Новости за 04.01.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he's sticking with a March trial date for a man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York City.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The outgoing Obama administration on Wednesday tried to nudge forward Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build two giant north-south water tunnels for California.

John Humphries' resignation was effective Dec. 31.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two former allies of Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are pinning hopes of having their George Washington Bridge lane-closing convictions reversed on a Massachusetts corruption case that was thrown out last month.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials investigating a sinkhole in Macomb County are examining whether a hole drilled into a sewer line caused the pipe to collapse.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal grand jury in North Dakota is looking into a violent November clash between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and officers in which one woman was seriously injured.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday chose a Wall Street attorney with experience in corporate mergers and public stock launches as his nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new judge has been assigned to the case of the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL's finance and stadium committees will meet in New York next Wednesday to discuss the potential relocation of the Chargers from San Diego to Los Angeles.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's mayor is calling on billionaire investor Carl Icahn to sell the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino, saying his struggling city can't afford to let such a big piece of its Boardwalk lie vacant…

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Donatas Motiejunas, the Pelicans' new 7-footer, might sound delusional to more cynical NBA observers.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday brought back a close adviser and Cabinet secretary who had stepped down after arranging a presidential meeting with Donald Trump, a move that angered Mexicans upset by the then-Republican…

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City recorded its fewest number of shooting incidents in 2016 and narrowly missed setting a new record low for homicides since comparable record keeping began more than two decades ago, even as officers make…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the CES gadget show in Las Vegas (all times local):

SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors filed five aggravated murder charges Wednesday against the man they say shot and killed five people at a Washington state shopping mall in September.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's new congressional representative has filed a bill that would turn the island into the 51st U.S. state by 2025.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The troubled Oakland Police Department on Wednesday hired its first female leader, who is tasked with restoring confidence in an agency that cycled through three chiefs in as many weeks this summer after several officers were…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — His country mired in recession, Brazilian President Michel Temer's government ordered more than $400,000 worth of food, including 500 cartons of Haagen-Dazs ice cream and nearly 1.5 tons of chocolate cake, for his official plane…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is changing some of the rules about how fishermen harvest tuna in an attempt to protect one of the species.

CHICAGO (AP) — He entered the White House a living symbol, breaking a color line that stood for 220 years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials, who boosted a key interest rate last month, said they might need to accelerate future rate hikes if a faster-growing economy pushes down the unemployment rate farther than currently expected.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors have reached verdicts in a major Chicago federal trial of six Hobos street gang members.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republicans want to increase taxes and fees on motorists in order to pay for infrastructure improvements across the state. It's a continuation of a trend pushed by the GOP in recent years that critics argue is…