Новости за 11.09.2018

Paul Winterstein escaped the smoky air in Seattle by heading to Lake Ozette, where he captured this shot on the water.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's post-mortem of the 2016 presidential election and Tom Hanks' debut fiction collection are among the paperbacks out this month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling the U.S. government’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico “incredibly successful” even though a recent federal report found that nearly 3,000 people died. Trump said Tuesday during a briefing on a Category 4 hurricane approaching the Eastern Seaboard that last year’s hurricane in Puerto Rico was […]

The U.S. military faces a dual mission this week: help some of the millions of civilians in the path of Hurricane Florence and brace for what could be a devastating blow at bases on the East Coast. The storm is projected to make landfall somewhere in the Carolinas on Thursday, bringing flooding, storm surge and […]

Tilray, the Canadian pot supplier that is majority-owned by Seattle’s Privateer Holdings, this past week soared to new levels that made it one of the year’s fastest rising IPOs.

CHICAGO (AP) — Striking Chicago hotel workers spent a fifth day on picket lines as the walkout grew to 26 downtown hotels. Some visitors say hotels have scrambled to clean rooms and check in guests. The strike has targeted large chains including Hyatt, Hilton and Marriott. The Chicago Tribune reports employees at the Cambria Chicago […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho anglers and hunters not only have to contend with elusive fish and wildlife, now even their licenses and tags are vanishing. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a statement Tuesday says some licenses and tags have fading print and are turning into blank pieces of paper. Fish and […]

This plum tart is a dessert of a shyer order, less ostentatious than its flashy friends.

DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) — A suspect was detained Tuesday after reports of a possible active shooter at a hospital near Los Angeles. But authorities said there were no injuries, and it wasn’t immediately clear if there was a shooting. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and Downey police officers were methodically searching a medical office building […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman tells The Associated Press the league is complying with a judge’s order by entering mediation with former players in a bid to settle a concussion lawsuit. Bettman, however, downplayed the significance of the talks, saying the NHL is following the judge’s request and the league’s position has […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Just months ago, disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to the real-word scenario now unfolding on the East Coast. A fictional “Hurricane Cora” barreled into southeast Virginia and up the Chesapeake Bay to strike Washington, D.C., in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s scenario. The result was catastrophic damage. […]

Four presidential campaigns. Eight congressional elections. The longest war in U.S. history. A look at how the tragedy affected American politics and leaders.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials say a U.S. District Court judge made a legal error and should reverse his ruling that Idaho violated the U.S. Constitution by forcing several landowners to sell their natural gas and oil to a Texas company. The Idaho attorney general’s office in documents filed Monday says Chief U.S. District […]

Detectives say they recovered a drywall handsaw next to the body of a 43-year-old Stanwood man who was shot and killed by a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy responding to a report of a domestic-violence assault early Sunday. The Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART) said the deputy was one of three responding to a […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The attorney for a Pennsylvania officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager as he fled a traffic stop has asked the judge in the case to recuse himself. Attorney Patrick Thomassey, who represents East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld, asked Judge Anthony Mariani Tuesday during a pre-trial hearing […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Sao Paulo mayor has replaced ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as presidential candidate: Party officials.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is referencing hurricanes to describe the “challenging election” that Senate Republicans are facing. The Kentucky Republican says the “wind’s going to be in our face, we don’t know if it’s going to be Category 3, 4 or 5.” He named nine states, including Tennessee and Indiana, […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican: Pope to meet with head of US bishops’ conference on Thursday over sex abuse, cover-up scandal.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man sentenced to death in 1999 for killing an Arkansas family in a plot to set up a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest wants a new trial. Danny Lee’s attorneys say in documents filed Monday in Little Rock federal court that prosecutors illegally failed to tell defense attorneys […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An investigation revealed that a truck driver who authorities say caused a crash that killed him and three Idaho airmen had more than 20 traffic violations in several states. The Idaho Statesman reports the National Transportation Safety Board says Illya Tsar was driving a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer east on Interstate 84 […]

In August the backlog of unfinished airplanes around the plant grew by just half a dozen aircraft, an improvement over July.

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Jurors have heard opening statements in the death-penalty trial of an Army staff sergeant charged with killing his wife and a police officer who responded to the scene on her first shift. Two other officers were also seriously injured in the February 2016 shooting in Woodbridge, Virginia. Staff Sgt. Ronald Hamilton […]

As Hurricane Florence churns toward the East Coast with catastrophic power, the storm has become a reminder of how vulnerable North Carolina’s coast is. Vast amounts of new development now stand on the shifting sands of barrier islands there, amid the rising waters of climate change. Except for a few short stretches, the state is […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska says it’s settled a lawsuit with the city of Palmer that alleged officers wrongfully detained a Peruvian man over his immigration status. In exchange for dropping his lawsuit, Alex Caceda (kuh-SAY’-duh) received $50,000 in compensation, a written apology from the city, and changes to […]

The Republican congressional majority is on the line this November, yet the president doesn't seem to care much. Each time he appears to assuage GOP leaders' concerns by moderating his position, he says something a day or two later more strongly in favor of a shutdown.