Новости за 05.08.2018

A 10-year-old boy was playing near the edge of a cliff and tumbled into the Pacific Ocean on Saturday — and when his father tried to rescue him, the pair … Click to Continue »

Two Maine wood-fired power plants remain inactive despite receiving approval for $1.2 million in state subsidies. The Portland Press Herald reports a July performance report shows the plants only purchased … Click to Continue »

A two-time NBA All-Star is returning to his hometown in Alaska to host a weeklong youth basketball camp. The Juneau Empire reports 36-year-old Carlos Boozer is holding his second camp … Click to Continue »

A motorcyclist was hospitalized after being struck late Saturday by a hit-and-run driver on state Route 512 in Puyallup, according to the Washington State Patrol. The westbound motorcyclist was struck … Click to Continue »

Question: I’ve lived in the area for 22 years and have seen traffic get much worse across the area, but two intersections near each other on South Orchard Street have … Click to Continue »

Tom Cruise has outrun Winnie-the-Pooh at the box office. "Mission: Impossible -- Fallout" topped ticket sales for the second straight weekend with an estimated $35 million despite newcomer "Christopher Robin." … Click to Continue »

A former cable TV mogul and Philadelphia newspaper owner who gave away most of his $1.2 billion fortune to charity has died. H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest was 88. Family friend Fred … Click to Continue »

On Feb. 12, 2006, Toby Young drove her white cargo van through Lansing prison’s final gate and then asked out loud: “Are you in here?” In the back of the … Click to Continue »

Massachusetts tax revenues are off to a strong start, collecting nearly $1.9 billion during July, the first month of the 2019 fiscal year. That's up $102 million or 5.7 percent … Click to Continue »

In a coffee shop at the edge of a working-class Minneapolis suburb, not far from the high school Ilhan Omar attended in the years after she immigrated to the U.S., … Click to Continue »

Italy's foreign minister has arrived in Egypt, the first visit by an Italian top diplomat since the 2016 murder of an Italian graduate student. Enzo Moavero Milanesi met Sunday with … Click to Continue »

The Doty Group, in Tacoma has announced new staff. ▪  Sally McColloch,will be serving as a senior tax manager, working closely with individuals with personal, estate and trust taxation. She … Click to Continue »

Every campaign season features battles that test partisan loyalties, but for sheer equilibrium-busting, the race for Pierce County prosecutor is hard to match. The contest pits challenger Mary Robnett against … Click to Continue »

Saturday marked 32 years since 13-year-old Jenni Bastian biked into Point Defiance Park and was never seen alive again. On Saturday, her childhood friend, Dean McGrath, recalled how in 1986 … Click to Continue »

Perhaps Friday night was less of a flash in the pan and more of a corner turned for Tacoma. The Rainiers kept their bats going in a big way Saturday, … Click to Continue »

In the purest, most scientific sense of the word, Tyler Higgins’ displacement over the past two days has been absolutely zero. At 5 p.m. Thursday, he was in the home … Click to Continue »

Former New Mexico Gov. and unsuccessful presidential candidate Gary Johnson has received an invitation to run for the U.S. Senate under the Libertarian Party banner. The central committee of New … Click to Continue »

Embracing his breakneck return to campaign politics, President Donald Trump on Saturday argued that Republicans needed to control Congress by casting the midterms as a referendum on himself. In a … Click to Continue »

Venezuelan government: Drone strikes targeted Maduro CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he gave a speech to hundreds of soldiers in … Click to Continue »

The Latest on President Donald Trump's comments on former Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James (all times local): 8:45 p.m. President Donald Trump insulted the intelligence of NBA star LeBron James … Click to Continue »

The Justice 4 Jenni event at Kandle Park drew dozens of friends, family, and neighbors of the Bastian family to celebrate Jennifer Bastian's life and impact on the community. … Click to Continue »

The Justice 4 Jenni event at Kandle Park drew dozens of friends, family, and neighbors of the Bastian family to celebrate Jennifer Bastian's life and impact on the community. … Click to Continue »

Editor’s note: Compiled from reports to Tacoma police and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. July 31: Generally speaking, fire extinguishers are designed to extinguish fires. The Tacoma man chose a … Click to Continue »