Новости за 15.07.2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikaela Mayer knew she was better than the high school burnout that she was in danger of becoming. She had attended four schools in three years, repeatedly getting in trouble for fighting and bad grades. She was a 17-year-old occasional model with the self-awareness to realize she had no clear direction […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man caught in a government sting trying to join the Islamic State could be sentenced to from five to 20 years in prison. Sentencing for 29-year-old Joseph Farrokh of Woodbridge is scheduled for Friday in federal court in Alexandria. He is one of about a half-dozen men from […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The struggle by conservatives for an eleventh-hour derailment of Donald Trump’s drive to the Republican presidential nominee is gasping for breath after a committee at the Republican National Convention resoundingly rejected their push to let delegates support the candidate of their choice. The convention’s rules committee, dominated by Trump backers and top […]

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a baby sitter in West Virginia after they say her dog attacked a 2-year-old girl in her care. The Times West Virginian (http://bit.ly/29LHTvf ) reports that deputies arrested 34-year-old Opal L. Caston of Fairmont on Wednesday, saying she faces one felony count of child neglect creating risk of […]

TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo suffered as a latecomer to smartphone games but is seeing the deep wealth of its franchise characters pay off with the success of “Pokemon Go,” even without a launch yet in Japan. The Japanese game maker was starting to look like a casualty of history until the game was launched in […]

NYONS, France (AP) — Tour de France riders including race leader Chris Froome sent messages of support to the victims of the deadly attack in Nice. Defending champion Froome posted a picture of the blue, white and red French flag on Twitter on Friday and wrote: “Thoughts are with those affected by the horrific terror […]

Mind-blowing tricks are the backbone of action sports: Tony Hawk awed when he spun 900 degrees in the air off a skateboard ramp. Travis Pastrana shocked when heaved a motorbike over his head in a double flip. Josh Sheehan outdid him with a triple backflip. Organizers hope the next trick to shake up the world […]

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economic growth held steady in the most recent quarter, suggesting policies meant to counter the slowdown in the world’s second biggest economy are paying off for the moment. The economy expanded at a 6.7 percent annual pace in the April-June period compared with a year earlier, according to data released […]

A look at what’s happening all around the majors today as baseball gets back into full swing after the All-Star break: ___ PERFECT PITCHING Stephen Strasburg puts his unbeaten record on the line as the Washington Nationals host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a weekend series. Strasburg (12-0, 2.62 ERA) is the first […]

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is once again the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference, while LSU, Tennessee, Mississippi and the rest of the league try to figure out a way to derail the Tide. The Crimson Tide’s title defense is one of several things to watch next season that was discussed during SEC media […]

Charleston Riverdogs score in bottom of 10th to beat Rome Braves after 10-minute critter delay.

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a man shot dead by an off-duty New York City police officer in a confrontation at a car window says relatives feel vindicated by a security camera video that has cast doubt on the early police account of the encounter. Delrawn Small’s brother spoke at a news conference […]

Roldan, a first-round pick in the 2015 SuperDraft out of the University of Washington, has quickly established himself as one of the most well-liked locker-room personalities on the team.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government sued a homeowner for nearly $25 million on Thursday, contending his negligence sparked a 2013 fire in the mountains east of Los Angeles that forced 5,000 people from their homes. The lawsuit contends that a short in a poorly maintained electrical junction box sparked a blaze in the […]

The Huskies are the Pokemon Go of college football. Every analyst is convinced he or she has unearthed the hidden breakout team of the Pac-12. So many people predict them to surprise, the surprise actually would be if they didn’t.

More areas are opening for sockeye fishing as the Columbia River return continues to wax expectations. The updated sockeye run is 340,000 and exceeded the preseason forecast of 102,000 returning to the Columbia River mouth. This has allowed enough sockeye for spawning escapement needs in the Okanogan river system. State Fish and Wildlife announced the […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As the battle over Oregon’s recent delisting of the gray wolf as endangered is waged in a courtroom, the state’s lone Republican congressman helped convince the House to approve a plan to remove all protections for the species at the federal level. The proposal cleared the chamber Wednesday with a 223-201 […]

Boeing’s centennial birthday is an opportunity to reflect on the immeasurable contributions the company has made to the region, state and nation.

Boeing’s philanthropy has been an inspiration and a roadmap for other local companies to follow.

Target has been the subject of a boycott petition created by the American Family Association, which contends the transgender fitting room and bathroom policy would give sexual predators access to victims.

The semi-autonomous driving technology is under intense scrutiny after the May 7 death of a driver who was using the Autopilot feature on his Tesla Model S sedan when it crashed into a tractor-trailer in Florida.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vevo, the music video brand of labels Sony and Universal, wants to give you a reason to watch its videos somewhere other than YouTube. The relaunch of its mobile app Thursday adds several hosts who will curate playlists and create original snippets of video. It also introduces a video player that, […]

Not to diminish the sense of accomplishment that blind Maegan Weiler experienced upon successfully shooting a black bear [“Blind teen girl shoots 300-pound black bear,” Local News, July 11], but wouldn’t a bull’s-eye target have achieved the same thing without involving the senseless killing of a bear? Maegan would have had the satisfaction of an […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 69-year-old man has been convicted of killing a woman during a Hollywood apartment robbery nearly 44 years ago. Authorities say Harold Holman was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and could face life in prison. He’s already serving 45 years for killing a Santa Monica couple and for a string of […]