Новости за 06.04.2016

BERLIN (AP) — The fallout from a massive leak of records on offshore accounts dragged a growing number of leaders and celebrities into the spotlight Wednesday, with a Bollywood actor, a race car driver and Ukraine's president among those denying…

WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its second-ever "biosimilar" drug, Inflectra, for adults with Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis or chronic plaque psoriasis, among other prescribed uses.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Workers at a plant in Anaconda that produces roofing materials and abrasives are exposed to high arsenic levels for prolonged periods, with the highly toxic substance found in the air, on clothing and even on the…

GENEVA (AP) — Under suspicion in the fallout from the global offshore accounts investigation, Uruguayan lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani resigned as a FIFA ethics judge on Wednesday.

In an overwhelming victory Tuesday night, West Salem School District residents voted “yes” on the two referendum questions approving up to $1.5 million in improvements to the district’s pool and bus facilities. Both questions passed with nearly 70 percent of…

Sen. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) will be holding listening sessions in De Soto and Stoddard with Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner Yash Wadhwa, Thursday, April 21. These listening sessions offer local residents an opportunity to share their thoughts on railroad issues.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jason Day was lurking just outside Augusta National Golf Club, wondering if he wanted to go in.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Minnesota hunter has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing a 14-year-old boy hunting on western Colorado's Grand Mesa last fall.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The confetti had barely fallen to the floor at Bankers Life Fieldhouse when UConn's returning players began fielding questions about how they could possibly compete for a fifth consecutive national championship next season without All-Americans Breanna Stewart,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve policymakers were split at their last meeting over how to respond to a slowing global economy, with two officials supporting a rate hike in March even as an opposing group felt that even raising rates…

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The smell of turpentine takes Rory McIlroy back to his roots.

Up to the minute results for statewide and Coulee Region elections

CALEDONIA, Minn. — The Vikings are honoring Caledonia High School as their inaugural Minnesota Football Program of the Year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back…

MILAN (AP) — Italian surveillance company Hacking Team says the government has revoked a global license to sell its spy software outside Europe.

WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new study hints that genetics could play a role in the development of melanoma even if people don't get a lot of sunburns.

WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The Obama administration is shifting $589 million in funding to prepare for likely outbreaks of Zika virus in the United States during the upcoming mosquito season, senior officials announced Wednesday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country giant Merle Haggard, who celebrated outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler says it will lay off about 1,300 workers at an assembly plant north of Detroit this summer for an indefinite time due to slow sales of midsize cars made at the factory.

MADRID (AP) — Pedro Almodovar's production company says the Spanish move director has canceled publicity events for his new movie "Julieta" following intense interest in the offshore company he owned with his brother years ago.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Manager for Merle Haggard says the country legend has died in California at age 79.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor signed into law on Wednesday a bill that allows him to declare a fiscal emergency and implement a debt moratorium to prevent a shutdown of basic government services in the U.S.…

NEW YORK (AP) — They might not be old enough to swipe a credit card or take out a loan, but you still need to keep an eye on your little one's credit.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Wednesday afternoon as stocks break out of a two-day slump. Energy companies are jumping as the price of oil rises 5 percent. Health care companies are also trading higher, led by drugmakers. The…

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Martina Hingis has been picked for Switzerland's team for a Fed Cup semifinal against the defending champion Czech Republic, 18 years after leading the team to its previous final appearance.