Новости за 31.03.2017

Heavy rains this winter damaged the span on iconic Highway 1 beyond repair, splitting the touristy area in two and stranding more than 400 residents. Visitors have been blocked from reaching part of the community known for its luxury spas, posh hotels and scenic retreats.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An album containing a rare photograph of abolitionist and Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman has been acquired by the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian's new African-American history museum. The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the national library announced their joint purchase on Friday.

North Carolina guard Joel Berry II says his injured ankles are at about 85 percent heading into Saturday's game against Oregon. Ducks coach Dana Altman says he's more focused on a different losing streak. South Carolina freshman Maik Kotsar is excited to have his parents see him play in person for the first time in his college career. Asked how his team is handling the distractions of South Carolina's first trip to the Final Four, Gamecocks coach Frank Martin held up his cellphone. With families and friends rolling into town Friday... Читать дальше...

U.S. District Judge Greg Stivers issued a restraining order Friday that prevents Kentucky officials from revoking the license of the EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville. Two other abortion sites in Kentucky, an EMW clinic in Lexington and a Planned Parenthood in Louisville, stopped performing abortions last year.

Two days after Mariners left-handed starter Drew Smyly was scratched from his final spring training start with what manager Scott Servais called a "soggy" arm, the team announced Smyly would miss at least the first month-and-a-half of the season with an elbow strain.

(AP) — An explosion of wildflowers in California's desert sands is drawing record crowds to see the rare abundance of color called a "super bloom." The state park is California's largest, with hundreds of species of plants including desert lilies, blazing stars and the flaming tall, spiny Ocotillo. Wildflower enthusiasts worldwide track the blooms online and arrive for rare sightings like this year's Bigelow's Monkey flower, some of which have grown to 8 inches (203 millimeters) in height. On a recent day... Читать дальше...

Harrison was 22 when he became one of America's first black military airmen, one of nearly 1,000 pilots who trained as a segregated unit with the Army Air Forces at an airfield near Tuskegee, Alabama. Fellow Tuskegee airman Eugene Robinson said that becoming a pilot was a childhood dream of Harrison's after seeing airplanes in Omaha, Nebraska, where he grew up, and reading in a magazine about black men being trained as pilots. President George W. Bush saluted the then-300 surviving airmen at a ceremony in the Capitol... Читать дальше...

Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a major civil lawsuit, seeking millions from initiative promoter Tim Eyman, his front groups and the for-profit signature gathering firm he employs.  The AG is charging Eyman made improper personal use of $308,000 in campaign contributions, and concealing where money went in his campaigns.

The actor, whose father Anthony Perkins starred in "Psycho," is making his directorial debut this spring with the psychological thriller "The Blackcoat's Daughter." That's a very glamorous movie where a lot of the tension is paid to silence and color and texture and glamour, look, beauty, frailty. [...] keeping with those sort of concepts and those feelings, those vibes, I set out to just sort of to make something like that that was going to be sort of a sad movie disguised as a horror movie, he said. Читать дальше...

City/Town;Weather Condition;High Temp (F);Low Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Bellingham;A little rain;55;43;SW;8;81%;68%;2 Deer Park;Cloudy;57;35;SW;8;60%;58%;3 Fort Lewis;Brief a.m. showers;58;39;SW;9;88%;75%;2 Spokane;A thick cloud cover;60;36;SW;8;62%;30%;3 Spokane Felts;A thick cloud cover;60;36;SW;8;62%;30%;3 Tacoma Narrows;Brief a.m. showers;57;41;SW;9;81%;74%;2

TORONTO (AP) — The jobs section of McDonald's Canada website has been hacked, compromising the personal information of about 95,000 applicants over the last three years, the fast food chain said Friday. The company said the accessed information included names, addresses, phone numbers, employment histories and other standard job application information of those who applied online between March 2014 and March 2017.

Spokesman Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump is keeping a promise to the late wife of his friend Bob Wright that he would illuminate the White House in blue if he won the election. Bob Wright and his wife, Suzanne, founded the advocacy group Autism Speaks in 2005.

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 15 this week to 824. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 662 rigs sought oil and 160 explored for natural gas this week.

Earlier this year, a federal jury found that Oculus, Luckey and co-founder Brendan Iribe violating the intellectual property rights of video-game maker ZeniMax Media. Luckey was also criticized for a donation of $10,000 to a pro-Donald Trump group called Nimble America, which created offensive memes online during the 2016 election season.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may be new to government, but he's learning quickly that it's not a good idea to make a joke that could run afoul of government ethics rules. In a letter Friday to the head of the Office of Government Ethics, Mnuchin says it was a mistake for him last week to jokingly urge parents to send their kids to see "The Lego Batman Movie." Kellyanne Conway, a top White House adviser to President Donald Trump, was criticized for saying in a Feb. 9 television... Читать дальше...

A line of magnetic tic-tac-toe games is being recalled because the magnets can fall of the game pieces, posing a choking hazard. Other recalled consumer products include bicycles and solar panel components. Magnetic tic tac toe 10-inch by 10-inch plywood board with nine X'' and Heart game pieces. The magnets can come off the tic tac toe game pieces, posing a choking hazard. [...] when two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside the intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions... Читать дальше...

"I wouldn't want to leave this city and my guys," Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said of the trade rumors involving him, "but I understand it's a business and organizational philosophies change."

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog.   The Brewmaster’s Taproom opened in Renton last August and hit the The post The Brewmaster’s Taproom – beers, events & community service appeared first on Washington Beer Blog.

The latest delay comes as DuPont finalizes the sale of its crop protection business to FMC Corp. to meet European Commission requirements. Once merged, DuPont and Dow plan to spin off into three public companies, one focusing on agriculture, one on material science and one on specialty products.

LONDON (AP) — A new report says an A320 passenger plane approaching London's Heathrow Airport just missed colliding with a large drone at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) last November. The report by the Airprox Board says the plane had just started its descent on Nov. 11, when both pilots noticed a large gadget with multiple arms and rotors passing below the plane's right wing.

U.S. stock indexes wavered between small gains and losses in early trading Friday as investors weighed several corporate deals and new economic data on consumer spending and prices. Financial stocks were down the most, while utilities posted the biggest gains. [...] an inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve increased 2.1 percent in February compared to a year ago. DXP Enterprises jumped 11.5 percent after the industrial products company reported a profit and better-than-expected sales in the fourth quarter. Читать дальше...

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): Indexes are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street as banks, industrial companies and energy stocks head lower.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months, while the 12-month rise in consumer prices was the largest in nearly five years. [...] economists expect the economy will accelerate later this year to rates around 2.5 percent or more if President Donald Trump is successful in winning approval for his economic stimulus package, which includes tax cuts, infrastructure spending increases and deregulation. The combination of a strong gain in incomes and modest... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumer spending rose a sluggish 0.1 percent in February, while inflation up at 5-year high.

To say that Trump and Republican congressional leaders are sending mixed signals about the viability of the repeal effort is an understatement. [...] it was no laughing matter to plenty of Republicans on Capitol Hill, where conservatives elected on a promise to scrap the law continue to insist that reports of the repeal effort's death are premature. On Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan added to the cacophony of conflicting statements when he told CBS that it's time for Plan B, where "we keep talking... Читать дальше...