Новости за 30.06.2016

WASHINGTON — The European Union and the United States will continue negotiating a major free trade deal, despite Britain’s decision to leave the EU, Europe’s top trade official said Wednesday. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said at a think tank event that until Britain formally begins a process of withdrawing from the bloc, negotiations will

Stocks closed broadly higher on Wednesday for a second day as worries continued to ease over Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The gains over Tuesday and Wednesday erased more than half of the losses U.S. markets suffered in the fallout from last week’s vote. European markets also posted solid gains and the pound

ST. LOUIS — Lorenzo Cain’s hamstring injury led to a big lineup shift for the Kansas City Royals, with Kendrys Morales starting in right field for the first time since 2008 against the St. Louis Cardinals. Morales, the Royals’ principal designated hitter, batted third and played right field Wednesday night. Jarrod Dyson started in center

AMARILLO, Texas — The Latest on the head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle (all times local): 6 p.m. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is urging the railroad industry “to move as fast” as it possibly can to put new safety technology called positive train control systems into operation. His comments Wednesday came a day after

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A friend of the man accused of gunning down nine black parishioners during a Bible study in a South Carolina church wants to delay his own sentencing. Joey Meek has pleaded guilty to lying to authorities and failing to report a crime regarding what he knew about Dylann Roof’s violent plot. An

NEW YORK — The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Mississippi-based BancorpSouth $10.6 million, alleging the bank deliberately discriminated against minorities in its lending practices. BancorpSouth, a medium-sized regional bank with $13.9 billion in assets and 239 branches in eight states, deliberately avoided building branches in minority neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee

LONDON — Turns out the largest diamond discovered in over a century may not be worth all that much. The tennis ball-sized Lesedi la Rona failed to find a buyer Tuesday, a disappointing result for a stone which had described as “the find of a lifetime” by David Bennett, chairman of Sotheby’s jewelry division. The

ELKHART, Ind. — Elkhart County officials are forming an expanded organizing committee with minorities included for Indiana bicentennial events after the selection of an all-white torch relay team. Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau spokesman Terry Mark said the expanded committee will include six Latinos and six African-Americans to “be representative of the diversity of

SALT LAKE CITY — Democrats in some of the reddest pockets of the interior West have nominated transgender women for Congress, sending a message of inclusivity in races many consider unwinnable for the party. Misty Snow was nominated Tuesday in Utah to challenge GOP U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, and Misty Plowright won a primary to

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is considering closing its popular hiking and biking trails when temperatures get dangerously high in an effort to prevent heat deaths and injuries. The Parks and Recreation board will consider a proposal by staff on Thursday to close down the city’s 41 trailheads in extreme heat. Parks and Recreation

DALLAS — A Texas woman who fatally shot her two daughters did not target her estranged husband because she “wanted him to suffer” the memory of their deaths, a sheriff said Wednesday. Christy Sheats, 42, “had ample time” on Friday to shoot Jason Sheats after she called a family meeting at their home west of

LYTLE, Texas — Two workers have died after being overcome by toxic fumes in a large oil tanker in Bexar County. Bexar County spokeswoman Laura Jesse says the accident happened Tuesday morning near Lytle, about 30 miles southwest of San Antonio, at Pinnacle Truck Trailer & Rail, where tanker interiors are cleaned. She says the