Новости за 30.06.2017

Racism exists in all of our Northwest institutions. Our public schools are partly funded by levies that favor rich white schools over poor black, brown and native ones.

Despite rules on the books that cover the display of the American flag and the use of flag images, many treat Old Glory like a rag. Let’s show it a little respect.

DENVER (AP) — Denver has finalized rules for the nation’s first licensed pot clubs. To open, clubs first need neighborhood approval. They can’t allow indoor smoking or on-site pot sales. Denver voters approved recreational marijuana clubs in November. But a state board banned the sale of alcohol at places allowing pot use. Interested businesses so […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The family of Penn State ex-football coach Joe Paterno is dropping a lawsuit against the NCAA over its use of a report into the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. Paterno’s estate, his son Jay and former assistant William Kenney discontinued their case on Friday. The NCAA says there was no payment […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State lawmakers sent a proposed oil train safety bill back for more work Friday after growing concerns that an amendment favoring the railroad industry had watered down key provisions on public oversight and financial accountability. The Oregon House was prepared to vote on House Bill 2131, but Rep. Barbara Smith Warner, […]

Seattle real estate technology company Redfin is preparing to go public in an offering that could be worth $100 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement official says gunman at NYC hospital who killed 1, hurt 6 was doctor who formerly worked there .

HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas man who faced several allegations of sexual assault has been found guilty of all charges in cases involving two women. A Jackson County jury deliberated about three hours Friday before finding 22-year-old Jacob Ewing of Holton guilty of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy of the two women. Ewing […]

Barbecue, burgers and happy hours around Seattle were some of the big things on people's minds this month.

RIO PUERCO, N.M. (AP) — Flying 3,000 feet (914 meters) above desert scrubland in New Mexico, Nick Stanzak taps the first smokejumper on the shoulder to signal it’s his turn to leap from the twin-engine plane. In pairs of two, the team of eight elite firefighters from Idaho and Montana parachute to the dry Rio […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Mint has proposed a new $1 coin with designs honoring a landmark anti-discrimination law that passed in territorial Alaska in 1945, years before the U.S. Civil Rights Act. The Alaska Native woman influential in the law’s passage, Elizabeth Peratrovich, is featured on most of the design options. The new […]

DENVER (AP) — Energy companies are reporting they have nearly 129,000 underground oil and gas pipelines within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of occupied buildings in Colorado. Friday is the deadline for companies to test those lines for leaks, and about 9,500 results were available at mid-day, with the vast majority indicating the pipelines passed the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement official says gunman inside New York City hospital killed at least 1 before apparently killing self.

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A Gary, Indiana, man accused of killing seven women has objected in court to his planned trial date on murder charges in two of the slayings. Darren Vann appeared in court Friday morning for the first time in more than a year, handcuffed and flanked by sheriff’s police. The (Northwest […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NBC picks up its half of the NASCAR schedule with Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway. Its task: Stop the ratings slide. Fox Sports wrapped up its portion of the season last week with the least-watched race at Sonoma Raceway since 2002. Not counting rainouts, all 15 Cup Series […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement official: Gunman at New York City hospital was wearing lab coat, concealed rifle inside it.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police spokesman says gunman inside Bronx Lebanon Hospital is dead.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Darlene Carroll was certain her 14-year-old son Malik was joking when he opened the front door of their Annapolis home Friday morning and told her there was a newborn on the porch. Carroll said in a phone interview that Malik handed her the baby boy and called 911. While waiting for first […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are stuck on health care, can’t pass a budget, and hopes for a big, bipartisan infrastructure package are fizzling. Overhauling the tax code looks more and more like a distant dream. The GOP-led Congress has yet to salt away a single major legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump — and a […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A coalition of tribal and environmental groups is challenging the U.S. government’s decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area that have been in place for more than 40 years. The groups that include the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club […]

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Shiite leader Muzzamal Hussain says they have ended their week-long daily protests following army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa’s visit to the northwestern tribal town of Parachinar where twin bombings at a market killed 75 people. Hussain says the government and military have accepted most of their demands Friday. Shiite […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police say two officers were investigating reports of a vehicle break-in when they approached two men and one immediately pulled a handgun and shot the officers, mortally wounding one of them. San Antonio Chief William McManus said during a news conference Friday that officer Miguel Moreno was struck in the head […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department says it intends to consider salary level when determining who is eligible for overtime pay. But it hasn’t yet set the maximum earnings a worker can have and still qualify. That’s according to a brief filed Friday with the federal appeals court in New Orleans in a case that […]

LONDON (AP) — Venus Williams’ publicist tells The Associated Press the five-time Wimbledon champion will play at the tournament after a police report emerged in Florida saying the tennis star caused a car crash that led to the death of a passenger in another vehicle. Stephanie Jones says in an email on Friday that Williams […]

WAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) — Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell has been sentenced to jail for refusing to pay fines related to his arrest at a protest at a New York power plant. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports (http://bit.ly/2uqXq9K ) a town judge in Wawayanda on Thursday sentenced the 77-year-old Cromwell to seven days in jail. […]