Новости за 10.05.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: The Walt Disney Co., down $2.41 to $109.66 The entertainment company reported weak revenue as struggles persisted at its ESPN cable channel. Fossil Group Inc., down $3.71 to $14.44 Most Read StoriesSeattle Mayor Ed Murray won’t seek second term: ‘It tears me to […]

TULSA, Okla. — Prosecutors say a white Oklahoma police officer acted unreasonably when she fatally shot an unarmed black man last year. They said during opening statements Wednesday in Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby’s manslaughter trial that Shelby shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher when he was obeying commands to raise his hands. Shelby’s attorneys said the […]

DALLAS (AP) — The mother of a black 15 year-old shot and killed by a white suburban Dallas police officer has asked to intervene in a civil rights lawsuit filed by the boy’s father. Lawyers for Shaunkeyia Stephens filed the request to intervene in the lawsuit Tuesday. The lawsuit filed by Odell Edwards on behalf […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The brother of a victim in a quintuple homicide had to be wrestled out of a Cleveland courtroom on Wednesday after tried to attack a defendant who had just pleaded guilty to the fatal shootings to avoid a possible death sentence. The trial for James Sparks-Henderson, 21, was supposed to begin this […]

PHILADELPHIA — A starving and abandoned miniature donkey rescued from a Pennsylvania farm had a little secret for animal welfare workers: She was pregnant. Sadie and a male mini-donkey named Romeo were rescued from a Huntingdon County farm in January, along with a cow, two beagles, chickens and roosters. Workers at the Pennsylvania Society for […]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sergio Garcia, finally a major champion, already wants to change his equipment. It’s a tiny change, and a most appropriate one. Standing on the 15th green Wednesday at The Players Championship, the Masters champion turned to TaylorMade tour manager Keith Sbarbaro and said, “What’s the ETA on the golf […]

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A man with a criminal record for exposing himself to women in South Carolina was briefly hired as a vice principal at a Pennsylvania high school. Chester School District tells WPVI-TV (http://6abc.cm/2qSB6bf ) that Freddie Dean Smith was hired by Chester High School for one day — May 2 — before […]

Following epic, record-breaking rainfall in the Seattle area, we’ve been blessed with at least some dry, warm weather.

NEW YORK (AP) — A survey finds that there’s a big change in just a year in how Democrats and Republicans view the media’s role as watchdogs of political leaders. A Pew Research Center study out Wednesday says nearly nine in 10 Democrats say a critical media is important because it keeps political leaders from […]

Flowering plants also provide a tasty treat for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Carolyn Hax irons out a dispute over a wedding guest who wants to bring two companions.

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government says it will temporarily limit the number of workers from European Union member states Bulgaria and Romania who can access Swiss jobs, after an influx from the countries in recent months. The Federal Council’s decision Wednesday invokes rules of a deal between Switzerland and the EU that generally allows for […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Global luxury home sales cooled off in 2016 for the second consecutive year, even with a record number of homes selling for more than $100 million. A report released Wednesday by Christie’s International Real Estate shows that sales of homes priced at $1 million or more edged up about 1 percent […]

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street after several big U.S. companies reported disappointing first-quarter results. Disney was down 3 percent in early trading Wednesday after its revenue fell short of forecasts. Priceline slumped 4.8 percent after its revenue also […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s top prosecutor says a sheriff participated in a jail altercation in which an inmate died and that he should be fired. Attorney General Josh Hawley says in a news release that he filed a request in court Tuesday to remove Cory Hutcheson from his position as sheriff of Mississippi County. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has promoted Alberto Riveron to its head of officiating. Riveron was the senior director of officiating under Dean Blandino, who left the NFL last month. A nine-year game official and former referee, Riveron was born in Cuba. He moved with his family to Miami at age 5, began as […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania day care worker charged with coaxing 3- and 4-year-old children to use obscenities on camera has died while awaiting trial. An attorney for 25-year-old Rashanna Gyles tells The (Easton) Express-Times (http://bit.ly/2r1lMGc ) that Gyles died April 28 from unspecified health problems. She’d been awaiting trial on a misdemeanor count […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Timothy Snyder would have preferred a different path to the best-seller lists. The Yale University professor and scholar of European history, whose books include “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin,” was so alarmed by the election of Donald Trump last fall that soon after he posted a list on Facebook of […]

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police sergeant has been jailed on charges he stole thousands of dollars from his department to feed his casino gambling habit. The defense attorney for Altoona Sgt. Matthew Starr didn’t immediately comment Wednesday on the charges filed by state police. Starr was investigated after being suspended with pay in […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator has made history by breastfeeding her infant daughter on the floor of the country’s Parliament. The Sydney Morning Herald reports Sen. Larissa Waters returned to Parliament on Tuesday for the first time since giving birth. She breastfed baby Alia during a vote on the floor of the chamber […]

BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 52-year-old Florida woman fatally shot her legally blind husband and used moth balls to cover up the smell of his decomposing body, hidden under a jon boat in their backyard. The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/2pw1TW4 ) reports Dorothy Singer is charged with the first-degree murder of 48-year-old William […]

The victim was taken to Harborview with serious injuries; police are looking for a suspect after the shooting early Wednesday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Parents of the 82 Nigerian schoolgirls released over the weekend from Boko Haram captivity said Wednesday they still were awaiting word from the government on when they will be able to see their daughters. One father said he was thrilled to find out his daughter was among those released in exchange […]

WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman died in a traffic crash in Connecticut, the sports network’s president confirmed Wednesday. Katherine Ann Berman, 67, of Cheshire, was one of two victims in the two-vehicle crash at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in Woodbury, state police said. The other victim was identified […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say dead men have been found two days in a row in bodies of water at Central Park. Police say the decomposed body of a man wearing pants and shoes but no shirt was found Wednesday morning in a pond near Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. The […]