Новости за 01.04.2016

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to protect state funding for faith-based child placement groups that refuse to work with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender foster parents has died in the Nebraska Legislature.

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Takuma Sato lost control coming out of Turn 1 and spun his car into the wall, obliterating the back end. A few minutes later, James Hinchcliffe lost his car in the same spot and had the…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would have given Nebraska state officials more power to recover Medicaid debts has stalled in the Legislature.

A Seward lawmaker has tabled his measure aimed at protecting faith-based foster care agencies from losing state funding if they decline to work with same-sex couples.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is calling his decision to donate his brain to science a "no-brainer."

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on preparations for the Final Four in Houston on Friday, where two NCAA Tournament semifinals are set for Saturday (all times local):

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and lengthy sentence of a 17-year-old who killed a western Nebraska jailer.

TAPPAN, N.Y. (AP) — A June festival will honor the memory of two beloved figures from the New York-New Jersey music scene.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Throughout the offseason, St. Louis Cardinals players heard plenty about how good the rival Cubs were going to be.

Iggy Pop’s “Post Pop Depression” is a menacing masterpiece. A late-life pondering of anxiety, disillusionment, desire and the impending end, the album was recorded in secret, independently and features the best band Iggy’s ever worked with, led by the Queens…

“Changes” is a Black Sabbath song that you’d hardly expect to hear on a soul record. But Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band make it their own, wringing out the emotion inside a slow, rising organ-drenched groove.

Iggy Pop’s “Post Pop Depression” is a menacing masterpiece. A late-life pondering of anxiety, disillusionment, desire and the impending end, the album was recorded in secret, independently and features the best band Iggy’s ever worked with, led by the Queens…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky guard Jamal Murray will enter the NBA draft, becoming the first of several Wildcats who could follow him to the pros.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A high school teacher in Arlington is preparing for a nearly 500-mile walk to raise awareness for modern-day slavery and funds for an abolitionist organization.

Forward Michael Jacobson, who just completed his true freshman season, scored the highest on the Nebraska men’s basketball team’s Performance Index Testing held at the Nebraska Performance Lab earlier this week.

Better 149 years late, than never.

OMAHA — Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have risen for the third month in a row, according to a report released Friday, suggesting more improvement in the regional economy.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Crowds thronged for tickets after a surprise announcement that Guns N' Roses would play a concert Friday night at West Hollywood's famed Troubadour music venue.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Three Iowa child sex cases against a Nebraska jail officer have been consolidated.

NEW YORK (AP) — Comic George Lopez says he plans to use the recent flap over his remark about San Antonio as fodder for his new comedy on TV Land, which is loosely based on his life.

FREMONT — A high school teacher in Arlington is preparing for a nearly 500-mile walk to raise awareness for modern-day slavery and funds for an abolitionist organization.

OMAHA — An 11-year-old boy has been arrested after police say he shot a priest with a pellet gun in an Omaha church parking lot.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Reliever Will Smith tore a knee ligament while taking off his shoe. Star slugger Ryan Braun's surgically-repaired back is still sore.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs come into the season with such high expectations that manager Joe Maddon came up with a slogan.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy has been arrested after police say he shot a priest with a pellet gun in an Omaha church parking lot.