Новости за 18.09.2016

People’s Pharmacy on tart cherries as a source of melatonin; the power of soy sauce for kitchen burns; and vitamin B-12 deficiency.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — In a year of intense polarization and partisanship — and in a state known for its rough-and-tumble politics — South Carolina’s top party leaders are working to cut through the bull. It doesn’t mean dedication for their candidates is any less fervent. But the state’s Republican and Democratic chairmen take an […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Media reports say two people are dead and at least six are injured after a shooting at a community event in the nation’s capital. The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2cG9rBc ) reports that the Saturday night shootings happened during a community concert in the Anacostia/Barry Farm area of Washington, D.C. One of those injured […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What do computer hackers, the divisive U.S. presidential campaign and racial tensions have to do with the Emmys? Possibly a lot, if TV academy voters favored shows plugged into modern anxiety when they cast ballots for the 68th prime-time Emmy Awards. The ceremony airs 8 p.m. EDT Sunday on ABC with […]

The Everly Brothers get their due in a new British documentary; Seattle songwriter Ronan Delisle drops a new disc; and Austin psych-pop band Tele Novella finally releases a full-length LP.

Readers rave about Seahawks’ show of unity and rant about fans who didn’t observe moment of silence, rave about help at PCC, ADA parking; rant about driver harassing bicyclists, talking heads using wrong words, stealing campaign signs.

Also airing Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016: “The Great Food Truck Race” on Food and “Masterpiece Classic: Indian Summers” on KCTS.

“The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” tops Publishers Weekly nonfiction best-sellers list.

“The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” is a nonfiction best-seller from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.

BANGKOK (AP) — At least 13 people were killed Sunday when a double-decker passenger boat carrying more than 100 people capsized in a river north of Bangkok, Thai media reported. More than 30 people were hospitalized with injuries, but an unknown number were still missing after the accident, which occurred when the boat was involved […]

In “Commonwealth,” novelist Ann Patchett tells a story of an affair, two broken marriages, and the legacy of the breakup for both parents and children. Patchett appears Monday, Sept. 19, at Seattle Arts & Lectures.

Margot Lee Shetterley’s new book, “Hidden Figures,” tells the story of the African-American female mathematicians employed by NASA and their contributions to the space race, despite the rampant discrimination of the time.

Ron Rash’s latest novel, “The Risen,” revisits a 46-year-old crime that still haunts a North Carolina man.

Fremont Oktoberfest Fremont, the self-proclaimed “Center of the Universe,” hosts several popular annual festivals, including Fremont Oktoberfest, Sept. 23-25. Like the original German Oktoberfest, beer is the star at Fremont Oktoberfest. Over 80 craft beers, including German beers, ciders and wine will be pouring the tasting garden and the Buxom Beer Garden. The weekend also […]

PARIS (AP) — Officials say former French President Jacques Chirac has been hospitalized with a lung infection. Jocelyne Gastellu of the Paris Hospitals Foundation confirmed Sunday that the 83-year-old was admitted to a hospital in Paris but could not confirm local media reports that it followed a visit to Morocco. Former housing minister Cecile Duflot […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state news agency is reporting that troops have regained control of areas they lost to the Islamic State group in the east of the country after an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition. SANA quotes an unnamed military official as saying Sunday that dozens of IS fighters were killed in the offensive […]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A knife-wielding suspect who was dressed in a private security uniform and made references to Allah while attacking at least eight people during a mass stabbing incident at a Minnesota shopping mall was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said. St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said during […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s elections commission head says results from voting for parliament in a Siberian region could be annulled if allegations of vote fraud there are confirmed. Ella Pamfilova’s statement came Sunday as Russians cast ballots for the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. The pro-Kremlin United Russia party is expected to retain […]

BERLIN (AP) — Voters in the German state of Berlin are casting ballots in a state election predicted to result in a fresh setback for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party. Her Christian Democratic Union has been the junior coalition partner to the center-left Social Democrats in the capital for the past five years. The city of […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say Muslim rebels in talks with the government have turned over a Norwegian man freed by ransom-seeking Abu Sayyaf extremists, who also released three kidnapped Indonesians in the country’s south. The officials say Kjartan Sekkingstad was turned over by Moro National Liberation Front rebel leader Nur Misuari to presidential […]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A knife wielding suspect who was dressed in a private security uniform and made references to Allah while attacking at least eight people during a mass stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said. St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said […]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Eight people were injured during a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall that ended with the suspected attacker — who was dressed in a private security uniform and made references to Allah — shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said. St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson says […]

NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood and injured 29 people, and a suspicious device discovered blocks away was safely removed early Sunday. Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any terror connections, but called the blast an “intentional act.” “Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident,” de Blasio said […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Residents in the rebel-held districts of Aleppo now have a reprieve from the incessant bombings by Syrian government warplanes. They have a promise of an end to the crippling siege that has left produce stalls bare. For nearly a week under the cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia, families have been […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee) has been honored as the 2016 humanitarian of the year by students and faculty at the Harvard Foundation. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate gained international prominence as the General Secretary of the newly formed National League for Democracy in Myanmar in […]