Новости за 04.05.2016

MADRID (AP) — Spain's second-largest newspaper, El Mundo, has not appeared in news kiosks owing to a strike over planned layoffs. It is the first time the newspaper's publication has been hit by a stoppage since its foundation in 1989.

BEIJING (AP) — Apple Inc. has lost a legal fight with a Chinese company that a Beijing court says is allowed to use the iPhone name on wallets and handbags.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state's economic development agency has spent more than $18,000 on Facebook ads aimed at supporters of Tennessee's top Republican officials, and none on Democrats.

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SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — The stranger walked with 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike into the hills of a remote area of the Navajo Nation known for its breathtaking views and the monolithic rock outcropping that stands as a beacon for miles.

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Decked out in high-tech goggles, pilot Steve Zoumas dives low and sees the final gate zooming toward him: a 20-foot-tall metal-framed box ringed with neon. Boom! His sight goes black. The crowd lets out a collective…

Washington state has a long history with the initiative process, and we’re not so sure it works anymore. The idea behind an initiative system is to give “the people” more voice in how the state will be governed. In theory,…

PHOENIX (AP) — He was a former Phoenix high school star distance runner who was the grandson of an Arizona financier involved in the 1980s savings and loan scandal.

Goals didn’t come easy, as both Woodland and R.A. Long were on their A-game on the defensive side of things Tuesday night at Longview Memorial Stadium. All it took was a penalty kick awarded to the Lumberjacks in the 48th…

Thanks in part to a walk-off 3-run home run from Chance Ospahl in the eighth inning of Game 1, the Toutle Lake Ducks swept Mossyrock in Tuesday’s Central 2B baseball showdown.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities say a five-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department is suspected of sexually assaulting a girl on a nearly weekly basis for about four years.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Republican governor rejected the two top priorities of a legislature controlled by his own party this year, defying election year politics in a deep red state.

KALAMA — Louise Thomas is following in the footsteps of the heroes of her latest read, “The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state university system is prohibiting athletics teams from traveling to tournaments in North Carolina this spring after that state passed a law limiting LGBT protections.

Sara Doehne was 19 when she got married. One year later, she had her first child.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state permit for a Plaquemines Parish coal export terminal has been put on hold.

BEIRUT (AP) — Volunteers in opposition-held areas of Syria are forced to improvise as they carry out one of the world's most dangerous tasks: dismantling cluster munitions, land mines and explosive booby-traps as they work to make battle-torn areas safe…

Letters to the Editor

Breakfast in bed is a love language in our home. Anytime there is a special occasion to celebrate — a birthday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, whatever — the rest of the family follows an unspoken agreement to meet early in…

A quiet prayer will no longer mark the beginning of Vader City Council meetings. The council voted unanimously last week to discontinue invocations, arguing for a sharper separation between church and state.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Industrial equipment maker Siemens AG reported net profit fell in the most recent quarter due to large one-time gains in the year earlier period.

Ever since my parents came to England in 1972, my mum has had a wild love affair with roast chicken.

Curtis Hart formally declared his candidacy for Cowlitz County commission Tuesday — and also criticized current commissioners for not holding more night meetings.

HAVANA (AP) — Fashionistas and celebrities from around the world flocked beneath klieg lights on a grand Havana colonial avenue transformed into a private runway for French fashion house Chanel.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's current government will never sell its largest cattle empire to foreigners, the treasurer said on Wednesday after blocking a takeover by a Chinese-led consortium.