Новости за 16.12.2015

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Islamic State militants on Wednesday attacked a training camp in Iraq for fighters battling the extremist group, killing three Iraqi Sunni fighters and wounding 10 people, i…

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Amnesty International is warning that curbs on free expression in Kuwait, imposed since the 2011 Arab Spring protests swept the Mideast, are putting the country at risk of "…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that Burundi is on the brink of a civil war that could engulf the region.

ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri University of Science and Technology student pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of her fiancé.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District reopening after a threat (all times local):

WINONA -- A recent uptick in whooping cough cases in Olmsted County has not spread to the Winona area, health officials said this week.

John Matthews, the hard-charging executive director of the union that represents Madison public school teachers and possibly the longest-serving teachers union head in the country, will retire…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trib Total Media is closing two of its western Pennsylvania newspapers after failing to sell them, leaving 87 employees out of work.

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously against tycoon and U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump in his battle to stop an offshore wind farm near his upscale Sc…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan plans to deport about 800 Sudanese asylum seekers to their country, a government spokesman said Wednesday, after troops tore down a makeshift tent camp for the disp…

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — The Kohler Co. and its union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that could bring an end to a monthlong strike at the privately held maker of plumbing prod…

The Minnesota boys' high school basketball rankings, as provided by Minnesota Basketball News, a statewide basketball publication.

The Minnesota girls' high school basketball rankings, as provided by Minnesota Basketball News, a statewide basketball publication.

CHICAGO (AP) — A professor at a suburban Chicago Christian college who is wearing a headscarf to demonstrate solidarity with Muslims has been placed on administrative leave.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A television reporter was doing a live update on a Minnesota bank robbery when police say the suspect returned to rob it a second time.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors filed murder and attempted first-degree intentional homicide charges Wednesday against the man arrested in a hostage standoff at a Wisconsin motorcycle shop.

The Lady Mustangs increased their record to 4-2 after a couple road wins over Cashton and Blair-Taylor last week.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal that would have taken wolves in the western Great Lakes region and Wyoming off the endangered list did not make it into a massive year-end congressional tax and s…

When University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan announced his retirement plans over the summer, even some in his extended basketball family were surprised by the news.

It's one thing for a collegiate men's basketball program to finish fourth or better in its conference for 14 consecutive seasons. It's an entirely different matter when it happens at a school …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal budget proposal brought good news Wednesday for Minnesota's medical device companies by freezing for two years a tax on products like pacemakers and ventilator…

Andy Murray will leave the Australian Open early if his wife goes into labor prematurely.

J.J. Abrams may not elevate the language of "Star Wars," but he sure is fluent in it. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is no more and no less than the movie that made us love it in the first pla…

GENEVA (AP) — Fighting for their careers in soccer politics, Michel Platini plans to boycott his hearing at the FIFA ethics court on Friday while Sepp Blatter is expected to attend his on Thursday.

The Tiger boys hockey team cruised to a 7-1 victory over Viroqua last week.