(AP) — The Washington Legislature has started a 30-day special session to address the still unresolved two-year state budget that must comply with a state Supreme Court order on education funding. [...] there has been no progress on negotiating the overall budget, but a group of bipartisan lawmakers have been meeting separately to discuss the education funding piece of the budget.
LOS ANGELES — There’s not much time for daydreaming when your life is as mapped out as Chris Pratt’s. In less than three years, Pratt has gone from underdog to full-fledged movie star, with fortuitously timed leading roles in three of Hollywood’s most promising franchises, “Guardians of the Galaxy,” ”Jurassic World” and “The Lego Movie.”
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Trump tells UN Security Council ambassadors status quo is ‘unacceptable’
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The Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, and whether President Donald Trump's campaign team played any role in it, has stalled amid partisan bickering and staffing problems, according to two new reports.
Sens. Richard Burr and Mark Warner, the committee's top-ranking Republican and Democrat, respectively, told reporters last month that the panel would "look at any campaign contacts with the Russian government ... that might have influenced... Читать дальше...
Arkansas put to death Jack Jones and Marcel Williams in the first double legal injection of prisoners carried out in the United States since 2000.
Arkansas carried out the first of two executions in what would be the first double legal injection of prisoners in the United States since 2000.
Arkansas has set two executions Monday in what would be the first double legal injection of prisoners carried out in the United States since 2000 in Texas.
So much was wrong with the 2016 Yankees offense that to pinpoint one place would be to miss so many of the tiles that made it an overall mess of a mosaic. Still, it was difficult to ignore just how unproductive the Yankees outfield was, a bad group that worsened when Carlos Beltran initially began...
We’re still a few days away from the release of Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” but the reviews are starting to pour in. Following the surprise commercial and critical success of 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” fans and critics alike thought it would be difficult for director James Gunn to follow the film with another hit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — US issues 271 sanctions in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons.
A Washington Post/ABC News poll shows more Americans today think the economy is getting better than worse.
People line up around the block for this Android smartphone, and it costs half as much as other flagships.
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Jurors are being selected in the Ohio murder trial of a property owner in the 2014 deaths of two Toledo firefighters.
While Donald Trump's approval ratings have been less than stellar, the president can boast strong support from his base, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the U.S. record Monday for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the U.S. record Monday for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump.
(AP) — Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the U.S. record Monday for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump. Whitson broke the NASA cumulative record set last year by astronaut Jeffrey Williams; Scott Kelly holds the U.S. record for consecutive days in space — 340. Whitson is also the first woman to command the space station twice and the only woman to have led NASA's astronaut corps. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, who arrived at the space station last week and took part in Monday's call... Читать дальше...
Tinashe ignites the “Flame” in her just released music video for her brand new single – literally! The track – produced by hit-maker’s Stargate and Bloodpop – is off the 24-year-old singer’s long-awaited sophomore album Joyride, which is set to be released later this year. In case you missed it, check out Tinashe performing “Flame” [...]
NASA's Peggy Whitson, 57, has broken many records, but now she's spent more time in space than any other American astronaut.
Former BP boss leaves Genel Energy after it slashed its estimated oil reserves
Kinew James died in her cell in January 2013 after an apparent heart attack
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There's not much time for daydreaming when your life is as mapped out as Chris Pratt's. In less than three years, Pratt has gone from underdog to full-fledged movie star, with fortuitously timed leading roles in…