Новости за 28.06.2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — All sides are mobilizing in response to the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, promising a momentous confirmation battle for President Donald Trump’s next nominee to the high court. Trump says he will start the effort to replace Kennedy “immediately” and will pick from a list of 25 names that he […]

Rainiers get 11 walks, but can’t cash in against Las Vegas.

Reign goalkeeper Michelle Betos make six saves, including key stops late, to help her team preserve a draw.

Would-be founders of a delivery business can apply to be part of the Amazon program, and if accepted, they’ll receive a host of services from the e-commerce giant including driver training, equipment and fuel discounts and “consistent” jobs delivering Amazon packages.

BEIJING (AP) — Lawyer for Wendell Brown says Chinese court sentences former Ball State football player to 4 years’ prison for bar fight.

EASTPOINT, Fla. (AP) — John Matthew Polous watched a “controlled-burn” fire for three days as it consumed foliage outside his tiny community on the Florida Panhandle. And then he watched as it quickly raged out of control. What he doesn’t understand is why it took government officials until Wednesday to acknowledge that they were the […]

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — A U.S. military team and British cave experts have joined the rescue effort in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded for a fifth day inside a cave being flooded by near-constant rains. A Thai army general coordinating the rescue said Thursday morning that overnight rain had […]

After Mariners blow a lead in the eighth, Kyle Seager sends game to extra innings and Mariners get 8-7 victory on Denard Span’s sacrifice fly. Their 50th win came in June for the first time since 2003.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mike Minor has pitched six perfect innings for the Texas Rangers against the San Diego Padres. The left-hander has struck out five and thrown 70 pitches Wednesday night. The closest San Diego has come to a hit was Jose Pirela’s sharp grounder to the left side in the fifth inning. Shortstop […]

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona Republican who was asked to resign after saying “there aren’t enough white kids to go around” when discussing school integration said at a community forum Wednesday that his comments were taken out of context. State Rep. David Stringer, a Prescott Republican running for re-election, met with Reverend Jarrett Maupin and […]

The six-deck Star Legend is believed to be the largest cruise ship to travel through the Ballard Locks and the century-old Lake Washington Ship Canal.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed yet again at a staggering cost of $1 million a day and now won’t be ready before 2021.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say a man’s plan to take videos up the skirts of women was thwarted when his shoe camera exploded. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said in his daily blog that the 32-year-old man wanted to turn himself in to police on Tuesday. But the man wasn’t arrested because […]

Senators at an antitrust subcommittee hearing Wednesday acknowledged possible benefits from the deal — like next-generation service — but also emphasized the need for competition among mobile phone-service providers.

A federal guest-worker program for farmworkers would get a big overhaul under a bill that failed to make it into an immigration package voted on Wednesday in the House, but is expected to be voted on later this summer. The bill would offer legal status to undocumented farmworkers — but only as guest workers.

A federal guest-worker program for farmworkers would get a big overhaul under a bill that failed to make it into an immigration package voted on Wednesday in the House, but is expected to be voted on later this summer. The bill would offer legal status to undocumented farmworkers — but only as guest workers.

Bird admits she had no problems posing nude, but Storm teammate Breanna Stewart said she was cold being naked on the photo shoot. ESPN's 'Body Issue' hits newsstands Friday.

When the King County Sheriff's Office hired the former Detroit police officer in February 2017, sheriff's officials say they didn't know he was being investigated for beating a man in his previous job.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas executes inmate whose lawyers argued he was too sick for lethal injection.

While moments of wit bubble up throughout Clare Denis' "Let the Sunshine In," this is no rom-com; rather, it’s an episodic exploration of one woman’s complicated relationship with love. Rating: 3 stars out of 4.

The decision by Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Seattle City Council to set aside $7 million per year to provide free ORCA passes to Seattle public-school students is flawed in two significant ways. First, it wrongfully excludes students in Seattle charter, private and Catholic high schools. In addition to being patently unfair, in the case […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say the boyfriend of a woman whose 10-year-old son died after suffering head trauma has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Los Angeles County welfare officials have said the boy previously reported that he had been beaten, locked up and was not fed. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said Kareem Leiva […]

I was glad to see the editorial with cautions on how to prevent wildfires. However, there was one crucial caution omitted: driving with a lighted cigarette hanging out the window and tossing out cigarette butts. With the dry conditions in the city and along the freeways, as well as in the country, this is a […]

Human metabolism cannot be reduced to a math problem.