Новости за 14.12.2018

Reince Priebus, 46, will be required to attend two weeks of training in Newport, Rhode Island, and drill once a month as a reservist if commissioned.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs Republican lame-duck legislation weakening powers of Democrat who defeated him.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When it comes to a 2020 presidential run, Beto O’Rourke is still playing hard to get. The Democratic congressman murmured “No decision. No decision on that,” when pressed about launching a White House bid during a town hall Friday in his native El Paso. O’Rourke gave up his House seat and […]

The Seattle Mariners have pledged $3 million for a new effort to prevent low-income renters facing eviction from falling into homelessness. The team’s contribution to the Home Base partnership will beef up staffing at the Housing Justice Project, a legal clinic sponsored by the King County Bar Association (KCBA) that provides legal advice and counsel […]

The clerk was shot in the hand; his injuries are not life-threatening, according to police.

The 332 homes at Avenue Bellevue will be thoughtfully designed to be stylish retreats where every amenity is at one’s doorstep.

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The city of Soldotna is planning a special election March 9 to seek voter backing for construction of a field house. The Peninsula Clarion reports voters will be asked if the city should issue $10 million bond in bonds and increase sales tax by a half percent. The cost of a […]

PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — A jury took less than 30 minutes to convict a West Virginia man who told police he sexually abused a 3-year-old girl by accident. Mercer County prosecutor George Sitler tells news outlets that 26-year-old Henry Vincent Bennett was found guilty Thursday of first-degree sexual assault and other charges. Prosecutors say Bennett […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Leaders of the European Union have agreed to press ahead with a common eurozone budget to help the currency union weather future crises. But the proposal appeared to fall short of more sweeping ideas pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron. The leaders said that finance ministers would work out the precise […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says a software bug may have exposed a broader set of photos to app developers than users had granted permission for. The company said Friday that the bug affected 6.8 million people who used Facebook to log in to other services and granted permission for third-party apps to access the […]

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 20-year-old Texas mother whose two toddlers died after she left them inside a hot vehicle overnight has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Kerrville Daily Times reports that Amanda Hawkins was sentenced Wednesday for the June 2017 deaths of her two daughters in Kerrville, which is about 65 […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles coach Doug Pederson says Carson Wentz has a stress fracture in his back and is questionable to play Sunday night against the Rams in Los Angeles. Pederson says the injury evolved over time and does not require surgery but could take up to three months to heal. Wentz is expected to […]

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation have met with Coast Guard officials to express their concerns over alleged discrimination and harassment at the Coast Guard Academy. Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney requested the meeting. It took place with Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s government says it’s facing a difficult financial time after donors pulled funding over its treatment of the gay community, but it says it won’t back down. Finance Minister Philip Mpango told officials on Friday that many donors have encouraged Tanzania to tolerate homosexuality as a condition for aid, but he […]

WILSON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have found the body of a missing 71-year-old North Carolina woman buried behind the home of a convicted rapist. Citing a Johnston County Sheriff’s Office statement, news outlets report 50-year-old Kenneth Wayne Lamm was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of 71-year-old Kathy Thomas, who had last been […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Business borrowing has boomed since the economy emerged from the Great Recession, and investors have been more than happy to lend to companies. Thanks to their surging profits, the vast majority of businesses have been able to make their debt payments on time. But the corporate debt market has grown so […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Homeowners appear to have learned the lesson of the Great Recession about not taking on too much debt. There is some concern that Corporate America didn’t get the message. For much of the past decade, companies have borrowed at super-low interest rates and used the money to buy back stock, acquire […]

HONG KONG — It began with a quarrel over cigarettes. Weighed down by loans and the burden of single parenting, a 34-year-old woman often took home leftover food and unopened packs of cigarettes from the banquets she occasionally attended in a nearby village in Central China. But one night earlier this month, she discovered that […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor says Republican Sen. Jon Kyl will resign at the end of the year.

DETROIT (AP) — The General Motors’ massive 14,000-person layoff announced last month might not be as bad as originally projected. The company said Friday that 2,700 out of the 3,300 factory jobs slated for elimination will now be saved by adding jobs at other U.S. factories. Blue-collar workers in many cities will still lose jobs […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are sagging Friday after weak economic data from China has investors worrying about the global economy again. China’s government said industrial output and retail sales both slowed in November. In the U.S., technology and health care companies took some of the worst losses. Software maker Adobe, coffee chain Starbucks and […]

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Paris prosecutor: 4th person dies after Strasbourg Christmas market shooting.

Seattle still has an almost 75 percent chance to make the playoffs even if it never won again this season.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A 52-year-old south-central Idaho man who raped a 15-year-old boy he met on Craigslist has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Tod Weber of Twin Falls received the sentence on Monday in 5th District Court and must serve 10 years before becoming eligible for parole. The Times-News reports that […]

2018 brought much to enjoy in the way of nonfiction. Here are seven books that drew in Seattle Times literary critic Mary Ann Gwinn.