Новости за 09.11.2017

UKIAH, Calif. (AP) — The sheriff in a remote Northern California county says wildfires last month crippled modern technology including cellphones, land lines and internet. Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said Thursday that the disaster points to the usefulness of older technologies like civil-defense sirens and ham radios. Nine of the 43 people who died in the fires that started Oct. 8 were in Mendocino County's Redwood Valley. The Los Angeles Times has reported that authorities did not order... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wants to make it easier for federal prosecutors to go after people who peddle illicit versions of the deadly opioid fentanyl that are fueling the nation's drug abuse crisis. The agency said Thursday it intends to classify drugs that are chemically similar to fentanyl as illegal controlled substances, letting prosecutors avoid the hurdles they often face in bringing charges in such cases. The move aims to stop the flow of fentanyl variants... Читать дальше...

By Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog Beer release info from Tin Dog Brewing, of particular interest to sour beer fans. From the brewery: Tin Dog Brewing For the latest news and information about beer in and around Washington, visit Washington Beer Blog.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online. Doctors can consult via live, online video conferencing, and lectures at prestigious Kim Il Sung University are streamed to faraway factories and agricultural communes. People use online dictionaries and text each other on their smart phones. In the wallets of the privileged are "Jonsong" or "Narae" cards for e-shopping and online banking. Cash registers at major department stores are plugged into the web. It's just not the World Wide Web. Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — A trade and investment package announced during President Donald Trump's visit to China is more about the art of diplomacy than the art of the deal. The package, said to be worth more than $250 billion, puts a symbolic gloss on fundamentally strained economic relations between the U.S. and China. It draws together some new orders and extensions of business from existing Chinese customers, previously worked-out deals, tentative investments and statements of intent that may or may not... Читать дальше...

A breakout Democratic endorsement in the race to succeed Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert:  Emily's List, the national group that aids Democratic women candidates, has thrown its support to Issaquah pediatrician Dr. Kim Schrier.

By Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog   It’s hard to imagine that anything good can come from a disaster like the one that hit Puerto Rico For the latest news and information about beer in and around Washington, visit Washington Beer Blog.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are on track for their biggest losses in two months Thursday as technology and industrial companies and banks slump. Republicans in Congress say they might delay their proposed corporate tax cut to 2019, and investors are selling some of the stocks that have done the best this year. Media companies are rising after Twenty-First Century Fox posted strong results in its latest quarter. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 15 points, or 0.6 percent,... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Hopkins is in the early stages of a remodel that won't be completed soon. It didn't have to be this way for Hopkins. He could have remained at Syracuse and waited until Jim Boeheim retired and Hopkins was handed the keys to an already finished product. But that's not what Hopkins ultimately wanted, so his task of rebuilding a downtrodden Washington program begins Friday night when the Huskies host Belmont. He's no longer the top assistant, the interim head coach or the coach in waiting — all titles he held at Syracuse. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T says it's ready to fight the government for its $85 billion Time Warner deal if it has to. The Justice Department's objections surprised many on Wall Street. The objections also raised red flags for those who worry that the White House is trying to hurt CNN through the merger-review process. President Donald Trump has tangled frequently with the Time Warner-owned news network. ___ WHY DOES AT&T WANT TO BUY TIME WARNER? As U.S. wireless growth slows down, AT&T has... Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — In a story Nov. 8 about a new drug approval, The Associated Press misspelled the drug's name. It is Prevymis, not Prevymix. A corrected version of the story is below: FDA OKs drug to block infection after marrow transplant U.S. regulators approve new drug to prevent life-threatening infections in adults after a bone marrow transplant BY LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to prevent life-threatening infections in adults after a bone marrow transplant. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to take down "Obamacare," more than 600,000 people signed up for coverage the first week of open enrollment, the government said Thursday. With only four days of data, experts said it's hard to discern a trend. But definitely the Affordable Care Act doesn't seem to be collapsing. If anything sign-ups for 2018 are on track with previous years. Figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services showed that 601,462 people signed up Nov. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Agnes Varda, the 89-year-old Belgian-born filmmaker, estimates that she receives a lifetime honor every three months. "I'm old so they don't know what to do with me," she says with a smile. On Saturday, Varda will receive one of the highest of such awards: an honorary Oscar, to be handed out at the annual Governor Awards, an untelevised dinner gala in Los Angeles. But the award doesn't much impress Varda, a still-working titan of European cinema and the sole female filmmaker who was part of the historic New Wave in France. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A giant passenger jet converted to fight wildfires but grounded by U.S. officials during much of this year's fire season could be aloft much more next year. The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday sided with Global SuperTanker Services in its protest against the U.S. Forest Service. The Colorado-based company challenged the Forest Service's 5,000-gallon (19,000-liter) limit on air tankers that kept the 19,000-gallon (72,000-liter) Boeing 747-400 idle until late August. Читать дальше...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The founder and CEO of Chobani has no regrets about moving his Greek yogurt company to south-central Idaho, a region embroiled in the national debate over refugee resettlement that spread to company boycotts by far-right bloggers and conspiracy theorists. "I hear the conversations here and there, but it's a peaceful community that we all love," said Hamdi Ulukaya, a Turkish immigrant. "It's the home of Chobani." Ulukaya spoke to The Associated Press before a Thursday announcement... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — What's Mark Zuckerberg's biggest takeaway as he wraps up a year of travel to dozens of U.S. states? The importance of local communities. "Most of the discussion we have nationally is about what the government should do, or to some degree what families should do," the Facebook CEO said in an interview. "People don't spend that much time talking about community, and I think probably that's the most important part of people's support structure." To this end, Zuckerberg is announcing... Читать дальше...

Snowfall slickened some mountain passes Thursday while rain showers were expected to soak Seattle throughout the day before a possible break heading into the weekend.

Westside rains are falling as snow in the Cascade passes and Eastern Washington, prompting the state Department of Transportation to warn drivers to take it slow.

Members of two groups of Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) were spotted between West Seattle and Vashon Island, clearly visible from Lincoln Park.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los precios de las acciones bajaban el jueves al mediodía en la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York, ante el pobre desempeño de empresas tecnológicas e industriales. EBay bajaba 3,8% y Microsoft bajaba 1,4%. En el sector industrial, bajaban Johnson Controls (3,7%) y Boeing (1%). Las empresas de medios subieron tras un sólido reporte de Twenty-First Century Fox, que subió 4,7%. Macy's subió 9,3% luego que su reporte de ganancias superó las expectativas de los analistas. Pero su competencia, Kohl's, perdió 1,5%. Читать дальше...

The board game Clue. In the National Toy Hall of Fame. With the Wiffle Ball and paper airplane. The mystery of which toys earned the status of toy superstardom was solved Thursday with the announcement of the hall of fame's Class of 2017. The whodunit game Clue, where players also must name the crime scene and murder weapon, continues to sell millions of copies each year since being patented by a British couple during World War II. "Clue has also had its own movie, been featured in numerous television... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:55 a.m. Stocks are sinking Thursday with technology and industrial companies taking the sharpest losses. EBay slid 3.8 percent and Microsoft fell 1.4 percent. Among industrial companies, Johnson Controls sank 3.7 percent and Boeing lost 1 percent. Media companies rose after a strong third-quarter report from Twenty-First Century Fox, which gained 4.7 percent. Macy's climbed 9.3 percent after its quarterly profit surpassed analyst estimates. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 600,000 people signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act in the first week of open enrollment, the government said Thursday. That pace tracks with previous years despite persistent political turmoil over the health law. Figures released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services showed that 601,462 people signed up Nov. 1-4 in the 39 states served by the federal HealthCare.gov website. Of those, about 77 percent were returning customers renewing their coverage... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are sinking Thursday as technology companies and most other parts of the market take sharp losses. Industrial companies are also trading lower but media companies are rising after Twenty-First Century Fox posted strong results in its latest quarter. Macy's is climbing and competitor Kohl's is falling after the two department stores disclosed their third-quarter results. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 13 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,581 as of... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media and Hillary Clinton's campaign, according to an Associated Press analysis of since-deleted accounts. Tweets by Russia-backed accounts such as "America_1st_" and "BatonRougeVoice" on Oct. 7, 2016, actively pivoted away from news of an audio recording in which Trump made crude comments about groping women... Читать дальше...