Новости за 04.07.2018

LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams’ recent marriage has shined a spotlight on one of Wimbledon’s many quirky traditions. Suddenly “Miss Williams” has become “Mrs. Williams” in the words of chair umpires — a small change that has led to bigger-picture questions about whether the All England Club is too old-fashioned. Only the women at the […]

LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams’ recent marriage has shined a spotlight on one of Wimbledon’s many quirky traditions. Suddenly “Miss Williams” has become “Mrs. Williams” in the words of chair umpires — a small change that has led to bigger-picture questions about whether the All England Club is too old-fashioned. Only the women at the […]

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The Costa Rica soccer federation says national team coach Oscar Ramirez is out after the team’s disappointing performance at the World Cup. Federation president Rodolfo Villalobos said Wednesday that Ramirez’s contract has run out and won’t be renewed. Costa Rica compiled a record of 9 wins, 6 ties and […]

Several people also hung a banner from the Statue of Liberty's pedestal calling for abolishing ICE.

No active player has been more successful against the Mariners than the Angels' Mike Trout. Which gives Mariners manager Scott Servais a difficult decision to make several times a game.

No active player has been successful against the Mariners than Trout.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A pug named Guido is back at home more than a month after his owner’s car was stolen with the dog inside. The reunion happened thanks to an anonymous tip called into Florida’s Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Spokesman Danny Alvarez said in a news release that Donald Murray’s car was stolen […]

ST HELENS, Ore. (AP) — The man accused of killing the police chief of a small Oregon town in 2011 has been found fit to stand trial for aggravated murder. Daniel Butts, of Kalama, Wash., could face the death penalty if convicted of fatally shooting 55-year-old Ralph Painter, the police chief of Rainier. KOIN-TV reports […]

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — How did the alligator cross the road? With some help from police officers in South Carolina. Beaufort County deputies helped direct traffic Friday after the 8-foot (2.5-meter) alligator was seen walking around construction equipment and rubble piles near a road project on Hilton Head Island. The scene attracted a […]

Wade LeBlanc powered the Mariners to a 4-1 win over the Angels on Tuesday. Can Marco Gonzales get them win No. 9 on the Fourth of July?

BERLIN (AP) — A group of city counselors in Munich say they want the southern German city’s main train station to have a landing pad for flying taxis. Five city council members from the Christian Social Union party submitted a motion Wednesday calling on rail company Deutsche Bahn to consider the space needed for flying […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police near Cincinnati say the mother of a 10-month-old girl sat her down in a car seat on a driveway and then apparently forgot she was there and backed a vehicle over the child, who later died. Police say it appears to be a tragic accident that occurred midday Tuesday in Union […]

A guard from the King County Jail shot and wounded a prisoner – a murder suspect –Wednesday morning at Eighth Avenue and Yesler Way, after the prisoner escaped from Harborview Medical Center. The prisoner’s injuries are not considered life-threatening. He is being treated at Harborview. The jail guard was not hurt. The prisoner had been […]

A suspect is being treated at Harborview Medical Center after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning at Eighth Avenue and Yesler Way, according to Seattle police. It was not immediately clear for which law-enforcement agency the officer works. The department tweeted that no officers were injured. This is a developing story. This post will be updated […]

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio truck driver was killed in a fiery explosion when two tractor-trailers collided on Interstate 84 in southern Idaho. The Idaho Transportation Department says all lanes of I-84 east of Twin Falls have reopened following Tuesday’s collision that sent a massive plume of smoke into the air […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mother of a girl at the center of a medical and religious debate over brain death says she doesn’t regret moving from California to New Jersey so her daughter could receive care after being declared dead. Nailah Winkfield told reporters Tuesday that she gave up everything for daughter Jahi McMath, […]

The woman crossed both lanes of traffic on foot, trying to retrieve some belongings.

HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy rains that flooded some Houston streets on July Fourth are expected to subside. National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Blood says the rains should subside by mid-afternoon. Blood says the city saw heavy rainfall early Wednesday morning that led to 1 to 2 feet (0.3 to 0.6 meters) of water collecting on […]

NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia restaurant owner says he is investigating after an employee called 911 on an African-American family who had stopped for dinner during a vacation. WSB-TV reports that Felicia and Othniel Dobson of North Carolina on Monday had stopped for dinner at a Subway in Newnan with their four children, ages […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say two visiting New York first responders helped save a 3-year-old girl who was drowning in a hotel swimming pool. WFTV in Orlando reports that New York State Trooper Matthew Colwell and Jessica Campeta, a firefighter from Hudson, New York, pulled the child from the deep end […]

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Guatemala have raised by more than 130 the number of people officially missing from last month’s deadly eruption of the Volcano of Fire. The country’s disaster agency says in a statement that the new figure is 332, up from 197 previously. It said Wednesday that the revision followed a […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is promising that jobless youths, the elderly and Mexico’s business sector will be the biggest beneficiaries of his first year in office. Lopez Obrador is pledging to pay the salaries of apprentices employed by Mexican companies as part of a $5 billion packages of scholarships […]

Rescuers pulled a kayaker from the Skykomish River on Tuesday night after the man was caught in rough water. Fellow kayakers were able to reach the man after he was carried downstream out of the dangerous patch of water near Gold Bar, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. The rescuers also performed CPR. Related […]

MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a well-known Moses Lake man who called plays for high-school sporting events has died in a bicycle collision. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says 89-year-old Robert “Mel” Olson, of Moses Lake, was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle inside a trailer park Tuesday afternoon. Olson […]

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