Новости за 28.06.2018

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The family of a black man fatally shot by two white officers in Kansas as he fled from them after a struggle filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that the officers, Michael Cruse and Justin Mackey, fatally shot 30-year-old Dominique White in September near a park in […]

Apple and Samsung Electronics told a judge they’d resolved the first filed, but last remaining, legal disputes over their smartphones that once spanned four continents.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s open to considering tax breaks to keep Harley-Davidson jobs in the state, but he feels existing incentives are competitive. President Donald Trump has been tweeting criticism of Harley this week after the company announced it was shipping some motorcycle production overseas to avoid European […]

KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police officer has turned himself in after authorities obtained arrest warrants stemming from the June 20 shooting death of a man who fled a vehicle during a traffic stop. Kingsland Police Officer Zechariah Presley surrendered Wednesday to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. He faces one count each of voluntary […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, has asked President Trump to pardon two ranchers whose prison sentences triggered the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon. The Ontario Argus Observer reports Walden called for the action on the House floor Wednesday, saying “it’s time for real justice, and President […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Voters in Google’s Silicon Valley hometown will decide whether the search engine leader and other tech companies should help pay for the traffic congestion and other headaches resulting from mushrooming workforces. The City Council in Mountain View, California, voted Tuesday to place a measure on the November ballot asking residents […]

HONOLULU (AP) — An employee of the Hawaii agency that mistakenly sent cellphone and broadcast alerts about an imminent missile attack earlier this year says he saw staff members watching movies or TV on the job. The worker wrote an email to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency’s administrator saying another staffer witnessed all three people […]

Two Seattle firefighters suffered minor injuries and were treated at a hospital and released.

We are now the kind of nation where going out to dinner or pumping gas is a political act.

Better science writing would put health scares in perspective.

The colossal, repeated failures of Western State Hospital should be a lasting stain on Gov. Jay Inslee’s legacy.

MOSCOW (AP) — Mexico defender Edson Alvarez’s 74th-minute own-goal against Sweden on Wednesday was the seventh time at this year’s World Cup that a player has sent the ball into his team’s net — a tournament record — and Switzerland goalkeeper Jann Sommer made it eight on an unlucky bounce. And there are still 20 […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Republican Party has withdrawn support from a legislative nominee after a website connected to him said God is a racist white supremacist and Jews are descended from Satan. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the party announced Tuesday it will not support Russell Walker, GOP nominee for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Nothing could have shifted the political landscape more than this. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement and President Donald Trump’s pledge to move quickly to fill the seat guarantee a searing summer of charged rhetoric that could touch on virtually every hot-button social and cultural issue in American politics. The news […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Bitterness clashing with hope. Calls for civility colliding with cries for payback. Unity versus division. The often conflicting motivations of U.S. voters in Tuesday’s elections seem emblematic of where the nation stands at 2018’s turbulent midpoint, as the country’s two major parties continue on starkly divergent roads toward November midterms. Outside polling […]

Movie review For a few shining minutes, “Uncle Drew” is the movie it surely intended to be: funny and clever, quick and snappy, and, most of all, fun — all infused with love for the great sport of basketball. Unfortunately, those minutes come during the closing credits, a sequence entertaining enough to be its own […]

Beer-and-wine lovers, take note: These new spots in Woodinville, Mercer Island and Bellevue are here for your tasting desires.

Craig Watson, the general counsel for the Port of Seattle for the past 13 years, was the subject of an investigation that led Port leadership to lose trust in him.

Cruz expects to play in the series finale on Thursday.

An annual report of child well-being in the U.S. found Washington has a lot of room for improvement when it comes to educating its children from their early years and helping them to graduate high school on time. The latest Kids Count Data Book, released Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, ranked Washington 26th among […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just months after California legalized recreational marijuana the state is giving stoner comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum $9.7 million. It must be kismet. The money was rolled up in the $139 billion California budget for 2018-2019 that Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday. The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Months after California legalized recreational marijuana the state is giving stoner comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum $9.7 million. It must be fate. The money was tucked away in the $139 billion California budget Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday. The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry is scheduled […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services inspector general launches wide-ranging review of conditions at shelters for migrant children.