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ROME (AP) — The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that crashed into a reef in 2012 and capsized, killing 32 people, was headed to a Rome prison after losing his final appeals bid Friday. The Court of Cassation, Italy's highest criminal tribunal, upheld Francesco Schettino's lower court convictions and his 16-year prison sentence. "[...] Schettino begins to pay for his wrongdoing," Michelina Suriano, one of the lawyers representing passengers, said after the ruling. Defense lawyer... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Anthem has ended its soured, $48 billion bid to buy rival Cigna, but the nation's second-largest health insurer isn't giving up a fight over whether Cigna deserves a termination fee for the scrapped deal. Anthem had said a combination with Cigna would have helped the companies negotiate better prices with pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and doctor groups. Earlier this year, a federal judge also blocked another big insurance deal, Aetna Inc.'s roughly $34 billion acquisition... Читать дальше...

DENVER (AP) — Two civilian initiatives are coming to Colorado to help veterans and their families deal with traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress and other problems, the University of Colorado said Friday. A five-year, $38 million gift from the Marcus Foundation will create the Marcus Institute for Brain Health at the university's Anschutz Medical Campus in the Denver suburb of Aurora, helping veterans manage the lingering effects of service-related concussions. The university also announced... Читать дальше...

Seattle police arrested a pantsless man sneaking around in bushes in Greenwood early Friday with the help of a search dog.

Jenny Durkan kicks off campaign for mayor with big show of support, bringing "shock and awe" to city politics.

The U.S. attorney's office says 34-year-old Mario Antoine, of Raymore, pleaded guilty to one wire fraud count and will be sentenced to 10 years in prison under the terms of the deal he agreed to Friday. Prosecutors said Antoine created online aliases as a talent manager, photographer and videographer and claimed to work for fictitious companies in the pornography industry.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama on Friday criticized a Trump administration decision to delay federal rules aimed at making school lunch healthier, saying kids will end up "eating crap" instead. In one of his first major acts, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced earlier this month that the department will delay an upcoming requirement to reduce the amount of sodium in meals. Because here's the secret:

After a historically wet few months, there are currently no drought warnings for the Evergreen state. That holds true for neighbors Oregon and Idaho as well, according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report, which marks the first time since 2011 that all three have found themselves omitted from the report at the same time.

It came from the water. It's roughly 50 feet long and weighs as much as 35 tons ... and it's slimy and rotting on the shoreline of a mystified village on an Indonesian island.

LONDON (AP) — A large cyberattack crippled computer systems at hospitals across England on Friday, with appointments canceled, phone lines down and patients turned away. Pictures posted on social media showed screens of NHS computers with images demanding payment of $300 worth of the online currency Bitcoin, saying: "Ooops, your files have been encrypted!" Bart's Health, which runs several London hospitals, said it had activated its major incident plan, cancelling routine appointments and diverting ambulances to neighboring hospitals.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Health authorities are investigating nine suspected cases of Ebola in a remote corner of northern Congo, including two deaths, the country's health minister said Friday. Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic fever that occasionally jumps to humans from animals including bats and monkeys. There is no specific treatment for the disease, though an experimental vaccine was recently developed that WHO says could be used in emergencies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of department stores sank again Friday, hurt by more evidence that shoppers are turning away from them. A drop in Treasury yields also put pressure on bank stocks, and the weakness helped pull the Standard & Poor's 500 index down modestly. Outside of department stores, shoppers picked up their spending last month, and retail sales rose 0.4 percent from March. The Federal Reserve is paying close attention to inflation as it raises interest rates off their record lows... Читать дальше...

NHS Digital, which oversees hospital cybersecurity, says the attack used the Wanna Decryptor variant of malware, which holds affected computers hostage while the attackers demand a ransom. Pictures posted on social media showed screens of NHS computers with images demanding payment of $300 worth of the online currency Bitcoin, saying: "Ooops, your files have been encrypted!" Bart's Health, which runs several London hospitals, said it had activated its major incident plan, cancelling routine appointments... Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European governments are holding urgent talks Friday with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alarmed at a proposed expansion of the U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the EU. [...] a move, which some airline officials expect will happen, would create logistical chaos on the world's busiest corridor of air travel — as many as 65 million people fly on trans-Atlantic routes a year. U.S. officials have said the decision in March to bar laptops and... Читать дальше...

The Industry Ministry said Friday the attack affected the Windows operating system of employees' computers, blocking files and demanding a ransom to free up the system. There were no details on which companies were targeted but telecommunications company Telefonica said it had detected a cybersecurity incident that had affected computers of some employees.

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"Given other recent economic indicators show accelerating economic growth and unemployment down to the lowest levels of the expansion, we expect that core inflation will reverse course soon and start moving upward again," said David Berson, chief economist at Nationwide Mutual Insurance. After mostly lagging below that target since the 2007-2009 recession, inflation has accelerated recently with the unemployment rate falling to 4.4 percent and energy prices rebounding. The Fed cut its key interest... Читать дальше...

Larry Sidor may just be the best brewer in the United States. And I suspect he could probably whup Europe's ass, too, if he wanted.

(AP) — Voters in Oregon's largest city are poised to vote on the biggest school bond in state history after a scandal over high levels of lead in the water at almost every Portland school. The $790 million spending package that would raise taxes to address the crisis has generated intense interest in an otherwise sleepy election as residents revisit lingering questions about how administrators in the 49,000-student district handled the discovery of lead levels that surpassed federal standards in the water at dozens of schools. Читать дальше...

An effort by businesses to rebuild their stockpiles had added a full percentage point to economic growth in the October-December quarter, a period when the economy grew by a tepid 2.1 percent as measured by the gross domestic product. [...] growth slowed in the January-March quarter, in part analysts say because inventories subtracted from overall economic activity.

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Losses at J.C Penney doubled in the first quarter and sales at established stores fell again, capping a terrible week for retailers. Don't be fooled by the bottom line beat; it was entirely due to a real estate gain that we had not included in our forecast, wrote Citi analyst Paul Lejuez. Analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research expected a loss of 22 cents per share, though those estimates were revisited by analysts due to asset gains. Industry analysts watch that figure... Читать дальше...