Новости за 26.09.2018

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested Kansas congressional race acknowledged Wednesday that claims he made on the campaign trail about starting and expanding a small business in the Middle East are not accurate. Steve Watkins, who is running against Democrat Paul Davis for the 2nd District seat in eastern Kansas, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleven Republican men will soon judge the credibility of a woman accusing President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault. An extraordinary moment years in the making, never before has the GOP’s woman problem been more exposed. Thursday’s showdown in the Senate Judiciary Committee comes six weeks before the 2018 midterm […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals does not violate women’s constitutional abortion rights. Wednesday’s 2-1 ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals notes a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down an admitting privileges law […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Japan announced Wednesday they will open negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement between the world’s first- and third-largest economies. It’s a significant shift by Tokyo which has been a strong advocate of a multi-nation trans-Pacific trade pact that President Donald Trump withdrew from soon after taking office. […]

The 55-year-old woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center, and is in stable condition.

TORONTO (AP) — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander had never before been in a conference room to celebrate winning a division title. Verlander and the Astros clinched their second straight AL West championship just after 2 a.m. Wednesday when Seattle beat visiting Oakland 10-8 in 11 innings on pinch-hitter Chris Herrman’s home run. The Twitter […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco official says $2 billion transit center closed over cracked support beam has second beam showing cracking.

Cantwell announced late Tuesday that she would attend an Oct. 8 debate at PLU — but there's no event planned for that date.

The settlement is part of a 50-state resolution over the data breach, which became public late last year.

Health department investigators visited the store's deli four times over the course of about six weeks starting in early August this year, each time recording "inconsistent" hand washing and "improper" cleaning of surfaces that touched food.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee have released the names of three officers who are part of an investigation into a man’s shooting. The Memphis Police Department said Wednesday that 26-year-old Officer Jamarcus Jeames shot 25-year-old Martavious Banks on Sept. 17. Police say Banks was driving a car that was stopped by officers, who […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A district attorney is indefinitely postponing plans to seek grand jury indictments against five adults detained in August on suspicion of child neglect at a ramshackle compound in northern New Mexico. Toas-area District Attorney Donald Gallegos said Wednesday that plans to convene a grand jury this week were canceled in […]

The Rocket Man brings his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour to Seattle-Tacoma next fall.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida deputy shot and wounded a woman as she tried to attack her ex-boyfriend with a knife. A Polk County Sheriff’s Office news release says 25-year-old Lindsay Collins was hospitalized Tuesday night in critical but stable condition. Officials say a deputy responded to a Winter Haven home […]

Mount Si was No. 2 in the Class 4A poll last week, but Union of Vancouver took over the top spot after Graham-Kapowsin was upset last week.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government estimates that 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, revealed the total in an interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — US government estimates 80,000 died of flu and flu complications last winter — highest toll in at least 4 decades.

ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Atlanta say a man stole credit cards and IDs from eight cars before he fell asleep in one of them and got arrested. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets in a statement that 23-year-old Timothy Zacharie was arrested Tuesday after a deputy found him sleeping inside […]

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — A movie sequel to Stephen King’s horror classic “The Shining” has begun filming on the Georgia coast. Filmmakers set up vehicles including large RVs, a tent, beach chairs, a picnic table and a fire pit on the beach at St. Simons Island for scenes being shot Tuesday and Wednesday […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The NFL’s Super Bowl ticketing policies will be put under a microscope this week when New Jersey’s Supreme Court considers claims that the league violated state consumer fraud laws leading up to the 2014 game at MetLife Stadium. If Josh Finkelman’s challenge succeeds and the case ultimately prevails as a class […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge deciding whether to approve a settlement of lawsuits citing horrid conditions in the nation’s largest public housing system heard some of the 400,000 residents emotionally describe what living there is like. One said she has so many roaches that some live in her refrigerator. Another said unlocked doors and […]

The question of how to get buses through clogged Mercer Street and into their new I-5 interchange remains a mystery. Agencies have four years to figure that out.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper showed up early for what could be his final home game as a member of the Washington Nationals so he could put on his white uniform and “just cherish that moment.” The National League’s 2012 NL Rookie of the Year and 2015 MVP can become a free agent this offseason. […]

WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) — Charges have been dropped against a Dallas man accused of raping a 26-year-old mentally disabled woman at a state park in Lincoln County last month. Oregon State Police said Don Lee McAlpine Jr. was arrested last week following a lengthy investigation into a rape at Beachside State Park near Waldport between […]

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the stomach on Sept. 19 but was expected to survive. He told officers he may have been targeted because he was involved in selling marijuana.