Новости за 09.12.2017

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police say one man has died and another was slightly injured as they attempted to climb Mount Olympus, Greece's highest mountain. The accident happened Saturday afternoon about 2,000 meters (6,580 feet) high. The two men were headed for a refuge slightly higher up the 2,917-meter (9,570-foot) mountain when both slipped and fell down a ravine. The fire service said one climber, a 26-year-old Greek man, fell 200 meters (660 feet) and was unresponsive when he was recovered and evacuated by helicopter. Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — New research from the University of Missouri found that video game motion sensors can be useful in physical therapy. A team from the University of Missouri's health professions school, engineering college, health care center, motion analysis center and orthopaedic institute found that the Xbox Kinect 2.0 motion sensor can be used as a suitable replacement for medical motion labs, the Columbia Missourian reported . Motion sensors help physicians with analyzing patient movement... Читать дальше...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Even as it clashes with American Indians over reductions to national monuments in the Southwest, the Trump administration is engaging with a Montana tribe over the creation of a new monument on the border of its reservation. The Blackfeet Indian Tribe has long fought oil and gas drilling and other development within the Badger-Two Medicine area — a mountainous expanse bordering Glacier National Park that's sacred to the tribe. Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes told The Associated... Читать дальше...

New Jersey's Liberty Science Center in Jersey City is aiming to take visitors into space in what they are billing as the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere. The Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium in Jersey City, which opened Saturday, features a dome that is 89 feet (27 meters) in diameter, surpassing a 79-foot (24-meter) dome in St. Louis. Chief executive Paul Hoffman says he believes the $5 million planetarium will turn the Liberty Science Center into a travel destination. Читать дальше...

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists have discovered two ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor. The ministry said Saturday that one tomb has five entrances leading to a rectangular hall, and contains painted wooden funerary masks, clay vessels and a mummy wrapped in linen. The other has a six-meter (yard) burial shaft leading to four side chambers, and contained fragments of wooden coffins and other artifacts. Wall inscriptions suggest the tombs date to the 18th dynasty... Читать дальше...

The Lumineers, Portugal. The Man, and Walk the Moon headlined Radio 94.7's fifth annual Electric Christmas concert event at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on December 7, 2017.

FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Flames were practically on top of Dick and Joan Marsala's home when they got an urgent knock on the door and were told to leave. The couple, in their mid-80s, grabbed only a change of clothes and medications before fleeing Thursday through wind gusts and smoke as fire swallowed the row of mobile homes behind their place in the Rancho Monserate Country Club north of San Diego.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pharmaceutical companies on Friday sued to block a new California law that would require them to give advance notice before big price increases. The law was approved this year in response to consumer outrage over a rise in drug spending and high costs for some prescription treatments, including new Hepatitis C medications and EpiPens to control allergic reactions. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a trade group for drugmakers, said in its lawsuit... Читать дальше...

FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Authorities have confirmed the death of a 70-year-old woman who was fleeing a massive Southern California wildfire. The Ventura County medical examiner says Virginia Pesola of Santa Paula was killed in a car crash along an evacuation route Wednesday night. The cause of death announced Friday was blunt force trauma with terminal smoke inhalation and burns. Pesola's death is the first connected to six wildfires ravaging the region. Читать дальше...

Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts this week. Disney didn’t have Wifi. Who knew!? With the college football regular season complete, here’s a top-25 mock draft. The order is taken from the brilliantly named ‘Tankathon’ website. Let me know what you think in the comments section. Note — I didn’t include Sam Darnold. There’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — News outlets including The Associated Press filed a motion in federal court Friday arguing that a document containing the names of investors in some Kushner Cos. apartment buildings in Maryland should be unsealed and available to the media. The Kushner Cos. has argued that the privacy rights of its partners in its Maryland buildings outweigh the public interest in the disclosure, saying the media's "politically-motivated" coverage of the case puts those rights — and the partners' reputations — at risk. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's says its executive chairman Terry Lundgren, who stepped down as CEO in March, will retire from the board. The company says Friday its board has appointed Jeff Gennette, who succeeded Lundgren in his CEO spot, to the additional role of chairman. The moves, effective Jan. 31, will complete the transition announced in June 2016. Following Lundgren's retirement, the board will have 10 directors. Like many department stores, Macy's has seen sales suffer as it wrestles with shoppers'... Читать дальше...

Seattle and King County defy Trump on sanctuary for undocumented residents.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose Friday following a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report, and the strong finish pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its third straight weekly gain despite some weakness earlier in the week. The gains were widespread, and telecom and health care stocks helped lead the way. Overseas markets were also higher after negotiators hit a breakthrough in the United Kingdom's efforts to leave the European Union. The S&P 500 rose 14.52 points, or 0.6 percent, to finish at 2,651.50... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — A former Amazon financial analyst has been sentenced to six months in prison and a $2,500 fine after admitting he tipped off a college friend to details about the company's upcoming first-quarter earnings report in spring 2015. Brett D. Kennedy was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to a federal insider trading charge in September. Prosecutors said his former fraternity brother at the University of Washington, Maziar Rezakhani, used the information to make $116,000 trading stock and paid Kennedy $10,000. Читать дальше...

Stocks rose Friday following a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report, and the strong finish pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its third straight weekly gain despite some early struggles. On Friday: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14.52 points, or 0.6 percent, to finish at 2,651.50, a record. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 117.68, or 0.5 percent, to 24,329.16. The Nasdaq composite rose 27.24, or 0.4 percent, to 6,840.08. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gained 1.26... Читать дальше...

Just 32 percent of Americans approve of the job President Trump is doing, according to a new national Pew Research Center poll.  The 45th President is gradually losing support among groups that have strongly backed him.

One man was killed and two people arrested Friday afternoon in a Columbia City shooting that closed down traffic on Rainier Avenue South.

Southbound lanes at Rainier Avenue South and South Genesee Street were closed Friday afternoon while police investigated a shooting that critically injured one person.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: American Outdoor Brands Corp., down $1.42 to $13.51 The firearms maker cut its profit and sales forecasts after shipments fell in its latest quarter. Science Applications International Corp., up $4.54 to $79.97 The information technology company had a stronger quarter than analysts expected. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $7.68 to $114.46 The New York Times reported that activist investment firm Elliott Management bought a stake in the biotechnology company. Читать дальше...

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4 p.m. Stocks are ending higher as investors welcome a strong U.S. jobs report and progress in Britain's talks about leaving the European Union. Health care stocks rose more than the rest of the market Friday. Alexion Pharmaceuticals jumped 7.2 percent after The New York Times reported that an activist hedge fund has taken a stake in the company. European markets rose. In addition to advances in the Brexit talks, investors were also... Читать дальше...