Новости за 26.02.2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy got off to a good start in the new year. Americans boosted their spending in January at the fastest pace in eight months, while their incomes increased by the lar…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian coalminers have been on strike for thirteen days and are still stationed outside a coal company's administration building in the western part of the country in…

Political uncertainty isn't the only threat to the Affordable Care Act's future. Cracks also are spreading through a major pillar supporting the law

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former high school teacher and wrestling coach charged with sexually abusing a female student has pleaded guilty to six felony counts.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. and global stocks rose modestly in early trading Friday, on track for a second straight weekly gain, helped by encouraging economic news in the U.S. and word from China th…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A parliamentary debate on the election of a new Kosovo president was disrupted Friday when three tear gas canisters were opened on the opposition benches, prompting law…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Refugees and other migrants pouring into Greece will be kept on Aegean Sea islands on ferries used as floating shelters, government officials said Friday, as thousands wh…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's main opposition party said on Friday that over 200 of its supporters have been detained across the country, hampering efforts to launch a legal challenge agains…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State officials say the flu is now widespread in Minnesota after a slow start to the season.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stan Wawrinka advanced to the Dubai Tennis Championships final after Nick Kyrgios of Australia retired during their semifinal with a back injury on Friday.

BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai government's use of a harsh law prohibiting criticism of the monarchy has intensified under military rule, an international human rights group said Friday.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria and the provisional cease-fire proposed by the U.S. and Russia that is to go into effect at midnight (all times local):

HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A man who wounded three people before storming into the central Kansas factory where he worked and shooting 15 others, killing three of them, had just been served a protec…

DUBLIN (AP) — The longtime chief of the Irish Republican Army, one of the outlawed group's most feared and secretive figures, received an 18-month prison sentence Friday for tax evasion a deca…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks opened higher and remained on track for a second straight weekly gain on encouraging economic news in the U.S. and word from China that the country won't devalue it…

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the race for president ahead of Super Tuesday, the biggest single-day delegate haul of the nomination contests (all times local):

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing U.S. Border Patrol agents in northern Ohio of specifically targeting Hispanics.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition activists say an organizer of a provincial march to commemorate the 2015 slaying of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been severely beaten.

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Police say a shooting at a Wausau apartment is apparently drug related.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy's slowdown in the final three months of 2015 wasn't quite as bad as initially thought.

BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) — Police say speed and alcohol were likely factors in a car crash that killed a 3-year-old girl and injured two others in a Milwaukee suburb.

NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon says CEO Lorenzo Delpani is stepping down from the job next week for personal reasons.

BERLIN (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg conceded Friday that Facebook didn't do enough until recently to police hate speech on the social media site in Germany, but said that it has made progress and ha…

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota House staffer wants the seat vacated by Rep. Tim Sanders, who recently announced his retirement from the Legislature.

DETROIT (AP) — Evenflo is recalling over 56,000 child safety seats because curious children can loosen the internal harness, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.