Новости за 17.08.2018

Built in 1956, the shaker-sided home is set behind gates and tall hedges.

Patrick Marshall answers your personal technology questions each week.

Smith re-signed in March, expected to play a key role in the Seahawks' pass rush rotations in 2018.

SALEM, Ore. — A climate prediction report issued by the National Weather Service says Oregon will remain hot, dry and smoky well into autumn this year. The Statesman Journal reports Friday that forecast in the report released this week means that the state’s existing drought could get worse. The U.S. Drought Monitor says that most […]

Kudos for printing the article “A class in unlearning racism.” Two news stories from early August out of California about attacks on Sikh men are among many I can cite and to which I can relate: Two teens, including the son of a police chief who said his family was “shaken to the core” by […]

On Thursday, the alarm awoke me with music. With the first note, I recognized her voice. With the second, I knew. With the next, a sob convulsed, then immobilized me. Aretha Franklin was gone. Her power and grace moved me. They were given forth, spread outward, generous. Her spirit was uplifting and accessible. Aretha, whose […]

Thank you for publishing Lucinda George Simpson’s beautifully written opinion piece full of wisdom. Now is the time for all of us to take Tahlequah’s heartbreak and turn it into action. Will we change the way we live on this planet before it’s too late? How many more species will we cast into the abyss […]

Who's the cleanest coach in the country? In terms of recruiting and the program he runs, coaches surveyed around the country said Chris Petersen. Absent from the list? A single SEC coach.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The families of two men who were fatally stabbed on a Portland light-trail train have reached an agreement on how to divide a contested portion of the $1.6 million raised by supporters. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports on Friday that lawyers for the families of Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche wrangled for […]

Left-wing counterprotest groups, including Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party, are planning to stage an afternoon rally to "unite against fascism."

Books have become a decorating statement for their looks, not for their content.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A woman whose same-sex partner’s biological daughter was killed in a New Jersey traffic accident can seek damages for emotional distress even though she and the other woman weren’t married or in a civil union. An appeals court issued that ruling on Friday, reversing a lower court’s decision. The 2-year-old was […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stan Lee’s restraining order against a former business manager has been extended for three years. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved the move Friday, ordering Keya Morgan to stay away from the Marvel Comics mogul and his family. The order makes permanent a previous temporary restraining order Lee’s lawyers had […]

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. says his return to his championship-winning race team is dependent on sponsorship. Truex is locked in a fierce battle with former NASCAR champions Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick in his push to defend last year’s Cup Series title. His Furniture Row Racing team is in the mix even […]

A brush fire north of Everett has caused a 5-mile backup on southbound Interstate 5, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. All lanes have reopened after Everett and Marysville fire crews blocked two lanes to put out the fire near 15th Street. Drivers are backed up on I-5 through Marysville, and the State […]

Get out your music player and put on “Chain of Fools.” For goodness sake, put on “Respect.” Do that, and you will understand why she was called — with no hint of irony or crass showbiz hokum — the Queen of Soul.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Judge in Manafort trial says he’s received threats, won’t reveal jurors’ names over fears for their safety.

Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said there is “no factual evidence today that we’ve received” on collusion or conspiracy between Russia and President Donald Trump’s campaign. But he said he’s still open on the issue and the investigation isn’t finished.

The most memorable campaign event I attended in 2016 was a rally for John Kasich in Rhode Island. The participants seemed the cream of the middle class — many old-fashioned small-business Republicans as my father was. The Ohio governor spoke on the benefits of not being angry with everyone all the time. His prescriptions were […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. held steady at 1,057 this week. At this time a year ago there were 946 active rigs. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported Friday that 869 rigs drilled for oil this week and 186 for gas. Two were […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s prime minister has defended the use of force by riot police during a violent anti-government protest that left more than 450 people injured. Prime Minister Viorica Dancila sent a letter to EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday in which she alleged that other politicians, including President Klaus Iohannis, had […]

Steve Spurrier Jr. brings a well-known name and a lot of coaching experience to his new job as WSU's outside receivers coach. He reunites with coach Mike Leach as the two coached together in 1999.

For new Seattle Times social-justice columnist Tyrone Beason, history — his own and that of the community that shaped him — serves as the foundation for his views on the issues we face today.

ATHOL, Idaho (AP) — Wildlife officials in northern Idaho have trapped and relocated a young grizzly bear that was reportedly raiding chicken coops and damaging sprinkler heads near the small town of Athol. Idaho Department of Fish and Game regional conservation officer Craig Walker told the Coeur d’Alene Press that the bear was seen roaming […]

CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni minister has accused rival Houthi rebels of storming a warehouse used by the World Food Program to store humanitarian aid in the war-torn Red Sea port city of Hodeida. Abdel-Raqeeb Fateh, the minister of local administration, said in a statement on Friday that the Houthis have turned the WFP warehouse […]