Новости за 16.06.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Hanging with her dad at the track and hearing stories about her famous great-uncles Al and Bobby Unser, it’s easy to understand why Loni Unser always wanted to race cars. The 19-year-old freshman at Colorado is the daughter of Johnny Unser, and she’s suited up for a handful of events so […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says that the imprisonment of an American college student in North Korea was a “truly terrible thing.” Otto Warmbier, who was serving a 15-year prison term in North Korea, was released and returned to the U.S. on Tuesday as the Trump administration revealed a rare exchange with the reclusive […]

Firefighters faced hot, dry conditions Friday as they tried to get a handle on a wildfire that has forced evacuations and the closure of a highway through one of northern New Mexico’s popular mountain ranges. Smoke blanketed much of the Jemez Mountains as the flames marched to the south and east toward scars left behind […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Border Patrol agents descended on a medical camp set up in the Arizona desert to provide refuge and water for migrants in the scorching summer heat, arresting four migrants who had just crossed into the U.S. from Mexico. The Border Patrol said agents on Wednesday tracked the men walking north on a […]

It’s no wonder Amazon, looking for a better toehold in the grocery business, turned to Whole Foods. The chain’s South Lake Union grocery store is beloved by Amazonians. But what will it mean? They and others wondered minutes after the bombshell deal was announced.

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said investigators recovered more than 20 weapons in addition to large amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two bounty hunters killed in a point-blank shootout with a Minnesota fugitive at a Texas car dealership were offered $3,000 to apprehend the felon. A police report obtained by The Dallas Morning News shows private investigators Fidel Garcia Jr. and Gabriel Bernal would have collected the payout if they had succeeded […]

Spectrum Dance Theater’s latest production was prompted by last year’s deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, in which 49 people died.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense and spy-agency contractor Booz Allen Hamilton says that a subsidiary’s accounting and the way it charges the government is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department. The disclosure in a regulatory filing sent shares of parent company Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. tumbling $7.33, or 18.6 percent, to $32 in Friday […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by six this week to 933. A year ago, just 424 rigs were active. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes said Friday that 747 rigs sought oil and 186 explored for natural gas this week. Among major oil- […]

The program of Strauss’ “Four Last Songs” and “Alpine Symphony,” with principal guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard and soprano Gun-Brit Barkmin, repeats June 17. On Thursday night, the SSO honored retiring trumpeter Geoffrey Bergler.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Republican and Democratic governors are echoing President Donald Trump’s criticism of a House GOP health care bill, saying it threatens coverage for the most vulnerable. Instead, they’re asking Senate leaders to work together on an overhaul of Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law. In a letter to […]

CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say the charred body of a Baptist minister has been discovered next to his church. Chickasha Police Department Lt. Scott Weaver says the body of 55-year-old Rev. Michael Dean Walworth was discovered about 7:45 a.m. Friday on the ground near the First Missionary Baptist Church in Chickasha. Officials […]

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The former Seattle Sonic power forward started hosting celebrity golf tournaments and galas for children’s charities in 1993. This year’s will be his last.

KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is in the spotlight again, but this time not for his skills as a player. Ronaldo was making the headlines on Friday, two days before Portugal’s Confederations Cup debut in Russia, because of a report that said he wants to leave Real Madrid and Spain following allegations that he […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man suspected of killing his young daughter, leaving the body in an abandoned property in Illinois and forcing his wife into prostitution in Las Vegas has been charged with 34 counts of child sexual assault, abuse, lewdness and pornography. Jason Scott Quate was not asked to enter pleas during court […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor will not reopen an investigation into the 2012 shooting of an unarmed man by a Florida deputy. Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said in a letter released Friday that filing new charges would be unethical because prosecutors don’t believe they could convict Sgt. Michael Custer. […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A man accused of killing three family members and two other people in a shooting rampage that crossed two New Mexico counties is in custody following a pursuit and crash, authorities said. The New Mexico State Police said 21-year-old Damian Herrera was arrested Thursday evening after his mother, stepfather and […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The FBI says it’s unlikely a Kentucky lawyer who disappeared before his sentencing in a massive Social Security fraud case could have escaped and remained at large without help. Amy Hess is a special agent in charge of the FBI in Kentucky. She said Friday that investigators are “pursuing all angles” […]

The Seattle City Council is set to look at restrictions on how much landlords can ask prospective tenants about their criminal histories. In Episode 41 of The Overcast, Seattle Times reporters Dan Beekman and Jim Brunner talk with proponents of the new restrictions, and a landlord representative, who worries the rules will go too far. […]

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More travelers are going it alone, and tour companies make it easier with special outings and no single supplement if you share a room.

Readers rave about police escort to party, rant about shrub overgrowing sidewalk

The penalty for hiding owners in a Washington legal-pot business is loss of license. But that punishment has rarely been the result of 36 violations the state has alleged. The case of a Seattle store, Vela, suggests why.