said in a statement Monday that the officer, an 11-year veteran of the force, was injured Friday as the procession traveled to Wilmington for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Martha Stewart has given a glimpse of her feelings toward her former reality TV rival, President Donald Trump. A photo shared on social media show Stewart standing between large portraits of Trump and Snoop Dogg at an art fair in New York on Saturday. A photo taken by artist Newlin Tillotson […]

BANGKOK (AP) — An environmental watchdog group has accused Vietnamese government and military officials of taking payoffs to ignore vast smuggling of lucrative lumber from neighboring Cambodia. Millions of dollars in bribes have been paid by Vietnamese timber traders to both Vietnamese and Cambodian officials, said the report issued Monday by the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old Seattle climber has died in a 600-foot fall on Mount Hood. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says the man suffered severe injuries after sliding down steep terrain Sunday morning. The climber was flown to a Portland-area hospital, where he died. He has not been identified. The climber […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to announce several nominees to fill federal court openings. A White House official said Monday that a formal announcement would come later in the day, with names released at an afternoon press briefing. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans in advance. Trump’s […]