Новости за 28.05.2018

If Elvis were alive, he might ride the monorail to a Seattle hockey game in 2020 — if they build a nicer Westlake Station.

Also showing May 28: “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” on HBO.

It’s a major milestone for the nonprofit, which nine years ago was on the brink of being homeless itself. Today, it’s become a local favorite for corporate giving and private philanthropy.

Seattle will be hard pressed to match the Golden Knights’ first-year success when it gets an NHL team. But they should be able to avoid Washington’s struggles.

“As far as I’m concerned, the battle with the 306 is now over,” said the Nooksack’s new chairman, speaking of the hundreds of people the tribe considers disenrolled. He now plans to get them to “move along,” even as they continue fighting and making startling allegations.

BATH, N.Y. (AP) — National cemeteries across upstate New York will join those around the nation in honoring veterans this Memorial Day. The Department of Veterans Affairs says events are planned for Monday at Bath National Cemetery, Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira and the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. Lt. Col. […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new research partnership in western New York is aiming to speed the discovery and commercialization of life-saving medications. The new Empire Discovery Institute brings together experts from the universities of Buffalo and Rochester and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. The center is focused on early-stage drug research, which advocates say […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Wildlife artist, author and naturalist John Ruthven of Cincinnati will be among the 12 newest members of the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. Ruthven’s artwork showing wildlife and nature has long supported conservation efforts. He has been called “the 20th century John James Audubon.” Ruthven and the other outstanding older […]

Too much thinking can stop you in your tracks as you work out a career transition.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati is getting the Wookiee treatment this fall. Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” series, will be at the Cincinnati Comic Expo taking place Sept. 14-16. At 7 feet, 2 inches, the actor towered over other characters as Han Solo’s co-pilot in the first film “Star Wars Episode IV: […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The former head of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency has been banned from travel and will face a formal inquiry over a book he co-authored with his former Indian counterpart. Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, an army spokesman, said retired Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani was summoned to army headquarters Monday for questioning about “Spy […]

Last July, only four in 10 teens were in the labor force, compared with about seven in 10 in July 1978, according to the Department of Labor.

BRANDON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says a series of game camera photos of a bobcat walking under a bridge show how passages under roads can help wildlife survive across the state. The photos show the bobcat walking under a bridge in Brandon. Information about wildlife passages has allowed the […]

LOGAN, Ohio (AP) — A weekend shuttle service is expected to ease parking headaches at popular attractions in southeastern Ohio’s Hocking Hills State Park. Officials say the shuttle bus between downtown Logan and Old Man’s Cave will run on weekends through Oct. 28. Other buses will loop around the parking lots at Old Man’s Cave, […]

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.N. agency for children says it has distributed cash to nearly 1.5 million families in war-battered Yemen to help avert the risk of famine. The emergency payout, part of a $200 million World Bank-funded program, comes in the fourth year of a civil war that has killed more than 10,000 […]

American Express is piloting a program that will allow merchants to reward customers for purchasing specific items at their stores.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s leaders are facing increasing calls to take action to loosen abortion restrictions in Northern Ireland after the Republic of Ireland’s vote in favor of doing so, but complex political realities may make quick action difficult. Prime Minister Theresa May is being asked by some legislators and activists to take steps that […]

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old boy and an adult woman have drowned at a swimming pool in Virginia. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Chesterfield County police believe the woman was related to the child. Both people had been found unresponsive in the pool on Sunday evening. Community members and responding officers performed […]

MILAN (AP) — The man tapped to head a neutral government in Italy after two populists failed in their bid is a former official at the International Monetary Fund who is a firm believer in the euro and in the necessity of Italy cutting its stubbornly high-debt load. Carlo Cottarelli, an economist, has previous government […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s hard-line views on trade, a staple of his message long before he entered politics, are beginning to collide with the realities of global politics. Trade talks with China and on revising the North American Free Trade Agreement have hit stumbling blocks. And that’s posing a challenge for a president […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says he has held talks with U.S. officials about having thousands of American troops permanently stationed as a deterrent in Poland. Poland is concerned for its own and the region’s security following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and other steps […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says a planned high-speed railway that would cut travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to just 90 minutes will be axed because it isn’t beneficial. Mahathir says the 350-kilometer (218-mile) rail project is too costly and that Malaysia “will make no money at […]

SHANGHAI (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s brand continues to win foreign trademarks in China and the Philippines, adding to questions about conflicts of interest at the White House, The Associated Press has found. On Sunday, China granted the First Daughter’s company final approval for its 13th trademark in the last three months, trademark office records show. […]

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Weeks after police in Delaware struck two “aggressive” dogs with a car and then fatally shot one of them, the surviving dog will be sent to Florida to learn how to better interact with humans. The News Journal reports the German shepherd mix found uninjured nearly a week after she fled […]

ROME (AP) — Italy’s new premier-designate says if he fails to win required confidence votes, an election will be held after August.