Новости за 18.03.2018

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing British accusations of Russia's involvement in an ex-spy's poisoning as "nonsense," adding that Moscow is ready to cooperate with London in the probe.

MOSCOW (AP) - The Latest on Russia's presidential election (all times local):

Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival have delayed the opening ceremony one day to avoid crowds attending the March for Our Lives on Saturday.

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed thousands of people who rallied outside the Kremlin to thank them for their support and promised new achievements.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A license board is ordering continued closure of Club Ultra after two men were recently stabbed.

PROSSER, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say one person is dead after an early morning fire destroyed a travel trailer in Prosser.

Let me just say from the outset that I still miss California. When I see news about my former state, it's like reading the details of a train wreck after having safely disembarked a comfortable time ago.

Almost two weeks ago, after yet another incident of a chlorine gas attack by Syria's Assad regime, Defense Secretary James Mattis warned both Syria and its Russian ally that using gas weapons against civilians or on the battlefield was very unwise. Last week, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was more blunt, ...

It may be hard to believe, but some conservatives are arguing that any conservative who supports a measure before Congress called the CREATES Act that would allow generic drug makers under certain circumstances to go to court to get their competitors to play by the rules are ideological sellouts too ...

Other than maybe the highly voluble William Bennett, Ronald Reagan's second education chief (who still has a radio show), it is difficult to think of a U.S. Secretary of Education who has garnered as much attention as Betsy DeVos. But not in a good way. As exemplified by her much-lambasted ...

On March 15, Oklahoma's Senate was scheduled to vote on SB 197, the Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act. This act sought to codify into law the rights and protections of all Oklahomans to express and practice their religion freely in the public square without fear of government penalty or ...

DeMatha Catholic High School is known for producing high-quality basketball players, and the 2010 team was no exception. That year, DeMatha went 32-4 behind now Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo and eventually produced three other NBA players in Quinn Cook, Jerami Grant and Jerian Grant.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A Great Falls dentist who began mushing only a few years ago finished 39th in Alaska's Iditarod sled-dog race.

Nearly everyone has an airline horror story: Delayed flights, missed connections, inedible meals, lost luggage. But flying has never been safer or more affordable, unless you're a dog. Nevertheless grumpy and grousing flyers should count their blessings.

"Billary Clinton" will never stop running their shadow presidency against Donald Trump or their own party. As former co-presidents from January 1993 to January 2001 and puppet masters of every Obama-Biden appointment Hillary and Bill Clinton know full well how to assume total legal, political and fiscal control of anything ...

I haven't done enough research or analysis to determine whether Washington Times contributor Donald Lambro is a card-carrying "Never-Trump"-er, but my perception over time has been that when Mr. Lambro's name is on top of a column, there's bound to be some Trump-bashing below. All well and good, as the ...

TORONTO (AP) - Russell Westbrook had 37 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for his fifth straight triple-double, Steven Adams scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Raptors 132-125 on Sunday, snapping Toronto's winning streak at 11.

BLOOD LETTERS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LIN ZHAO, A MARTYR IN MAO'S CHINA

By Lian Xi

Basic Books, $30, 352 pages

As "free speech" and Vietnam War protests roiled the nation decades ago, a noisy fringe among the marchers proudly flaunted the green cotton jacket preferred by Mao Zedong, longtime ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Plenty of college basketball fans were happy that the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, pulled off a stunning upset of No. 1 seed Virginia, but one UMBC alumnus beamed about the win on Facebook.

BERLIN — Popular anger at her refugee policies cost German Chancellor Angela Merkel's long-dominant conservative bloc dearly in September's elections.

The University of Maryland's only basketball postseason hope has come to an end.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Police in Tempe say a father and son found dead inside a "hoarding house" likely died in a murder-suicide.

MIAMI — Officials were so concerned about the mental stability of the student accused of last month's Florida school massacre that they decided he should be forcibly committed.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's push to encourage trade with Europe and the North Atlantic is leading to a record rising in shipping containers moving through Maine's only container terminal.

TAMPA, Fla. — A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling during a show in Tampa.