Новости за 02.08.2017

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A prosecutor at the second day of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley’s murder trial is questioning Stockley’s actions, and those of his colleagues, on the day of the killing. Stockley, who is white, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011. Smith, a […]

GENEVA (AP) — This bridge is not for the acrophobic. Switzerland has inaugurated the world’s longest suspension foot bridge along a trail toward the famed Matterhorn that features majestic Alpine views. A Swiss tourism official said Wednesday the 494-meter (1,621-foot) bridge can cut hiking time on the Europaweg trail by at least 3 hours between […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie says the New Jersey family that opened a charitable foundation to help the state’s capital city after winning a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot last year is “selfless” and an “inspiration”. The Republican governor visited the Smith Family Foundation on Wednesday for its grand opening. Pearlie Mae Smith and […]

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Dominique Easley is expected to miss the season with a torn knee ligament. The source spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Wednesday because the Rams hadn’t announced the severity of the injury for Easley, […]

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Rory McIlroy says he got rid of a caddie so that he could keep a friend. McIlroy parted ways with J.P. Fitzgerald after the British Open and will use his best friend, Harry Diamond, as his caddie in the Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship next week. Still to be determined […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Movie theater stocks took a beating Wednesday after AMC Entertainment previewed a grim earnings report. AMC’s announcement came amid broader pessimism about what has been a lackluster summer movie season. AMC shares lost nearly a quarter of their value a day after the company’s announcement late Tuesday that its U.S. box […]

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A one-of-a-kind art exhibition devoted to football is making its last stop at the birthplace of the NFL — Canton, Ohio. The “Scrimmage” exhibit opened Tuesday at the Canton Museum of Art. It features 78 works by artists including Andy Warhol and Norman Rockwell dating back to the Civil War. Curators […]

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who was naked when he went onto a stranger’s property and beat him to death was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity on Wednesday. Christian Lepore, 36, “could not appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or confirm his conduct to the requirements of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the door to the secure room at the White House burst open. The urgent message: Trump had just tweeted about Qatar. One adviser read the tweet aloud and with that, the […]

Amid criticism about cultural appropriation and representation, Seattle Opera takes different tack with Puccini’s popular work.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An animated short film about an adolescent gay couple has gone viral, garnering over 6 million views on YouTube in just two days. “In a Heartbeat ” follows a boy addressing his sexuality after falling in love with a male classmate in elementary school. The short was created by filmmakers Beth […]

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office says they have identified two teenage girls and a 10-year-old boy as suspects. A 13-year-old girl was taken into custody.

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian mission in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia says dozens of people have been injured by explosions at a munitions depot. The Russian embassy in Abkhazia said the explosions ripped through a military arsenal in the village of Primorskoye on Wednesday, injuring about 50 people, 27 of whom were hospitalized. The […]

Cheryl Strange, the new DSHS secretary, took over as CEO of Western State Hospital last year as federal regulators threatened to strip its funding over safety violations.

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have identified the construction workers killed and injured after a section of floor collapsed at a western Michigan arena. The Holland Department of Public Safety says the collapse Tuesday at the Holland Civic Center killed 38-year-old Ruben Gomez-Vazques of Grand Rapids. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being […]

In Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit,” a seemingly endless night in 1967 Detroit unfolds, known as the Algiers Motel Incident, in which three unarmed black teenagers were shot and killed by a group of law enforcement officers.

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — The death of a 30-year-old Texas woman found buried on a Maryland beach has been ruled accidental. Citing a ruling from the state’s Office of the Chief Medical examiner, Ocean City police said in a statement Wednesday that Ashley O’Connor of Plano, Texas, who was found buried in the sand, […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s new U.N. ambassador says sanctions won’t solve the problem of North Korea’s expanding nuclear and ballistic missile programs — only dialogue primarily between the United States and North Korea will. Vassily Nebenzia told U.N. reporters on Wednesday that “this is a difficult thing and no easy solution, but in our […]

Most of those at risk in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are poor farmworkers or outdoor laborers. They are unlikely to have air conditioners — up to 25 percent in of India's population has no access to electricity. In some areas that have been deforested, they may not even have very much shade.

Scientists at Virginia Mason have developed a way to distinguish “bad” cells that trigger allergies from “good” cells that fight infection.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to join with two Republican senators to unveil legislation that would place new limits on legal immigration. It would seek an immigration system based on merit and skills instead of family connections. Trump is appearing with Republican Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas at […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A big gain from Apple Wednesday morning sent the Dow Jones industrial average above 22,000 for the first time. Most other industries were trading lower, with health care and household goods companies slipping. Movie theater companies plunged after AMC Entertainment gave a weak forecast and said it will cut costs. KEEPING […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s earliest staffers is leaving his White House post. George Gigicos, who plans the president’s travels, will be returning to Trump’s campaign operation. He’ll again organize the signatures rallies that drove Trump’s campaign and have continued in his presidency. That’s according to a person familiar with his decision […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The host of Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods” says his image is the “fat guy” who runs around the world eating bugs. But Andrew Zimmern says it’s been awhile since he’s eaten a bug or an organ on “Bizarre Foods.” His goal is to make the show entertaining, but he also tries […]

A 41-year-old Auburn man is believed to have died after throwing a Molotov cocktail at sheriff’s deputies and then barricading himself inside a shed and setting fire to it from the inside. About 10 a.m. Tuesday deputies were called to a house in the 33100 block of East Lake Holm Drive Southeast, near Auburn,  after a […]