Новости за 19.02.2019

Dorothy Wilhelm, whose humor column appears in The News Tribune on the first Sunday of every month, will sign copies of her new book from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on March … Click to Continue »

The state basketball tournament brackets were released by the WIAA on Tuesday morning for all classifications. In Class 3A, for Peninsula and Gig Harbor, the matchups were revealed for the … Click to Continue »

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a measure gradually hiking the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, the highest in the Midwest. It was one of the … Click to Continue »

Years before the University of Washington Tacoma’s underdog story began in 1990, its champions knew they’d have to fight at the state Capitol for every ounce of support each step … Click to Continue »

This pickup line was so bad it was actually a crime, according to police. Ryan R. Houghtalen, a 25-year-old man from Cicero, New York, was arrested on charges of criminal … Click to Continue »

A Bonney Lake man allegedly ate methamphetamine before boarding a plane, which was forced to land after the man refused to stay in his seat and talked about having a … Click to Continue »

Peninsula’s Nathan Johnson recaps third-place Mat Classic finish … Click to Continue »

In his final high school wrestling season, Gig Harbor High School senior Zayne Ball earned his best finish yet at the Mat Classic XXXI state tournament. Ball earned a third-place … Click to Continue »

A fourth suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of a man outside a Lakewood nightclub was arrested Monday. The 31-year-old was spotted outside a gym in Portland and taken into … Click to Continue »

A 30-year-old man died early Tuesday after losing control of his minivan and crashing head-on into a semi truck in Fife, police said. The collision occurred about 5 a.m. when … Click to Continue »

Stocks edged between small gains and losses in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday as U.S. markets reopened following the Presidents Day holiday and as investors sized up the latest … Click to Continue »

The Legislature's budget-setting committee has approved a 2.2 percent increase to $53.2 million for state Department of Juvenile Corrections. The budget approved Tuesday is slightly more than requested by both … Click to Continue »

Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams told a congressional subcommittee examining ways to boost voting rights that a toxic combination of “incompetence and malfeasance” led to a systemic voter … Click to Continue »

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back on the Supreme Court bench, eight weeks after surgery for lung cancer. The 85-year-old justice walked unassisted to her seat beside Chief Justice John … Click to Continue »

Relatives of the man who fatally shot five people at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse are offering their condolences to the victims' families, saying "we deeply apologize" for the killings. … Click to Continue »

Germany and France on Tuesday launched a drive to overhaul the European Union's competition rules to facilitate the creation of world-leading companies. They pushed forward a project to create a … Click to Continue »

From early Tupperware containers to Chemex coffee makers to sleek midcentury modern furniture, a new show at the Museum of Modern Art explores the democratizing and uplifting potential of design … Click to Continue »

Firefighters say a man died in a fire in a portable toilet near the Baltimore Ravens' stadium. News outlets report that Baltimore police say the Sunday fire in the parking … Click to Continue »

It’s impossible to talk quickly enough to keep up with everything happening on a basketball court. The game moves too fast. And talking, said Washington’s Matisse Thybulle, is much too … Click to Continue »

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed France's support for Georgia's territorial integrity, as the former Soviet Republic seeks closer ties with the European Union. Macron met Tuesday in Paris with … Click to Continue »

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says she is concerned about the condition of some 200 families trapped in the last remaining area held by the Islamic State group … Click to Continue »

Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he is running for president, telling supporters that Democrats must not only unite to defeat Donald Trump in 2020, but finally combat the systemic economic … Click to Continue »

Kentucky's Republican agriculture commissioner is giving away a green whoopee cushion to highlight his opposition to the "Green New Deal" pushed by Democrats in Congress. Ryan Quarles is running for … Click to Continue »

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020. "Our campaign is not only about defeating Donald … Click to Continue »

The Georgia state Board of Natural Resources has approved the use of $500,000 of emergency funds to help extinguish an unlicensed landfill fire near the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. … Click to Continue »