Новости за 04.08.2017

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has reduced bail for a man charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with an Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people. But the East Bay Times reports (http://bayareane.ws/2wsQkCT) that an Alameda County judge declined Friday to release 47-year-old Derick Almena on his own recognizance. Judge Kevin Murphy said […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and Gio Gonzalez will miss their scheduled starts for the Washington Nationals against the Chicago Cubs this weekend. Manager Dusty Baker decided to give Scherzer at least an extra day rather than have him pitch Sunday after the right-hander exited Tuesday’s game against Florida because […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The music video for the No. 1 hit song “Despacito” has become the most viewed clip on YouTube of all-time. YouTube announced Friday that Luis Fonsi’s ubiquitous song with Daddy Yankee hit nearly three billion views — 2,993,786,682 views to be exact — and surpassed previous record holder “See You Again,” […]

While Tim Burgess’ Op-Ed makes plenty of valid points, I can’t help but laugh. Why? Burgess’ impassioned piece talks about the “rule of law” as if it’s something he’s committed to. And yet Burgess is in lockstep with the rest of the Seattle City Council in advocating for allowing heroin addicts to use and abuse […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater security contractor. The court has ordered a new trial for the man who prosecutors said fired the first shots in the 2007 slayings of 14 Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. In a split opinion, […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials in a Georgia county want an upcoming concert by R. Kelly canceled after a media report accusing the singer of mental and physical abuse against young women. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners sent a letter this week to Live Nation asking the entertainment company to cancel Kelly’s Aug. 25 concert. […]

Robert Martinez’s Op-Ed speaks to the impacts globalism has had upon our blue-collar workers. Having belonged to and worked in a roofing family, I appreciate the prestige and value of what a journeyman’s card can offer. Boeing has been allowed to be the only game in town. Now, it has painted itself into a corner. […]

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina-based Lowe’s has announced a further reduction in jobs. The Charlotte Observer reports the home-improvement retailer confirmed Thursday that it will lay off an undisclosed number of delivery workers across the country, as the company shifts to third-party delivery. Lowe’s Cos. said in an email that it had been […]

“Pod” apartments could be a very viable way to at least get some homeless people off the streets. But that is an absolute lie to the public and city planners by developers who then charge $1,200 a month for a 400-square-foot room. No part-timer, low-income earner, homeless person or Medicare senior can ever think to […]

It is tempting to believe that hatred among people is inevitable, but I believe that progress is possible if schools, elected officials and interfaith groups take small but consistent steps toward combating bias.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say no one was injured when a network of pipes collapsed outside a Rolls-Royce aircraft-engine assembly plant in Indianapolis. The collapse just before noon Friday left a line of large pipes and support structures toppled outside a building. Rolls-Royce spokesman Joel Reuter says some of the pipes carry steam and one […]

For all spending on increased security for members of Congress, an equal allocation should be made for new programs that support neighborhoods affected by violence.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Democrats in Alabama were fired up inside a century-old art deco theater, where candidates in the party’s U.S. Senate primary took turns dismissing President Trump’s proposed border wall as stupid, swapping stories of people in poverty suffering without health care, and vowing to protect Planned Parenthood. The crowd thundered and whistled […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the United States the 98-pound weakling of global trade? President Donald Trump and his economic advisers think so. They point to 41 straight years of U.S. trade deficits as evidence that America has been out-competed, out-negotiated and flat out cheated by trading partners like China, Mexico and Germany — countries that […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A liberal advocacy group that targeted Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly for advertiser boycotts in the past now has its sights set on Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity. Media Matters for America said Friday it will begin asking Hannity’s advertisers to shun him and ask thousands of its members to also […]

Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor make up what figures to go down as the best safety duo in Seahawks history, but it is Kenny Easley who set the gold standard at the position for the franchise. So, how would Thomas and Chancellor compare themselves to Easley?

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The curator of a University of Vermont research museum says its entire collection of more than 1 million samples of plants, insects and animals from around the world has survived a fire that heavily damaged the building where they were stored. Pringle Herbarium Director David Barrington says the flames from Thursday’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Secret Service command post inside President Donald Trump’s namesake Manhattan skyscraper has been moved. A spokeswoman for the umbrella company that controls Trump’s various businesses said Friday that the Secret Service moved out of Trump Tower to somewhere “more cost effective and logistically practical.” The Secret Service won’t say where […]

Earning a college degree is a challenge for any student, but it can be particularly difficult for adults.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A man’s attempt to burn bees out of their nest backfired after the ill-advised extermination method caught fire to a Georgia home, destroying most of it. Fayette County Deputy Fire Chief Tom Bartlett tells The Associated Press that the homeowner lit a stick on fire last weekend, then tried to poke […]

From a sweeping Norwegian masterpiece to a humorist’s history, new audiobooks have something for everyone.

Readers rave about free cold water, rant about parking garage.

Claudia Castro Luna reflects on two years of listening to the creative voices of a city she thinks is evolving too rapidly for most people to take in, or understand what’s lost.

Among large King County school districts, Seattle Public Schools looks like it would collect the most money per student when the state’s McCleary plan is fully phased in. But there’s a lot that’s not included in new numbers breaking down who gets what in the $7.3 billion funding package.

A black man, a white woman and a cruelly indifferent cop — Theater Schmeater’s “Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act” is a dimly lit, mostly nude and chilling look at a love affair in South Africa.