Новости за 23.09.2016

JHELUM, Pakistan (AP) — Court officials and a defense lawyer say Pakistani police have submitted initial charges to a court against the father and ex-husband of a British-Pakistani woman accused of murdering her in a so-called “honor killing.” Defense lawyer Mohammad Arif says the trial of Mohammad Shahid and Mohammad Shakeel will begin on September […]

If you’re watching a college football game this weekend, go ahead and get comfortable. It could take a while. Major NCAA football games continue to last much longer than their NFL counterparts. The NCAA’s statistics show the average FBS game has lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes through the first two weeks of the season, […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking to show law-and-order toughness along with empathy for African-Americans as he criticizes violent protests stemming from another fatal police shooting of a black man. His Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, was behind closed doors as she prepared for their initial debate and did not address on […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Tour Championship is a lot tougher than it needs to be for Justin Thomas. He was among three players at Hazeltine — site of this year’s Ryder Cup — on Monday, a clear signal that Thomas, Daniel Berger and Bubba Watson were being considered by Davis Love III as the final […]

A look at what’s happening all around the majors today: ___ OCTOBER AT WRIGLEY The Cubs can clinch home-field advantage for the postseason with a win over the Cardinals and a loss by the Nationals. The playoffs are just around the corner for the NL Central champs, and it seems as if they are only […]

NEW YORK (AP) — With prospects plummeting to revive an all but dead Syria cease-fire, the United States and Russia have grudgingly agreed to another round of talks to keep hopes alive. After a contentious two-and-a-half hour meeting with colleagues in New York, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study that examines some major health care proposals from the presidential candidates finds that Donald Trump would cause about 20 million to lose coverage while Hillary Clinton would provide coverage for an additional 9 million people. The 2016 presidential campaign has brought voters to a crossroads on health care yet […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was supposed to be her “47 percent” moment. When Hillary Clinton said that half of Donald Trump’s supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables,” Republicans thought they just might have found her campaign-crushing-blunder. The gaffe, they hoped, was a way to cement an image as an out-of-touch snob, just as Democrats […]

Officially, the United States and North Korea barely speak to each other, their communications often limited to public exchanges of insults. The U.S. ambassador in Seoul is “a villain, a crazy person,” a North Korean diplomat says. North Korea is a “wasteland” compared to South Korea, President Obama tells the United Nations. But out of […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 U.S. government and military workers as potential targets could be sentenced to 25 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Ardit Ferizi, a native of Kosovo arrested last year in Malaysia, will be sentenced Friday in federal court in […]

The state’s campaign watchdog says Sound Transit didn’t violate the law after all when it improperly released email addresses of ORCA transit cardholders to the campaign promoting the $54 billion ballot measure to expand light rail.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Jacoby Brissett started at quarterback for the Patriots on Thursday night, the first rookie starting QB for New England since 1993. The 23-year-old Brissett led the Patriots out of the tunnel before the game against Houston and took the snaps after New England forced a Texans punt on their first possession. […]

Billionaire Paul Allen put Seattle on the map in the world of wildlife conservation, but grass-roots activists are also making an impact.

DETROIT (AP) — While sales of its main competitors are rising, the aging Chevrolet Equinox compact SUV has taken a dramatic tumble so far this year in the fastest-growing part of the U.S. market. General Motors is hoping to turn that around when it replaces the Equinox with a revamped model that goes on sale […]

Karen Cater, copy-desk chief at The Seattle Times, is a longtime fan of classic country -- Tammy, George, Loretta, and of course, Dolly. When our reviewer couldn't get in to see Dolly Parton, she stepped up and gave us her review of Wednesday night's concert in Kent.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte police say man shot during Wednesday night protests has died and homicide investigation has been launched.

King County health officials have temporarily closed a Seattle restaurant, Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge, amid an investigation of possible food poisoning.

The Lower Columbia River fall hatchery chinook fishery will remain open from Buoy 10 up to Warrior Rock after it was determined that enough fish remained in the catch guideline. The latest catch estimates were released by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on Thursday, and revealed 90,671 angler trips at Buoy 10 showed 17,673 chinook […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Lawyer: Can’t tell on video if man killed by Charlotte officer had gun; family calls for release of footage.

Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls again sat out practice Thursday along with Germain Ifedi and Nick Vannett.

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — Three people died Thursday in a shooting at an East Tennessee factory, police said. The shooter’s body was found in a bathroom, dead of what “appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Athens Police Chief Charles Ziegler said. All three of the dead were employees of the plant. The Knoxville News […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Online communications between disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner and a 15-year-old girl are being investigated by law enforcement agencies in New York and North Carolina, officials said Thursday. The office of Jill Westmoreland Rose, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina in Charlotte, has “begun investigative efforts,” a […]

State officials say Tim Eyman and his political committees have paid $20,000 in costs connected to delaying an investigation of campaign-finance practices.

Kyle Benn, the starting center on UW's 2000 Rose Bowl team, says he likes the potential of this current offensive line.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tight end Rob Gronkowski is set to make his season debut when the Patriots host the Texans. Gronkowski is listed as active for the first time this season on Thursday night, after he sat out the first two weeks of the regular season with a hamstring injury he sustained during training […]