Новости за 14.05.2016

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is staging an international cartoon contest on the Holocaust, saying it is not a denial of the Nazi massacre.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least three policemen have died after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police training base in southern Helmand province.

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BEIRUT (AP) — The top commander of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah was killed in Syria by insurgent shelling, Hezbollah said Saturday, vowing to continue its involvement in Syria's civil war.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lawmakers confronting the cost of Flint's water crisis and the Detroit school district's enormous debt are also being asked for an initial $165 million deposit to upgrade aging underground infrastructure across Michigan.

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In the age of the Internet with Facebook, personal news websites and group spam emails, readers call us quite often wondering why we haven’t covered a given story. Most of the time the story readers are asking about came from…

ADNA — After all of the off-season hours in the batting cages, or as Wahkiakum coach Marc Niemeyer called it, “that kid who puts in a million hours”, the second-year coach felt Hank Ferguson's eighth-inning walk-off double couldn’t have happened…

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah says its top military commander was killed in Syria by insurgent shelling.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. business lobby says it is high time to drop the remaining U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, but human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers say not so fast.

Woodland's girls track team topped the seven-team field by putting together 139 points to best R.A. Long's 118.5 at Friday's Greater St. Helens 2A subdsitrict meet at Washougal.

R.A. Long’s Megan Meharg moved into the semifinals, and a singles player and a pair of doubles teams remain alive in the consolation bracket after the first day of the Greater St. Helens 2A girls tennis tournament held Friday at…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man accused of shooting and wounding two police officers in the state's largest city is facing two counts of attempted capital murder.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government is expected to finalize a peace deal with a notorious militant insurgent group within days, marking a breakthrough in attempts to end the 15-year war, an official and a representative of the group…

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police are responding to reports of a person sitting on an eight-story ledge at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has avoided a downgrade by the ratings agency Moody, but its outlook was cut from stable to negative due to new government spending policies seen as risky to state finances and a more unpredictable investment…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say Congolese army officers and police reported receiving pistols from a group of 30 North Korean instructors training their presidential guard and special police forces, which would appear to be a violation of U.N.…

ADNA — When the pressure is cooking on the field of play, leave it to Connor Vermilyea to be that easy-going guy.

ZARAZA, Venezuela (AP) — It was once billed as a model of socialist fraternity: South America's first high-speed train, powered by Chinese technology, crisscrossing Venezuela to bring development to its backwater plains. Now all but abandoned, it has become a…

Today is Saturday, May 14, the 135th day of 2016. There are 231 days left in the year.

The Washington State Auditor’s Office recently has gotten much more attention than in years past, thanks to the recent criminal trial of current office holder Troy Kelley.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson on Friday became the first woman to lead a top-tier U.S. warfighting command when she took charge of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern…