Новости за 15.10.2015

LOS ANGELES - The City Council on Wednesday voted to legalize urban beekeeping, overturning a ban dating to 1879 and overriding concerns that it might bring aggressive Africanized hives to backyards.

Hyatt Hotels will no longer offer on-demand pornographic movies in its rooms, the company said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - U.S. airlines have ramped up an aggressive lobbying campaign that seeks nothing less than converting the government from industry regulator to business ally.

WASHINGTON - U.S. airlines have ramped up an aggressive lobbying campaign that seeks nothing less than converting the government from industry regulator to business ally.

LOS ANGELES - The Boeing Co. has paid $18 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that claimed it overcharged the government for labor on the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at its Long Beach Depot Center.

BOSTON - New England residents and visitors to the six-state region hoping to catch a glimpse of its celebrated fall foliage may have been a little disappointed so far in seeing more green than blazing orange, scarlet and gold. But experts say there's no need to fret - this year's foliage season was delayed slightly because of weather conditions and is likely to end up being just as spectacular. It may even last a little longer than usual, which is good for the economy.

NEWARK, New Jersey - "Jersey Shore" reality TV show star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino has a new attorney for his federal tax fraud case.

INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Rep. Todd Young leads the pack of Republicans running to replace retiring Indiana Sen. Dan Coats when it comes to fundraising, early campaign finance reports show.

Many claim to be natural, which may sound safe, but dietary supplements send 23,000 Americans to hospital emergency rooms each year, a new federal study estimates.

NEW YORK - Fans hoping to hear Placido Domingo conduct "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera will have to wait a little longer: The maestro is suffering from gallbladder pain and will have to go under the knife, missing the first five shows.

LOS ANGELES - TV's "America's Next Top Model" is leaving the runway.

SAN FRANCISCO - Square, the financial-services startup that helps small businesses process credit card payments, is planning to go public.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - South Carolina, after tens of millions of dollars in tourism losses due to this month's historic rains, is working assure visitors that the state's coast is open again for fall vacations.

INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge seemed critical of a new Indiana law that prohibits voters from taking photos of their election ballots and sharing the images on social media during a hearing on a lawsuit challenging the law.

A major study finds that taking calcium or Vitamin D pills does not help prevent growths that can lead to colon cancer in people who have had at least one in the past.