Новости за 12.05.2016

The schedule was crowded to begin with, but here's another event for anyone traveling to Rio this summer for the Olympics: Russian roulette with the Zika virus.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers tried to tie up loose ends Thursday by taking up bills that deal with voting, driver's licenses and liquor sales as the Legislature's focus shifts to nailing down budget-surplus spending plans.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a police standoff with a man suspected of killing three people in Chicago (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a sugary drink tax say the issue will be on San Francisco's November ballot, despite missing a key deadline by one day.

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

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 8th.

1. "15th Affair" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

Copyright 5/8/2016 Publishers Weekly. Week ending 5/8/2016, powered by Nielsen Bookscan 5/8/2016 The Nielsen Company.

BOSTON (AP) — A hospital that treated a man before he fatally stabbed two people and wounded several others at a home and mall said Thursday that it was barring a state contractor that provides mental health evaluations.

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — A Ludington-based car ferry has received a national historic landmark plaque.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nordstrom's shares are tumbling in extended trading after the upscale department store slashed is annual sales and profit outlook.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the White House set out to throw a party for a group of its Nordic allies, it found inspiration in something they all share: the cold.

LEONIA, N.J. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a 90-foot-long lifelike robotic dinosaur that was set to be part of an exhibit at a New Jersey theme park.

The Latest on developments in Olympic doping stories. All times local:

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert will not appeal his conviction or 15-month prison sentence in a hush-money case that centered on his sexual abuse of students when he was a high school wrestling coach in Illinois…

MIAMI (AP) — "Star Trek" has always looked to the future (aside from episodes where the crew fought Nazis, Romans and other things the producers could easily get costumes for), but Capt. James T. Kirk himself can't help but be…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son who lured a woman and her four teenage daughters to a Utah house and tied them up in the basement before the victims escaped were paranoid after using methamphetamine, police said…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Straining to mend their party after months of chaos, Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan declared themselves "totally committed" to working together after a fence-mending personal meeting on Thursday. Ryan praised Trump as "very warm and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for a third straight week, posting new lows for the year. The benchmark 30-year rate reached a three-year low.

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A driver who caused a fatal crash in Lakeville, then disrobed and hid in a stranger's town house, has pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and burglary.

The La Crosse County Health Department is about to launch a campaign to get more people to test their private well water, with four surrounding counties joining in. The county won a highly competitive grant from the Centers for Disease…

The La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium is a finalist for a $1.5 million grant to provide staffing to help coordinate behavioral health services and projects.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The host committee of the Democratic National Convention is making sure political junkies have plenty to keep them occupied when the delegates are in Philadelphia to pick a presidential candidate.

HOUSTON (AP) — Just outside Pearland, theater patrons come and go within 200 feet of a warehouse that stockpiles a pesticide so toxic it seeped into a family's house in Utah and killed two little girls.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):