Новости за 19.08.2017

Russell Wilson was about as good as he could be in playing the first half of Seattle’s second exhibition game, throwing for two touchdowns and completing 13 of18 passes for 206 yards before taking a seat for the rest of the night in a 20-13 win.

The left tackle suffered a torn anterior-cruciate ligament that will require surgery and likely keep him out for the year during Friday’s preseason win over Minnesota. Devastating. So now the question is: What does Fant’s knee injury mean for the offensive line?

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Kissimmee, Fla., police chief says 1 police officer killed, another injured in shooting; 3 suspects in custody, 1 sought.

BOTHELL, Wash. (AP) — Birds of the World pet shop has been closed temporarily following the discovery that a bird boarded there had a bacterial infection that can be spread to other birds as well as humans. The Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2uOLCTG ) that a bird boarded there recently died of the infection. The disease […]

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Mourners have attended a state funeral of Ruth Pfau, a German physician and nun who earned international acclaim by devoting her life to the eradication of leprosy in Pakistan. Known as “Pakistan’s Mother Teresa,” she died on Aug. 10 at age 87 in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province. State-run […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Two employees of elite universities charged in the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old hair stylist were returned to Chicago early Saturday to face charges of first-degree murder in the brutal killing. Chicago police escorted fired Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem, 43, and Oxford University financial officer Andrew Warren, 56, from Northern California, […]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer says gunmen on a motorcycle have killed a local leader of Pakistan’s pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party in an apparent assassination in the northwest before fleeing. Local police chief Amjad Khan says Attaullah Shah was walking home after praying at a mosque in the city of Dera Ismail Khan […]

Seattle wins by a point over San Antonio when former UW star Kelsey Plum’s long shot is ruled a two-pointer.

Lucky Whitehead’s string of bad luck in recent weeks might have fans thinking his name is a misnomer.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The brother of a Sinaloa cartel leader has been arrested at an Arizona border crossing, less than a month after his nephew surrendered to U.S. authorities. Federal prosecutors say 38-year-old Alvaro Lopez Nunez was taken into custody Thursday in Nogales, Arizona. He is being moved to San Diego to face drug […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela’s ousted chief prosecutor has fled to Colombia with her husband a day after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest. Colombian migration authorities confirmed Friday evening that Luisa Ortega Diaz and German Ferrer landed in Bogota aboard a private plane from Aruba. Ortega and Ferrer have long been aligned with Venezuela’s […]

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending August 18.

Follow all the action right here as we bring you the latest news, photos and analysis as the Seahawks host the Vikings in their first preseason game at CenturyLink Field.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds (6.1 kilograms) of methamphetamine from Mexico by drone, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday. Jorge Edwin Rivera told […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker who temporarily posted a Facebook comment expressing hope that President Donald Trump would be assassinated could face an effort to remove her from office. Gov. Eric Greitens and Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, both Republicans, said on Friday that state senators should oust Democratic Sen. Maria Chapelle-Nadal, who […]

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — On a day when the Pittsburgh Steelers were set to break camp and return home, inside linebacker Ryan Shazier was just glad to be back on the field. Shazier fully practiced during the Steelers last day in Latrobe after missing the previous two weeks with a slight hamstring pull. “I was […]

A rule issued last month says new companies cannot register names that are paragraphs or long sentences — which could spell trouble for the likes of What Are You Looking At Shenzhen Technology Co.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police could have prevented the fatal stabbing of two men who came to the aid of teenage girls being harassed on Portland light-rail train if they had taken an earlier complaint against a white supremacist more seriously, a woman said Friday. Demetria Hester, who is black, told reporters Jeremy Christian threw […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prison officials in Nevada drew immediate criticism Friday for proposing an untried three-drug combination for the scheduled Nov. 14 lethal injection of a twice-convicted murderer who says he wants his execution sentence carried out. The state has supplies of the sedative diazepam, the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and the muscle paralytic […]

What about Caesar? Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s comments to remove statues is a perfect example of bad judgment. These are historical reminders of what went wrong in the world for all to see and should not be removed. They are an example of our freedom of expression, right or wrong. Perhaps all statues and references […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The teenage daughter of a police dispatcher at the center of a Northern California sexual misconduct scandal involving two dozen officers has filed a lawsuit against one of the law enforcement agencies, her attorney announced Friday. The 19-year-old filed the federal lawsuit in San Francisco Thursday. She alleges that she had […]

There is a standstill in the state Legislature because the House and Senate cannot come to an agreement on a fix for the water-rights decision known as “Hirst.” The Department of Ecology is Washington’s water-resource manager; it makes sense to rely on them to manage adequate water supply. County budgets are already stretched, and they […]

“You’ve got to be carefully taught.” This lyric from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” was about racism and says it all. Children learn to be racists by listening to their parents, friends and relatives be racists. So if you are racist, keep those opinions to yourself when the kids are around. Hate is a four-letter […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When the moon passes in front of the sun during Monday’s eclipse California will lose enough solar energy to power more than 1.5 million homes, a figure that underscores the state’s growing reliance on energy from the sun. California has rapidly deployed renewable energy and now produces 40 percent of the […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the provider of positive vibes through its books, videos and TV programs, got a negative reception on Wall Street in its trading debut Friday.