Новости за 14.12.2018

The reality of Seattle’s charitable giving contradicts the illusion that we are one of the nation’s most generous places.

State lawmakers should stop pushing for a compromise that would allow them to evade the state's Public Records Act, something they already tried in February to disastrous effect.

Before Malloe's arrival as UW's defensive-line coach, the Huskies went four years without landing a single recruit from Hawaii. Now the Huskies are poised to sign five of the islands' biggest and best prospects.

Barring any appeals, under the ruling Adree Edmo would become the first Idaho inmate to receive gender-confirmation surgery while in state Idaho Department of Correction custody.

Look around the country — the possibilities are endless. There are 47 Democratic Senators, most of whom, I guarantee you, are at least daydreaming. And next year there will be at least 234 Democrats in the House of Representatives, all walking around looking available.

Coaching changes that drew skepticism at the hand but instead have paid off are at the top of the list of reasons for Seattle's surprising win to a likely playoff berth this season.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man pleaded guilty Friday to stabbing two people to death, including a teenage girl, dismembering their bodies and then trying to dissolve them in tubs filled with acid in the basement of a home. Augustus Standingrock’s plea was part of a deal with prosecutors, who will recommend the 26-year-old […]

Saturday morning in China (late Friday in Seattle) Boeing is set to deliver a 737 MAX to Air China, the first from its new 737 jet completion and delivery center in Zhoushan. The facility was promised to Chinese President Xi Jinping on his 2015 visit to Boeing's plant in Everett.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Police say more than half a million dollars spilled from an armored truck onto a New Jersey highway, and nearly $300,000 remains missing a day later. East Rutherford police said Friday that two bags of cash fell from a Brink’s truck near MetLife Stadium on Thursday. One had $140,000. The […]

Patrick Marshall answers your personal technology questions each week.

Tyler Hilinski, a quarterback at Washington State, killed himself in January and was posthumously diagnosed with C.T.E. His brother is a star recruit at the same position. It’s raw and complicated.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some of the women abused by imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar are asking Michigan State University not to redirect $8.5 million from a victims’ counseling fund to a larger money settlement in the case. Interim MSU President John Engler wants the money redirected to a $500 million settlement with […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — CORRECTS: Michigan governor signs laws to delay, scale back citizen-initiated minimum wage and paid sick leave measures. (Corrects APNewsAlert that said measures were voter-approved)

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow drops 500 as traders worry about slowing economic growth in China, disarray surrounding Britain’s plans to exit EU.

On their must-have list for hosting: platters, serving bowls, white taper candles, thin-lipped glasses and nice napkins — all in a restrained style.

Four years ago, I got a two-inch thick packet of photocopies of genealogical research my aunt had commissioned. One of my Virginia ancestors arrived from England in 1630, and by the mid-1600s, he had become a very large landowner. Yes, he owned slaves.

If Measure 1 had passed — it didn’t — Alaska would have become the first territory in the world to treat each of its ocean-run streams as salmon waterways, ensuring healthy fish for generations to come.

The Seahawks and Rams both enter Sunday games with major playoff implications. But can Rams quarterback Jared Goff rediscover his mojo in time for a significant postseason run?

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former star Atlanta Falcons lineman Bill Fralic has died at 56. He was a three-time All-American offensive lineman at Pittsburgh. The university said he had cancer and died at his home in suburban Atlanta. Fralic, burly and athletic, was the first offensive lineman to finish in the top 10 in Heisman Trophy […]

SEATTLE — By late 2019, hundreds of new residents will begin moving into NEXUS, downtown Seattle’s newest architectural accomplishment now under construction at the corner of Minor Avenue and Howell Street. Aptly named, the 389-unit high-rise rises at the nexus of South Lake Union, Capitol Hill, the business district and the Denny Triangle. “Our estimated […]

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Israeli ambassador to Ukraine has sharply criticized local legislators’ move to honor a Ukrainian nationalist leader. Ambassador Joel Lion said on Facebook that he was “shocked’ to see the regional legislature in Lviv in western Ukraine declare 2019 “the year of Stepan Bandera” to mark the 110th anniversary of his […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is forcefully denying a media report that it knew for decades about the existence of trace amounts of asbestos in its baby powder. The report Friday by the Reuters news service sent company shares into a tailspin, suffering their worst sell-off in 16 years. Reuters is citing documents […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — As if the Brexit negotiations aren’t tense enough, a “nebulous” linguistic fog briefly spread across the European Union summit on Friday. One word sent sparks flying between two of the biggest protagonists, British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. EU leaders have rebuffed May’s request to sweeten the […]

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame says at least two soldiers were killed when rebels crossed into the country from Congo earlier this week. Kagame on Friday blamed the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which has links to perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, and the Rwanda National Congress, founded by a former […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Pompeo says China’s detention of two Canadians is unlawful, calls for their release.