Новости за 27.09.2018

SOLIS will be the first new eco-luxury condominium development in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood in a decade when it is ready for occupancy in the first quarter of 2020.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Arizona man won’t serve prison time for his federal convictions in a 2014 armed standoff involving Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and U.S. land management agents. Blaine Cooper’s attorney, Matthew Lay, said Cooper was sentenced Thursday in Las Vegas to 20 months already spent in custody before and after pleading guilty […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Several political campaigns in New York have come under criticism over campaign messaging deemed by some to have been designed to exploit voters’ racial biases or xenophobia. In the latest skirmish, a Democratic congressman in California assailed a New York Republican colleague over an attack ad that showed his opponent speaking […]

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators have filed a complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging that he made false and misleading statements about plans to take the company private in August. The Securities and Exchange Commission says in the complaint filed Thursday that Musk falsely claimed in an Aug. 7 statement on Twitter that […]

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A university official says a student suspended for tying two nooses on an Alabama campus and leaving them hanging in a tree did so because it’s getting close to Halloween. A vice president for the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Michael Mitchell, says the student admitted making the nooses, which […]

After four days of modest losses, Apple and Amazon led the U.S. stock market to small gains on Thursday. Internet and health care companies rose while mining companies fell with metals prices. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index added 8.03 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,914. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 54.65 points, […]

Our national parks are in the midst of a slow-motion funding crisis. But we can fix this backlog.

Are you a teacher watching the hearings with your students today? Why or why not? If you're not watching the hearings, how are you addressing them with your classes? We want to hear about the discussions you and your students are having.

PARIS (AP) — The ever-inventive Rick Owens nearly cooked his front row at Paris Fashion Week thanks to a giant burning sculpture, while Indian designer Manish Arora brought the colors of a carnival and Carnival to a zany spring collection that stylishly followed no rules. Here are some highlights from Fashion Week events on Thursday: […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has handed a 33-month prison sentence to a former state lawmaker who acknowledged taking bribes to help fight environmental cleanup efforts in Alabama’s biggest city. Local news outlets report a federal judge sentenced former Alabama state Rep. Oliver Robinson on Thursday. Robinson previously pleaded guilty to bribery and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is saying that the economy is healthy and that the Fed’s steady interest rate increases are intended to prolong its expansion. Powell says he and his colleagues believe the Fed’s approach to gradually raising rates from ultra-lows to historically normal levels “is helping to sustain this strong […]

More jurisdictions should follow Seattle's lead in vacating misdemeanor convictions for possessing small amounts of marijuana — something that Washington state law no longer deems criminal.

DENVER (AP) — Denver officials have removed large outdoors storage containers set up last year for homeless people officials discovered that people were living inside them. The city in a pilot program paid $30,000 for 10 4-feet by 6-feet (1.2-meter by 1.8-meter) containers meant to give homeless people a safe place to store clothing and […]

DETROIT (AP) — SEC files complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging he made false statements about taking the company private.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors say the man accused of fatally shooting a Virginia State Police special agent last year has entered a plea and won’t face the death penalty. The Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Travis Ball entered an Alford plea to one count of capital murder of Trooper Michael Walter. An […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell was a long way from the familiarity of a Phoenix courtroom when she questioned Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday in a televised hearing that could determine the fate of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Mitchell typically tries to put people accused of sex […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kavanaugh tells Senate panel he ‘will not be intimidated’ into withdrawing nomination to the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says confirmation process has become ‘a national disgrace’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kavanaugh tells Senate panel: ‘My family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed’

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Rural Water Association of Boise is getting a $1.4 million federal grant to build a workforce training center. The grant was announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday. The Idaho Rural Water Association of Boise estimates the project could help create or retain 550 jobs. The center […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Judiciary hearing resumes with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ready to testify.

Dr. Joseph Gifford had treated over 200 prostate cancer patients in his 44 years as a family practice doctor. Then, the tables turned.

"In terms of how we coach our guys, I've been you. If you are one of those rare guys who are so excited to get to class every day, my hat is off to you. Most aren't."

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Human Services faces a $1.5 million lawsuit filed on behalf of a 7-year-old boy who was placed in his father’s care despite a court order banning the man from seeing his two younger sons. The Oregonian/Oregonlive reports Robert A. Lamb is charged with six felony counts for […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has ordered Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office to turn over emails among then-Gov. Mike Pence, then-President-elect Donald Trump and Carrier Corp. about Trump’s negotiations to prevent Carrier from moving most of its operations from Indianapolis to Mexico. The order Monday gives Holcomb’s office 30 days to disclose any communications sent from […]