Новости за 05.07.2018

LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a boat crashed into a Lake Erie breakwater after a northeast Ohio fireworks show, killing a husband and wife and slightly injuring the man’s 10-year-old grandson. The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram reports the U.S. Coast Guard says the accident occurred around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near Lorain. Both the husband and wife […]

ANSON, Maine (AP) — Police say a Maine motorcyclist who spent almost 11 hours stranded in the woods following a crash has been found. The Morning Sentinel reports 52-year-old David Gorey was found yelling for help before 7 a.m. Wednesday in Anson. Gorey was lying in the woods and was located by a couple that […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel analyst Brit Hume has deleted a Fourth of July tweet that suggested Democrats “sure don’t love” America. Hume had referred to a Gallup poll that said 47 percent of Americans say they were “extremely proud” to be Americans. Among Democrats, 32 percent of poll respondents said this. Hume […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is demanding that Congress “FIX OUR INSANE IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW!” Trump, who just weeks ago said Republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after November’s elections, says in tweets Thursday that, “Congress must pass smart, fast and reasonable Immigration Laws now.” Trump says the country’s current immigration […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Vandals broke windows, smashed electronics and knocked holes in walls at an Anchorage-area elementary school, causing about $100,000 in damage, authorities said. Anchorage police responded to an alarm at the Alpenglow Elementary School in Eagle River on Saturday night, finding extensive vandalism on the campus, the Alaska Star reported . The […]

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week with the benchmark 30-year rate slipping for the fifth time in the past six weeks. This week Last week Year ago 30-year fixed 4.52 4.55 3.96 15-year fixed 3.99 4.04 3.22 5-year adjustable 3.74 3.87 3.21

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A teenage boy who allegedly set off fireworks and threw them at people attending Fourth of July festivities in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges. Police officers saw the 16-year-old throwing the fireworks Wednesday night. Pennsylvania state law prohibits minors from possessing fireworks and setting them off within 150 feet of any structure. […]

Two July Fourth boating accidents in the mid-Atlantic sent numerous children into the water, though no injuries were reported in either incident. Authorities say five children were among eight people thrown overboard Wednesday afternoon when an overloaded boat traveling too fast hit a wave left by a passing ferry off the coast of Rhode Island. […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The National Weather Service says the Fourth of July in Houston was the wettest on record as heavy rain inundated streets, parks and other places. NWS meteorologist Molly Merrifield said Thursday that the official July Fourth rain total for Houston, recorded at Bush Intercontinental Airport, was 4.19 inches (10.6 centimeters). But she […]

EUSTIS, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in Florida fatally shot a man who they say was holding two hostages inside a home. The shooting happened Thursday morning in Eustis, near Orlando. News outlets are reporting that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office assisted Eustis Police in response to a call about an armed man barricaded inside […]

Nature is under pressure at this urban oasis, where fewer shorebirds now live around Union Bay, yet it still sustains hope.

The market opened in 1907, a year or two after this ‘Then’ photo was taken, in an area to the south, where middlemen operated. They were known as ‘sharks’ by farmers and grocers.

Revisiting an urban oasis to check on nature — and our role in it.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Police say six people were wounded when someone fired into a crowd near the oceanfront in Virginia Beach. Police spokeswoman Tonya Pierce tells news outlets that it happened early Thursday. She says the four men and two women are all in their 20s and 30s and were taken to a […]

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl and a teacher who were shot at a suburban Indianapolis school in May smiled and waved to crowds lining streets in their community while serving as the grand marshals for its July Fourth parade. Ella Whistler was shot seven times in the May 25 attack. She wore a […]

Mona Hanna-Attisha’s account of the disaster reads both as a detective story and as an exposé of government corruption in her book “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance and Hope in an American City.”

The timeless, go-anywhere pieces you'll want to wear every day.

You know Whistler, B.C., as a resort town. But with support for disabled athletes and a strong LGBTQ presence, it’s also on the cutting edge of inclusive outdoors programming.

The retail giant is selling new menu items meant to appeal to more health-conscious shoppers, but there's no sign its long-standing dog deal is going away.

"There's no silver bullet" to end chronic absenteeism, but a simple "nudge" letter has shown real success in reducing truancy. It's working in Tacoma, and it's caught the interest of the Seattle Housing Authority, which houses 10 percent of Seattle's public-school students.

LOPEZ ISLAND, San Juan County – “Island time” is what you come to appreciate once you get off the ferry and feel your heart slow as you encounter the first passing cars whose drivers wave as you go by. It’s what you experience as you wait — and maybe wait some more — while the […]

Ottessa Moshfegh’s deceptively titled novel shows she is a master of detail, and also a keen observer of the social norms her main character goes to extremes to avoid. However, none of this feels very new. She will be at Elliott Bay Book Co. on July 13.

Friday Comedy Derek Sheen, 8 p.m., Laughs; $15. Related Story » Steve Martin and Martin Short come to Seattle for ‘An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life’ Ian Karmel, 7:30 and 10 p.m., Parlor Live; $25-$30. Moshie Kasher Live, 8 p.m., Columbia City Theater; sold out. Punchline Comedy, 9 p.m., Jai […]

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