Новости за 14.12.2018

I urge Washington Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray not to appropriate any money for private prisons or a border wall. Hire more lawyers and judges to clear up the backlog of people seeking refuge in this country. Vastly increase the number of work visas, and develop a workable system of keeping track of them. […]

I am a former Seattleite who visits the city often to take my kids to attractions such as the aquarium and science center. Recently, as we traveled down the freeway toward Seattle, we were fully aware of all of the trash heaps spilling out from underneath the freeway overpasses. We parked in a garage next […]

Re: “Secretive study: Big quake could cut water here for months”: This article focused on perhaps the most important need to allow people to remain in their homes: potable water. Most households will need five gallons of water per day for drinking, cooking and minimal sanitation. Absent the ability to access an emergency water supply, […]

Sherman insisted he wasn't bothered by Clark's comments that the Sherman era was over in Seattle.

As a reporter and a private investigator, Paul Henderson fought on behalf of the wrongly convicted and downtrodden.

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders promise to work for speedy new trade deal with Britain to avoid triggering contentious Irish border guarantee.

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders at summit confirm that Brexit agreement with Britain ‘not open for renegotiation’ despite UK plea for change.

The state is prepared to allow the shellfish industry in Willapa Bay to fail. The decision is clearly political, and not based upon science.

Jason Hobbs Jr. showed up at the Renton Ridge Apartments on Nov. 30 for a fist fight to settle a previous dispute with two men, who believed Hobbs was responsible for a shooting in July. Prosecutors say Cristian Magana Arevalo shot Hobbs six times with a .357-caliber handgun.

Painting or staining your cabinets can bring new life to your kitchen while adding value to your home.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is invoking something called the “advice-of-counsel” defense in response to accusations he directed his lawyer Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump’s alleged affairs. He says he was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer. Legal experts say the advice-of-counsel defense is a real thing, but […]

KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The head of the Maldives delegation to the U.N. climate conference questioned on Thursday the point of the yearly summits, saying they are failing to produce meaningful results. Former President Mohamed Nasheed attended the 24th edition of the U.N. talks, being held this year in Poland and set to end Friday. […]

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas jury has returned a $25 million verdict against former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent and the owner of a now-defunct nightclub in the death of Brent’s teammate, Jerry Brown Jr. Brown was killed six years ago when the car Brent was driving at 110 mph (177 kph) in a 45-mph […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor was struck and killed by a car while crossing a street in Oregon. The Oregonian says Alter Wiener, who survived three years in Nazi concentration camps, was struck Tuesday in Hillsboro and died at a hospital. Wiener wrote an autobiography called “From a Name to a Number” […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution extending the mandate of the 14,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission in conflict-wracked Central African Republic. The French-drafted resolution adopted Thursday urges all militias and armed groups in the country “to lay down their arms, cease all forms of violence and destabilizing activities.” It calls […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State University student with ties to white nationalists in the Pacific Northwest has been sentenced to 40 days in jail for putting offensive stickers on the cars of members of a racial justice group. News outlets report 28-year-old Andrew Oswalt was sentenced Wednesday for the felony hate crime of […]

The warehouse club retailer remains a sales juggernaut, with $34.3 billion in fiscal 2019 first-quarter revenue, up 10.3 percent.

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — French Interior Minister: Paris prosecutor heading to shootout scene to confirm identity of man killed in Strasbourg.