Новости за 20.01.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — For the second straight year, more than 100 players are giving up college eligibility to enter the NFL draft.

An independent football league debuting in April is embracing high-profile NFL players who were shunned, extending invitations to Johnny Manziel and Ray Rice and lining up several former draft picks with the promise of a shot to display their talent.

An application for state aid for snowmobile trails will be discussed at the Monroe County Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25 at Rolling Hills Nursing Home complex in Sparta starting at 6 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — They aren't well-known. Their names are odd. And what they do — well, it's complicated.

HONOLULU (AP) — Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods — with a rare treat of Spam — and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for…

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers may not know the status of injured receivers Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams and Geronimo Allison until just before the NFC championship game on Sunday.

BOSTON (AP) — Hollywood films about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings shot on location last year to bring the story to the silver screen, but not all the for-profit productions have been forthcoming about the taxpayer-funded benefits they're seeking or…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on a two-day sentencing hearing for "Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — More than a century after his death, Mark Twain's publishing life continues.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota officials have found another case of chronic wasting disease, this time in a captive deer that died on a farm in Meeker County near Dassel in central Minnesota.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — For Idina Menzel and Nia Long, director Garry Marshall's 1988 melodrama "Beaches," starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, is a four-hankie treat.

SEVNICA, Slovenia (AP) — The inauguration of Donald Trump is a big thing for a small town in Slovenia where the new U.S. first lady traces her roots.

It’s a night out to benefit the animals of the Tomah area.

It's a night out to benefit the animals of the Tomah area.

FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A blood test may help determine a person's chance of surviving an Ebola infection, researchers say.

FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Eight people who worked at several rat-breeding facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin have been infected with a virus not commonly found in the United States, federal health officials said Friday.

FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. patients with late-stage lung cancer do not receive treatments that could prolong their lives, a new study finds.

FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Flu activity continues to rise across the United States and there's been a slight uptick in the number of deaths in the last week, federal health officials reported Friday.

Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "House of Cards" will return in May for a fifth season.

There's one last step on the road to the Super Bowl: Conference Championship weekend.

(ESPN) - Baltimore Ravens linebacker Zach Orr, the team's leading tackler this season, has retired at age 24 because of a congenital neck and spine condition, the team announced Friday.

Incoming first lady Melania Trump wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The St. Petersburg city council has given final approval to an ordinance banning use of smokeless tobacco products at organized sporting events, including baseball games at Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a couple found dead in a murder-suicide at George Wyth (wihth) State Park in Waterloo suffered from health problems.