Новости за 09.08.2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jason Day’s swagger — and his motivation — have returned. “I’m hungry again — and I’m looking forward to trying to beat these guys,” Day said Wednesday on the eve of the 99th PGA Championship. Day is in the midst of what he called a “very poor season” with only two […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two LGBT-rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump’s tweets declaring he wants a ban on transgender people serving in the military. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington on behalf of five transgender service members with nearly 60 years of combined military […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Federal Reserve’s interest-setting committee says it would be appropriate for the central bank to start trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet at its next meeting in September, but wait until December before raising a key interest rate again. Charles Evans, the president of the Fed’s regional bank in […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legendary Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez Alvarez and a well-known norteno band leader are among 22 people sanctioned for alleged ties to a drug trafficking organization, the United States Treasury announced Wednesday. The Treasury said in a statement that it will also sanction 43 entities in Mexico, including a soccer team […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Canadian man to six months in prison for his part in a human smuggling operation. Victory Omoruyi pleaded guilty in May to transport of illegal alien. Authorities say he helped move nine Nigerian citizens and asylum seekers to the Canadian border from North Dakota […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is distancing herself from earlier comments about the nation’s historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice. In an interview with The Associated Press, she acknowledges that in the past “racism was rampant and there were no choices” for African-Americans in higher education. DeVos alienated many […]

MIAMI (AP) — The wife of Los Angeles Clippers center Willie Reed says she does not wish to press battery charges against her husband. The attorney for Jasmine Reed issued a statement Wednesday saying the situation was blown out of proportion and that she never called police. Willie Reed, who played last year for the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is imposing sanctions on eight more individuals, including the brother of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, for undermining democracy in the South American country. The Treasury Department says seven are current or former Venezuelan government officials. The U.S. accuses them of supporting the creation of a constituent assembly […]

Panning or sluicing for shiny flakes in a stream near Blewett Pass — or anywhere the gold bug takes you — can be rewarding in more ways than one.

LAND O’LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Ralph Terry, a 73-year-old retiree who lives in a sleepy neighborhood in Florida’s suburbs, seems particularly sanguine about living just a few doors down from a gaping, literal, void in the earth. “I don’t see no cracks in my blocks in my house,” he said on Tuesday, peering out the […]

LONDON (AP) — The man accused of kidnapping a British model in Italy painted a picture of big money, international intrigue and spine-chilling dealings as a member of Black Death, an organization selling drugs, guns and murder on the dark web. The reality of Lukasz Pawel Herba’s life appears to be more prosaic, riddled with […]

In case you didn't hear, for one weekend this season (Aug. 25-27), Major League Baseball will relax its uniform policy for something called "Players' Weekend."

LONDON (AP) — British authorities have convicted more than a dozen sex offenders in a northern English city, but children’s advocates expressed outrage that police paid a convicted rapist to infiltrate specially organized parties where young women and girls as young as 15 were plied with drugs and alcohol before being abused. The revelations came […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police chief Janee Harteau said in an interview aired Wednesday that she did everything she could to rush home from a hiking trip in Colorado last month after one of her officers killed an Australian woman who had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault. But Harteau told Minnesota […]

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge is ordering the parents of a Georgia teenager found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat and their attorney to pay more than $292,000 in legal fees to people they accused of foul play in a lawsuit that was later dropped. Classmates in Valdosta found 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson’s body in […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A woman who was contemplating jumping from a Mississippi River bridge in downtown St. Paul was pulled to safety by a fire chief while two police officers reassured her that she is loved. A passer-by captured the dramatic rescue from the edge of Robert St. Bridge on cellphone video Tuesday […]

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who has repeatedly duped women out of money in dating schemes has been sentenced to five years in prison. Patrick Giblin also must pay $39,130 in restitution as part of Wednesday’s sentence. He pleaded guilty in February to traveling to launder money. Prosecutors say the 53-year-old posted […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Wall Street executive says he’s ready to restart his business a day after prosecutors dropped criminal charges against him. Benjamin Wey (way) returned to Manhattan federal court Wednesday to get his electronic ankle bracelet removed. He emerged smiling from the courthouse. He says he’ll immediately restart a financial business that […]

Brick & Mortar Books opened earlier this year in Redmond Town Center. It’s run by the Ullom family — three generations help out — and you can feel the good vibes when you step in.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The University of Georgia has nixed a professor’s policy that allowed students to grade themselves. Media outlets report that University officials on Tuesday forced Terry College of Business professor Rick Watson to remove his “stress reduction policy” from the syllabus on his webpage. The policy would have allowed students to grade […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Police say several gunmen opened fire on a group of people standing on a Chicago sidewalk, killing one and wounding six others. Chicago police say the shooting happened late Tuesday along a street in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood. A 28-year-old man who was shot in the back was pronounced dead at a […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say an officer pointed a gun at someone in a road rage encounter last spring while he was off duty, and is being charged with simple assault. Police identified the officer as 28-year-old Robert Kramer. They say he is on administrative leave, pending the resolution of the criminal case involving […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged calm and said Americans should have “no concerns” after North Korea and President Donald Trump traded fiery threats, insisting Wednesday he doesn’t believe there is “any imminent threat.” “Americans should sleep well at night,” Tillerson said. In more tranquil terms, Tillerson sought to explain the thinking […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tillerson says exchange of threats on North Korea doesn’t mean US is moving closer to military option.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tillerson: ‘I do not believe that there is any imminent threat’ from North Korea; ‘Americans should sleep well at night’