Новости за 15.01.2016

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be on alert for potholes because of warming temperatures following the recent cold snap.

BROWNSBURG, Indiana - The chief of the Brownsburg Fire Territory has resigned after his drunken driving arrest.

SAN FRANCISCO - Saying current water conditions pose particular peril for the state's tiny, disappearing Delta smelt, federal officials moved Thursday to temporarily reduce water deliveries for farmers and millions of other Californians.

NEW YORK - City officials are close to a deal that would save Central Park's horse-drawn carriages from a threatened ban.

PASADENA, California - Caitlyn Jenner changed her life last year. Now she's living it.

Visiting a spa might sound like an indulgence incompatible with a business meeting. But spas get plenty of bookings these days from corporate clients and organizations, whether for team-building, wellness education or even "manicure meetings."

NEW YORK - The dictionary's definition of the word "farce" really should just be a poster of "Noises Off."

WASHINGTON - Harking back to America's triumphant race into space, the Obama administration is launching what it calls a "moonshot" effort to cure cancer.

NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs said Thursday it will pay roughly $5 billion to settle federal and state probes of its role in the sale of shoddy mortgages in the years leading to the housing bubble and subsequent financial crisis.

INDIANAPOLIS - A new proposal to lift Indiana's eight decades-old ban on Sunday carryout alcohol sales would impose fewer new restrictions on grocery stores and pharmacies than a bill that failed in the Legislature last year.

CORYDON, Indiana - A southern Indiana man asked Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea to a murder charge in the 2013 slayings of a rural Harrison County couple.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma said Thursday that there's less of a chance that the Legislature will approve civil rights protections for gay and transgender people following comments made by Gov. Mike Pence during his annual State of the State address this week.

DETROIT - The federal government wants to get autonomous vehicles on the road more quickly, and says it will fast-track policies and possibly even waive regulations to do it.

VALLEY OF THE WHALES, Egypt - Egypt on Thursday unveiled what it said is the Middle East's first museum dedicated to fossils that showcases an early form of whales, now extinct and known as the "walking whale."

INDIANAPOLIS - A bill sparing Indiana schools from a drop in A-F grades resulting from this year's sharp decline in student ISTEP scores now goes to the full House for consideration after the chamber's education committee approved it Thursday.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - The estate of a 44-year-old woman who was fatally shot while shopping in a northern Indiana grocery store two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the store's chain.

LOS ANGELES - The latest on a natural gas leak in a Los Angeles neighborhood (all times local):

FRESNO, California - The names of iconic hotels and other landmarks in the world-famous Yosemite National Park will soon change in an ongoing battle over who owns the intellectual property, park officials said Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO - Intel posted a fourth-quarter earnings report that was slightly better than Wall Street forecasts, but its stock still fell in late trading Thursday amid signs of a continued slump in the personal computer business.

SAN FRANCISCO - California fined Uber's state subsidiary $7.6 million on Thursday for allegedly failing to provide regulators with enough detailed information on the ride-hailing company's drivers and riders.

INDIANAPOLIS - A man who's charged in the slaying of an Indianapolis police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the city seeking $2.3 million in damages for alleged excessive force.

LANCASTER, California - A former "Power Rangers" actor has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death with a sword at their Southern California home.

NEW YORK - Banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits rose 9 percent from a year earlier, helped by strong performance in its consumer banking division and lower legal expenses.

PITTSBURGH - A North Carolina man who called himself "Bullionaire" pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to mailing $5,200 in counterfeit $100 bills to Los Angeles after he received them from an alleged counterfeiter in Uganda.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The latest on New Mexico's plans to sue the EPA over a toxic mine spill (all times local):