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Putin defends notorious Nazi-Soviet pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday defended the infamous pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that agreed to divide up eastern Europe during a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Putin defends notorious Nazi-Soviet pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday defended the infamous pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that agreed to divide up eastern Europe during a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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From Rockies east, severe weather casts a wide net
South Dakota was the center of weather extremes today, with a tornado hitting a small town on the eastern side of the state and more than a foot of snow blanketing the Black Hills to the west. It was among several Great Plains and Midwest states in the path of expected severe weather. At the same time, a tropical storm came ashore in the Carolinas and wintry weather also affected parts of Colorado.
2 Mississippi officers fatally shot; 3 suspects arrested
Two Mississippi police officers were shot to death during an evening traffic stop turned violent, a state law enforcement spokesman said today. Three suspects were in custody, including two who are charged with capital murder.
Report: Two officers killed in southern Mississippi
A coroner said two police officers have died after being shot in the line of duty in the southern Mississippi city of Hattiesburg.
When he left for his overnight shift, police Sgt. Greg Moore would assure his young son Dylon he’d be OK. Because he was Batman. “My dad was the best … He was always there for me,” Dylon wrote in remembrance of his father, who was shot and killed Tuesday in the line of duty. The 12-year-old boy was there for his dad Saturday, along with thousands of others, at a memorial service to remember the life and service of the Coeur d’Alene police officer. The gymnasium at Lake City High School, where Moore once was assigned, was packed with police officers and emergency responders from across the Northwest and as far as Los Angeles and Chicago.
Hard-hit Liberia free of Ebola virus
Saturday marks 42 days since Liberia’s last Ebola case – the benchmark used to declare the outbreak over because it represents two incubation periods of 21 days for new cases to emerge. The World Health Organization on Saturday called the milestone a “monumental achievement for a country that reported the highest number of deaths in the largest, longest, and most complex outbreak since Ebola first emerged in 1976.”
Castro’s daughter sponsors blessing of gay couples in Cuba
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro sponsored a blessing ceremony Saturday for gay couples on an island where gay marriage remains illegal. Nearly two dozen gay couples held hands or embraced, some crying, as Protestant clergymen from the U.S. and Canada blessed them as part of official ceremonies leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17.
In brief: Deputy shoots man inside Colorado store
Witnesses described a chaotic scene after shots rang out inside a Hobby Lobby store in Colorado Springs on Friday, sending shoppers and employees scrambling for an emergency exit, setting off an alarm. One man was shot and injured on Friday by an El Paso County sheriff’s deputy. Police have said little about what caused the shooting.
Fire shuts down part of nuclear plant
A transformer failed Saturday at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in suburban New York, causing a fire that forced an automatic shutdown of a reactor. The fire was quickly extinguished and the reactor was deemed safe and stable, said a spokesman for owner Entergy Corp.
Joanne Carson, ex-wife of star, dies
Joanne Carson, the second wife of “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson, has died in Southern California. She was 83.
Earthquake shakes Hawaii’s Big Island
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said a magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted the Big Island of Hawaii at 2:18 a.m. Saturday. It was centered about 5 miles north of the small town of Naalehu at a depth of 6 miles.
Tornadoes pummel small Texas towns, killing one
Multiple tornadoes tore through North Texas on Saturday, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated farming and ranching area as the system slowly weakened while advancing toward Fort Worth, officials said.
Russia paraded its troops and armor in Red Square before decorated veterans and a depleted audience of world leaders in a Victory Day ceremony boycotted by Russia’s World War II allies.
Military jet crash in Spain kills four
A military transport plane crashed near Seville airport in southwestern Spain on Saturday, killing four crew members and injuring two seriously, officials said. The crash of the Airbus A400M, which was undergoing flight trials at the airport, raised questions about the security of the new, propeller-driven transport aircraft.
N. Korea launches test U.S. diplomatic overture
After three years of diplomatic deadlock, the U.S. appears open to preliminary discussions to assess North Korea’s intentions and the prospects of ridding the country of nuclear weapons. Then came Saturday’s claim that North Korea successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine. Not long after that announcement, South Korean officials said the North fired three anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast. The State Department said launches using ballistic missile technology are “a clear violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
In brief: Mubarak sentenced to 3 years in prison
An Egyptian court Saturday sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison in a retrial on charges of corruption. The Cairo Criminal Court also gave a similar sentence to each of his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, and ordered the three to pay a fine of $16.4 million.
Corruption ousts vice president
Guatemala’s once-powerful vice president formally lost her post Saturday as the congress accepted her resignation, leaving office amid a customs corruption scandal that has implicated her former private secretary. In a letter released late Friday, Roxana Baldetti said the move means she is giving up her immunity from possible prosecution and promised “to collaborate with all investigations” into the graft scheme. She has denied any involvement in the alleged bribery.
Forty inmates in a prison in northeastern Iraq, including some convicted of terrorism charges, escaped amid a riot that killed at least six police officers and 30 prisoners, authorities said Saturday.
Five police killed in Macedonia clash
An armed group attacked special forces police Saturday in a town in northern Macedonia in a clash that killed five police officers and injured more than 30, officials said, amid a political crisis that has raised concern about the stability of the Balkan nation.
Airstrikes pound rebel stronghold
Dozens of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit the rebel stronghold Saada in northern Yemen, forcing hundreds of families to flee the area, security officials and Shiite Houthi rebels said Saturday.
Airplane recovered from river
Using air bags, boats, a crane and lots of time, divers Saturday brought to shore most of the plane that crashed into the Spokane River. The Piper Malibu crashed Thursday afternoon not long after taking off from Felts Field. Both men in the plane, Lyndon L. Amestoy, 60, and Richard Lewis Runyon, 64, were pulled from the sunken plane about a half-hour after it crashed, but they did not survive.
Police body cameras focus of two studies
As protests over police shootings continue across the U.S., outfitting officers with body cameras has become a go-to solution for many who say the technology will provide objective evidence and reduce complaints and use of force.
Omak city officials say any marijuana store would violate a longstanding ordinance requiring businesses to comply with state and federal laws.
Crews fight wildfire caused by helicopter crash in Colville forest
A wildfire that started after a logging helicopter crashed in northeast Washington has held at about 70 acres.
Deadlock ends child-rape trial of ex-officer
A Chelan County jury deliberated for three and half hours Thursday before announcing it could not reach a verdict in the case of Scottie Leath Arms, 44, a former Colville city police officer accused of raping the 11-year-old daughter of his fiancee. The panel declared a hopeless deadlock at 7:30 p.m., leading Superior Court Judge Alicia Nakata to rule it a mistrial and set a hearing to revisit the status of the case May 20.
United Airlines outsources low-pay jobs to tax-aided SkyWest
United Airlines is outsourcing about 50 Boise operations and customer-service jobs to SkyWest Airlines at significantly lower wages. The move comes six months after SkyWest became the first business to win a new Idaho tax incentive worth $1.3 million, promising to bring 50 new high-paying jobs to Boise.
Spin Control: Eight rules for political candidates
This week is filing week for candidates in Washington. Some people have been running for election or re-election for months, but that’s just prologue to the real campaign season, which starts Monday morning with the opening of the office doors in county elections offices around the state.
In brief: Most members quit troubled EWU fraternity
A statement released by the national Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity Saturday says 44 of the 58 members of the fraternity’s chapter at Eastern Washington University have resigned their memberships.
Condon names two for Park Board
Spokane Mayor David Condon has picked two new members of the city’s Park Board. The nominations of Ted S. McGregor Jr., the publisher of the Inlander; and Nick Sumner, manager of clinical engineering for Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, will be considered by the Spokane City Council on Monday.
FBI says Welsh man went to Oregon to rape girl he met online; other victims sought
Gareth Vincent Hall, 22, from Wales, accused of traveling to Oregon to rape a 10-year-old girl he met through an online chat program, has previously traveled to other states in the United States, and there might be other victims, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
Roots run deep
Appleway Florist owner keeps business in family
Bank of America hits new low with $12 returned-check fee
The road to corporate greed is paved with nickel-and-dime bank charges. Want a paper statement? That’ll cost you a few bucks. Not making enough deposits or withdrawals? That’ll result in an inactivity fee of as much as $10. Don’t meet minimum balance requirements? Here’s your monthly $25 account maintenance fee. But the returned-check fee might take the cake.
Tech review: Small enhancements make difference with Apple Watch
Job auditions give hope to long-term unemployed
Platform to Employment provides job-search training before arranging subsidized auditions. This eliminates any risk to employers while giving the jobless an opening to prove themselves.
Huckleberries: Steinbeck book talk draws national attention
Smart Bombs: Riled up over maneuvers in Texas
Kathleen Parker: It’s free speech, but taunts not high-minded
Editorial: I-594 opponents can’t find ammo to fight it
Jay Ambrose: Police can help resolve tensions; consider NYC
Sen. Patty Murray: Bill helps caregivers of our soldiers
Jess Roskelley, Annapurna climbers apply skills to Nepal disaster relief
A lofty goal to climb the world’s 10th-tallest peak has transcended to an even higher calling for Spokane mountaineer Jess Roskelley and his expedition since disaster struck Nepal last month. Instead of climbing 26,545-foot Annapurna, the expedition climbers are using their skills to reach isolated villages as liaisons to aid groups based in command centers.
‘I remember Mama’
Volunteers of America’s tribute luncheon provides a special day to mothers whose children can’t or won’t call
Ari Kelman brings history to SFCC, EWU
The noted American historian Ari Kelman will be in town this week talking about his latest book, “A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek.”
Dazzling pavilions, and lofty goals, dominate Milan fair
At Milan Expo 2015, it’s still an analog world, after all. The Milan world’s fair, which opened May 1 for a six-month run, delights with an urban mishmash of global architecture and culinary specialties as organizers seek to advance a universal conversation on how to guarantee food for all while protecting the environment.
Tips for visiting Milan Expo 2015
Three-way kidney swaps hasten transplants
Era’s over for large dairy farms in N. Idaho
There are plenty of rural properties to be found in Bonner County, stylized homes with barnlike outbuildings, manicured lawns and paved driveways on acreage that attempt to achieve the look of an idealized farm. But when you park your vehicle on the dusty hardpan of the 160-acre Poelstra dairy farm adjacent to Shingle Mill Road north of Kootenai, you know you’ve arrived at the real deal. The Poelstras’ is a three-generation working farm, and about as far from an estate farm as you can get. It’s the last large-herd, producer-handler, commercial dairy farm in Bonner County, and after three generations of milk production, the barn doors will soon be shut on dairy farming for good.
When Carissa Outen walks across the stage to receive her diploma from Gonzaga University today, she’ll have an anchor on her mortarboard. It’s in memory of one of her heroes, Pat Fiorillo, who lost his second bout with cancer when Outen was a college freshman.
A secluded Missouri conservation center heralded for helping repopulate the wild with endangered wolves is tending to its latest puppy season – a ritual that this time has a bittersweet vibe in the absence of the site’s furry matriarch. With 41 Mexican gray wolf pups to her credit until she died April 21, a day before her 14th birthday, Anna came to symbolize the Endangered Wolf Center’s quest to save North America’s rarest subspecies of gray wolf.
Folk singer Guy Carawan didn’t write “We Shall Overcome,” the galvanizing anthem of the civil rights movement that the Library of Congress called “the most powerful song of the 20th century.” In fact, its origins remain unclear. But it was Carawan who introduced the song to civil rights workers in the South in April 1960. Carawan, 87, died May 2 in New Market, Tennessee. He was suffering from a form of dementia, said his wife, Candie Carawan.
Obituary: Pankey, Mary Leonora “Marilee” (Maclin)
2 May 1931 - 27 Apr 2015 Davenport
Obituary: Comin, Ruth (Alderfer)
12 Oct 1914 - 2 May 2015 Spokane
First Presbyterian Church pastor’s secretary/office manager 1955-1975
elder, member for 65 years
Obituary: Reed, Scott White
26 Apr 1928 - 2 May 2015 Coeur d'Alene
Environmental Lawyer, Conservationist
National Audubon Society Board of Directors
Western Environmental Law Center Board
Obituary: Bisson, Douglas
17 May 1967 - 26 Jan 2015 Reardan
Obituary: Pariseau, Edward Lyle
2 Dec 1930 - 27 Apr 2015 Brewster, Tonasket
Obituary: Runyon, Richard Lewis “Rich”
24 Dec 1950 - 7 May 2015 (airplane crash) Cheney
test pilot and engineer at Rocket Engineering
Obituary: Bannon, Gerald W.
31 Mar 1946 - 29 Apr 2015
Wilbur, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan, Kettle Falls
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