Новости за 18.08.2017

DETROIT (AP) — A former union official in Detroit has been charged with making more than $40,000 in purchases for herself and others with money from Fiat Chrysler.

PARIS (AP) — From Barcelona to Times Square and beyond, extremists have used vehicles as deadly weapons with alarming frequency in recent years, whether to promote jihad, get attention or express despair.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Democratic state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys is considering running for governor, the latest in the ever-growing list of potential candidates to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — British Columbia's workplace safety agency has released the first official account of a "Deadpool 2" stuntwoman's death.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years.

TOMAH — The Area Community Theatre will hold auditions for its holiday production, “A Christmas Chaos,” from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the theater, 907 Kilbourn Ave. in Tomah.

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):

MoneyTipsMoney or sex: which topic causes the most trouble within a relationship? A recently released Money Habits and Confessions Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of LearnVest, suggests that the answer is… money.Finances were a greater source of relationship…

FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Widely used heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors do not appear to increase Alzheimer's disease risk, according to a new study.

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift had a "blank space, baby" across social media Friday — and Swifties went wild.

Robin Thicke's girlfriend is pregnant, and their baby is due on the birthday of Thicke's late father, actor Alan Thicke.

Natalie Gelman — one of the acts on Saturday at the Great River Folk Festival — seems to be among that group of lucky individuals who make their living doing something they love to do anyway. That might be why…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's job market posted mixed results in July despite a decrease in the unemployment rate.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Julian Stanford was stunned by what he saw between him and the quarterback.

After 41 years, the Great River Folk Fest is changing things up a bit. In addition to traditional folk artists, this years’ festival — scheduled for Aug. 25-27 at Riverside Park — will feature bluegrass, newgrass and Americana artists.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate at the Dane County Jail died while in custody.

It started innocently enough. Bill Harnden was out one night in November 1991, listening to a band called The Headliners. He knew Tari Tovsen, a singer/guitarist in the band who as a teen played in a popular local band called…

Students taking part in Cardinal Nest Childcare in the Bangor School District will need to find a new after school option on early release days after September.

As an undergraduate nursing student at UW-Madison, Maichou Lor tried three ways of getting information about cancer screening from Hmong adults: using written surveys with true-false or check-box answers, and reading questions out loud.

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. decreased by three this week to 946.

Baby rattles that pose a choking hazard to children are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include boots and batteries in refurbished phones.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — If there were any doubts that Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen is healthy again, joint practices with the Rams and New Orleans Saints have quashed them.

Thunderstorms rattle Dawn Richards so much that she can’t even drive in the rain because such weather takes her back to the night of Aug. 18, 2007, when her husband sacrificed his own life to save her from the raging…

MIDWAY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Vernon Poling was 44 years old when he finally got a home of his own.