Новости за 05.06.2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Darrell Wallace Jr. will become the first black driver to race at NASCAR’s top level since 2006 when he replaces an injured Aric Almirola this weekend at Pocono Raceway. Richard Petty Motorsports says Wallace, more commonly referred to by his nickname “Bubba,” will be the replacement in the No. 43 until […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fatal workplace shootings, like the one Monday in Orlando, Florida, are ticking upward in the United States, government statistics show. Revenge against an employer, romantic partner or co-workers often is the motive, experts say. Reports of workplace violence are quick to spread across social media. “It really all boils down pretty much […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is calling for the immediate release of three labor activists who investigated a Chinese company that produced Ivanka Trump shoes in China. The Associated Press reported the arrest and disappearance of the men last week. They worked for China Labor Watch, a New York-based nonprofit, and were investigating Huajian […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The head of Utah’s wildlife management division has been tapped as deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a newly created position where he’ll serve as acting head of the agency until a director is named and confirmed. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed Utah Division of Wildlife […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Gigamon Inc., up $3.55 to $42.85 Reuters reported that the networking hardware company will soon hold talks with potential buyers. Forestar Group Inc., up $1.80 to $16 Most Read StoriesTelemarketers, debt collectors fight to bypass ringtone on cellphones'New external threat information' cancels […]

It is believed that the body had been in the area for some time, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court again has rejected a request from former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for a rehearing on his request for another resentencing. The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/2salSPa ) that the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied Blagojevich’s May 19 petition for a hearing before the entire court. […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Brown happily slid into his normal seat to coach Steve Kerr’s left for Game 2 of the NBA Finals. For the first time in weeks the Warriors were whole again. Brown has moved before — not always so willingly — and over the next few days he’ll return to a familiar […]

The British actor, who served in World War II and then had a long entertainment career, died at a retirement home for actors in London, his talent agency said.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a former NHL player who blamed the league for their son’s brain damage and addiction to prescription painkillers. Derek Boogard was a feared enforcer with the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild. He died of an accidental overdose […]

DENVER (AP) — The center fielder for the Colorado Rockies features a scraggly beard , impressive mullet — pronounced “mu-lay,” he proudly says — and a personality that’s as quirky as it is meticulous. His teammates have favorite Charlie Blackmon stories — how he misplaced his car after returning from a road trip only to […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers haven’t been this far back in the AL West this early in a season in 10 years. With Rangers hitters swinging and missing at a record pace, and the Houston Astros off to a franchise-best start after a weekend series sweep of their instate division rival, two-time defending […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi lawmaker has been privately apologizing to many of his black colleagues, more than two weeks after saying people should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments. Legislators were in session Monday for the first time since Republican Rep. Karl Oliver of Winona posted the remark to Facebook on May […]

A reader recently voiced her dismay that only three flags were flown from households in her immediate neighborhood  on Memorial Day.  That was two more than I saw in my own. But that doesn’t  mean that my neighbors and I don’t honor those who sacrificed their lives, nor that we love this country any less […]

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a girl born after a car crash in California that claimed her mother’s life has also died. Fresno County Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti said the newborn died early Monday at a hospital. Her mother, 18-year-old Joanne Marisela Delgado, was driving a Honda Civic with a 10-year-old boy in the […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutor says specific cause of fire that killed 36 people in Oakland warehouse will likely never be known.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has been a boon for the cable news networks each night yet curiously not for the broadcast evening news programs, where a viewership slump contributed to Scott Pelley losing his job last week as anchor of the “CBS Evening News.” CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC spend much […]

LONDON (AP) — The knife-wielding attackers appeared to be leaving the restaurant where Candice Hedge was hiding under a table when one of them spotted her, returning to slash her throat, the 34-year-old waitress’ father told an Australian newspaper. Hedge, who moved to London last year, had just finished her shift at Elliot’s bar and […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian social worker Christine Archibald is being remembered as a “bright light” for her profession as those who loved her launch an online campaign of compassionate acts after she was struck by a van of terrorists on London Bridge and died in her fiance’s arms. The 30-year-old from Calgary, Alberta, had recently […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Population Fund has announced the sudden death of its executive director, Babatunde Osotimehin, who led the agency since 2011. The 68-year-old Nigerian doctor and public health expert died at his home Sunday night at the age of 68, the agency said in a statement Monday. Osotimehin, who was […]

Everyone loves a hack — an uncommon solution to a common problem. There’s a reason so much of the internet revolves around things like “This One Little Trick” and “The Secret Doctors Don’t Want You to Know.” Sometimes money hacks evolve from details buried in the fine print. Wealthy people employ professionals who seek out […]

Some of the country's best liqueurs are made in our backyard. Washington-state distilleries are winning medals at most of the blind-tastings in distillery judging.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. services companies expanded at a slightly slower pace in May compared with the previous month, a sign that modest economic growth is likely to continue. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, says its services index slipped last month to 56.9 from 57.5 in April. Any reading […]

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — A man who killed his parents two decades ago says he hatched a plan to escape a maximum-security prison in New York by burying himself alive in a coffin-like box, hidden under tons of sawdust. Gordon “Woody” Mower told The Post-Standard of Syracuse (http://bit.ly/2svJLOB ) that he practiced the escape repeatedly […]

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities have hailed a northern Illinois man a hero after he jumped through the open window of a moving car to save the driver, who was having a seizure. Randy Tompkins, of Dixon, was driving his truck Friday afternoon when he spotted a car driving in the wrong lane heading right […]