Новости за 31.08.2018

NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of The Village Voice says the venerable alternative weekly will cease publication. Friday’s announcement by Voice owner Peter Barbey comes three years after Barbey bought the paper and one year after it ceased publishing in print. Barbey called Friday “a sad day for The Village Voice and millions of […]

The future of our fisheries depends on our ability to adapt to these new uncertainties created by climate change.

What's coming to Video on Demand in September.

Alabama shut down Gaskin and UW's rushing attack in 2016, but the Huskies believe they're better prepared in their return to Atlanta.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s military has surrounded the headquarters of a U.N.-sponsored commission investigating corruption in the country. Commission spokesman Matias Ponce tells The Associated Press that at least 12 military vehicles are outside the facility. The commission has worked with Guatemalan prosecutors to press a number of graft investigations that have ensnared politicians […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh isn’t the only one engaging in practice sessions ahead of next week’s grueling confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators from both parties also are prepping for the four-day marathon — including Wednesday’s multi-hour question-and-answer exchange — in which Kavanaugh’s views on the biggest legal issues […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming to the aid of a one-time rival, Sen. Ted Cruz, suggesting that the Texas Republican is facing a tougher than expected re-election fight. Trump tweeted Friday that he will headline “a major rally” for Cruz in October and is “picking the biggest stadium in Texas we […]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his 6-year-old daughter two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Local news sources report a federal judge handed down the sentence Friday in the case of 38-year-old Seth Willis Pickering. Two national park rangers said Pickering stabbed Lila […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The general in charge of a controversial military intervention in Rio de Janeiro says that a rise in killings during police operations is a sign that authorities are more aggressively confronting crime. In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Gen. Richard Nunes pushed back against critics who argue […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Fire Department officials say an explosion that injured 10 people at a Chicago water treatment plant was caused by a worker using a torch near a “significant amount” of methane gas. The Office of Fire Investigation said Friday that the gas ignited and the explosion lifted the roof on the one-story brick […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas state senator who is a nephew of the governor has been charged with spending thousands of dollars in campaign funds on personal expenses, including a Caribbean cruise, tuition payments and groceries. Federal prosecutors on Friday announced that Republican state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson is charged with eight counts of […]

United Airlines is raising checked-bag fees for many passengers, matching a move earlier this week by JetBlue Airways. United raised fees for checking a first bag from $25 to $30 and a second bag from $35 to $40 for tickets issued on or after Friday. The fees cover flights in North and Central America and […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona canyon that’s world famous for its blue-green waterfalls is reopening Saturday, weeks after flooding closed it to tourism. The Havasupai reservation deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon has been closed since July 11. About 200 visitors had to be evacuated by helicopter after water surged through the […]

RUSO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s smallest incorporated city was on the verge of dissolving after the death of its longtime mayor, but now it’s rebounding. The Minot Daily News reports the McLean County community of Ruso expects to soon double its population — from two residents to four. Ruso was on the verge of […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cancer researcher has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal biopharmaceutical trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline in what prosecutors said was a scheme to set up companies in China to market them. Yu Xue entered a guilty plea in federal court Friday to a single conspiracy count. Prosecutors have described the 48-year-old U.S. […]

In this time of cynicism and hopelessness, I reach back to when my son, former Marine Corporal Gav Jacobs, met one of his idols, Sen. John McCain. It was 2008, and my son was at Balboa Navy Hospital in San Diego learning to walk with his new prosthetic leg. Like McCain, my son’s life was […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Activists, politicians and watchdog groups from across the partisan spectrum are joining forces to fight the influence of so-called “dark money” in Georgia politics. The new group aims to monitor spending by outside groups in November’s general election and draft proposed legislation for next year’s state legislative session to strengthen Georgia’s campaign […]

The Seahawks must cut their roster nearly in half, from 90 down to 53. What happens at backup QB now that Brett Hundley is in the fold? Will preseason standouts David Moore and Poona Ford crack the final roster?

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Police responding to a Massachusetts go-kart track found a venomous snake wrapped around a tree in the parking lot. Braintree police say the timber rattlesnake was discovered Wednesday night near X1 Boston. Experts think the rattlesnake likely came from the nearby 6,000-acre Blue Hills Reservation, which has a known rattlesnake population. […]

Earlier this week, Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant tweeted, in part, “A politician’s legacy is a political not personal question. An enthusiastic supporter of every imperialist war while in office, John McCain shares responsibility for hundreds of thousands of deaths. …” Another populist, President Donald Trump, initially resisted honoring Sen. McCain by lowering the White […]

John McCain was a righteous man with “the right stuff.” He was a hero of my generation, as was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King’s profound speech in which he said that we should be judged on the content of our character reminds me of the maverick character of John McCain. McCain stood for […]

Parents have complained about a lack of communication from the district since teachers' strike-authorization vote on Tuesday. The district acknowledged the "uncertainty" but said it is planning for classes to start on Sept. 5.

Seattle Mariners (75-59, W1) at Oakland Athletics (80-55, L2) 7:05 p.m. | O.Co Coliseum | Oakland, Calif. TV: ROOT | Radio: 710 AM | Stream: MLB.tv [ Using our mobile app? Switch to browser » ] ⇓ Jump to comments ⇓ STARTING LINEUPS RHP Mike Leake (8-8, 4.03) vs. RHP Mike Fiers (10-6, 3.15) In case you […]

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in Wyoming and Idaho say they’ve been contacting hunters licensed to kill grizzly bears to tell them their hunts are on hold following a judge’s ruling. The two states on Saturday had been scheduled to hold their first grizzly hunts in more than 40 years in the mountainous region […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is declaring the deaths of hundreds of seals off the New England coast this summer to be an “unusual mortality event.” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said tests indicate dead seals found in New England tested positive for avian flu and phocine distemper. More than 240 […]