Новости за 24.05.2016

COPPELL, Texas (AP) — Retail gasoline prices have spiked across Texas this week going into the Memorial Day weekend to an average of $2.07 per gallon, seven cents more than last week's average.

Contractors for the Minnesota Department of Transportation removed a nearly 300-foot steel span from the 49-year-old I-90 bridge over the Mississippi River Tuesday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a year when the musical world is still mourning icons Prince, David Bowie and Merle Haggard, musicians of all genres and generations have been celebrating a still active legend — Bob Dylan — in an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee is an amazing achievement for any kid, but for 11-year-old Neil Maes, being born deaf made his journey especially unlikely.

Originally called Decoration Day from the continued tradition of decorating fallen soldiers’ graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Garrison Keillor is bringing back familiar elements of "A Prairie Home Companion" at least one more time.

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS will finish the television season as the nation's most popular television network for the eighth consecutive year, and win among the youthful demographic sought by advertisers for only the third time since modern record-keeping began…

BOSTON (AP) — The Bruins have signed defenseman Kevan Miller to a four-year contract extension and added a pair of assistant coaches.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton took the snap during an 11-on-11 drill, looked deep and let it fly. A.J. Green had barely a step on cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, leaving a small space to fit one in.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The former city clerk for the small western Iowa city of Casey has pleaded guilty to federal charges alleging she used city funds for personal use and burned down City Hall the night before state auditors…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West is being sued in New York City by a Hungarian musician who says West sampled his song without permission.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says people should "lay off" Bernie Sanders.

TUESDAY, May 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Just four in 10 Americans have a positive impression of clinical trials, a new survey finds.

TUESDAY, May 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Risk of heart failure appears high within a few years of a first heart attack, a new study finds.

TUESDAY, May 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Can't seem to get your twenty-something kid to leave the family home?

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanne L. Parr, a former television correspondent in New York and mother of actor Chris Noth, has died. She was 92.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues are going back to goaltender Brian Elliott for Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.

Rob Gonzales noticed a big snapping turtle trying to cross Riverview Drive in Winona Tuesday afternoon.

Under pressure to prevent people from sneaking onto runways and planes at major U.S. airports, authorities are cracking down — not on the intruders who slip through perimeter gates or jump over fences, but on the release of information about…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry says she'll step down as chairwoman of the Heinz Endowments and her three sons will fill the position in a series of four-year rotations starting this fall.

MIAMI (AP) — Jake Odorizzi allowed two hits in five shutout innings, Hank Conger hit a two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The revived New York City Opera announced its first full season following its emergence from bankruptcy, planning 28 performances of six works in 2016-17 that include the U.S. debut of Antonio de Literes' "Los Elementos" and…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NFL awards 2020 Super Bowl to Miami, 2021 to Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator on Tuesday called for Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to resign after McDonald compared long wait times at VA health care sites to waiting in line at a Disney amusement park.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two of Gov. Scott Walker's major financial backers are now helping to raise money for Donald Trump.