Новости за 16.12.2015

Alexander L. Aichele, 24, Blair, was fined $10 for vehicle operator fail/wear seat belt.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The number of fire deaths in Minnesota is on the rise.

MADISON -- Bo Ryan has believed for a long time that Greg Gard is ready to run a program. Gard will get that chance on an interim basis after Ryan announced Tuesday night that he’s stepping do…

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former UPS Inc. worker in South Texas, his daughter and another ex-employee are going to prison for using the company to smuggle drugs.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Pharmacists in Minnesota would be required to take a break during their work day under a proposal being considered by a regulatory board.

VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — The Virginia City Council has rejected a motion that asks a company that hosts "clothing optional" parties to leave town.

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities say two men have been arrested and are being investigated for possible links to last month's attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton plans to meet with the president of The Citadel after online photos surfaced showing cadets with pillowcases over their heads…

BANGKOK (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat for East Asian affairs said he told Thailand's leaders Wednesday that democracy must be restored in the country for relations to flourish between the longt…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the Federal Reserve's landmark two-day policy meeting which ends Wednesday. The central bank is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a …

MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat says Turkey should pay compensation for the Russian warplane it shot down near the Syrian border last month.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have broken up an arms-smuggling operation, arrested two suspects and confiscated explosives and automatic guns.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 39-year-old woman and a teenage boy are suspected in the deaths of two children whose bodies were found inside a storage unit in Northern California, in a case that came…

Embattled Valeant Pharmaceuticals is slashing its expectations for the quarter and year and issuing a guarded outlook for next year as well.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's military says security forces have killed eight Kurdish rebels in a clash in a mainly-Kurdish town in southeast Turkey.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia deported 50 Taiwanese and Chinese citizens on Wednesday who were members of a cross-border telephone and Internet fraud ring, officials said.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights advocates have called for an investigation following the Nigerian army's raid on a Shiite sect in which hundreds of people were reportedly killed.

MOSCOW (AP) — A group of Christian enthusiasts has released a calendar showing an unexpected face of the Russian Orthodox Church: cat-loving priests.

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — The Kohler Co. and its striking union have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract.

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian prime minister says his country will halt some trade with Russian-occupied Crimea by mid-January.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians Wednesday who had attacked Israeli security forces during an overnight raid in the West Bank, police said.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The latest news on the mass movement of asylum-seekers and migrants to Europe. All times local:

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local:

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese recently lived through 50 days of political drama, when the party that lost an October general election outmaneuvered the winner and took charge of the country.

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish rail infrastructure company says copper thieves are suspected of causing major disruptions on commuter train services around the northeastern city of Barcelona.