Новости за 18.12.2015

WENZHOU, China (AP) — Alex Theil walked down a broken, weedy road in Rui'an, an auto-parts counterfeiting hot spot in China. Sweating, he passed a rusted-out truck, then paused before a worksh…

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, awaiting sentencing in a hush-money case, has suffered a stroke and was admitted to a hospital the first week of November, his attorney…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Unable to stop himself, LeBron James launched his 250-pound body into the air, crashing hard into the lap of a courtside spectator unable to get out of his way.

The following editorial was published in Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

The following editorial was published in Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal (moo-MEE'-ah AH'-boo jah-MAHL') will get a chance to tell a federal judge that his medical care for hepatitis C and other health pr…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2005, Enrique Marquez Jr. moved to Riverside, California. He'd soon meet a new friend, living in the house next door, Syed Rizwan Farook.

CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on developments in the case of a Chicago police officer charged in a black teenager's shooting death and the federal civil rights investigation of the Police Departme…

SHANGHAI (AP) — Multinationals are losing the battle to keep potentially dangerous Chinese fakes out of Western markets, and they themselves are partly to blame.

NEW YORK (AP) — He's the enfant terrible of pharmaceuticals, a 32-year-old CEO who unapologetically raised the price of the only approved drug for a rare disease from $13.50 to $750 per pill.

With triple the floor space, the renovated Trane Supply store is ready for future growth.

BARABOO — Move over, O’ Christmas tree, and make way for the Festivus pole.

La Crosse County residents will not see a proposed vehicle registration fee referendum on the ballot this spring.

WINONA, Minn. -- Winona County’s planning commission on Thursday night approved six dog kennel permits for Amish landowners, amid concerns over the health and safety of the animals at some of …

Sportsman's Range is offering the National Rifle Association's (NRA) Basic Pistol Course from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Lee Enterprises, which publishes the La Crosse Tribune, announced Thursday a leadership transition beginning in February.

All Western Technical College campuses and regional locations will be closed for the holiday season from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1.

The Children's Museum of La Crosse will host its annual Countdown to Noon beginning at 10 a.m. Dec. 31.

BARABOO — Move over, O’ Christmas tree, and make way for the Festivus pole.

WEST SALEM -- West Salem High School students got a taste of what they will face in their post-high school lives when they participated in the school’s first reality store last week.

ONALASKA -- During a year when the Onalaska Area Historical Society went through the most trying times in its own history, Sharon Mahlum was one of the bright spots.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans plan to march Saturday in Seoul against conservative President Park Geun-hye, whose increasingly harsh treatment of union members and dissid…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Paging, Dr. Shumpert.

SYDNEY (AP) — Tobacco giant Philip Morris has suffered another setback in its efforts to challenge an Australian law that bans tobacco companies from placing logos on their cigarette packs and…

TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan tweaked its lavish stimulus program Friday to encourage more corporate investment.