Новости за 22.04.2018

Closures for the the Revive I-5 construction project that have caused long backups this weekend will continue through early Monday morning.

LONDON (AP) — Four Britons on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were killed Saturday in a bus crash, a British travel company and officials said. The four were among more than a dozen British pilgrims on a bus travelling from Mecca to Medina, said Hashim Travel, a British company specializing in pilgrimage tours. The Saudi Arabian Embassy in London said the accident involved the bus the passengers who died were riding in, a small car and a gasoline tanker truck. Twelve other British pilgrims were injured... Читать дальше...

A 73-year-old man was rescued Saturday hours after his car went off the highway and into the woods near Tiger Mountain on state Route 18.

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France (AP) — The Latest on the evacuation of a French tourist site due to security concerns (all times local): 3:20 p.m. France's Mont-Saint-Michel abbey has reopened after several hours of searching by police failed to locate a visitor who allegedly threatened French security services. A trickle of tourists started returning to the Mont across a promontory that connects the popular site in the English Channel to the mainland. French authorities evacuated tourists and others from... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The tax overhaul that took effect Jan. 1 provides generous breaks for corporations and wealthy Americans and more modest relief for middle- and low-income households. In addition, the tax cuts for corporations are permanent; those for individuals and families are only temporary. Richard Phillips is a senior policy analyst at the nonpartisan, liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The following interview was edited for length and clarity. ___ You've said the new tax law failed to achieve a minimum goal... Читать дальше...

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France (AP) — French authorities evacuated tourists from the Mont-Saint-Michel abbey and searched houses Sunday on the famed outcropping in the English Channel for a visitor who apparently threatened to attack security services. The exceptional evacuation of one of France's most-visited tourist sites came after a string of sporadic attacks around France in recent years targeting police, some of them fatal. The site reopened Sunday afternoon and a trickle of tourists started returning... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's communications watchdog agency says it is adding some Google IP addresses to the state register of banned sites, as a dispute over a banned messaging app intensifies. Russia has ordered the popular Telegram messaging app to shut down because it won't share its encryption key with intelligence agencies. Communications watchdog Roskomnadzor then blocked 18 networks that are used by Amazon and Google and host sites it believe Telegram is using to circumvent the ban. That move blocked access to millions of sites... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's health secretary says the government will introduce new laws targeting online social media companies if they don't do more to protect children. In a strongly-worded letter to Facebook, Google, Snapchat, Twitter and others, Jeremy Hunt said their failure to prevent young children using social media and exposing children to its "harmful emotional side effects" was "unacceptable and irresponsible." Hunt said Sunday he was particularly concerned about the lack of age verification measures... Читать дальше...

WA Current Conditions as of 11:00 PM PDT Saturday, April 21, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%) Arlington;Partly cloudy;42;NW;5;75% Bellingham;Clear;46;SE;5;73% Bremerton;Cloudy;46;NE;6;80% Chehalis;Clear;42;Calm;0;90% Deer Park;Clear;34;Calm;0;69% Eastsound;Clear;46;Calm;0;75% Ellensburg;Clear;42;WNW;14;62% Ephrata;Clear;46;NNW;5;41% Everett;Mostly cloudy;44;NNW;6;84% Fort Lewis;Clear;43;Calm;0;88% Friday Harbor;Clear;43;W;5;76% Hoquiam;Clear;45;NW;10;79%... Читать дальше...

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: SALES REBOUND? Despite a dearth of homes on the market, sales of new U.S. homes have been declining lately. Sales slipped 0.6 percent in February, the third straight monthly drop, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 618,000. The sales decline comes as mortgage rates have been mostly rising. Even so, economists predict the Commerce Department will report Tuesday that sales of new homes rose in March. New home sales... Читать дальше...

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Waving American flags and rifles, more than 1,000 gun-rights activists took over the Capitol steps in Olympia on Saturday for the "March For Our Rights" rally.