Новости за 12.07.2017

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Ron Corbett says he's raised more than $800,000 since announcing his campaign less than a month ago.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Powerful storms moving through eastern Minnesota uprooted trees and knocked down utility lines leaving tens of thousands of people without power.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer and director Marti Noxon struggled with anorexia and bulimia for 10 years. It's her story, albeit a fictionalized version, that she tells in "To The Bone," a feature film coming to Netflix on Friday about…

The Monroe-based company founded in 1942 is a major retailer of fruit and cheese but never recovered from the recession.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — While there's nothing you can do or take to ensure you won't get Alzheimer's disease, experts say there are some strategies that might help keep your brain sharp. And you don't need to dole out a…

Laura Dunnum, Katie Justin, and Katelyn Dunnum were named members of the State FFA Band and Taylor Hessler, Sharice Elbert, and Ryla Vatland were named members of the State FFA Chorus. The six Westby Area High School students performed at…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Where is the character Rey in the "Star Wars" version of Monopoly? In a land far, far away, apparently.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms are flooding roads and low-lying areas in southern Wisconsin, causing Amtrak to suspend service between Milwaukee and Chicago.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A man has been given 15 years in prison for stealing money and the safe it was in from his Burlington employer.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Southwest Airlines says a flight en route to Chicago was forced to return to Austin after a fight broke out between two passengers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are launching a program to refurbish three outdoor courts across the state this summer.

NEW YORK (AP) — Visa is looking to push more small businesses into updating their digital payment technology, offering up to $10,000 each to 50 U.S.-based small business owners that are committed to going cashless.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday that it made full payment in damages and compensation to the victims of an oil tanker fire in Pakistan that killed 215 people last month, hours after Pakistan's oil…

U.S. stocks moved higher in midday trading Wednesday as investors sized up Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's remarks before Congress. The gains were broad, with real estate companies leading the pack. Energy stocks also rose as the price of crude…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told Congress on Wednesday that the central bank expects to keep raising a key interest rate at a gradual pace and also plans to start trimming its massive bond holdings this year.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A grocery store chain with roots in Wisconsin says it can no longer compete in today's market and will close all of its stores.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal officials are rethinking a plan to build new high-speed railroad tracks through parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island after complaints that the project would devastate neighborhoods, marshlands and tourist attractions.

Kim Kardashian West is clearing things up after some of her social media followers claimed to see lines of cocaine on a table in the background of one of her posts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dana Canedy, who won a Pulitzer Prize at The New York Times, has been named administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — City officials in eastern Iowa have given initial approval to an ordinance that would restrict panhandling.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Woodbury County sheriff says he intends to obey the Iowa Supreme Court and keep civilian guns out of the county courthouse.

WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — Actor Sam Kebede went to rehearsal hoping to get some insights about what it's like to be recruited by a big-time college basketball coach. Hall-of-Famer Jim Calhoun was happy to assist.

NEW YORK (AP) — NRG Energy, the money-losing Northeast electric utility, will attempt raise up to $4 billion through asset sales as it tries lower debt by $13 billion, cut costs and generate profit.

A trio of people face meth charges after authorities found meth in a car that was parked near a dirt trail outside of Brockway on June 25.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The father of reality TV's "The Willis Family" has pleaded guilty to four counts of child rape.