Новости за 07.11.2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Garth Brooks is getting into the advice business. NBC said Monday that Brooks will be a key adviser on “The Voice” next week, mentoring the show’s top 12 contestants. Brooks, back in music after a 13-year break, was honored as Entertainer of the Year at the recent Country Music Association Awards. […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man arrested after filming a Portland police precinct from a sports utility vehicle filled with weapons and ammunition has been sentenced to three years on probation after pleading no contest to unlawful possession of a firearm. Eric Crowl, 39, signed the plea Friday, Multnomah County court records show. As part […]

A review of Reboot Theatre’s production, on stage at the Inscape Arts Building through Nov. 19.

NEW YORK (AP) — More than one competition has tightened with the approach of Election Day. Anchors David Muir and Lester Holt are in the midst of a spirited competition for first place in television’s evening news ratings. After several years in second, ABC’s “World News Tonight” with Muir has lately pulled even with NBC’s […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court says a man who’s already served nearly two decades of a life sentence for a murder conviction is entitled to a new trial. An opinion published Monday reverses Elliot Sheard’s 1998 conviction in the stabbing death of Charles Elder. The court says critical parts of the trial transcript […]

Several Whitman College students have reported symptoms suggesting they may have been drugged during college parties the last two weeks.

MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities are investigating the theft of a 17th-century painting from an earthquake-damaged church, one of the first suspected victims of looting from last month’s quakes that have sent officials racing to recover priceless artworks before thieves and the elements get to them. The national police unit charged with protecting cultural treasures […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of spearheading a lottery scam that bilked at least 70 mostly elderly U.S. residents out of millions of dollars has been arrested in Jamaica, authorities said Monday. Lavrick Willocks, 27, was taken into custody Saturday after he was found hiding in a garden at a Kingston hotel, according […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers boosted their borrowing in September, a potential sign that recent job growth and wage gains have left them slightly more comfortable with holding debt. The Federal Reserve said Monday that total consumer borrowing rose $19.3 billion in September to $3.7 trillion outstanding. Consumer debt has climbed at an annual pace […]

The two were among 11 people arrested on Oct. 11 amid attempts to shut down oil pipelines in several states in solidarity with those protesting the Dakota Access pipeline project in North Dakota.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. counterintelligence official says secret government data is vulnerable to thieves, such as the National Security Agency insider accused of working undetected for 20 years to steal a large trove of classified material, even as he defends the security controls put in place after the Edward Snowden theft. “I believe […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request Monday from Ohio Democrats to issue an order aimed at preventing Donald Trump’s supporters from harassing or intimidating voters on Election Day. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that Ohio law already forbids voter intimidation. The case is part of a flurry of courtroom […]

Mathis will have surgery on his foot, UW coach Chris Petersen announces.

Arterial speeds in Central Seattle are 25 mph, while citywide, residential side streets have changed to a maximum 20 mph.

It’s not difficult to pinpoint the teams that have unexpectedly prospered or just as stunningly plummeted halfway through the 2016 season. Yep, we’re looking at you, Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals. Last January, you played for a spot in the Super Bowl. Right now, you’re hanging with the mediocrities (or worse) of the NFL. Nor […]

When voter Betsy Winsett cast an early ballot for Hillary Clinton, she did so with as much exhaustion as exhilaration. “I am so ready for this to be over,” Winsett, a semi-retired business owner in Del Mar, California, said. And though John Barnes, an Albuquerque, New Mexico, retiree, would disagree vehemently with her politics, he […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the International Monetary Fund is calling on governments and businesses to do more to promote the same business and economic opportunities for men and women and to fight discrimination that interferes with those goals. The fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, tells a Washington conference that ensuring equal pay and […]

A former Bothell High School teacher who faked a classroom attack pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors and will serve 20 days home detention and pay more than $17,000 in fines and restitution.

In Seattle in a case with national implications, environmentalists seek to force BNSF to cover coal-train loads.

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed campaign to take the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group is underway under the banner of the predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces (SDF). The coalition enjoys the backing of several Western militaries and is recognized by the U.S. as the most effective force fighting against the extremists, […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not attend a French conference aimed at resolving conflict with the Palestinians. Netanyahu’s emissaries stated his position on peace talks to French Envoy Pierre Vimont on Monday. His office said they told Vimont “true progress in the peace process … will come only through direct […]

Online jeweler Blue Nile has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital for nearly $500 million or $40.75 per share.

NEW YORK (AP) — Windstream is buying rival EarthLink for about $673 million in stock as internet service providers try to bulk up and cut costs with revenue under pressure. Revenue at EarthLink, which reported earnings as well Monday, fell 13 percent in the third quarter. Both companies provide internet service, cloud computing and other […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Online jeweler Blue Nile is being sold to a group of investors for $500 million in an all-cash deal. The Seattle-based company is being bought for $40.75 per share by funds managed by Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC. The deal marks a 33.9 percent premium to Blue Nile’s […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Reality star Audrina Patridge has tied the knot in Hawaii with her longtime boyfriend, BMX rider Corey Bohan. E! News has released photos of the ceremony, which it reports took place Saturday in a botanical garden overlooking the ocean. E! says about 100 people attended the wedding. Patridge and Bohan have a […]