Новости за 19.05.2016

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will court voters on opposite sides of the gun debate over the next two days in events that will highlight the nation's deep divide on the topic.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A planned visit to Venezuela by the Vatican's foreign minister was called off Thursday amid mounting tensions between the country's government and the political opposition.

PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Jennifer Fetters of Bellevue worked a booth promoting former presidential candidate Ted Cruz at the Washington State Republican Party convention on Thursday - one of the many supporters of the conservative senator from Texas who continued…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks dropped on Thursday as investors get used to idea that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates next month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton, seeking a governing coalition if she wins the White House, is pumping millions of dollars into key battleground states at the heart of her presidential map and Democrats' quest to regain control of the Senate.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Okri's "The Famished Road," the Booker Prize-winning story of a spirit child in an African city, is finally coming out as an e-book.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers in the Louisiana House handed Gov. John Bel Edwards a significant defeat for his legislative agenda Thursday, rejecting an equal pay bill that had been a cornerstone of Edwards' campaign for governor.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have called on their colleague to apologize for suggesting on the House floor that strippers should be in their 20s and no more than 160 pounds.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for firebombing a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks says the incident had nothing to do with race.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic on Thursday reported two new deaths from a paralyzing disorder linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus that is spreading through the hemisphere.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland jury has begun deliberating on whether to recommend the death sentence for a man convicted of killing three women and wrapping their bodies in garbage bags.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators said Thursday that they've scored a touchdown for taxpayers after the National Football League informed them that it is refunding more than $700,000 paid by the Defense Department to NFL clubs to honor military…

CAIRO (AP) — The latest news on EgyptAir Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo, carrying 66 people, which Egyptian officials say crashed early Thursday into the Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete (all times local):

The cause of death was brain cancer, according to Slichter's family.

FLORA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi coroner has released names of three people killed when their pickup truck and an Amtrak train collided.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars rookie cornerback Jalen Ramsey could be sidelined for offseason workouts and maybe more because of a knee injury.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In January, Dr. Maura McLaughlin started a new type of primary care practice in central Virginia. Instead of getting payments from insurance companies for each appointment, her patients pay her directly, and get unlimited visits for…

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the indictment of Boston's top tourism official (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the Obama administration have agreed on legislation that would help rescue Puerto Rico from its $70 billion debt. Some of the provisions in the bill:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the federal investigation into an oil spill on the California coast a year ago (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Luke and his record label say they are giving Kesha the OK to perform at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. says it will shutter 75 Old Navy and Banana Republic stores outside North America as the struggling company looks to focus on regions where it sees it has the greatest potential for success.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A verdict saying a Colorado movie theater could not have safeguarded against a shooting that left 12 people dead likely prevented a major shift in how people go to the movies by keeping the onus on…

NEW YORK (AP) — Improved science could be a reason behind baseball's increase in positive drug tests.