Новости за 21.12.2016

While the the rumor mill around the league continues to churn, at least one speculative candidate has all but officially taken himself out of consideration for a head coaching job in the coming weeks: Jon Gruden.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

NEW YORK (AP) — In the wake of the Berlin truck attack, police departments around the U.S. are making a show of force at places where crowds gather at Christmastime.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan will respond with an "iron fist" to those threatening its security, King Abdullah II said Wednesday after a series of attacks on police and tourists this week left 14 people dead.

ATLANTA (AP) — A well-known Atlanta attorney has been charged in the shooting death of his business executive wife in a case that drew widespread public interest.

VERONA, Italy (AP) — Seventeen masterpieces valued at 17 million euros ($17.7 million) were returned to Italy from Ukraine on Wednesday after being stolen by masked, armed robbers from a Verona art museum last year.

STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The parents of an American woman being held captive by the Taliban say they are hoping President-elect Donald Trump will broker her release if President Barack Obama doesn't succeed before he leaves office.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans grappled internally Wednesday with whether to repeal a 9-month-old law dictating which bathroom transgender people must use that damaged the state's economy and national reputation.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi authorities arrested a man Wednesday in the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words, "Vote Trump."

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Coyotes minor leaguer Craig Cunningham could be released from the hospital this week, more than a month after collapsing on the ice before a Tucson Roadrunners game.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Members of the Tri-State Islamic Center have started worshipping at Dubuque's first mosque, and officials hope the milestone will encourage greater understanding about the Muslim community.

MAPLE BLUFF, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's defense about why he hasn't toured the troubled Lincoln Hills juvenile prison is drawing criticism.

NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a pro-Hillary Clinton Facebook site is defending her decision to write a book after attracting widespread criticism from fellow group members.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A police report released Wednesday says Patriots wide receiver Michael Floyd had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit when arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and other charges earlier this month…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland officials considered sanctioning the producers of the popular "Serial" podcast for airing Baltimore courtroom audio from the trial of Adnan Syed, a violation of state law.

KENNER, La. (AP) — Some customers of a major Louisiana utility will see a refund in their January electricity bills as a result of action taken at a Wednesday meeting of the state Public Service Commission.

A swim team could be in the Tomah Area School District’s future.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Angered by skyrocketing drug prices, a pair of senators on Wednesday urged Congress to block companies from cornering the market on old, off-patent drugs.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens usually talk all week about establishing the run, then end up throwing the ball for most of the game.

The blue music of "Fences" sings with a ferocious beauty in Denzel Washington's long-in-coming adaptation of August Wilson's masterpiece of African-American survival and sorrow.

Benjamin Haller, 34, of W5445 Hwy. F, was charged Wednesday with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, obstructing an officer, misdemeanor bail jumping and possession of drug paraphernalia, all as a repeat offender. Haller on Sept. 15 drove through a mobile home…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to the country's largest contact-lens makers amid bitter price wars in the $4 billion industry.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones has moved closer to his return from a toe injury by joining full-speed drills in practice.

Mighty sequoias fell in sports in 2016, transformational figures who reshaped the games and the culture — from Muhammad Ali to Gordie Howe, from Arnold Palmer to Pat Summitt.

The organizers of a campaign to revitalize La Crosse’s North Side business district are reassuring supporters that the project is on track after severing ties with a community organizer who last week admitted redirecting funds for another project.