Новости за 24.06.2018

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) — Mohamed Salah told Egypt team officials and teammates that he is considering retiring from international play because he is angry about being used as a political symbol while the World Cup squad was based in Chechnya, two people close to the player told The Associated Press. Salah said he was particularly […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran women’s college basketball official Rachelle Jones has died after a seven-year fight with cancer. Jones died June 18 in a hospital in the New York area. The 51-year-old had been one of the top referees for the past few years and was rewarded with her first Final Four in 2017. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe it’s not so easy after all. President Donald Trump’s struggles to push immigration legislation through Congress and his about-face on breaking up immigrant families are putting a spotlight on his competence in carrying out his policies. The fallout from Trump’s handling of the separation of immigrant children from their families, which […]

Chris Sale struck out 13 Mariners over seven shutout innings, but Marco Gonzales looked to give Seattle a chance for a while — until his outing fell apart in the fifth.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Daniel has formed well off Mexico’s Pacific coast, but forecasters say it’s not a threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) Sunday morning and was centered about 615 miles (990 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip […]

State officials warn that Washington could be in for a fire season that eclipses records set in 2015 and 2014. That means fire prevention needs to be on everyone’s mind — and not just on the east side of the state.

Women should have control of their own health and futures, including prevention of unplanned pregnancies.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Residents of a New Mexico Hispanic village near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test say they were long ignored about the lingering health effects and were expected to share their stories with Congress. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to testify Wednesday before […]

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — In the Texas town of McAllen, Central American asylum-seekers are being released and are dispersing across the U.S. That is admittedly only one snapshot of the unsettled situation along the nation’s southern border, where President Donald Trump’s reversal on separating families has sown chaos and uncertainty and there has been little […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Coming off a high-profile challenge of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, it seemed that Hawaii Lt. Gov. Doug Chin would parlay that name recognition into a U.S. House seat. U.S. Sen. Colleen Hanabusa is not running for re-election, and Chin — the state’s former attorney general — appeared to be the front-runner […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of anti-corruption protesters are demonstrating in cities around Romania for a fifth day after a court sentenced the country’s most powerful politician for official misconduct. Demonstrators waved Romanian and European Union flags Sunday outside the government offices and yelled “Down with the Social Democratic Party.” Party leader Liviu Dragnea was […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say an 18-year-old girl has died after colliding with a log truck on Highway 101 near Beaver. Law enforcement officials say Mikayla Michelle Howard was driving a 2003 Saab when it crossed into the other lane for an unknown reason on Friday morning. The car then hit a […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Partial results in Turkish state media have pro-Kurdish party poised to enter parliament, ruling party majority at risk.

About 50 people marched through downtown Seattle Saturday in the Washington Poor People’s Campaign demonstration, hosted in solidarity with a larger rally and march in Washington, D.C.

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — County commissions in central Idaho say they are moving forward with a plan to establish an in-house public defense office rather than continue contracting lawyers to provide representation for poor people caught in the criminal justice system. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that the Blaine County plan comes at a time […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Five restaurants in San Francisco have opened their kitchens for the first time to a program that allows refugees aspiring to be chefs to showcase their cuisines and culinary skills. The Refugee Food Festival kicked off in the city Tuesday with a woman who fled Myanmar presenting dishes from her homeland […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish president Erdogan is winning re-election with 56.5 percent of the vote and more than half of ballots counted.

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A group of citizens on the Kenai Peninsula Borough have launched a campaign to place a proposition on the October ballot raising the borough’s general sales tax rate by .5 percent. The Peninsula Clarion reports Linda Hutchings, of Soldotna, who filed the petition with the Kenai Peninsula Borough clerk’s office, says […]

LYONS, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating after a man was found dead in a pond near his home in Lyons. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the scene Saturday afternoon after the body was found. Detectives also responded to the scene because the circumstances of his death are […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of former U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall says he has died at age 89. Philippa Smith said Sunday that her father died Saturday at his home in Wilmot, New Hampshire. Hall was widely admired for his sharp humor and painful candor about nature, mortality, baseball and the distant past. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The dinosaurs still rule the box office. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” surpassed expectations to open with an estimated $150 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters over the weekend. While that total didn’t approach the record-breaking debut of 2015’s “Jurassic” reboot, it proved the franchise still roars loudly among […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli airline El Al is facing new allegations of discrimination after moving two female passengers under pressure from male ultra-Orthodox travelers who refused to sit next to women. In 2016, a similar case of discrimination was filed against the airline by a female passenger. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that asking a passenger […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka has cleared a key hurdle in his rehab program for strained right and left hamstrings, throwing 26 pitches in his first bullpen session. Tanaka, sidelined since getting hurt June 8 while running the bases in a game, threw before Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay. […]

It's Marco Gonzales against Chris Sale in a battle of lefties for breakfast. The Mariners are trying to win their series in Boston and secure a winning record in their stretch of games against teams above .500. Follow here for live updates, analysis and more from Fenway Park.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say government forces have advanced deeper into the southern province of Daraa under the cover of airstrikes, entering new villages. Syrian state news agency SANA said Sunday troops have made territorial gains in al-Lujat and other areas including the village of Jadal on the eastern edge of Daraa province […]