Новости за 15.07.2016

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s ruling Socialists say they will approve anything the opposition Democratic Party wants in a judicial reform package, fundamental to ensuring the launch of the membership negotiations with the European Union, if it’s also agreed on with Brussels and the U.S. The U.S. and EU, directly involved in the two-year reform […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police say a lightning strike has left one man dead and another man injured after they sought cover under a tree during a rainstorm. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Beau Clark tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/29TUVba) his office plans to conduct an autopsy Friday on the fatal victim. Clark says the […]

U.S. industrial production rose in June by the largest amount in 10 months, led by a strong rebound in auto production. The Federal Reserve says industrial production increased 0.6 percent last month, the best showing since a similar gain last August. In May industrial production had fallen 0.3 percent. The key manufacturing sector posted a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US industrial production up 0.6 percent in June, best gain in 10 months, led by auto rebound.

LONDON (AP) — Crowds of people have lined the streets of several towns in northern England to pay tribute to slain British lawmaker Jo Cox as her funeral cortege goes by. A private funeral is being held for the Labour Party legislator who was shot and stabbed to death outside a library in Birstall, 200 […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a college student who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer has amended a lawsuit to label the shooting a hate crime. The lawyer for the father of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier says the personal texts of Officer Robert Rialmo showed racial bias. The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/2a2p1sw ) […]

Adequate funding for education doesn’t mean classrooms alone, argues a team of youth advocates who have filed a brief with the state Supreme Court.

A skilled shaver must have the patience of a good barista, catching the ice as it falls from the blade and gently packing the flakes into a dome firm enough to hold syrup, but still soft enough that it will yield easily to a spoon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo said its second-quarter earnings fell 3 percent from a year ago as the bank continues to feel pressure from low interest rates. The results mostly met analysts’ expectations. Wells Fargo on Friday reported second-quarter earnings of $5.56 billion, down from $5.72 billion in the same period […]

For some good summer vibes this weekend, head to Fremont's (final) outdoor movie screening, a giant food festival, a baseball game and more.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s government has denounced an influential Buddhist nationalist group after failing to speaking against it strongly while others were accusing it of using hate speech and inspiring violence against Muslims. The Ma Ba Tha organization’s charismatic leader, the monk Wirathu, responded Wednesday by calling the country’s de facto leader, Aung San […]

Sting and Peter Gabriel, who first toured together in 1986, are back on the road for the “Rock Paper Scissors” tour, during which they’ll sing each other’s songs and sing together. They appear at KeyArena on Thursday, July 21.

Minneapolis band the Jawhawks writes melodic pop songs that probably would have been monster hits if they had been released in the 1960s or ’70s. The band performs at the Neptune Theatre on Tuesday, July 19.

Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald marks her 15th anniversary in the newsroom with a star-studded reminiscence about what it’s like to talk to the likes of Tom Cruise, Colin Firth, Hugh Jackman, Jodie Foster and Julie Andrews.

A Q&A with the indefatigable riot grrrl frontwoman of Bikini Kill.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Julian Castro was in two places at once. Or so it seemed. It was April 2005 and there was the baby-faced favorite to win San Antonio’s mayoral race perched atop a float chugging down the storied Riverwalk. An announcer even called out his name for 200,000 cheering revelers. But Castro was […]

TOKYO (AP) — Line Corp.’s shares surged in its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, following its initial public offering in New York, as investors cashed in on the popular Japanese messaging app that features emoticons. Line rose Friday above its IPO price of 3,300 yen, settling at 4,345 yen. It cost $41.58 in New […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate, candidly described being stopped by police, even Capitol Hill cops, because of the color of his skin. It’s an experience all too familiar to many of his African-American colleagues in Congress. A day after Scott’s personal recounting on the Senate […]

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — The mother of a 9-year-old boy fatally beaten in Maryland over a missing piece of birthday cake is set to learn if her statement to police can be used at her upcoming trial. A judge in Hagerstown is ruling Friday on Oriana Garcia’s motion to throw out her statement that she […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Vanderbilt University football player convicted of raping an unconscious woman with his teammates in 2013 is facing a minimum of 15 years in prison at his sentencing hearing Friday morning. Cory Batey, one of four players charged with raping the woman at Vanderbilt, was convicted in April of aggravated […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The former campaign driver for former Washington, D.C., mayor Vincent Gray is set to be sentenced. Mark Long pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge. He acknowledged he was paid to serve as Gray’s chauffeur from an illegal slush fund that aided Gray’s 2010 mayoral campaign. But Long later tried to back out […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It would take almost 14 days of eyes glued to the television to watch all the feel-good Hillary Clinton ads that have aired since the general election campaign began last month. Meanwhile, anyone flipping through the channels looking for positive ads about Donald Trump would be disappointed: He hasn’t yet put up […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Family and friends of a black man shot and killed by two white police officers in Louisiana are gathering to honor him. Funeral services are being held Friday for 37-year-old Alton Sterling, who died July 5 outside a Baton Rouge convenience store during an altercation with the officers. Captured on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump abruptly postponed plans to announce his vice presidential pick after an attack left scores dead in Nice, France, a decision that raised questions about Trump’s selection process. The presumptive GOP nominee had planned to introduce his running mate at a news conference Friday morning in New York, but said on […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — After 11 years of helping oversee the U.S. government’s aid efforts to lay the foundations for a future Palestinian state, the outgoing chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development mission in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is unsure whether that vision has inched any closer to reality. “It’s frustrating. It’s […]