Новости за 02.05.2016

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage from franchise owners who say the law discriminates against them by treating them as large businesses.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Ringo Starr and other artists plan to skip North Carolina performances as part of a musicians' boycott over a new law that limits protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, but…

NEW YORK (AP) — Marin Mazzie found herself last Friday wearing a lilac ball gown hoop skirt and a determined expression.

CLEVELAND (AP) — It was a brokered convention with three candidates and two factions. Republican Party leaders hoped for unity, but once the delegates began voting, consensus proved elusive.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story April 30 about Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Fabio Rivera is a student at the University of Arkansas. He attends Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.

HELSINKI (AP) — The oil-rig helicopter that crashed in western Norway, killing 13 people, gave no mayday call or indicated it was in trouble, Norwegian investigators said Monday.

MADRID (AP) — Police arrested four people at a bull run festival in northeastern Spain for allegedly attacking two animal rights activists who tried to video the event, an official said Monday.

MONDAY, May 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Small children riding in taxis often aren't in a car safety seat, putting them at risk for injury and death in an accident, U.S. researchers warn.

MONDAY, May 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A type of psychotherapy might help cancer survivors deal with the long-term thinking problems some experience after chemotherapy, researchers say.

MONDAY, May 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Dieting might help improve your health, mood, sex drive and stress levels even if you're not obese, a new clinical trial reports.

MONDAY, May 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The more teens see alcohol brands on TV shows, the greater the chances they'll choose those brands, a new study finds.

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (AP) — "Foamhenge," a life-sized plastic foam replica of England's famous Stonehenge monument, needs a new home more than a decade after it was installed in a Virginia County as an April Fool's Day stunt.

NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski will serve as correspondents for NBC's coverage of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Madison beat out several larger cities who placed in the top 10, including Minneapolis and San Francisco.

TORONTO (AP) — Two of the world's social media superstars — Britain's Prince Harry and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — are counting down to the 2017 Invictus Games, a sports competition for wounded, injured and sick service personnel.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Irish Repertory Theatre has tapped a star of the Emerald Isle to host a gala benefit performance of "Finian's Rainbow" — Saoirse Ronan.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Paul McCartney says he met with two of the women who integrated Little Rock's Central High School, saying the 1957 crisis inspired the Beatles' hit song "Blackbird."

Despite lower than anticipated initial interest, Xcel Energy is poised to go forward with two community solar gardens in western Wisconsin.

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Monday confirmed the appointment of a special administrator to oversee the settlement of Prince's estate.

The students face a challenge that has long dogged campus movements: How to keep their energy up as students leave Madison for the summer.

"Wilde Lake" (William Morrow), by Laura Lippman

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is reporting raising about $26 million in April for her primary race against Bernie Sanders.

NICKERSON, Neb. — Half-ton pickup trucks crowd the curb outside the One Horse Saloon, a neon Coors Light sign in the window and rib-eye steaks on the menu, but otherwise Nickerson, Nebraska, is nearly silent on a spring evening, with…

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they fatally shot a French citizen after he stabbed a policeman to death while resisting arrest on the resort island of Bali.

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area history attraction is marking a British invasion led by four marauding mop-tops.