Новости за 08.12.2018

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Diplomats say the United States has postponed a Security Council meeting scheduled for Monday to discuss human rights in North Korea. The well-informed diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions have been private, said Friday the U.S. didn’t have support from nine of the 15 council nations, the minimum number […]

KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Environmental groups attending the U.N. climate summit in Poland say at least 13 activists have been deported or denied entry by authorities. The Climate Action Network, an umbrella group of hundreds of organizations from around the world, protested the deportations Friday, calling them “extremely worrying.” It named one of those denied […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — One after another, landmark U.S. protections for climate, air and land are in the crosshairs of the Trump administration as his agency leaders move past early fumbles and scandals to start delivering on a succession of promised environmental rollbacks. On Thursday, the Interior Department proposed easing rules on oil and gas drilling […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia say former President Belisario Betancur, whose bold efforts to reach a peace deal with leftist rebels in the 1980s were undone by drug-fueled bloodletting and an explosion of violence backed by state security forces, has died at age 95. Betancur’s death was confirmed by President Ivan Duque, who […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Man who drove car into counterprotesters at white nationalist rally in Virginia convicted of first-degree murder.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jury in trial of man who drove car into counterprotesters at white nationalist rally in Virginia has reached a verdict.

Stocks dove again on Wall Street Friday, capping a turbulent week of trading that gave the benchmark S&P 500 index its worst weekly loss since March. Technology stocks led the broad sell-off, which erased more than 500 points from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Traders have been worried about worsening trade relations between the U.S. […]

Body found in car left in parking lot is missing Auburn man; police suspect foul play.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A 78-year-old man who uses a wheelchair and takes marijuana for back pain has been evicted from his federally subsidized apartment in upstate New York. John Flickner is staying at a Niagara Falls homeless shelter after being escorted from his Niagara Towers apartment Tuesday. A lawyer for the housing facility, […]

The Pacific Northwest was placed under an 11 p.m. blackout after the attack, and all radio stations except KIRO were silenced. A front-page photo the next day showed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asking Congress to declare war on Japan for its “unprovoked and dastardly attack” on Hawaii.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials at the sprawling Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson say last week’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Anchorage caused multiple problems, including damage to steel frameworks, ceilings, and sprinkler and heating systems. But as with the rest of the earthquake zone, there were no deaths, serious injuries or widespread catastrophic damage. Base officials […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen deserves substantial prison time, despite his cooperation.

Built in 1960, the Palm Springs home where Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned has futuristic vibes.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has denied a group’s latest attempt to create a specialty license plate celebrating soldiers who fought for the Confederacy. The department’s board voted 5-3 Thursday to reject the license plate design proposed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which features a rebel soldier carrying a […]

The 10 best books of the year from fiction and nonfiction categories.

History, baseball, a princess and politics, politics, politics make up this list of the best non-fiction works of the year.

The most notable fiction works of the year, as selected by The Washington Post book editors. The best of the rest • The top 10 books of the year • 50 notable nonfiction books from the year “An American Marriage,” by Tayari Jones Roy and Celestial are college-educated and upwardly mobile — but they are also […]

Microsoft and Amazon become the first and second most valuable public companies Thursday, but the duo was split up Friday.

The change is designed to boost the number of H-1B recipients with a master’s degree or higher from U.S. institutions by 16 percent.