Новости за 16.08.2018

BOSTON (AP) — A political cartoon published shortly after the Boston Tea Party is hitting the auction block. Heritage Auctions says the rare print celebrating the Dec. 16, 1773, act of rebellion is expected to fetch $24,000 in the Aug. 25 auction. The print is called “Liberty Triumphant or the Downfall of Oppression.” The copper-engraved […]

Two women suffered non life-threatening injuries.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two people are being treated for injuries in Missouri after entering a neighbor’s burning home to rescue a child. The St. Louis Fire Department says a blaze broke out Thursday afternoon at a home on the city’s south side. The department says two neighbors rescued a child and were injured when […]

LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — An Idaho woman has been convicted of shooting and killing her former boyfriend along a rural road in northwestern Montana. The Western News reports a Lincoln County jury on Wednesday found Sarah Carpenter guilty of deliberate homicide in the January 2017 death of 31-year-old Travis Gillett near the town of Yaak. […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police say two Minnesota beer deliverymen prevented a suicidal man from jumping off an interstate bridge in St. Paul by offering the man a Coors Light. Authorities say Jason Gable and Kwame Anderson were driving their truck Wednesday morning when they spotted the man clinging to the outer fence of […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The parents of a Louisiana State University freshman who died of alcohol intoxication after an alleged fraternity hazing ritual have filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against the university board, the fraternity and several of the fraternity’s members. Stephen and Rae Ann Gruver’s lawsuit on behalf of their son, Maxwell Gruver, […]

Same-store sales grew at 4 percent, the best performance for Nordstrom since 2015.

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University’s trustees have voted to remove the name of alumnus and Papa John’s founder John Schnatter from a business institute because of his use of a racial slur. The board voted 8-1 Thursday to remove the name from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and return money donated […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A perennial Vermont candidate secured the Republican nomination to run for at least five offices, including the U.S. House, in a strategy to preserve all but one of the slots for other GOP prospects in the largely Democratic state. In Tuesday’s primary, H. Brooke Paige, a semi-retired former newsstand business owner, […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump is the phantom of U.S. District Courtroom 900. His name has rarely been uttered during the two-week trial of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. References to his campaign and administration have slipped in only through carefully scrubbed exchanges. The Trump name has been so studiously avoided that when […]

Washington leads the way in a strong showing for the Pac-12 on the Hotline's preseason AP top-25 ballot. Another Pac-12 team cracks the top 10 ... Oregon?

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say a Boeing passenger plane from China skidded off a runway while landing amid a downpour at Manila’s airport and its passengers and crew were evacuated on emergency slides. Eric Apolonio, a spokesman of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, says the B737 aircraft veered off the runway […]

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s easy to forget that “Respect” wasn’t originally Aretha Franklin’s song. But the Queen of Soul sang it like it was made for her, and for only her. She transformed Otis Redding’s song into a classic worldwide anthem — especially for the feminist and civil rights movements — making it one of the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is considering a 2020 presidential run, says President Donald Trump has done “plenty of racist things” to divide the nation while failing to deliver on health care reform and other promises. The two-term Democratic mayor says his party needs to show the president is thin-skinned […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats say they’ll initiate a federal lawsuit if their requests for documents from Brett Kavanaugh’s days as a White House aide are denied. Republicans have released over 100,000 pages of the Supreme Court nominee’s documents. But they’ve refused to provide many others, including those from his three years as President George […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has warned that the latest U.S. sanctions against a Russian company accused by Washington of breaching international restrictions on North Korea could undermine denuclearization talks with Pyongyang. The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three companies from China, Russia and Singapore accused of helping North Korea dodge international sanctions. […]

GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — More than three decades after a black man died in a racially motivated killing in Georgia, two white men have been held accountable. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Bill Moore Sr. pleaded guilty to his involvement in the 1983 slaying of 23-year-old Timothy Coggins. Moore received a sentence of 30 years, […]

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek state TV says a passenger plane flying from Egypt to Germany with 250 passengers on board has made an unscheduled landing on the island of Crete after reporting a potential bomb threat. ERT TV said the German plane landed safely at the Souda military airport and all passengers and crew […]

MIAMI (AP) — Health officials are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles after three cases of the disease were reported in a Florida county, among more than 100 cases throughout the U.S. this year. Federal officials declared the contagious virus had been eliminated in the U.S. in 2000; however, infections […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Dez Bryant has stopped in to meet the Browns. The three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver arrived at the team’s headquarters on Thursday, and the free agent’s visit could lead to Bryant signing with Cleveland. Bryant posted a photo on Twitter signing autographs at Cleveland’s airport. The 29-year-old was released by Dallas after […]

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. looks as if he has fully recovered from ankle surgery. The New York Giants star receiver sounds like it, too. “Just to be back in the swing of things, I just feel like I’m back in love with what I’ve always loved,” he said Thursday. Giants coach […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump would cost about $92 million — more than three times the maximum initial estimate. The official — who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that haven’t been released yet — says about $50 million would […]

The Seahawks, like legions of other music fans, mourned Aretha Franklin's passing in their own way Thursday.

Here is why The Seattle Times editorial board did not join other newspapers in denouncing President Donald Trump's attacks on the free press.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An Iraqi man arrested in California is accused of being a former Islamic State fighter and killing a police officer in Iraq after he qualified to be resettled in the U.S. as part of a refugee program. The case has drawn attention amid criticism by the Trump administration of the vetting […]