Новости за 19.04.2018

America's marijuana supporters have a lot to celebrate on this 420 holiday : Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to a national advocacy group. Nine of those states and Washington, D.C., also have broad legalization where adults 21 and older can use pot for any reason. Michigan could become the 10th state with its ballot initiative this year. Yet cannabis remains illegal under federal law, and it still has many opponents. Here's a look at what some advocates and... Читать дальше...

Stocks closed broadly lower Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak. Losses in technology companies and consumer products makers and health care stocks accounted for much of the decline. Banks bucked the downward trend and rose along with bond yields. Energy stocks also rose. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index fell 15.51 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,693.13. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 83.18 points, or 0.3 percent, to 24,664.89. The Nasdaq composite lost 57.18 points, or 0.8 percent... Читать дальше...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The case of British cybersecurity expert once heralded as a hero for stopping the WannaCry worldwide computer virus was delayed Thursday to allow his attorneys more time to prepare arguments on why a judge should suppress statements he made after his arrest for allegedly creating software to steal banking passwords. Marcus Hutchins, 23, pleaded not guilty after his arrest last year in Las Vegas before he boarded a flight home to England. U.S. prosecutors say Hutchins created and... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Philip Morris International Inc., down $15.80 to $85.64 The tobacco company reported weak quarterly sales and said sales of its iQos device in Japan were slower than expected. American Express Co., up $7.22 to $102.37 The credit card company's profit climbed as customers spent more money and its taxes decreased. Procter & Gamble Co., down $2.53 to $74.95 The consumer products company agreed to buy Merck KGaA's consumer... Читать дальше...

A horse and rider were rescued after they tumbled down a cliff Thursday morning near Green River in Auburn.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on the criminal case of a British cybersecurity expert once heralded as a hero for stopping the WannaCry worldwide computer virus (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Attorneys for a British cybersecurity expert credited with stopping a computer virus have been given more time to prepare for arguments on whether to suppress statements he made to the FBI after his arrest on criminal indictment. Attorneys for Marcus Hutchins asked for a continuance Thursday because prosecutors alerted... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. The stock market had its first loss of the week as technology companies and consumer products makers led U.S. indexes lower. Apple lost 2.8 percent Thursday and tobacco maker Philip Morris International plunged 15.6 percent after reporting weak results, noting that sales of its iQos device in Japan were slow. Banks bucked the downward trend and rose along with bond yields. Bank of New York Mellon climbed 5.7 percent. Читать дальше...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials on Thursday rejected a plan to limit commercial fishing guides on the Madison River that flows out of Yellowstone National Park, a top fishing destination where the number of days spent angling has more than doubled in recent years. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously voted against the proposal after multiple guides, outfitters and other anglers spoke out against it. They generally agreed that something needs to be done to alleviate the crowding... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been diagnosed with cancer. Doctor Hooman Melamed tells People.com she contracted what they thought was a rare spinal infection and nearly died this week. The doctor says Miller went to a California emergency room, where her condition deteriorated and she became "paralyzed from the neck down." He says Miller underwent spinal surgery Tuesday and parts of some vertebrae were removed. It was determined Miller had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state funding, begin talking to each other online. Their Facebook groups draw tens of thousands of members. They share stories of their frustrations and then they demand change. Kentucky public school employee Nema Brewer co-founded the KY120 United Facebook group that drew more than 40,000 members in a month. Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Foreign Ministry says increasing delays by the United States in issuing visas could result in flagship airline Aeroflot ending flights to the U.S. State-owned Aeroflot is the only airline with scheduled year-round U.S. flights. A ministry statement Thursday complained that the waiting time for interviews for U.S. visa applicants has stretched to 250 days. "In other words, it's senseless to apply for a visa," it said. Aeroflot "may be forced to stop (flights) because the... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks moved broadly lower in late-afternoon trading Thursday, placing the market on track for its first loss this week. Technology companies, makers of consumer products and health care stocks accounted for much of the slide as investors pored over the latest raft of corporate quarterly results. Banks bucked the trend, rising along with bond yields. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index fell 17 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,691 as of 3:09 p.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 104 points... Читать дальше...

BOERNE, Texas (AP) — Tammie Jo Shults was determined to "break into the club" of male military aviators. One of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy, Shults flew training missions as an enemy pilot during Operation Desert Storm, while working with other women to see a rule excluding them from combat flights repealed. Twenty-five years later, Shults was at the controls of the Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Tuesday when it made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after one... Читать дальше...

It wasn't just that 19-year-old Alize Gonzalez was killed in November 2015 that broke her family's heart, they said Wednesday.

These days hyper-recycling – along with composting, and general waste sorting – is a hallmark of Seattle life. But nowadays the biggest piece of the material-pie is something that was just becoming a thing in 20 years ago: online retail.

DALLAS, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Southwest Airlines pidió más tiempo el año pasado para inspeccionar las hélices como la que se quebró durante uno de sus vuelos el martes en una falla de turbina que dejó muerta una pasajera. La aerolínea se opuso a una recomendación del fabricante de las turbinas de realizar inspecciones ultrasónicas de ciertas hélices en un plazo de 12 meses, diciendo que necesitaba más tiempo para realizar las revisiones. Southwest hizo los comentarios luego que reguladores federales... Читать дальше...

Earth Day is celebrating its 48th birthday this Sunday.  It's a time to hug a tree, clear your head, and -- yes -- take heart at what has been saved in the last half century.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles harbor commissioners have approved a permit for Space Exploration Technologies to build a facility on 19 acres of port land to manufacture a Mars rocket that will be so big it will require an oceangoing barge for transport to launch sites. SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the rocket will serve a wide range of missions including going to Mars. The permit approved Thursday has an initial 10-year term with two 10-year options to extend. SpaceX will receive credits that offset... Читать дальше...

A driver was shot in the leg and brought himself to Harborview Medical Center Wednesday morning during an apparent road rage incident on Interstate 5 in Seattle.

In a story April 17 about the death of Matthew Mellon, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mellon had died at a rehabilitation center in Cancun, Mexico. Police have confirmed that Mellon died in a Cancun hotel room prior to checking into the rehab facility. A corrected version of the story is below: Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies at 54 Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon has died. He was 54. By MICHELLE A. MONROE Associated Press Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon has died. Читать дальше...

GALT, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the theft in Northern California of 8,000 Disneyland tickets (all times local): 11 a.m. The executive director of a California youth farming organization says 8,000 stolen Disneyland tickets were worth about $800,000. Matt Patton of the California chapter of Future Farmers of America said the organization's trailer carrying the tickets and audio and visual equipment was stolen Wednesday from its office in Galt. Patton says Disneyland has canceled the tickets and... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Anti-abortion rhetoric is intensifying ahead of midterm elections as a rush of officials in Republican-dominant states push legislation that would punish both doctors and patients, even though such laws are likely unconstitutional. In Idaho, Republicans competing in a crowded field for governor have made it a major campaign issue ahead of the May 15 primary. One candidate promised to back a long-shot effort that would allow women to be prosecuted for getting abortions, and another... Читать дальше...

The discovery of an unconscious 17-year-old outside a Bellevue house Wednesday night prompted a police investigation into what they're calling a suspicious death.

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an engine failure that left a passenger dead. The airline opposed a recommendation by the engine manufacturer to require ultrasonic inspections of certain fan blades within 12 months, saying it needed more time to conduct the work. Southwest made the comments last year after U.S. regulators proposed making the inspections mandatory. The Federal Aviation... Читать дальше...

Seattle is enjoying, or at least, experiencing a housing boom. But unsurprisingly, the benefits of this are not being evenly spread throughout would-be homebuyers.