Новости за 15.11.2018

The Alaskan Way Viaduct will close southbound this weekend, as contractors continue to build concrete ramps for the future Highway 99 tunnel’s Sodo interchange. The shutdown is scheduled from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday, from the south end of the Battery Street Tunnel to the West Seattle Bridge exit. Drivers may use the […]

The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy, which donates to 12 community organizations, is now in its 40th year. During its four decades it has raised more than $23 million from readers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak says its $168 million operating loss this year was the smallest since 1973, its second full year in business. The government-owned railroad said Thursday it took in a record $3.4 billion in revenue in the 2018 fiscal year. Amtrak has been shrinking its annual operating losses in recent years and […]

Here are some of the ways your donations were used in 2017 by the 12 organizations funded by The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors are opposing a change-of-plea motion by a 25-year-old man accused of trying to detonate what he thought was a bomb in Chicago. They filed a response in Chicago federal court Thursday. A day earlier, the defense asked a judge to allow Adel Daoud to enter an Alford plea, just days before […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto will be in charge of the Democratic Party’s arm focused on 2020 Senate races. She will be the first Latina to hold the position. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that Cortez Masto “has demonstrated the attributes we want in a leader.” Cortez Masto — who’s […]

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Back to Big Ten country they go. The Washington Huskies have scheduled another home-and-home series with a Big Ten team, as UW announced on Thursday dates to play Michigan State a decade from now. The Spartans will come to Seattle for a game Husky Stadium in 2028, and the Huskies will make the return trip […]

Seattle was one of four Washington cities on a list of the top 50 large cities where residents have ready access to parks.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 66-year-old woman was hit by two drivers and killed, and the drivers who initially left the scene have both contacted police. KOIN reports that Victoria Lynn Pettibone was walking in Northeast Portland Wednesday evening hit by one vehicle and then another, authorities said. At first both drivers left […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida counties hit the deadline for submitting recount results in this year’s contentious midterm elections.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida deputy who didn’t go into school during deadly shooting declines to appear before investigative panel.

After taking the Rams down to the wire in Los Angeles, the Seahawks are back home looking to rebound on a short week against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

MIAMI (AP) — Federal investigators say design flaws caused cracking in a pedestrian bridge that collapsed near Miami in March. The National Transportation Safety Board did not blame those errors for the March 15 collapse in the two-page investigative update released Thursday. Six people died in the collapse. The bridge was meant to link Florida […]

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say lenders have agreed to scrap a major round of government funding cuts planned for next year after the country outperformed budget targets set to help protect public finances. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the government received “very positive news from Brussels” on Thursday, when bailout creditor representatives met […]

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HOUSTON (AP) — Draymond Green isn’t apologizing for his part in a dustup with Kevin Durant that led to a one-game suspension by the Golden State Warriors. Green says he and Durant have spoken and that they’re “moving forward” after the heated exchange between the players in Monday night’s overtime loss to the Los Angeles […]

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutor says couple, homeless man at center of viral GoFundMe fundraiser conspired to fabricate ‘feel-good’ story.

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A helicopter that crashed shortly after leaving a Texas wedding reception, killing the bride and groom and a pilot, had collided with a steep hillside near the ranch where the nuptials were held. That’s according to a preliminary report released earlier this week by the National Transportation Safety Board. The cause […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two conservation groups say the federal government violated environmental laws by approving a Canadian company’s plan to search for gold in key wildlife habitat in eastern Idaho. The Idaho Conservation League and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition in a lawsuit filed Tuesday say the U.S. Forest Service needs to halt British Columbia-based […]

Uber, Airbnb and Postmates say they would welcome the change.

UW Medicine has cited budget shortfalls in deciding to close its Mount Baker laundry facility. The union representing laundry workers says the closure will harm the employees, most whom are immigrants and people of color.

After you snag a Fingerling, fill out the tree with games, crafts, books and imagination-sparking gifts.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge denies request to extend approaching deadline for recounts in tight Florida races for US Senate, governor.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine officials say they’ve arrested 12 presumed anarchists in connection with two homemade bomb attacks two weeks before world leaders gather in Buenos Aires for the Group of 20 summit. One bomb exploded Wednesday night near the mausoleum of a police chief assassinated by anarchists a century ago. A woman […]