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A day later, Julia Marino sat in front of her computer in South Korea and tried hard to make sense of what happened amid the whipping winds of Phoenix Park. There was no sense to be made. An Olympic event that should never have been run Monday was run. Safety was sacrificed. Dreams that take four years to build were crushed in seconds. Magnificent tricks, ones that would have showcased the far-reaching arc of snowboarding slopestyle, gave way to more rudimentary moves of the past. Yet everyone... Читать дальше...

A day later, Julia Marino sat in front of her computer in South Korea and tried hard to make sense of what happened amid the whipping winds of Phoenix Park. There was no sense to be made. An Olympic event that should never have been run Monday was run. Safety was sacrificed. Dreams that take four years to build were crushed in seconds. Magnificent tricks, ones that would have showcased the far-reaching arc of snowboarding slopestyle, gave way to more rudimentary moves of the past. Yet everyone... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM — The Israeli police recommended on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, casting a pall over the future of a tenacious leader who has become almost synonymous with his country. The announcement instantly raised doubts about his ability to stay in office. Concluding a yearlong graft investigation, the police recommended that Netanyahu face prosecution in two corruption cases: a gifts-for-favors affair known as Case 1000... Читать дальше...

HOMEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A 47-year-old suspect has been charged with murder in a homicide on Lake Tahoe's west shore that detectives previoiusly described as a suspicious death. Jeremy David Virgo of Tahoma was being held Tuesday in the El Dorado County Jail after he was arrested Sunday at the Homewood Mountain ski resort about 8 miles (13 kilometers) south of Tahoe City. It wasn't immediately clear if he has a lawyer or will be appointed one at a pending court appearance. El Dorado County deputies... Читать дальше...

OKOBOJI, Iowa (AP) — Plans by the new owners of an historic golf hotel on Okoboji Lake in northwestern Iowa call for the property's buildings to be torn down to make way for private lakefront homes. The Sioux City Journal says plans for The Inn at Okoboji were revealed Monday night at a City Council meeting. The plans would see demolition of all The Inn buildings begin next month. They also call for about 69 acres comprised of the golf course and farmland to be turned into green space and a park with paved trails that the owners would maintain.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly a decade of being all but invisible, inflation — or the fear of it — is back. Tentative signs have emerged that prices could accelerate in coming months. Pay raises may be picking up a bit. Commodities such as oil and aluminum have grown more expensive. Cellphone plans are likely to appear costlier. The specter of high inflation has spooked many investors, who worry it would force up interest rates, making it costlier for consumers and businesses to borrow and weighing... Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK — A man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan and lived in New Jersey, injured 30 people when one of his bombs exploded in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood on a September night in 2016. A second bomb planted nearby did not detonate. That... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. government says it doesn't have to release documents involving legal arguments for President Donald Trump's decision to shrink national monuments because they're protected presidential communications. The Department of Justice made a more detailed request of a federal judge in Idaho last week to dismiss a lawsuit from an environmental law firm. Advocates for the West sued for 12 documents withheld from a public records request related to Trump's decision to reduce two sprawling monuments in Utah. Читать дальше...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican voters were selecting nominees for two state Senate seats Tuesday, along with a representative from the Marshall area. Three Russellville Republicans hope to replace the late Sen. Greg Standridge. Bob Bailey, Breanne Davis or Luke Heffley will face Democrat Teresa Gallegos in May. A runoff, if necessary, would be March 13. Ex-Cabot School Board members Jim Coy and Ricky Hill seek Eddie Joe Williams' Senate seat. Williams joined the Trump administration. The winner... Читать дальше...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A county commissioner from southwestern Pennsylvania is the newest Republican to join the field vying to become the state's next lieutenant governor. Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan said Tuesday that she'll seek the nomination. The 55-year-old Irey Vaughan has run unsuccessfully for state treasurer and Congress. She's been a county commissioner since 1996. March 6 is the deadline for candidates to file paperwork for the May 15 primary ballot. Five Democrats... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO — AbbVie notched a win last month in its ongoing battle against thousands of lawsuits that claim AndroGel, a once-blockbuster drug marketed to treat low testosterone in men, causes heart attacks, strokes and other injuries. A jury decided that the drugmaker was not to blame for the pulmonary embolism suffered by an Arizona retiree who started using AndroGel after seeing TV advertisements promoting testosterone therapy as a fix for fatigue and low sex drive. It marked the first verdict in federal court in Chicago... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on White House security clearances (all times local): 3:20 p.m. The White House says the security clearance review for a former top staffer was still ongoing when he resigned last week, despite a completed FBI background check. FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed Tuesday that the FBI had closed its investigation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter in January. But press secretary Sarah Sanders says the White House's assertion that Porter's clearance was still... Читать дальше...

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a hearing whether a teenager is to be tried as an adult in a South Carolina school shooting (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Prosecutors are showing surveillance video taken from the South Carolina school playground where a first grader was shot and killed. The video shows panicked children trying to run back inside Townville Elementary School in September 2016. Authorities say a then 14-year-old boy was firing shots at the children after killing his father at their home. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is donating his fourth-quarter salary in 2017 to the Transportation Department to help address the nation's infrastructure. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is accepting the check from the president in the amount of $100,000. The donation announced Tuesday in the White House briefing room comes a day after Trump released a plan to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges and ports. The Transportation Department says the funds will be used for a grant program that deals with critical infrastructure projects. Читать дальше...

MESA, Ariz. - The A’s most in-the-news player, Bruce Maxwell, was among those at Hohokam Stadium when pitchers and catchers reported on Tuesday, and while he downplayed some of the league issues he’s facing, the team’s starting catcher did provide a headline: Maxwell, who last September became the first and to date only major-league player to kneel for the national anthem, said he will stand for the anthem this year. He reiterated Tuesday that he kneeled last year in order to protest... Читать дальше...

Notre Dame's president ripped the NCAA's decision to deny the school's appeal to restore 21 vacated football victories from an academic misconduct violation, saying the association "perverted" the notion that universities determine how they police academics. The NCAA denied Notre Dame's appeal Tuesday, wiping off the books all 12 wins from the Fighting Irish's 2012 national championship game run under coach Brian Kelly. In a letter to Notre Dame alumni , University President Fr.... Читать дальше...

CBS has given a second season to its first CBS All Access comedy “No Activity,” the network announced on Tuesday. Executive produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, the Funny or Die comedy celebrates the mundane in the world of a major drug cartel bust. The series follows two low-level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together; two criminals who are largely kept in the dark; two dispatch workers who haven’t really clicked; and two Mexican tunnelers who are in way too small a space considering they’ve only just met.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the last nine months, scores of men and women — some powerful and moneyed, others obscure and struggling — have crossed paths with special counsel Robert Mueller. So far though, just four have been charged. The rest — a colorful cross-section of people, banks and businesses — are in limbo. Some fear they may yet be charged, but most are witnesses who have had their lives upended by a rush of questions about Turkish and Ukrainian lobbying, efforts to obtain hacked material,... Читать дальше...

Forough Farrokhzad, an Iranian poet writing in the 1950s and ’60s, lived a life of stark contrasts as she voraciously pursued her independence in a society ruled by strict tradition. Farrokhzad’s story — and her revolutionary poetry — are celebrated in a new novel by Jasmin Darznik titled “Song of a Captive Bird.” The novel is Darznik’s second book, after her memoir “The Good Daughter” (published by Grand Central in 2011), which explored the author’s own history and her mother’s story as a young woman in Iran. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's proposed budget (all times local): 3 p.m. So White House budget director Mick Mulvaney would vote for President Donald Trump's budget after all. Mulvaney, a former tea party congressman, flubbed a response at a Senate hearing Tuesday that made it sound like he was opposed to the very budget he came to testify in favor of. Senior panel Democrat Patty Murray of Washington asked Mulvaney, "If you were in Congress would you have voted for this... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Is that love in the air or french fries? White Castle, KFC and other fast-food restaurants are trying to lure sweethearts for Valentine's Day. It's an attempt to capture a bit of the $3.7 billion that the National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend on a night out for the holiday. Restaurant analyst John Gordon at Pacific Management Consulting Group says it appeals to people who don't want to splurge on a pricier restaurant. And some customers enjoy it ironically. White Castle... Читать дальше...

Longtime San Francisco residents know the feeling: You're standing at a bus stop after dusk when the bus you've been waiting for drives by, without so much as a slow down. The driver didn't see you.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Uzbek man who carried out a deadly attack on Stockholm last year swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video and wrote that he wanted "to scare the infidels and leave my life," prosecutors said Tuesday as his trial began. Rakhmat Akilov appeared before the Stockholm District Court for ramming a stolen truck into a crowd in the Swedish capital, killing five people and injuring 14 others because he wanted to punish Sweden for joining a coalition against the IS. He is... Читать дальше...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Senate has approved legislation that would prohibit state environmental regulators from setting more stringent water pollution limits than federal benchmarks. The bill, approved unanimously on Tuesday, also authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection to adjust discharge permits to reflect the amount of sewage or waste contained in the water coming into a facility's intakes. The West Virginia Rivers Coalition says the measure, improved from an earlier version... Читать дальше...