U.N.: India’s population to top China’s sooner than expected
The United Nations reported that India’s population will probably surpass China’s by 2022, not 2028, as the organization had forecast two years ago.
View ArticleWashington State Open begins at Seattle Tennis Club
Competition continues through Sunday. Open division competitors have a shot at $22,000 in winnings.
View ArticleInternational outcry over death of lion brands big-game hunter as ‘villain’
The tempest over the killing of Cecil the lion by a Minnesota big-game hunter is playing out around the world, with court proceedings against two men, U.S. authorities offering to help and the hunter...
View ArticleJim Craig to sell memorabilia
The American flag that goalie Jim Craig wrapped around his shoulders after the U.S. Miracle on Ice victory at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics is on the auction block.
View ArticleMore and more migrants attempting to cross English Channel
Thousands of migrants, refugees from war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East, find themselves bottled up at one final choke point in northern France: the entrance to the Channel Tunnel.
View ArticleAP Investigation: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio’s filth
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Athletes competing in next year’s Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to...
View ArticlePanicked 911 caller: Dispatcher had no reason to hang up
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 911 caller said Wednesday she was panicked about a friend being shot but stayed as calm as possible before a New Mexico dispatcher told her to “deal with it yourself” and...
View ArticleProsecutors charge teen with murder in death of 8-year-old
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a 15-year-old boy with murder, kidnapping and rape Wednesday in the death of an 8-year-old girl in an artists complex in a California beach town. Police...
View ArticleIndian media: Yakub Memon, convicted in 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian media: Yakub Memon, convicted in 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 has been hanged .
View ArticleCalifornia Guard uses drone to search for missing teacher
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California National Guard is using a drone to search El Dorado National Forest for a missing San Francisco teacher, marking the first time the Guard has used an unmanned...
View ArticleEl Paso snaps Tacoma’s five-game winning streak
Chihuahuas score four runs in sixth inning of 5-1 victory over Rainiers.
View ArticleStill all quiet on the Russell Wilson front as deadline approaches ever nearer
The apparent deadline for Russell Wilson to strike a deal on a contract extension with the Seahawks is now about 12 hours away. And if the two sides are merging toward a deal, no one seems to know...
View ArticleNonprofit chosen to relocate ‘Up’ house
A nonprofit group has come forward to relocate Ballard's so-called "Up" house, once owned by Edith Macefield and a target for demolition in favor of new development for at least about a decade.
View Article‘Samba’: a light take on immigrant’s travails in France
Movie review of “Samba”: This breezy tale centers on a Senegalese immigrant (Omar Sy) and his caseworker (Charlotte Gainsbourg).
View Article‘Our Man in Tehran’: ‘Argo’ terror, from those who lived it
Movie review of “Our Man in Tehran”: This documentary reminds us that the story of how six American Embassy workers escaped Iran in 1980 was not a movie but scary real life.
View Article‘Court’: a travesty of justice in India’s antiquated legal system
Movie review: In this quiet, devastating critique of the antiquated Indian legal system, a folk singer/social activist is accused of inciting what is presumed to be the suicide of a sewer worker in...
View ArticleTrump’s call for mass deportations runs into messy realities
Mass deportation may be more difficult than Donald Trump realizes because deporting so many people means finding them first.
View ArticleFacebook ready to spread Internet drone’s giant wings
The giant social network says it will begin test flights later this year for a solar-powered drone with a wingspan bigger than a Boeing 737’s, in the next stage of its campaign to deliver Internet...
View ArticleSeveral blazes thrust Northern California into fire season
LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Triple-digit temperatures and gusty winds thrust Northern California into full-fledged wildfire season Thursday with several new blazes flaring up, forcing hundreds of people...
View ArticleAttack in West Bank kills Palestinian child, homes torched
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Suspected Jewish assailants attacked a Palestinian village in the West Bank early Friday and torched two homes, killing a young child and critically wounding at least three...
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