Новости за 12.11.2018

Billig replaces Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson of Maury Island in a year where Democrats have extended their control of the chamber after the November elections.

Damage is estimated at $250,000, according to the Seattle Fire Department.

Cooper Kupp, the Rams' star receiver out of Eastern Washington, suffered a season-ending knee injury against the Seahawks. When the Rams visited Seattle last month, the Yakima native was forced from the game with a concussion.

A closer look at the claims made by President Donald Trump in the past week on the midterm election, health care and veterans.

SOUTH FULTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a police car pursuing a stolen vehicle has collided with a work van in metro Atlanta, killing three people inside. Georgia State Patrol tells news outlets in a statement that the van and a South Fulton police officer’s car crashed Sunday night and three passengers of the van […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A team of divers hauled in nearly 165,000 pounds  of abandoned fishing nets and plastic waste during a cleanup expedition at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, federal officials said. The 18 divers left Sept. 19 and returned Oct. 29 from a trek to the chain of isles and atolls located 1,200 miles (1,931 […]

CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International says heavy fighting near a hospital in Yemen forced hundreds of patients to flee across the street, some carrying their own medical equipment, as shrapnel rained down. The rights group described scenes of chaos from Sunday’s fighting near the al-Thawra hospital in the port city of Hodeida. Amnesty’s Lynn Maalouf […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has expressed “deep concern” over human rights in Brazil and says it will monitor what happens when the government of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro assumes office on Jan. 1. The commission released a report Monday after a one-week visit to eight states in the country. […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s lone congresswoman, Liz Cheney, is poised to follow in her father’s footsteps by becoming a member of House Republican leadership. Cheney is running for Republican conference chair and would be the only woman in the House Republican leadership. The leadership elections are set for Wednesday. The conference chair is the […]

The world is full of different diet plans, and one thing we can learn from all this: no two people are the same.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrike hits Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV station in Gaza.

A large group of boys at a rural Wisconsin high school prom was photographed displaying what appears to be the Nazi salute, prompting international outrage and a local investigation. In the photo, more than 50 boys from Baraboo, pose on outdoor steps. The vast majority are shown hoisting their right arms stiff and straight into […]

Until the three-and-out it forced in the game's final minutes, Seattle's defense was an 11-man matador Sunday. The Seahawks watched the Rams blow right past them on just about every drive.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lawyers for a faith-based Anchorage women’s shelter are not expecting a quick resolution to their lawsuit against the city over a requirement that it accept transgender women. Alliance Defending Freedom filed a scheduling report in federal court Friday, noting tentative trial dates in April 2020. The conservative Christian law firm earlier […]

Vista Equity Partners will pay about $1.94 billion for Apptio.

For the second consecutive week, the Huskies and Cougars are 1-2 in Jon Wilner's Pac-12 power rankings. But, with USC's elimination from the conference title chase, it's time to ponder Clay Helton's future in Troy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Duke has supplanted Kansas atop the new AP Top 25 poll after its dominating win against Kentucky, giving the Blue Devils a record number of appearances at No. 1. The Blue Devils jumped from fourth to first in Monday’s first regular-season poll. That allowed Duke to set a record with its […]

IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — Several thousand Central American migrants marked a month on the road Monday as they hitched rides to the western Mexico city of Guadalajara and toward the U.S. border. Most appear intent on taking the Pacific coast route northward to the border city of Tijuana, which is still about 1,550 miles (2,500 […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 71-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a woman pedestrian in east Anchorage. Anchorage police say Ruti Malietufa (ROO-tee mal-ee-eh-TOO-fah) was held Sunday on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident with failure to render aid, a felony. He remained jailed Monday at Anchorage Correctional Center. […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority has released new guidelines for prescribing opioids to patients with short-term acute pain. The Register-Guard reports that it’s part of a larger strategy to curb opioid abuse. The guidelines include advising doctors not to consider opioids for mild to moderate pain in patients who haven’t had past […]

Popular opinion is swinging toward letting things stay just as they are through winter — decayed and drab but serviceable.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sixteen Fort Wainwright soldiers and other motorists escaped injury in a four-vehicle crash on the Parks Highway. The crash occurred late Friday morning at Mile 169 about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Cantwell. Alaska State Troopers say 26-year-old Logan Haga was driving a van carrying eight other soldiers. He was […]

The wildfires in northern and southern California have sent shares of the state’s two largest utility owners falling the most since the power crisis more than a decade ago. Trading in PG&E Corp. was briefly halted Monday after shares plummeted more than 37 percent. The stock has fallen as much as 48 percent in two […]

BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school district is investigating a photo of a group of high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute. Baraboo Superintendent Lori Mueller says she became aware of the photo Monday after it was posted on social media. Mueller says the photo appears to have been taken […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Police says a 36-year-old man is in jail accused of striking a police officer in the head with a pipe over the weekend. Police say the officer was hospitalized with serious injuries following the incident late Saturday. They say a woman who initially called police to report that the suspect […]