Новости за 06.08.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — An unlikely outsider wins political office: Sound familiar? ABC’s new sitcom “The Mayor” has its own version, set in an economically depressed town where a young rapper runs for mayor just to generate publicity for his music — but much to everyone’s shock — especially his — is elected. The series […]

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Police in West Texas say a robbery suspect is in custody after he was caught snoozing at the scene. An Abilene police statement says 20-year-old Kanyoni Sedekiya was armed with a gun at his apartment complex early Friday when he argued with his roommate, whom he bound as he demanded money. […]

Democratic Sen. Sam Hunt agreed to pay a fine and investigative costs for violating campaign disclosure laws; he says the violations were not “willful.”

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials in New Orleans say heavy rainfall overwhelmed the city’s pump stations, contributing to flooding in some areas. NOLA.com reports city officials said Sunday that some neighborhoods saw between 8 and 10 inches (20 and 25 centimeters) of rain over a few hours Saturday. That was too much for the Sewerage […]

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Jay Cutler has decided to postpone retirement so he can help fill in for Ryan Tannehill with the Miami Dolphins. Cutler agreed to terms Sunday on a contract with Miami, a person familiar with the situation said. The person confirmed the agreement to The Associated Press on Sunday on condition of […]

Seattle is sending two minor leaguers and a player to be named later to complete the deal.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — David Baker has a vision. He sees a state-of-the-art stadium; eight fields in a youth sports complex (plus three more on campus); an indoor arena; a center for athletic performance and safety; a player care center; and a hotel. All of it — and more — surrounding the Pro Football Hall […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian official says Jordan’s King Abdullah II is visiting the West Bank on Monday for the first time in five years. The official, Mohammed Ishtayeh, said Sunday that the monarch is to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The rare visit is seen as a closing of ranks on […]

Lady Gaga brought her 'Joanne' tour to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night.

The battle for the starting nickelback spot is one of the fiercest at WSU training camp right now, and nickelback coach Roy Manning is loving every second of it

SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man who was shot and killed by a police officer in South Carolina. The Sun News quotes Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard as saying that the man shot early Friday morning was 33-year-old Aaron Payne of the Surfside Beach area. The newspaper reports that […]

The Mariners and Royals have split the first two games of their huge four-game series. After Saturday's game was rained out, the two Wild Card contenders will face off twice Sunday

Seattle sent out fielder Boog Powell back to Oakland, the team that drafted him out of high school, in exchange for Alonso

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The bodies of two soldiers killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan have been returned. Supporters raised tens of thousands of dollars for their families. The Fayetteville Observer reports that the men’s bodies were returned Friday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The Army previously said two paratroopers with […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — A rights group says Israel has imposed new travel restrictions on Palestinians, preventing them from leaving blockaded Gaza with laptops. The ban also applies in the opposite direction — an Associated Press reporter was barred Sunday from taking his laptop into Gaza. Cogat, an Israeli defense body, referred questions to the Shin […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A dwindling number of peep shows, strip clubs and adult DVD stores have survived New York City’s two-decade legal war on smut and now, some of the survivors are worried a recent court decision could put them under for good. In June, New York’s Court of Appeals reinstated rules dating to […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of an Italian tourist in Arkansas. Police in Little Rock say 31-year-old Charina Fort of Little Rock surrendered Saturday after police earlier arrested 32-year-old Andre Jackson in the July 28 shooting death of 31-year-old Carlo Marigliano. Both Fort and Jackson […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Randy Gamel and his husband were looking for a retirement home, a six-bedroom fixer upper in the tiny western Oklahoma town of Hitchcock caught their eye. They bought it in 2014, and Gamel moved to the quiet community from Fort Worth, Texas, to start upgrades. He set out to make […]

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren won’t face voters for more than a year, but the broad outlines of the effort to unseat the Massachusetts Democrat, and her re-election pitch to voters, are taking shape. Two Republicans have announced their candidacies, two others are said to be weighing runs, and conservative political groups are […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Health officials have issued air quality warning in eastern Washington and Idaho due to smoke from multiple large wildfires. According to air quality officials, strong winds have pushed the smoky haze down from the wildfires raging in British Columbia. This has caused readings climbed into the unhealthy range for sensitive groups […]

Readers like it when shoppers stop and salute the flag at the Safeco Field store and when folks own up to hitting your car. They don’t like people who use their street for a dump and political signs in public rights-of-way.

Lawrence Osborne, author of “Beautiful Animals,” loves stories of smoldering suspense involving morally twisted foreigners in exotic locales. He treads on familiar literary terrain here.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says that at least 30 people including women and children have been killed by Taliban fighters in northern Sari Pul province. Zahir Wahdat, the provincial governor for Sari Pul, says Sunday that the victims are mostly civilians and some local security forces. The shootings took place Saturday morning […]

LAIKIPIA, Kenya (AP) — Burned-out homes in this dry landscape have become a symbol of the tensions around Tuesday’s presidential election as Kenyans prepare for the possibility of yet more deadly violence. For more than a year now, farms and homes in Laikipia County have been under siege. Farmer Martin Evans inspects one blackened home, […]

BERLIN (AP) — The governor of one of Germany’s biggest states says he allowed Volkswagen to vet a 2015 speech about the automaker’s diesel scandal. German weekly Bild am Sonntag has reported that VW, which is part-owned by Lower Saxony state, suggested removing some of the harsh criticism of its emissions trickery. Governor Stephan Weil’s […]