Новости за 06.12.2018

After six brutal years for buyers, everything is moving in their direction: prices are down, inventory is up, there's less competition and even interest rates have started to tick back down again.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A recount in a Maine congressional race that used a new voting system where voters rank candidates on the ballot has officially begun. State election officials on Thursday started the recount requested by Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the 2nd Congressional District. The process is projected to take four weeks […]

Michael David Henderson, 37, was charged with fatally shooting Abubakar Abdi, 20, during an argument at a gas station on Rainier Avenue in South Seattle in October 2015.

CHICAGO (AP) — Three Chicago police officers charged with lying about the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald won’t testify at trial and their attorneys have rested their cases. Attorneys for former Officer Joseph Walsh, Officer Thomas Gaffney and ex-Detective David March announced they were through calling witnesses on Thursday. Closing arguments in the bench […]

Microsoft recommended that tech companies be required to publish documents that explain their technology’s capabilities and limitations and that people be told when facial recognition systems are being used in a public place.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A generic drugmaker plans to start selling a slightly cheaper version of the EpiPen in the U.S. early next year. The penlike injectors are used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions. Brand-name EpiPen, which dominates the market, has been in short supply since spring because of production problems. Drugmaker Sandoz said Thursday […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last year was slightly worse than average for the entanglement of large whales, which is a major threat to the animals’ populations. The NOAA released a report on the subject of whale entanglement Thursday. The agency says the number of cases nationally was 76, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Supreme Court is clarifying that a woman convicted of first-degree murder as a teen could be released from prison after serving at least 51 years. The court issued the opinion Thursday at the request of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering the case of 30-year-old Cyntoia […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The daughter of a black man fatally shot by a white St. Louis police officer will be paid an additional $500,000 to settle claims that attorneys for city and Missouri officials hid evidence in an earlier civil case. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports attorneys for both sides filed a joint motion […]

Though undersized for a middle linebacker, some project the Pac-12 defensive player of the year as a Day 2 pick in next spring's NFL draft.

ODENTON, Md. (AP) — Gun-rights advocates like to say, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” Some black gun owners, though, are not so sure it’s a wise idea for them to try to be the good guy and pull out a weapon […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists think they’ve figured out the falling dominoes that led to Earth’s largest mass extinction and worry that human-caused climate change puts the planet on a vaguely similar path. Some 250 million years ago, about 90 percent of sea life and 70 percent of land life went extinct in what is now […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Special funeral train carrying casket of former President George H.W. Bush departs on final journey for his burial. .

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second round of a fall storm dumped snow and rain that jammed traffic on Southern California highways and loosened hillsides in wildfire burn areas on Thursday. At least one vehicle got stuck in a mudslide that shut down Pacific Coast Highway and surrounding roads in and around Malibu neighborhoods charred […]

If humans continue to pump greenhouse gases at our current rate, “we have no reason to think it wouldn’t cause a similar type of extinction," said Curtis Deutsch, a UW professor and author of the research.

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — The future is uncertain for many of those driven out by the deadly wildfire in Northern California, but it’s uniquely challenging for those who were homeless or nearly so even before the flames swept through and took what little they had. Steve Wilson, who was homeless in Chico before the disaster […]

The Seattle School Board voted Wednesday evening to extend an emergency contract that provides additional school-bus service until the district’s main contractor, First Student, can resolve a bus driver shortage that has dragged on for months and has caused daily, hourslong delays since the start of school. The new contract authorizes spending up to $1.4 […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of advocacy groups in Utah sued Thursday to block a compromise agreement legalizing medical marijuana, accusing the Mormon church of unconstitutional domination and interference involving a process that lead to the gutting of a measure approved by voters. The lawsuit alleges the revised initiative creates overwhelming obstacles for […]

The winner plays the winner of Friday’s Washington-Penn State matchup on Saturday.

Powell didn't want to visit Washington after tiring of recruiting visits. But she, and the Huskies, are glad she did.

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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park has announced plans for a major overhaul to its 33 red tour buses, including adding hybrid engines. The buses, manufactured in the late 1930s, will be placed on a new chassis and get new V8 engines with an electric assist system. The dashboard and gauges will be replaced […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Reba McEntire has sung “The Lord’s Prayer” at the Houston funeral service of former President George H.W. Bush. The Grammy winner on Thursday followed the Oak Ridge Boys, who were one of the president’s favorite musical acts and who sang “Amazing Grace” during the service at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston. […]

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A high school teacher in central California has been arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment after forcibly cutting the hair of one of her students while singing the National Anthem. The Visalia Times Delta reports teacher Margaret Gieszinger was arrested Wednesday after videos posted to social media showed a student […]

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have asked for privacy for Alex Smith and his family amid reports the quarterback is dealing with complications from surgery to repair a broken leg. In a statement released Thursday, the team says it appreciates concerns about Smith’s injury that occurred Nov. 18 against Houston and that the […]