Новости за 20.08.2018

The Rainiers played host to their second all-time great second basemen in as many weeks Sunday afternoon, welcoming reigning AL MVP José Altuve to Cheney Stadium. “This guy is just … Click to Continue »

U.S. stocks moved higher in late-afternoon trading Monday, on course to extend the market's gains from last week. Investors bid up shares in big department store chains and other consumer … Click to Continue »

The Seattle Mariners now need all the reinforcements they can get ahead of a three-game series with the Houston Astros, one day after securing an ugly series loss to the … Click to Continue »

Bradley Peloquin’s 2017 cross country season was good. The Gig Harbor senior wants this season to be even better, especially now that James Mwaura has graduated. One of the biggest … Click to Continue »

Smoky skies are back in full force, and that’s not expected to change for several days. As winds shift and pick up, thick smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in … Click to Continue »

The Swim with Fish charity events just keeps getting bigger and better. The swim, which began as a wager between friends, has been a charity event for more than six … Click to Continue »

High school football season is right around the corner for the Peninsula Seahawks and Gig Harbor Tides, who opened fall camp this week. The 2018 season is shaping up to … Click to Continue »

Twins Linsey and Laney Lovrovich have always been competitive. And that competition extends beyond just sports. They compete over everything. Like when they set up an obstacle course in the … Click to Continue »

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue is beginning construction on a new Station 72 in South Hill this month. The state-of-the-art station will take the place of two others and accommodate for future growth in the South Hill area. … Click to Continue »

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has created a group to encourage participation in the 2020 Census as the state faces the possibility of losing a congressional seat because of population growth … Click to Continue »

The former judge could either keep talking back to the radio broadcast or figure out a way to change the situation that was the source of his angst. Robert L. … Click to Continue »

Every Monday, you can find Joann Wittler at the Sumner Skate Park. Along with a team of volunteers, the Roy resident sets up tables and puts out boxes of chips, … Click to Continue »

When Doris Stiles-Scrown says she spotted a man filming her 12-year-old daughter in the changing room of a Rue 21 shop in Salt Lake City, she and other shoppers chased … Click to Continue »

The board meeting at Sumner School District was standing room only Wednesday as teachers, bus drivers and food service employees rallied to advocate for increased wages. Dressed in red Sumner … Click to Continue »

Sumner School District teachers, bus drivers and food service employees are rallying for an increase in wages they say was given to them through increased state funding. … Click to Continue »

Pierce County is under an air quality alert Monday, August 20 due to smoke from wildfires in British Columbia. Some improvement is anticipated late Wednesday. … Click to Continue »

Russia's military forces in the country's east were put on high alert Monday ahead of massive war games that also involve China and Mongolia, the largest show of power in … Click to Continue »

Russia has accused the West of trying to obstruct return of Syrian refugees to their country and blocking the U.N. assistance for reconstruction efforts. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after … Click to Continue »

The company planning the Keystone XL oil pipeline is moving to condemn private land in northwestern South Dakota's Harding County. The Rapid City Journal reports TransCanada Corp. has filed eminent … Click to Continue »

A man pleaded to be let into a locked police station in Barcelona before dawn Monday, then lunged with a knife at officers inside. Police shot him dead and the … Click to Continue »

A South African commission charged with probing allegations of widespread corruption under the government of former President Jacob Zuma started its first public hearings on Monday in Johannesburg. The commission … Click to Continue »

Malaysia's leader said Monday that he hoped China would sympathize with his country's fiscal problems as he met with the country's leaders after suspending multibillion-dollar construction projects financed by Chinese … Click to Continue »

The Latest on Greece's exit from its bailout program (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Even though the European Union welcomes Monday's end of Greece bailout program as the beginning of … Click to Continue »

Police say an Atlanta gas station store's cappuccino maker housed an unusual agreement: drugs. Atlanta police Officer Kensley Gachette tells WSB-TV that a Chevron in southeast Atlanta was raided Aug. … Click to Continue »

Pakistan's 21-member Cabinet was sworn in Monday, a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan pledged to cut government spending, end corruption and repatriate public funds. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the … Click to Continue »