Новости за 12.09.2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Is Les Moonves’ departure from CBS a breakthrough for the #MeToo movement? While he is the most powerful CEO brought down yet by sexual misconduct allegations over the past year, CBS is facing criticism for not pushing him out sooner, for thanking him in its announcement and for offering him a […]

Lawmakers on the new state public-records task force need to do their homework about the need for transparency.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s only zoo has announced the birth of a baby giant anteater. The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport says the anteater was born July 30, is a male and now weighs 9 pounds. The zoo didn’t announce the baby’s name yet. The parents, father EO and mother Pana, were brought to the […]

In its “grand bargain” to accommodate big developers, the city ignores its obligation to serve the current residents of Seattle who have paid and continue to pay taxes to build and maintain our communities.

A reader reports that the decongestant helps with facial pain. Plus: Beets for high blood pressure.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — With snowfall dwindling at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, tourism promoters see an opportunity to stretch out the visiting season at the less popular side of the canyon so more people experience it and spend money in the region. The canyon’s North Rim is fully open less than half of the […]

U.S. stocks rallied at midday Tuesday as technology companies continued to recover from their recent losses. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 index climbed 10.76 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,887.89. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 113.99 points, or 0.4 percent, to 25,971.06. Most Read StoriesAmazon has patented a system that would put workers […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is calling for states to be primary managers of wildlife and fish on federal lands within his department unless federal law specifically supersedes state policies Zinke in a memo Monday said that has been Interior Department policy for 35 years. He instructed offices to prepare a review […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump incited a riot during a 2016 Kentucky campaign rally that led to assaults of three protesters. Kentucky residents Kashiya Nwanguma (kah-SHY’-ah wan-GOO’-mah), Molly Shah and Henry Brousseau filed the lawsuit in 2016. They attended Trump’s campaign rally in Louisville […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Oakland Athletics left-hander Sean Manaea will have season-ending surgery on his left shoulder next week. The Athletics made the announcement Tuesday. The A’s hold the second spot in the AL wild-card race. Manaea has been on the disabled list since Aug. 26. The surgery to repair an impingement will be Sept. 19 […]

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters issue hurricane warnings for the Carolinas; tropical storm watch for parts of NC and Virginia.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s prisons director says a supplier’s error providing drugs the state wanted for an execution wasn’t the state’s fault, and he felt no obligation meet manufacturer demands to return them. State corrections department chief James Dzurenda (zur-EHN’-dah) acknowledged Tuesday he received pharmaceutical firms’ letters prohibiting their products from being used for […]