Новости за 13.05.2018

Bring the eruption of Mount St. Helens into your home with a cool candle set.

Joe and Teresa Graedon answer readers’ questions. This week: A reader considers zinc to combat facial hair.

Readers rant about unkind words, sweetened-beverage tax on prune juice, hostility to cars in the city, Olympic National Park goat removal, last game at KeyArena; rave about removing dealer license-plate holders, graffiti clean-up, help for wheelchair user, assistance after fall.

Among the season finales this week are “Genius Junior,” “Timeless” and “Silicon Valley.”

Nope. Blocking the reader was a reasonable next step after reasonable first step — asking reader not to send him group texts — was ignored.

“Magnolia Table” is the nation’s top nonfiction best-seller.

“A Higher Loyalty” is the local nonfiction best-seller.

Two men injured in the deadly 2014 crash of a KOMO-TV helicopter claim the news station and its aviation contractor are to blame for allowing a pilot who was not commercially certified to pilot a substitute chopper during the ill-fated flight.

Melinda Nichols, a carpenter since 1972 and longtime board member at the nonprofit that is developing and will operate this tiny village, thought a village specifically for women should be built by women.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The Niagara Falls Aquarium has started construction of a jellyfish exhibit that will be called “Aliens of the Sea.” The $440,000 project will let the aquarium permanently house jellyfish for the first time in its history. Plans call for about 100 jellyfish representing four species. They will swim in tanks […]

CANNES, France (AP) — A day after joining the 82 women protest at the Cannes Film Festival, Salma Hayek says change for women in Hollywood is already happening. In a conversation Sunday as part of the “Women in Motion” talk series at Cannes, Hayek said her production company is having trouble keeping up with the […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s spring moose survey is about to close. The public has been asked to submit photos of moose taken in New Hampshire from May 1 through May 15. The department monitors moose during the spring to evaluate tick loads. Images submitted should show one whole […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Groups that want to end Maine’s opioid crisis say a new state law will help reduce stigma by tweaking language in existing statute. The law removes references to terms like “substance abuse,” ”alcoholic” and “alcoholism” in Maine law. It replaces such words with “substance use disorder” and a “person with substance […]

NORWICH, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont town of Norwich has hired a local man as the community’s new fire chief. Town officials say Alexander Northern will take over for Steve Leinoff, who stepped down in March after 40 years of firefighting. The Valley News reports Northern has worked in fire service since the late 1970s, […]

The 46-year-old former hedge-fund manager took some risks to turn around the Indian e-commerce startup. That’s now paid off in a big way.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad indicated Sunday that his government will keep a controversial law banning fake news that he once slammed as a tool to curb dissent. The law, which was rushed through parliament last month ahead of last week’s general election, carries a stiff penalty of up […]

A referee selected by FIFA to go to the World Cup has been placed under investigation in Saudi Arabia and prevented from taking charge off a cup final. Fahad Al Mirdasi was due to referee the King’s Cup final on Saturday before being referred to administrative investigators, the Saudi Football Federation said. The federation statement […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A group of eight Nepalese Sherpa guides reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday, fixing ropes and clearing paths for other climbers to begin their ascent to the peak, a government official said. The guides were among the first climbers to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit this spring climbing season, […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say that they have recovered the bodies of two miners killed when an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland last week, bringing the death toll to four. The Jastrzebie Coal Company said Sunday that the two had been found after many days of rescue efforts. One […]

What passes for morality in the modern era is often reduced to an obsessive concern over what happens in other people’s bedrooms. But morality isn’t small. It is the very large question of how we treat one another and care for one another.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants attacked a provincial government building in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least nine people, officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, said a suicide car bomb exploded outside the building, which belongs to the provincial finance directorate. The attackers then stormed the building, trading […]

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say slain Paris knife attacker born in Chechnya in 1997, his parents detained for questioning.

Four Storm players scored in double figures as Seattle beat the host Phoenix Mercury 84-61 to close out the WNBA exhibition season Saturday night.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s election commission says the results of the first national vote since declaring victory over the Islamic State group are expected within two days. The vote Saturday saw a record low turnout, with 44 percent of eligible voters casting ballots. No election since 2003 has had turnout below 60 percent. More than […]

Megan Rapinoe battered Sky Blue FC with seven shots on goal, scoring twice in the Reign’s 4-1 win at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.