The Seattle Times The Seattle Times

Avan Eylül 18, 2021

The Seattle Times The Seattle Times

The party’s over for Putin
Testimony: Professor noted ties to China in reports
U.S. joins Canada, Mexico, EU, UK to study reopening of travel
Packers sign former Cardinals linebacker De’Vondre Campbell
Swiss teen Dominic Stricker wins on grass debut in Stuttgart
Man sentenced to death for murder of Nebraska store clerk
Finland’s Korhonen pulls out of US Open over travel concerns
Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic calls move back to Class AAA Tacoma ‘blessing in disguise’
Alabama, Boston College set football matchups for 2031, 2034
Washington’s Sweat ‘not a fan’ of pushing vaccine on players
Bolivia’s ‘People of the Water’ try to survive loss of lake
Nadal drops set, beats Schwartzman to reach French Open SF
Kasim Reed files to campaign for comeback as Atlanta mayor
Federal judge asked to halt 2 South Carolina electrocutions
Hearing set on plea deal in prison administrator’s killing
Florida reverses itself, will allow rainbow bridge lighting
Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law
EURO 2020: Winners and losers in the new qualifying playoffs
Pandemic shows risk of obesity, and challenge of weight loss
LA deputy accused of destroying evidence of 2019 assault

The party’s over for Putin

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:07 AM PDT

President Joe Biden should tell Russian President Vladimir Putin his bullying days are over.

Testimony: Professor noted ties to China in reports

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:05 AM PDT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A University of Tennessee professor charged with hiding his relationship with a Chinese university to get research grants from a federal agency filed multiple reports with the school detailing his ties, according to court testimony. Anming Hu is standing trial this week in Knoxville. He’s accused of intentionally hiding his ties […]

U.S. joins Canada, Mexico, EU, UK to study reopening of travel

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:04 AM PDT

The Biden administration is forming working groups with Canada, Mexico, the EU and the U.K. to examine how to reopen international travel as the coronavirus pandemic eases, a White House official said Wednesday.

Packers sign former Cardinals linebacker De’Vondre Campbell

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:01 AM PDT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have added a veteran presence at inside linebacker by signing De'Vondre Campbell. The team announced the move Wednesday. Campbell comes to Green Bay after starting all 16 games for the Arizona Cardinals last season and posting 99 tackles, including 69 solos. Campbell, 27, previously spent four […]

Swiss teen Dominic Stricker wins on grass debut in Stuttgart

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:00 AM PDT

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Swiss teenager Dominic Stricker made his grass-court debut with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) win over Radu Albot at the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday. The 18-year-old Stricker, who is ranked 335th, hit 10 aces and held his nerve in both tiebreakers to set up a second-round meeting with the second-seeded Hubert […]

Man sentenced to death for murder of Nebraska store clerk

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:56 AM PDT

WILBER, Neb. (AP) — A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing and dismembering a Nebraska hardware store clerk who refused to commit to his lifestyle of group sex and fraud. Aubrey Trail was convicted in 2019 of first-degree murder and criminal conspiracy to commit murder. in the 2017 murder of Sydney Loofe. A […]

Finland’s Korhonen pulls out of US Open over travel concerns

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:56 AM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mikko Korhonen of Finland withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday because of travel concerns getting to Torrey Pines. He was replaced in the field by Cole Hammer, the first alternate from the Columbus, Ohio, qualifier that featured the strongest field. Korhonen has never played in the U.S. Open. The 40-year-old […]

Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic calls move back to Class AAA Tacoma ‘blessing in disguise’

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:46 AM PDT

Mariners' Jarred Kelenic was back to work in the batting cage Tuesday, ready to start making adjustments to find himself back in the big leagues.

Alabama, Boston College set football matchups for 2031, 2034

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:40 AM PDT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama and Boston College have scheduled a home-and-home football series for the 2031 and 2034 seasons. The schools announced Wednesday that the first game will take place in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on Sept. 13, 2031. The Eagles will visit Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Sept. 16, 2034. It will mark the first games […]

Washington’s Sweat ‘not a fan’ of pushing vaccine on players

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:39 AM PDT

Washington pass rusher Montez Sweat said Wednesday he doesn’t support the team’s attempt to persuade players to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Sweat said he "probably won't get vaccinated until I got more facts and that type of stuff, but I'm not a fan of it at all." Asked what was causing his hesitancy, the 24-year-old […]

Bolivia’s ‘People of the Water’ try to survive loss of lake

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:35 AM PDT

PUNACA TINTA MARIA, Bolivia (AP) — For many generations, the homeland of the Uru people here wasn’t land at all: It was the brackish waters of Lake Poopo. The Uru — "people of the water" — would build a sort of family island of reeds when they married and would survive on what they could […]

Nadal drops set, beats Schwartzman to reach French Open SF

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:34 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s French Open set streak is over. His pursuit of a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title — including 14 at Roland Garros — remains very much intact. Nadal shrugged off dropping a set in Paris for the first time in two years and regained control Wednesday, whipping violent forehands punctuated with […]

Kasim Reed files to campaign for comeback as Atlanta mayor

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:30 AM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed filed paperwork Wednesday to run again for his old job just four years after leaving City Hall. A document Reed’s campaign team filed with the Georgia ethics commission opens the door for Reed to start accepting political contributions for the 2021 race. He jumped in one month […]

Federal judge asked to halt 2 South Carolina electrocutions

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:23 AM PDT

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for two prisoners facing death by electrocution under South Carolina's new capital punishment law are asking a federal judge to block their executions scheduled later this month, describing the electric chair as a particularly cruel and mutilating method of killing. Executing Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens by electrocution later this […]

Hearing set on plea deal in prison administrator’s killing

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:20 AM PDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A hearing has been set to discuss a plea deal for a Tennessee prison inmate charged with killing a corrections administrator during a 2019 escape attempt, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Lauderdale County District Attorney Mark Davidson told The Associated Press that a hearing has been scheduled for Monday in the case […]

Florida reverses itself, will allow rainbow bridge lighting

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:16 AM PDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida reversed itself Wednesday and said a downtown Jacksonville bridge can be decorated in rainbow lights to celebrate gay rights, one day after it had ordered them doused. Taryn Fenske, a spokeswoman for Gov. Ron DeSantis, told The Florida Times-Union that she didn’t know why the Florida Department of Transportation had […]

Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:12 AM PDT

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis heard arguments in September in the legal battle over the 2019 law. The measure […]

EURO 2020: Winners and losers in the new qualifying playoffs

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:08 AM PDT

GENEVA (AP) — Hello Hungary, goodbye Greece and sorry Serbia. The new qualifying system for the European Championship produced some surprising winners and some hard-luck losers. The Euro 2020 playoffs included 16 teams instead of eight, playing in four brackets. They offered some mid-ranked teams a second chance and four low-ranked nations their best-ever shot […]

Pandemic shows risk of obesity, and challenge of weight loss

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:03 AM PDT

Since early in the pandemic, health officials have warned that obesity and related conditions such as diabetes raise risk of severe COVID-19. It was another reminder of the many problems linked to obesity — and of how hard it is to keep weight off.

LA deputy accused of destroying evidence of 2019 assault

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 08:58 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with deleting video evidence that prosecutors say showed her assaulting a man during an arrest two years ago. Nicole Bell faces felony charges including concealing evidence as a peace officer and assault, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said in a […]