Новости за 12.08.2015

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A helicopter traveling from an oil rig crashed into the lagoon in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, killing four people on Wednesday, according to aviation officials.

BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland is lifting some sanctions against Iran in what it calls a sign of support for the agreement between Tehran and world powers over its nuclear program.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' board has expanded the list of projects that don't require an environmental analysis.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance says property values statewide have risen for a second year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Another drop in China's currency shook markets around the world for a second straight day amid rising concerns about the world's second-largest economy. Major markets in Europe…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

DETROIT (AP) — Oil and gas industry watchers said Wednesday prices at the pump have jumped across the Great Lakes region because of the unexpected, partial shutdown of a large Indiana oil refi…

Another weakening of China's currency sent U.S. markets sharply lower Wednesday, but by the end of the day major indexes recovered nearly all the ground they had lost earlier. The Dow Jones in…

A Galesville mother who left her toddler alone inside a car while she stopped at a North Side La Crosse house to use heroin will serve one year on probation and undergo drug treatment.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning says Tom Brady apologized to him — unnecessarily — after taking a shot at him in recently released emails.

In her first trip to Wisconsin as a member of the Obama administration, secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is expected to visit La Crosse this week to view the Mississippi River and promot…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A free-falling Chinese currency could make China's goods cheaper for foreigners, squeeze Western companies, discourage Chinese tourism, increase China's exports and complicat…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court decided Wednesday to allow expanded access of media camera and audio recordings of criminal proceedings as part of a pilot project.

Bludgeoned to death with her hands cut from her body, "Jane Doe" was left along a rural Vernon County roadside in May of 1984 with no clue of her identity or the circumstances surrounding her death.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

A proposed apartment complex on West Veterans Street won’t be built.

Home sweep home.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some state lawmakers are reviving an idea to merge the University of Wisconsin System's 13 two-year colleges with the Wisconsin Technical College System's 16 technical col…

How important is open government to the people of Wisconsin?

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's Inc. is setting its sights on Chinese shoppers, with plans to test selling goods online in the world's second-largest economy late this year.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rdio, the music subscription service backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, is partnering to bring simulcasts of 500 traditional radio stations to its app in the U.S.

Today I read the story of the Minnesota man, convicted of bear poaching in Wisconsin, who killed Cecil the Lion. We had an opportunity to stop this tragedy. He should not have been allowed to …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government ran a much higher budget deficit in July than a year ago, but it's still on track for the lowest full-year deficit in eight years.

Does anyone eat at home these days? My mother and grandmothers were constantly cooking and baking from morning until night. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner, with coffee time sandwiched in b…

NEW YORK (AP) — Landing that first job out of college calls for a celebration. But when the party is over, it's time to sit down and figure out how to make your money work for you.