Новости за 08.04.2016

CHICAGO (AP) — Whether there was a mime leading warmups, a 1970s van blasting disco music or Chicago Cubs mingling with real cubs this spring, Joe Maddon was in top form long before the season's first pitch.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Late in a draining season, the Los Angeles Kings are glad to be in prime position to win the Pacific Division title. They're even happier to get one over on the Anaheim Ducks just in case…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long before he was president of the United States or even governor of California, Ronald Reagan had an army of star-struck movie fans who wrote him letters — and who to their surprise often got a…

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

The public is encouraged to attend one of four town hall meetings to learn more about the stormwater bond issue on the May 10 ballot.

Eleven months after severe storms forced the Homestead Recreational Trail through southern Lancaster County to close, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District has completed repairs and reopened the popular hiking and biking trail from Roca to Cortland.

A group of students from a Public Advocacy and Civic Engagement class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a fundraiser for Heartland Big Brothers Big Sisters at the downtown Raising Cane’s from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Hathaway is a first-time mother.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors became the second team to win 70 games in a season by beating the San Antonio Spurs 112-101 on Thursday night, wrapping up home-court advantage throughout…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Mikael Backlund had his first NHL hat trick to help the Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Thursday night.

Ronnie Green is a good pick for the next chancellor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Ronnie Green is a good pick for the next chancellor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

In an election year when the front runners from both major parties are roundly despised by more people than support them, is our only choice really just between bad and worse?

In November, Nebraskans should vote to retain the current law which has replaced the death penalty with life in prison without parole.

Forget the term "lock-down corner."

It was a crisp and sparkling opening night for “Mrs. Shakespeare” at Nebraska Wesleyan’s lab theater Thursday night.

To presuppose that the debate over capital punishment would be the focus of Jessica Blank and Erik Jenson’s play “The Exonerated” would be a mistake.

That thumping beat Thursday evening was from “She Kills Monsters,” the final production of the UNL Theatre Department’s 2015-16 season.

In September 2014, Dwight Yoakam came to Omaha to open an Eric Church concert at the CenturyLink Center.

Mi’Cole Cayton, one of five players who signed last fall to join the Nebraska women’s basketball team in 2016, said she will probably still be attending the school even after this week’s news that Connie Yori is out as coach…

One of the most decorated players in Nebraska women’s basketball history and the most accomplished of the Connie Yori era is among several former players to come to the defense of their former coach.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a seven-year drought, Philadelphia is getting another chance to celebrate a championship season.

Melissa McCarthy is a two-man woman when it comes to her career. With writer/director Paul Feig, she’s found some of her greatest success, from her breakout in “Bridesmaids,” to the runaway hit of “The Heat,” to last year’s surprise, “Spy.”…

"Midnight Special," from writer-director Jeff Nichols, evinces the same knack for melding realism and fantasy that the filmmaker brought to his breakout 2011 film "Take Shelter." In that film, Michael Shannon delivered a haunted, enigmatic performance as a man desperately…

“Trapped” takes its title from the so-called TRAP laws being passed by state legislatures around the country designed to make providing abortions so difficult that clinics are forced to close, piece by piece eliminating the choice guaranteed to women by…