Новости за 11.01.2017

DODGE CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Emergency crews are at the scene of a possible explosion that injured several people at a truck plant in southeastern Minnesota. The incident happened Wednesday morning at McNeilus, a truck manufacturer in Dodge Center. Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Troy Christianson tells KTTC-TV (http://bit.ly/2jjSXB2 ) that five people are hurt. Christianson […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials are delaying their decision on whether to lift protections for more than 700 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park and allow hunting. The delay comes amid opposition from dozens of American Indian tribes and conservation groups that say hunts could reverse the grizzly’s four-decade recovery. Officials had […]

Atlanta head coach Dan Quinn has himself partially to blame for having to go against Seattle defensive lineman Michael Bennett in a playoff game Saturday.

Jim Furyk has been appointed U.S. captain for the 2018 Ryder Cup in France. Furyk will be in charge of a team that will try to win on European soil for the first time since 1993 at The Belfry. The Americans ended a three-match losing streak last year at Hazeltine with a 17-11 victory. Thomas […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The little brown bat, a species that has been decimated by a deadly fungus, could be taking the first tentative steps to recovery. Researchers for the first time are finding the bats showing some resistance to white-nose syndrome — the fungus that has killed millions of them across North America. White-nose […]

SKIEN, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 rampage, is in touch with fellow right-wing extremists from behind bars, a government attorney said Wednesday, arguing that Breivik must be held in solitary confinement. Attorney General Fredrik Sejersted spoke during the Norwegian government’s appeal against a court […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy winner Richard Carpenter sued Universal Music Group on Wednesday for millions in royalties he contends are owed from licensing Carpenters songs for online services such as Apple’s iTunes. Carpenter’s lawsuit seeks more than $2 million in royalties and is also being filed on behalf of the estate of his sister, […]

2017 Chrysler Pacifica Limited BASE PRICE: $28,595 for LX; $30,495 for Touring; $34,495 for Touring L; $37,895 for Touring L Plus; $42,495 for Limited. PRICE AS TESTED: $48,280. TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel drive, seven-passenger minivan. Most Read StoriesFacebook Live video spurs hate-crime charges against woman after 'Spanish privilege' rant  WATCHAG Bob Ferguson unveils assault-weapons ban for […]

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is a sharp-looking, roomy and versatile minivan with more technology than previous Chrysler vans and thoughtful features that other minivans can lack. Every Pacifica has Chrysler’s newly improved Stow-N-Go seats that are arguably the easiest and tidiest to get out of the way when extra cargo space is needed. All upper […]

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Taco Bell plans to go nationwide this month with its latest concoction: a taco with a shell made entirely out of fried chicken. Taco Bell says the shell of the Naked Chicken Chalupa is made up of all-white seasoned chicken. The rest of the taco is packed with lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar […]

GENEVA (AP) — Talks to reunify long-divided Cyprus are on track to overcome major obstacles that have stood in the way of a peace accord for decades, the United Nations envoy for Cyprus said Wednesday. But a deal likely won’t emerge immediately from a summit in Geneva this week since important technical details need to […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of mental health workers and child advocates are urging Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to spare the life of a convicted killer scheduled to be executed next week. More than 50 people sent a letter to McAuliffe this week asking him to support Ricky Gray’s request to have his sentence commuted […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped the Department of Veterans Affairs’ top health official to lead a beleaguered agency struggling to meet the health needs of millions of veterans. David Shulkin, a former president of the Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey, emerged after an extended search for a secretary to put […]

Seattle released a request for proposals for the redevelopment of KeyArena, with proposals due by mid-April. Two global arena companies based in Los Angeles have indicated they plan to apply.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A widely shared story that claims California has legalized child prostitution is false. The story shared by theredelephants.com is headlined “California Democrats Legalize Child Prostitution.” It and similar stories shared by other conservative outlets is based on a false column written by a Republican state lawmaker for the Washington Examiner in […]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had uncovered a plot by the Hamas militant group to spy on soldiers by hacking their mobile phones after posing as women and befriending them on social media. A senior intelligence official said Wednesday that Hamas tracked down soldiers through Facebook, and then, […]

Why Washington is hurting more than most states in the big trade slowdown.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jamie Foxx is turning game-show host. The Oscar-winning actor will host Fox TV’s “Beat Shazam,” an interactive game show based on the song-identification app Shazam. The game show’s producers include Mark Burnett of “Survivor” and “The Voice.” Foxx will preside over “Beat Shazam” as teams of two compete against the clock […]

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be built in Exposition Park, where it will sit alongside the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Science Center.

LONDON (AP) — The governor of the Bank of England says Britain’s exit from the European Union is no longer the single biggest risk to financial stability in the U.K. Speaking to lawmakers, Mark Carney said Wednesday that monetary stimulus enacted by the bank shortly after June’s EU referendum had decreased such risks. The central […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a mother and her 9-year-old daughter have been found dead after a murder-suicide in Fort Lauderdale. Local news outlets report that detectives say a family member found the bodies of Ericka Joseph and her daughter Akili Joseph inside their home on Tuesday morning. Investigators believe Ericka […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman accused of injecting her father with a lethal dose of heroin has pleaded guilty involuntary manslaughter and been sentenced to three years in prison. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Lindsay Newkirk, of Columbus, injected heroin into the arm of her 55-year-old father in February after injecting herself. When she woke […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Kurdish militants have claimed responsibility for last week’s car bombing attack that killed a policeman and a courthouse employee in western Turkey. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, says that two members of its “revenge team” died in the Jan. 5 Izmir attack, according to a news agency close to Kurdish militants. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna says President-elect Donald Trump winning the White House is “like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare.” The pop icon tells Harper’s Bazaar in an interview for the magazine’s February issue that election night “was just like watching a horror show.” She says the feeling […]

BERLIN (AP) — Germany saw about 280,000 new asylum-seekers arrive last year, less than a third of the previous year’s huge influx of 890,000, the interior minister said Wednesday. While new arrivals declined, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said that the number of rejected asylum-seekers who left Germany was up — though still not to […]