Новости за 15.06.2016

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. agency promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women appointed Academy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway as a global goodwill ambassador on Wednesday, calling her a longstanding supporter of women's and girls' rights.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's approval rating has dropped in a new Marquette University Law School poll.

NEW YORK (AP) — The settlement of a New York court case calls for a 1931 sculpture of Picasso's mistress to be owned by New York art collector Leon Black rather than the royal Qatari family.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, which ended at 2 p.m. with the release of a policy statement. A news conference by Chair Janet Yellen will follow (all times are Eastern):

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education proposed on Wednesday to shut down the nation's largest accreditor of for-profit colleges, a rare move that could put dozens of schools at risk of losing federal funding.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chef Alon Shaya's unlikely love affair with Louisiana started years ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates unchanged in light of an uncertain job market, while offering no specifics about when its next rate hike might occur.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's governor has had a Confederate flag removed from a Flag Day exhibit in the state Capitol after the chairwoman of the black legislators' caucus took it down and it was subsequently restored to display.

According to MLB.com, the deal is worth $900,000 for Rortvedt, who was chosen by the Twins with the 56th overall pick in last week's draft.

WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- When babies are born, the birth process covers their bodies with countless microbes that play crucial roles in their future health. But a new study suggests that these "microbiomes" are altered by cesarean…

WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- America's heart health seems to be improving, a new study reports.

The poll is the first since Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton became their party's presumptive nominees.

Ichiro Suzuki is approaching a couple of hitting milestones in his professional baseball career.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam still isn't ready to endorse Donald Trump following a New York meeting he helped organize with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Wesleyan University has established a scholarship honoring alumni Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail, the creative forces behind the Broadway smash "Hamilton."

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Russ Feingold aren't talking much on the campaign trail about the years they've already spent in the Senate.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man is accused of contributing to his partner's suicide by physically and emotionally abusing her for years.

DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of people, including Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bettman, bid farewell to Gordie Howe at a packed, two-hour funeral service in Detroit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland hasn't made much progress winning over Senate Republicans, but he found a more receptive audience Wednesday in a room full of graduating fifth graders.

NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will be meeting with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism watch lists or no fly lists from buying guns as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on when it comes to guns, it's their proclaimed respect for the Second Amendment.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An appeals court Wednesday upheld a state policy that bars prison employees from wearing union pins opposing Republican Gov. Terry Branstad while on duty.

The Tomah High School boys golf team was named third team academic all-state by Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin.

DES MOINES, Iowa — An appeals court is backing a policy that bars union prison workers from wearing pins opposing Republican Gov. Terry Branstad while on duty.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court sided with North Dakota interests on Wednesday in affirming a lower court ruling that bars Minnesota from enforcing key sections of its 2007 law restricting new power generation from coal.