Новости за 03.05.2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When in the course of human events someone wants to give a shampoo at a salon, a conservative think tank says they shouldn't have to get a license.

NEW YORK (AP) — Specialty drugs and retail expansions boosted CVS Health's first-quarter revenue by 18.9 percent, helping to offset higher costs and push results above Wall Street expectations.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint reported a worse-than-expected loss in its fiscal fourth quarter, even as it added more customers to its cell phone service.

NEW YORK (AP) — More weakness in Chinese manufacturing weighed on U.S. and European financial markets on Tuesday, renewing concerns that the world's second-largest economy is slowing down. Those fears were compounded after European officials cut back their growth forecasts…

LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — When a man accused of torturing a woman to death broke out of Washington state's largest mental hospital with another patient in early April, officials called it a rare occurrence and cited only two other escapes…

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — The state attorney general's office is seeking the resignation of three board members at the Milton Hershey School for disadvantaged children over concerns the board may be violating terms of a 2013 settlement.

NEW YORK (AP) — Higher costs cut into Mylan NV's first-quarter profit, but generic drug sales pushed revenue higher and the earnings results still topped Wall Street expectations.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's embattled president said the Rio de Janeiro Games will be "the most successful Olympics in history" as she ignited the flame Tuesday for a nationwide torch relay that organizers hope will build enthusiasm for the…

When we first encountered deep-fried, bourbon-soaked Twinkies, we were a little smitten. Until, that is, we realized we could do so much better.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police detained three men for questioning Tuesday in the rape and murder of a law student whose body was found mutilated in southern India, officials said.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A county prosecutor in Virginia won't seek criminal charges against police officers who used stun guns multiple times on a black man before his death, she said in a report released Tuesday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut rabbi is accused of raping and molesting a teenage boy hundreds of times from 2001 to 2005 when the boy was a student at a Jewish boarding school in New Haven, according to a…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times Co. (NYT) on Tuesday reported a loss of $8.3 million in its first quarter.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — For Abdiqadir Dulyar, simply reading messages sent to his phone can be chilling.

LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A video released to a North Carolina newspaper shows a jail inmate had been shocked three times with a stun gun before he died.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) — A Florida nursing home is under police investigation after a 65-year-old man suffered second-degree burns and blisters on his abdomen, symptoms of dehydration and then died of heart failure.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the stabbing death of a toddler in Los Angeles (all times local):

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Uber and its opponents in the cab industry are ratcheting up their fight over Uber's proposed expansion in New York state.

DENVER (AP) — Beer maker Molson Coors Brewing said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit nearly doubled as it sold a brewery in Canada.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 19 million U.S. tourists visited Washington in 2015, an increase of 1 million over the previous year and a record for the nation's capital as its tourism industry continues to make steady progress since the…

When Dish technicians aren't busy installing satellite TV services in people's homes, they'll be making house calls to replace iPhone batteries and broken screens.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission estimates that a permanent reintroduction of border checks in Europe's passport-free travel area could cost up to 18 billion euros ($20.7 billion) a year.

ROME (AP) — Italy's top criminal court has ruled that a hungry homeless man who took a package of hot dogs from a supermarket committed no crime.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported a net loss of $354 million for the first quarter, mostly due to losses it sustained on the investments it uses to hedge against swings in interest rates.

GENEVA (AP) — U.N. experts say residents of Flint, Michigan, may have had their human rights violated because of a lack of regular access to safe drinking water over the last two years.