Новости за 25.12.2016

DALLAS (AP) — Dozens of Fort Worth and Arlington pastors say the recent arrest of a black mother and her two teenage daughters by a white officer was racist despite other characterizations from city officials. The pastors gathered on Christmas Eve at Beth Eden Baptist Church to ask the black community to remain calm while […]

Gift cards are a popular present at the holidays — the National Retail Federation says more than half of consumers plan to give one this year. But they aren’t always wanted — research organization CEB TowerGroup estimates that $1 billion of the $130 billion spent on gift cards last year went unused. It could be […]

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state news agency says the state prosecutor has ordered the arrest of an Al-Jazeera TV news producer for “fabricating reports” on the country’s internal situation with the aim of harming national security and sedition against the state. MENA, quoting an Interior Ministry statement, said Sunday State Security arrested Mahmoud Hussein Gomaa. […]

People’s Pharmacy also answers reader queries on magnesium for leg cramps and a low-carbohydrate diet to help control blood sugar.

A team of University of Washington engineering students is competing in an international challenge to design a hyperloop pod — part of an effort to develop the dream of a ground-based transportation system that would go more than 700 miles an hour.

“I’m not going to play the victim,” said 18-year-old Noel Woods, a former foster child who is looking ahead to college with the help of Treehouse, a nonprofit that benefits from The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy. “What my past was isn’t who I am today.”

LONDON (AP) — It took police units, police dogs and a helicopter to control a massive Christmas morning brawl in the town of Woking, England. Police said four people were arrested in a fight that broke out early on Christmas morning and involved as many as 100 people in the town located 25 miles (40 […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel pressed forward with promises of retaliation and damage control Sunday following a U.N. vote last week on an anti-settlement resolution that passed thanks to an abstention by the U.S., Israel’s close ally. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it began summoning the ambassadors of countries who voted in favor of the resolution, including […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Thousands of people in the German town of Augsburg have left Christmas presents and decorations behind after being forced to evacuate while authorities disarm a World War II bomb. The bomb was uncovered last week during construction work in the city’s historic central district. Police say Christmas Day is the best […]

BEIJING (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks workshop in a rural area of northern China has killed or left missing eight people and injured 16, state media reported Sunday. The explosion Saturday afternoon destroyed the workshop and damaged about a dozen homes in Yanzihe village in Hebei province, according to the official Xinhua News […]

BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — For the 300 Christians who braved wind and rain to attend Christmas’s Eve Mass in their hometown, the ceremony evoked both holiday cheer and grim reminders of the war raging around their northern Iraqi town, and the distant prospect of moving back home. Displaced when the Islamic State group seized their […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says that at least two Afghan civilians were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Laghman province. Sarhadi Zwak, spokesman for the Laghman provincial governor, said the attack took place early Sunday morning near a shrine in Mihterlam, the provincial capital. No group has so far claimed responsibility […]

SANDRINGHAM, England (AP) — A heavy cold is keeping Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England. It is extremely rare for Elizabeth to miss the service, which is a cornerstone of the royal family’s Christmas celebrations and brings the monarch into contact with […]

TORONTO (AP) — A 10-year-old girl died has died after falling ill aboard a trans-Atlantic Air Canada flight. The airline says Toronto-to-London flight AC868 diverted to Shannon, Ireland, on Saturday after the child suffered a medical problem. Air Canada says a doctor and a nurse were on board the plane and helped the flight crew […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will dissolve his charitable foundation before taking office to avoid conflicts of interest. The Democratic Party says that’s not enough and is calling for the billionaire businessman to put his assets in a blind trust. The New York attorney general’s office has been investigating […]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Jay Ajayi’s legs and Andrew Franks’ foot powered the Miami Dolphins a step closer to their first playoff berth since 2008. Now the Dolphins will spend Christmas Day hoping the Kansas City Chiefs can ensure Miami a postseason spot by beating the Denver Broncos. Coach Adam Gase and his Dolphins […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The resurgent Green Bay Packers moved one win away from another NFC North title. The Minnesota Vikings headed home to stew about missing the playoffs and wasting a 5-0 start to the season. Looking again like a Super Bowl contender, the Packers won their fifth straight game on Saturday by […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time, Hue Jackson stood in front of the Browns as a winner. Through the injuries, the losses, the negativity and the late-night jokes, his team had stuck together. And as the Browns huddled around him in the postgame locker room, Cleveland’s first-year coach desperately wanted to make a point. […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans delivered their worst performance of the year at the most inopportune time. The Jacksonville Jaguars played their best game much later than anyone expected. The result was a 38-17 drubbing that left the Titans (8-7) and Jaguars (3-12) considering what might have been. Blake Bortles played without pressure, […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — When the final whistle blew, both the Indianapolis Colts and Oakland Raiders felt like they lost. The scoreboard told the story for the Colts, who were eliminated from playoff contention with the 33-25 loss to Oakland on Saturday. The pain for the Raiders might have been even worse. Quarterback Derek Carr […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Jadeveon Clowney can’t wait for his first career playoff appearance after missing Houston’s postseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs last season with a foot injury. “It’s going to be great,” he said. “I was mad last year. I missed it and I was real upset I couldn’t get out there with […]

In one city, a win felt a lot like a loss. In another, the losers finally figured out how to win. The Oakland Raiders stayed in the hunt for home-field advantage through the playoffs, but their 33-25 victory over the Colts came at a cost. Their quarterback, Derek Carr, was carted off the field with […]

CHICAGO (AP) — It’ll be a white Christmas for the northern Plains and some Western states, but it’s likely to cause troublesome travel. Forecasters cautioned drivers to keep alternate routes in mind and prepare for possible delays. Southern California even got a dose of snow, with about 2 inches falling in a mountainous region about […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies are quoting the Defense Ministry as saying that a Russian military plane with 91 people aboard has disappeared from radar. The ministry says the Tu-155 disappeared over the Black Sea minutes after it took off from the resort town of Sochi on Sunday.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said. State media said it is the first time that the Liaoning, which was commissioned by the Chinese navy in 2012, has headed to “distant sea waters.” The Western Pacific region stretches from […]