Новости за 07.04.2016

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the opening round of play at the Masters on Thursday. (all times local):

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stalled nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court is giving President Barack Obama a chance to do what he says he's missed: go back to school.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says its longtime head of automotive design is retiring after 44 years with the company.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former peanut company executive serving a 28-year prison sentence won't have to pay money to victims of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to his Georgia plant.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Opposition from top Senate Democrats Thursday stalled two of the president's nominees to the Securities and Exchange Commission over whether the nominees support requiring publicly-traded corporations to disclose political spending.

The things we love also can be the most frustrating. University of Wisconsin junior Ben Skogen loves golf, but that doesn’t mean it can’t get under his skin at times.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Fisheries managers have changed course and decided to allow live bait on Mille Lacs (mil-LAX') Lake this season after all.

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government revised Thursday its budget deficit for last year to 5 percent, down from 5.2 percent but still above the level agreed with the European Commission.

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System regents committee has approved a plan to raise nonresident and graduate tuition at five campuses.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The head of a payday lending enterprise accused of charging more than 700 percent interest on short-term loans was indicted Thursday on federal racketeering charges.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dust has barely settled from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but audiences already have a new installment to get excited for.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The City of St. Paul will pay the family of an elderly woman struck and killed by a police squad $62,500 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.

LISBON (AP) — Pushing back against critics who argue he has backed too much stimulus, European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says the top monetary authority for the eurozone will do "whatever is needed" to lift dangerously low inflation.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are sinking Thursday afternoon, led by losses in banks and technology companies. Oil prices are inching lower after a 5-percent jump a day earlier.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills linebacker A.J. Tarpley cites two concussions he sustained last year as the reason he has elected to retire from football after just one season.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Department of Natural Resources officials chose Thursday to delay plans to impose uniform rules on state-owned shooting ranges in the face of pushback from the public, pulling the regulations from their board's agenda.

A running list of transfers and early NBA Draft entries for each team in the Big Ten.

Katie Elliott is a coordinator of the American Family Insurance Championship, which will be played June 22-26 at University Ridge.

THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A change to a U.S. government nutrition program improved the diets of millions of young children in low-income families, a new study says.

THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new study confirms a common-sense notion: Earplugs can shield you from the temporary hearing loss that can happen after a high-decibel music concert.

THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Hearing loss is associated with higher medical costs for late middle-aged adults, a new study finds.

THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The first leadless, wire-free heart pacemaker has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A stimulant banned from competitive sports has been found in more than a dozen dietary supplements marketed for "burning" body fat.