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U.S. stocks rose again Thursday as investors were pleased with a report that showed spending by U.S. consumers grew in July, along with wages and salaries. Health care and technology companies lead the way and the Nasdaq composite closed at a record high. On Thursday: The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped 14.06 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,471.65. The Dow Jones industrial advanced added 55.67 points, or 0.3 percent, to 21,948.10. The Nasdaq composite rose 60.35 points, or 1 percent, to 6,428.66.... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Shoe Carnival Inc., up $3.68 to $20.10 The footwear retailer posted a bigger profit and better sales than analysts expected. Campbell Soup Co., down $4.05 to $46.20 The food company reported weak sales of snack food in the fourth quarter, and it forecast a smaller-than-expected annual profit. Wells Fargo & Co., down 29 cents to $51.07 The bank now says 3.5 million accounts may have been opened without customers' permission... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration announces sharp cuts in programs promoting 2018 health care enrollment under Affordable Care Act.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Actor Mark Ruffalo has joined activists marching from Charlottesville, Virginia, to the nation's capital to condemn white supremacy recently on display in the Virginia city. "The Avengers" star tweeted photos of himself Thursday in "The March to Confront White Supremacy." In a statement, Ruffalo says he's marching in memory of Heather Heyer, who died when a car plowed into a group of people protesting the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12. Ruffalo also... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. jobs report for August being released Friday will be watched to see whether employers extended a streak of steady hiring that's helped shrink the unemployment rate to 4.3 percent, a 16-year low. Economists predict that the rate remained unchanged and that employers added 180,000 jobs, according to the data provider FactSet. That gain would be solid and in line with the average monthly job growth so far this year, though fewer than the 209,000 added in July and the 231,000 in June.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out fake news. The university says information sciences and technology professor Dongwon Lee and communications professor S. Shyam Sundar are working on the project. Lee says fake news "has been around for decades" but has been "exacerbated" on the internet and social media platforms. The professors plan to investigate "characteristic... Читать дальше...

On Wednesday, Redmond warned of a telephone poll that included "false statements" about a possible safe-injection site opening up in Redmond.

A Federal Way comic book store sold the three highest-graded copies of early Wonder Woman comics recently for more than $1.5 million in all.

CHICAGO (AP) — Safety advocates and state health officials are formally calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban high-dose opioid painkillers to prevent accidental overdose deaths among patients and people who abuse drugs. A petition filed Thursday asks the FDA to ban opioid pills that, when taken as directed, would add up to a daily dose of more than 90 milligrams of morphine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that level is dangerous for most patients and doesn't improve pain control or the ability to function.

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Inc. is starting production of the cells for its solar roof tiles at its factory in Buffalo, New York. The company has already begun installing its solar roofs, which look like regular roofs but are made of glass tiles. But until now, it has been making them on a small scale near its vehicle factory in Fremont, California. Tesla's Chief Technical Officer, JB Straubel, says the company now has several hundred workers and machinery installed in its 1.2 million-square-foot factory in Buffalo. Читать дальше...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Two crises unfold in Paul Schrader's movie "First Reformed," which had its world premiere Thursday at the Venice Film Festival — one spiritual, the other environmental. It's one of several films exploring the effects of climate change and environmental degradation at a festival that's taking place as, across the Atlantic, former Hurricane Harvey is demonstrating the devastating power of nature. Like Schrader's film, Ai Weiwei's documentary "Human Flow" and Alexander Payne's sci-fi... Читать дальше...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" is an aquatic "Beauty and the Beast," a transgressive fairy tale about a young woman's love for a scaly creature from the Amazonian depths. Like the best fables, it's also rooted in the real world: the story of a migrant from the south facing a hostile reception in a security-obsessed United States. "I think that fantasy is a very political genre," del Toro said Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, where "The Shape of Water" had its red-carpet world premiere. Читать дальше...

CROSBY, Texas (AP) — Explosions and fires rocked a flood-crippled chemical plant near Houston early Thursday, sending up a plume of acrid, eye-irritating smoke and adding a new hazard to Hurricane Harvey's aftermath. The plant's owners warned more explosions could follow because a loss of refrigeration was causing chemicals stored there to degrade and burn. The Environmental Protection Agency and local officials said an analysis of the smoke for any health dangers showed no reason for alarm. There... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — A quarter of the features in this year's London Film Festival lineup were directed by women, organizers said Thursday as they revealed the schedule for the October extravaganza. The dearth of female filmmakers at major festivals has drawn much criticism. The Venice Film Festival, running to Sept. 9, has just one woman among 21 directors competing for the main prize. London, which opens Oct. 4, has done better, with 61 female filmmakers in this year's lineup of 242 films. The 61st London... Читать дальше...

When Olga Sagan moved into the Craftsman at 929 N. 84th St. in 2006, it looked exactly like the Craftsman across the street. But 11 years later, the house is decidedly distinct – and it's exactly the way Sagan wanted it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week. It was the fifth straight weekly decline for the benchmark 30-year rate, which again reached a new low for the year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages fell to 3.82 percent from 3.86 percent last week. A year ago, the rate stood at 3.46 percent. It averaged 3.65 percent for all of last year. The rate on 15-year, fixed-rate home loans dipped to 3.12 percent from 3.16 percent last week. Those... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is raising speculation that Harriet Tubman's future on the $20 bill could be in jeopardy. Mnuchin is avoiding a direct answer when asked whether he supports the decision made by the Obama administration to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the 19th century African-American abolitionist famous for the Underground Railroad. He says in an interview on CNBC on Thursday, "People have been on the bills for a long period of time. Читать дальше...

The Houston that was battered by Hurricane Harvey is an economic powerhouse whose influence reaches far beyond its region, leading many to worry about when its economy be able to stand up again. Houston produces the plastic used in everything from sports cars to baby bottles and is part of a low-lying coastal region that supplies nearly a third of U.S. oil-refining capacity. As the fourth-largest U.S. city, with 2.3 million people, it is also headquarters for 20 Fortune 500 companies. "There's nothing being sold... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Local and national charities are asking for help as Hurricane Harvey pounded Texas and Louisiana, leaving countless residents — and pets — displaced from their homes. While the urge to donate clothes and other supplies is natural, money is the best way to contribute during times of disaster, charities and philanthropy experts say. And donating directly through a website gets money to a charity faster than a text donation, even though the text might seem easier. Here's how to make... Читать дальше...

Lyft announced Thursday morning that it would halt pickups in Everett temporarily over new rules for drivers.

Lyft announced Thursday morning that it would halt pickups in Everett temporarily over new rules for drivers.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Navy leaders say the nation needs about 350 ships, roughly 75 more ships than the fleet has today. But there isn't money in the defense budget to buy a lot of new ships at once, and they take years to build. Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, says they could get closer to the target faster by counting unmanned vessels with capabilities similar to a manned ship— a new twist on the definition of a ship. Unmanned undersea vehicles currently... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An intriguing new theory is gaining traction among conservative foes of the Obama-era health law: Its Medicaid expansion to low-income adults may be fueling the opioid epidemic. If true, that would represent a shocking outcome for the Affordable Care Act. But there's no evidence to suggest that's happening, say university researchers who study the drug problem and are puzzled by such claims. Some even say Medicaid may be helping mitigate the consequences of the epidemic. Circulating in conservative media... Читать дальше...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Hard Rock Cafe on the Atlantic City Boardwalk will shut down and be relocated into the former Trump Taj Mahal casino when Hard Rock reopens it under its own brand next summer. The global casino and hospitality company says the Atlantic City Hard Rock Cafe will cease operations on Sept. 30. Construction will then begin on a new cafe inside the former Taj Mahal. The new cafe will employ more than 100 people, up from the 55-member current staff. Hard Rock bought the shuttered casino... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is pressing federal regulators to come up with a way of keeping inmates from using cellphones in the nation's prisons. In a letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams told the Federal Communications Commission that addressing the security threat posed by contraband cellphones "should be a chief priority" of both the FCC and Justice, which oversees the federal Bureau of Prisons.