Новости за 21.07.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Another day, another derailment. And another round of finger-pointing on who is to blame for New York City’s public transit woes. On Friday, a subway derailed near the end of the line in Brooklyn, causing no major injuries but briefly gumming up the system. Last month, a Harlem derailment tossed around […]

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A top counterterrorism official says the world still faces threats from Islamic State militants despite their territorial losses. Nick Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, says territory belonging to the Islamic State group is diminishing, but adds that the U.S. cannot breathe a sigh of relief with a diminished threat. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Trump administration is still trying to get right what he calls “the big ideas” for a new Afghanistan war strategy. Mattis was asked what is holding up the administration’s strategy review at an impromptu news conference with reporters at the Pentagon. Mattis had told Congress in […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has become the third state to raise its smoking age to 21. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed into law Friday a measure that raises the age from 19. Hawaii and California are the only other states where the smoking age is 21. The restriction applies to tobacco products and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s new special representative for Ukraine negotiations is making his first trip to embattled eastern Ukraine. The State Department says Kurt Volker departs Friday for eastern Ukraine, where he’ll meet with people “affected by Russian aggression.” Over several days, Volker will also meet with officials in Kiev, the capital. Volker […]

DETROIT (AP) — Police in Australia say a faulty Takata air bag likely killed a man in a car crash near Sydney. New South Wales police say the man was struck in the neck by a small fragment and died at the crash scene in a Sydney suburb. The unidentified 58-year-old man was driving a […]

Skaters have been enjoying the unauthorized skatepark feature on Green Lake's Duck Island. But its end is near, Seattle Parks officials say.

Being named “Alexa” in a landscape dotted with an estimated 11 million plus Echo devices can be funny — and just as often, frustrating. As Alexa’s reach expands, the name seems to be on everyone’s lips.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee has unveiled a plan that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that threatens medical care for thousands of veterans in the coming weeks. The proposal by the House Veterans Affairs Committee would provide a six-month […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s treatment for brain cancer could keep him out of Washington for weeks, perhaps months, and yet it’s unlikely anyone will challenge his extended leave. Congress has a long tradition in which no one questions ailing lawmakers taking time to recover. For starters, it’s just poor form. And, frankly, it’s […]

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — Chad Collins missed a chance for the 10th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history and third of the season, parring the final two holes for an 11-under 60 on Friday in the second round of the Barbasol Championship. Collins hit his approach into the back fringe on the par-4 18th, leaving […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Embattled former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has opened a new consulting firm called Resilient Patriot, LLC that is advising private equity firms, according to one of his brothers, who says Flynn is “moving on with his life.” Joe Flynn said his family also is in the early stages of starting […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lately the Congressional Budget Office just can’t get any respect. Republicans from the White House on down have worked to discredit the nonpartisan agency, in an effort to undermine its inconvenient findings that GOP health care bills would cause more than 20 million people to lose their insurance. Now all eight former […]

The Sluggers, who will play in the Beep Baseball World Series next week in Florida, say the league for blind, low-vision and legally blind players gives them confidence and allows them to scratch a competitive itch.

The task of pulling together Mississippi’s shattered football program is now in the hands of interim coach Matt Luke. The 40-year-old was promoted from co-offensive coordinator on Thursday night in the stunning aftermath of coach Hugh Freeze’s resignation for a “pattern of personal misconduct” that started with the school’s investigation into a call to an […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has been suspended for the regular-season opener against Baltimore for his role in an altercation at a downtown hotel earlier this year. Jones had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the January incident, the latest in a history of off-the-field legal issues for the NFL […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved a plan by the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to replace trees removed during construction, but the permission won’t impact an upcoming decision on whether Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is fined for removing too many. Meanwhile, the tree work has been stalled by drought and […]

Not since Florida in 2007 has one program signed two top-100 quarterbacks in the same class.

Another bombshell landed this week in the ongoing story of sexual-abuse allegations against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. Public records previously thought destroyed show an Oregon child-welfare investigator concluded in 1984 that Murray had sexually abused his foster son, Jeff Simpson. No criminal charges were ever filed against Murray, but the CPS finding meant he could […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A close political ally of President Trump is urging him and Congress not to ban internet gambling in the United States. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a fellow Republican, signed a bill Friday calling on Trump, a former Atlantic City casino owner, and Congress not to enact a nationwide ban […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Declines in technology and industrial companies are leading stock prices lower in early trading on Wall Street. General Electric slumped 4.5 percent in early trading Friday after investors were disappointed in a drop in sales in its electricity and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press on Friday named a new editor to lead its coverage of the United States, appointing Noreen Gillespie as deputy managing editor for U.S. News. Also Friday, AP appointed Sarah Nordgren to the position of deputy managing editor for sports, business, entertainment and lifestyles, and health and science; and […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain is poised to handle a record number of flights in its increasingly crowded skies as most schools break up for the summer and families head off for sunnier climes. The NATS air traffic control agency said it expects to handle some 8,800 flights Friday. Officials say the number of flights should […]

HURLEYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The 30th anniversary of the release of “Dirty Dancing” is being celebrated near the former Catskills resort that inspired the film. The Hurleyville Arts Centre is having a “Dirty Dancing”-themed Saturday. The events including a fashion show set to the 1987 film’s soundtrack, a talk by former resort dance instructor Jackie […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Was it Tom Sawyer in Samuel Clemens’ billiard room with a revolver? Visitors to the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford can now tour the author’s mansion while playing a live-action version of the board game “Clue.” The idea came up in a museum staff meeting about five years ago, […]