Новости за 19.04.2016

The Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off the 2016 opening of the Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail Sunday, May 1 with a bike trip from Norwalk to Sparta.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

Controversy over the weekly Christian event fueled a confrontation between

Western Wisconsin residents will have a chance to share their concerns with the state’s railroad commissioner Thursday during two public listening sessions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bipartisan aviation policy bill Tuesday that would boost airport security, extend new protections to airline passengers and help speed the introduction of package-delivery drones.

CHICAGO (AP) — Milt Pappas, who won 209 games during his 17-year career with the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 76.

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado corrections officer who killed a man during a shootout between two biker clubs at a Denver motorcycle show won't face criminal charges because his self-defense claim makes it unlikely a jury would convict him, prosecutors…

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova swept past qualifier Luisa Chirico 6-0, 6-0 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the WTA Porsche Grand Prix.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An oil and natural gas producer has laid off 42 employees, including 38 at its headquarters in Tulsa.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge approved an agreement Tuesday between the city of Ferguson and the U.S. Justice Department that calls for sweeping changes in Ferguson, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who served as the face of the church in New Hampshire during the sex abuse scandal was granted parole Tuesday on two of his convictions for stealing $300,000 from a hospital, a…

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he will soon die and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is joining forces with the environmentalist Greens and the center-left Social Democrats to freeze out a nationalist party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Department of Justice settlement calling for changes in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police (all times Central Daylight Time):

A gofundme campaign is underway to raise money for Grammy Award-winning musician Bill Miller as he recovers from emergency surgery last week to remove life-threatening blood clots.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal judge approves police, court reform agreement between Ferguson, US Justice Department.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge acted properly in sentencing former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle to more than 15 years in prison, prosecutors said in a response to his appeal in which they cited text messages illustrating his multiple efforts…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia high school discriminated against a transgender teen by forbidding him from using the boys' restroom, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case that could have implications for a North Carolina law that…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to name a street after pioneering gay leader Harvey Milk is the latest display of Salt Lake City standing out as a blue dot in a deep-red state where the prevailing Mormon faith…

NEW YORK (AP) — Troubled blood-testing startup Theranos acknowledged that it is under investigation by several regulators and agencies.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With record early-voting numbers already reached, Indiana election officials don't expect the momentum to let up ahead of the state's May 3 primary election.

How patients and family members cope with Parkinson’s disease will be the focus during the next Parkinson’s Support Group meeting from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 in the Tomah Memorial Hospital classrooms.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A class-action lawsuit over Flint's contaminated water was dismissed Tuesday, with the judge saying constitutional claims by residents are barred by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

MANTA, Ecuador (AP) — The latest on the deadly earthquake in Ecuador (all times local):

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Robert Bentley's former law enforcement secretary sued his old boss Tuesday, saying that Bentley wrongly fired him.