Новости за 21.08.2018

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Harris, who starred in films including “Nashville” and “Freaky Friday,” has died. She was 83. Longtime friend Charna Halpern says Harris died early Tuesday of lung cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona. Harris was among the performers in the first cast of Chicago’s Second City and was a Broadway star in the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-Trump attorney Cohen pleads guilty to charges involving hush money, calls it coordinated effort to influence election.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-Trump attorney Cohen pleads guilty to charges, including campaign finance violations involving payoffs to women .

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Iowa official says suspect in custody in Mollie Tibbetts’ death being held on federal immigration detainer.

Power buns are starting to pop up around Memorial Stadium. At least that’s what Jasmyne Spencer calls the signature style where she wraps her hair in dual knots atop her head with a headband of her own design for Seattle Reign FC game-days. Young soccer fans have mimicked the look that’s as eye-catching as the […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s governor is standing by his comments over the weekend that he’d support a ban on some semiautomatic weapons such as the AR-15 rifle. Steve Bullock said in a news conference Tuesday that gun violence should be looked at as a public health crisis and that he wants a conversation on […]

Thousands of Muslims from Puget Sound gathered at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center to celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges; mistrial declared on 10 others.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Almost all trains in and around Amsterdam and its busy airport have been halted by a problem with one of the rail operator’s traffic management systems, stranding thousands of passengers. The system crashed at the end of Tuesday afternoon and again later in the evening after the initial problem had […]

Senior running back Myles Gaskin and junior safety Taylor Rapp garnered first-team honors while sophomore cornerback Byron Murphy was named a second-team All-American.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal air marshal was removed from a United Airlines flight in Minneapolis after a flight attendant mistook him for a gun-carrying passenger. The Transportation Safety Administration says the marshal was apprehended along with another marshal after Flight 3531 landed Monday night at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. According to the agency, the […]

The singer-actor has listed the home, built in 2016, for $4.25 million.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors with the special counsel’s office say President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn is not yet ready to be sentenced. The joint filing with defense lawyers Tuesday is a sign that Flynn’s cooperation with investigators is continuing. Flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about his […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The chairman of Romania’s ruling party has called a recent anti-corruption protest that left 450 people injured an attempted coup d’etat. Speaking for the first time since the Aug. 10 protest, Liviu Dragnea told Antena 3 channel late Tuesday: “I saw an attempted coup to overthrow the government.” Riot police used […]

“Tom Varner & Friends: End of Summer Sound Vespers” might be a mouthful of a title. But it’s a pretty good handle for the aural environments Varner and diverse collaborators create this time of year for unorthodox improvisation.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s currency is falling against the U.S. dollar, continuing a slide fueled by uncertainty ahead of presidential elections. The real fell below $0.25 on Tuesday. It has lost about 20 percent of its value against the American currency in the past year. The last time it was so weak against the […]

Hiking in the wilderness means accepting some amount of risk. But with these best practices from folks versed in search and rescue operations and trail advocacy, you can stay safe and enjoy the Pacific Northwest's wild places.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, on Tuesday reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women on behalf of Trump, a deal that does not include cooperation with federal authorities, two people familiar with the matter said. Cohen is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts of bank and tax […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer accused of being Golden State Killer will be tried in Sacramento County on more than a dozen murders committed up and down the state that terrorized residents during the 1970s and ’80s. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas says Sacramento County was chosen due to the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — AP source: Donald Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen reaches plea deal in New York financial fraud case.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon program will honor the state’s oldest farms in continuous operation at a ceremony this weekend, including two farms that have been tilled for 150 years. The awards reported on by the Capital Press also include a dozen farming operations that are a century old. The farms to be honored […]

Amazon will occupy the soon-to-be-former Expedia headquarters in downtown Bellevue beginning in 2020. The tower will give Amazon room for a total of about 4,500 workers in the city.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A murder trial has begun for an Arkansas man accused of firing his gun into another driver’s car and killing a 3-year-old boy who was in the back seat. Gary Eugene Holmes is charged with first-degree murder in the December 2016 death of Acen King. The boy’s grandmother says she […]

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Ashland City Council is considering updating its policies to allow ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft within city limits. The Daily Tidings reported Tuesday that Uber reached out to the small city and asked it to consider a policy similar to nearby Medford’s because the two cities are so […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s transgender gubernatorial candidate says she’s been getting a steady stream of death threats and other personal attacks since her candidacy began to gain traction. Christine Hallquist, who won Vermont’s Democratic gubernatorial primary last week, says the threats began before the primary when people across the country and the world started […]