Новости за 12.09.2018

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Associated Press review has found that Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds received approval from a state regulator to fly for free to Iowa State’s bowl game on a jet owned by a company that is a longtime state vendor. That’s despite a law barring public officials and their relatives […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Florence weakens slightly to Category 3 hurricane, with winds near 125 mph (201 kph). Still ‘extremely dangerous’

Leave your questions for our Seahawks beat writer Bob Condotta and he'll answer as many as he can at 12 p.m. Wednesday.

A look at developments in residential architecture builds on our ‘Decade of Change’ theme in our own backyard.

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A man who authorities say tried to pull a switchblade on a Republican candidate in California shouted profanities about President Donald Trump and the Republican Party before the assault, the candidate said. Congressional candidate Rudy Peters said he was at a booth Sunday at the Castro Valley Fall Festival when […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Fager, ’60 Minutes’ executive producer named in reports about tolerating an abusive workplace, steps down.

The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program began in Belltown in 2011 and has since expanded to other parts of Seattle. Burien is now set to become the second city in King County to offer community care to some addicts arrested for low-level drug possession.

ARCHITECTURE ISSUE 2018: As with every single other thing about Seattle, there’ve been some developments in residential design since 2008.

NEW YORK (AP) — Over 3,000 low-level marijuana cases were thrown out Wednesday as Manhattan’s top prosecutor furthered a shift away from arresting and prosecuting many people for small-time pot offenses in the nation’s biggest city. Misdemeanor and violation-level pot possession cases that had sat open for as long as 40 years were dismissed in […]

The long-running dinner show/cabaret/cirque, which premiered in Seattle in 1998, is scheduled to begin its Chicago run in April 2019.

The plan has been coming together for months as the agency announced public meetings, with just a few days' notice. It's been decades since the capture era here, when members from the same orca family were taken away and sold to aquariums.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Cleanup work has resumed at an eastern Idaho nuclear site months after the rupture of several barrels containing radioactive sludge. The Post Register reported Tuesday the contractor in charge of cleanup at the U.S. Department of Energy site, Fluor Idaho, has finished the safety review it launched after the April […]

Seattle Fiesta Patrias, South Park and Seattle Center; St. Demetrios Greek Festival, Seattle.

Through two games, everything is going great for the graduate transfer, who says 'there is no place you would rather be than Martin Stadium on a Saturday.'

NEW YORK (AP) — It looks a bit like a hashtag, but it’s 73,000 years old. And scientists say this tiny sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing. It’s not the earliest deliberate design; some abstract engravings are far older. But the drawing shows early humans in southern Africa could […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia governor declares state of emergency after forecast shows Hurricane Florence possibly taking southwest turn.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is signing an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections. Trump has drawn widespread criticism for not taking threats to the U.S. electoral system seriously enough, particularly Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. National Security Adviser John Bolton and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump issues executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in US elections.

Autumn film festivals in our region are plentiful, often with a particular focus and all offering features, shorts, guest artists, workshops and more.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stormy Daniels is telling her story in a new memoir titled “Full Disclosure.” The porn star, who alleges an affair with President Donald Trump, announced the book on ABC’s “The View” Wednesday. Set to come out on Oct. 2, it will detail her life and legal standoff with the president. Daniels says […]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — For the Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen’s time is now. Bills coach Sean McDermott said Wednesday the rookie quarterback will make his first career start on Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. Allen replaces second-year pro Nathan Peterman, who struggled badly in a 47-3 blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens in […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis suburb will revise a law that allowed for eviction of residents who made repeated emergency calls after a lawsuit alleged that the ordinance punished victims of domestic violence. The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday announced the settlement of its lawsuit against Maplewood, Missouri. The city agreed to […]

HARRISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A kangaroo is on the run — or maybe the jump — in central Mississippi. The Simpson County sheriff’s office says deputies have been looking for a 10-month-old kangaroo since he bolted from his new owners only minutes after arriving in Mississippi. The Shute family says they bought the kangaroo, named […]

Of the 3.6 million middle- and high-school students who said they are tobacco-product users, 2.1 million used e-cigarettes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — McDonald’s customers in the Netherlands will soon be able to buy fast food for their electric cars as well as themselves. European utility company Vattenfall said Wednesday that its subsidiary Nuon has struck a deal to install two rapid charging stations each at 168 McDonald’s restaurants starting later this year. […]