Новости за 28.08.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is defending his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the former Arizona sheriff a “patriot” who loves his country. Trump was asked about his controversial decision during a joint press conference with the president of Finland on Monday. Trump says Arpaio did a “great job for the people of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: Expedia Inc., down $6.73 to $142.53 The travel-booking site confirms that CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been offered the top job at Uber. Kite Pharma Inc., up $38.95 to $178.05 Most Read StoriesMeet Seahawks rookie Chris Carson: Why he fell in the draft and […]

Five Seahawks will sit out this week to go through a Regenokine process with plans to be ready for the start of the regular season.

PORTER, Texas (AP) — Authorities say woman has been killed in Houston area after tree dislodged by heavy rains topples onto her trailer home.

U.S. stocks finished little changed on Monday as investors focused on the effects of Tropical Storm Harvey. Insurance companies and oil drillers stumbled while refineries rose along with gasoline prices. On Monday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index added 1.19 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 2,444.24. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 5.27 […]

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — An Atlanta-area police officer who authorities say hit and killed a woman with his car has been charged. DeKalb County police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell said in an email that Officer Ian MacGowan has been charged with homicide by vehicle, reckless driving, speeding and failure to maintain a lane. Janet Pickney was […]

BELLPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Fragrance seller Perfumania has filed for bankruptcy protection, and plans to close 65 of its 230 stores as it focuses more on selling online. The mall-based retailer plans to offer investors $2 per share as it converts to a private company. The stock surged more than 40 percent Monday to close […]

In the photo, tiny Aiden Pham — 13 months old and swaddled in a blanket — nestles asleep in his mother’s arms, even as the floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey surge around them. Someday, no doubt, Aiden’s mother will tell him about the day Houston police rescued them from their flooded home by boat, and about […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A medium-security unit of a southern Arizona prison near the U.S.-Mexico border was on lockdown Monday after a huge brawl that injured 17 inmates, with one group of prisoners trying to escape attackers by climbing up onto a building and throwing objects down at them. Six corrections officers who were assaulted in […]

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy found fatally shot in the back seat of a police cruiser in Ohio killed himself The Summit County medical examiner’s office says Xavier McMullen died of a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death was ruled a suicide. Akron police had said a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush never recovered from his flyover of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Barack Obama got a bipartisan boost late in his re-election campaign for his handling of Superstorm Sandy. Now, President Donald Trump confronts the political risks and potential gains that come with leading the federal government’s response to a deadly and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that Texas redraw some of its congressional districts that were struck down as racially discriminatory. Alito’s action on Monday is intended to put off a court hearing scheduled for next week in San Antonio until the full Supreme Court has […]

WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of her husband in a crime apparently witnessed by the man’s pet parrot. Forty-nine-year-old Glenna Duram of Sand Lake learned her sentence Monday after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder and a felony firearm […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A ban on plastic bags came into force Monday in Kenya and those found violating the new regulation could be receive maximum fines of $38,000 or a four-year jail term. The ban applies to the use, manufacture, and importation of plastic shopping bags and gives a minimum fine of about $19,000 […]

TOLLAND, Conn. (AP) — Police say two Connecticut men used a baseball bat they stole from one home to break into another and steal wedding cake. Police say 24-year-old Zachary Jurewicz and 26-year-old Eric Rawson are in custody and face charges including home invasion and burglary after breaking into two Tolland homes Sunday. Authorities say […]

New niche career helps customers find the best flower or edible to suit the specific experience they’re seeking.

One in four computing jobs is filled by a woman – and that number is getting smaller.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The founder of the internet’s oldest white supremacist site said he was trying to get back online Monday after a company revoked its domain name following complaints that it promotes hatred and is linked to dozens of murders. Don Black, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who has operated stormfront.org since […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a measure Monday allowing automatic voter registration in Illinois, a move that comes a year after he rejected a similar measure over concerns about voter fraud. Illinois joins more than half a dozen other states with some form of automatic voter registration, which proponents say boosts civic […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain start a third round of Brexit negotiations on Monday, with London looking to move discussions to the future relationship and Brussels demanding more clarity on the terms of the divorce first. Almost five months after the two-year divorce process began, the Brexit discussions have made little headway, […]

Right-hander Dan Altavilla was optioned back to Tacoma to make room.

Dara Khosrowshahi, reportedly named to head Uber, has led Expedia for 12 years, during which the Bellevue-based online travel company has gobbled up competitors and emerged as one of the top two companies in the industry.

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers packed the streets of London for the annual Notting Hill Carnival on Monday, pausing their celebrations to remember the victims of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire. The Caribbean carnival, billed as Europe’s biggest street party, winds through west London streets near the apartment tower block that was […]

CHICAGO (AP) — One of the most shameful chapters in the story of Chicago is about to be taught to students all over the city. On Monday, the Chicago Public Schools announced that a pilot program launched last year in which students are taught about a police torture scandal that has dogged the city and […]

SHARPSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A man is dead and a Kentucky State Police trooper is injured after a shooting in eastern Kentucky. Media report the shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday in Bath County, but police haven’t released details. Kentucky State Police spokesman Scott Ferrell says a trooper suffered cuts to his head and arm […]