Новости за 01.12.2018

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have cut Kareem Hunt, hours after video surfaced of him knocking over and kicking woman.

Members of the critically endangered southern resident orca population are chasing salmon into central Puget Sound.

Services will be held Dec. 9 at Leavenworth's Cascade High School, which Sgt. Leandro Jasso graduated from in 2012. The event is open to the public.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korean soldier has defected to South after fleeing across the heavily fortified border.

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said there were "a lot of mischaracterizations" in a four-part series published this week in The Oregonian that detailed the culture and spending habits at the Pac-12 headquarters. "We’re actually a media company," he said.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities were searching Friday for whoever killed two San Diego teenagers and a Mexican youth at an apartment complex in Tijuana last weekend. The San Diego victims were 17-year-old Christopher Alexis Gomez and 18-year-old Juan Suarez-Ojeda, the Union-Tribune newspaper reported. The Mexican youth was 17-year-old Angel Said Robles. Relatives said the […]

The National Climate Assessment is out. After the dire warnings, now is time to look at how we can adapt to the changes that are coming.

The Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ collection, first formed from acquisitions made by Peter the Great three centuries ago, is now helping to unlock genetic information and precious clues to aid species survival.

Indigenous forest people of the Indonesian island of Sumatra have been pushed from their land and away from their gods by timber, rubber, paper and palm-oil plantations. Many have converted to Islam.

The monks on the isolated peninsula have followed the same way of life for more than 1,000 years, but an Athens versus Moscow diplomatic spat and a tourism onslaught are unsettling its habits.

Emergency response, Medicaid expansion that increased access to treatment and follow-up programs have been pointed as key to the city of Dayton’s sucess. And police and health workers are working together.

The trade of elevator operator, which reached its global heyday in the age of telephone operators and has survived in Rio into the dawn of the driverless car era, may finally be fading away in this city.

Each morning, Stacey Truman grabs a black marker to create “talking bananas” for student lunches.

The satellite’s eye revealed that East Antarctica is a jigsaw puzzle of at least three geological titans, showing geological similarities with some of Australia’s bedrock, while another resembles part of India’s. The third is an amalgamation of pieces of old seafloors.

The chef and humanitarian’s work in Puerto Rico and many other locales has placed him in the running for the prestigious award.

Re: “So what if Melania isn’t traditional?” The role of first lady is not only archaic, it is sexist. When we finally elect a woman to the presidency of the United States, who will serve in the archaic role of first lady? Who serves in that role in other countries that are now or have […]

Cartoonist David Horsey’s recent Navy illustration and accompanying commentary lack considered perspective. The Navy has flown over the Olympic Peninsula since World War II, and jet noise has emanated from Whidbey Island since the late 1950s. “Navy brass” are quite conscientious and attuned to their global mission, while managing risk to their aircrews, and to […]

I’m dismayed at the trend that allows people to buy access for convenience in public places. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport recently, I watched able-bodied passengers briskly escorted past people in wheelchairs who were waiting in the security line. Apparently, for a fee, some of us can bypass others at required checkpoints. What’s next? A preferred […]

Instead of urging Congress to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement in order to stop tariffs from hurting Washington farmers, Op-Ed writer Mark Wagoner needs to press President Donald Trump for ruining our economy by imposing senseless tariffs against Canada and Mexico. They are our friends. You don’t punish friends. Justas Vilgalys, Woodinville

Former Mariners star Alex Rodriguez is asking $6.5 million for a midcentury-modern residence, which was built in 1954.

Seattle's backfield could have a little different look at times on Sunday against the 49ers.

For John Allen Chau, the boot camp was the culmination of years of meticulous planning that involved linguistics training and studying to become an emergency medical technician.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Anchorage, Alaska, Friday. "It seemed like the end," the groom said.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An embattled county elections official at the center of Florida’s recall has been suspended. Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Friday immediately suspending Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes from office for misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty. Snipes has been the top elections official in the south Florida […]