Новости за 24.10.2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says none of the 15 U.S. diplomats it pulled from China this year has the same set of injuries as personnel evacuated earlier from Cuba. The department says 14 of the 15 employees brought to the U.S. for medical testing did not present the “constellation” of symptoms suffered by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake says he is postponing his Wednesday night concert in New York City because his vocal chords are “severely bruised.” The pop star writes on Instagram that under doctor’s orders he must postpone his show at Madison Square Garden. He performed at the famed venue on Monday night. Timberlake says […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The packages arrived in familiar manila envelopes affixed with lots of stamps, some bearing the American flag. But what was inside was alarming: crude pipe bombs wrapped in black tape, with wires sprouting from each end. None of the explosives detonated, and no one was hurt. But authorities quickly launched a wide-ranging […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Never has the sixth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history seemed so small. Wednesday night’s $620 million Powerball jackpot looks sort of puny given all the attention lavished on the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in South Carolina on Tuesday. Only five lottery jackpots have been larger , but with […]

Revenue from the company’s Azure cloud computing business once again spiked — this time up 76 percent.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunge again, wiping out gains for the year; technology swoon pulls Nasdaq 12 percent below August peak.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Although most of the 7,000 migrants in the caravan wending its way through far-southern Mexico are Hondurans, some Salvadorans have also joined. There is even a Facebook page and a WhatsApp chat encouraging Salvadorans to form a caravan of their own, though it is not yet known whether one will materialize. […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A public defender representing the man accused of killing five employees at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland may step aside due to health concerns. The director of victim services for the state’s attorney’s office told relatives of the five victims in an email Tuesday that recent delays in the case […]

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with killing a Mexican teen was fed up with cross-border rock throwers when he deliberately shot at the boy. Lonnie Swartz is facing his second trial in the 2012 shooting of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez. Swartz was acquitted of murder […]

No other council members have signed onto Kshama Sawant's call, and she needs at least two allies to advance the idea in budget talks.

Top teams remain the same, but surprising Week 8 results bring new teams to AP poll.

Seattle U played a full scrimmage, with forward Myles Carter proving a force inside with 23 points. The Redhawks open the season Nov. 6 at Stanford.

Meet the olive-oil pie crust. Mixed together with a fork, it is then gathered into a soft dough and — get this — just pressed into place. It's the perfect foundation for a cozy shepherd's slab pie.

ATLANTA (AP) — Judge: Georgia election officials must stop rejecting absentee ballots and applications because of mismatched signature.

The Chargers are taking a 16-0 record into postseason play.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is signing bipartisan legislation to confront the opioid crisis — the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history. Trump on Wednesday said that “together we are going to end the scourge of drug addiction in America,” or at least do everything possible to limit it. Nearly 48,000 people died […]

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — When Ford Motor Co. reports third-quarter earnings Wednesday afternoon, investors will be looking for details on how the company plans to remake itself. Ford CEO Jim Hackett has promised $11 billion in cuts over five years as the company resizes to better compete globally. Ford has confirmed that some employees will […]

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A report from Tennessee’s health department says a doctor borrowed money from a patient then diagnosed her with dementia when asked to repay it. Suellen Lee was quoted by The Tennessean as saying that she voluntarily retired her medical license because her case was unwinnable. She maintains the accusations are “all […]

Despite a nearly $700 million charge for Boeing's two big recent military contract wins, plus another $176 million charge for continued unplanned excess spending on the Air Force tanker, Boeing's third quarter earnings results reversed this month's dip in its stock price.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal political action committee created in July reports that it received a $25,000 contribution from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe but has spent no money. Strength and Progress posted its quarterly report Monday to the Federal Election Commission’s website. The super PAC has said it will spend money on Native American […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump: ‘Acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump addresses suspicious packages sent to Democrats and media, says ‘we have to unify, we have to come together’

NEW YORK (AP) — NYPD spokesman says suspicious package sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office was not a bomb, unrelated to other devices.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Climatologists say conditions are right for development of an El Nino weather pattern that could bring wetter than normal conditions this winter in drought-stricken area of the southwestern U.S. But weather researchers said Wednesday that even if an El Nino occurs, that doesn’t assure that parched areas of the Southwest will […]

A quote attributed to Chris Petersen circulated last week, even being read on CBS nationally: "If we had Alabama’s schedule, we’d be undefeated." The problem? Petersen didn't actually say that.