Новости за 12.01.2017

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling helped Atlantic City's casinos post their first revenue increase in a decade.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are committed to ensuring that no one loses coverage when President Barack Obama's federal health care law is repealed and replaced, the chairman of the Wisconsin state Assembly's Health Committee said Thursday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's biggest casinos combined to turn a profit in fiscal 2016 for the first time in eight years, but it wasn't due to gambling winnings, according to an annual report by state regulators.

RAMSEY, Minn. (AP) — Police stopped a stolen minivan in a Twin Cities suburb and found a driver who claimed she was in labor and some of her seven children with their mouths taped shut.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — House Republicans are targeting the state's new law meant to boost water quality, putting Gov. Mark Dayton on defense over one of his marquee initiatives.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Senate has passed a bill providing relief for massive health insurance premium hikes.

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate will wait for appeals to be exhausted before making a final determination on who will inherit a fortune that could be worth around $200 million, he said at a hearing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning that he was getting sick before he ever felt any symptoms of Lyme disease.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan led a group of openly gay members of Congress in sending a letter of opposition on Thursday to the committee considering Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, citing her financial support for anti-gay causes and organizations.

NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Holloway says he's terrible at keeping secrets, which is ironic because the actor has starred in two TV shows where it's key to keep plot points quiet: ABC's "Lost" and now USA's "Colony," premiering its…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Pollution Control Agency study finds trace levels of pharmaceuticals and other chemicals may be harming fish in Minnesota rivers and lakes.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania district attorney says he'll drop all but two minor charges against Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter after reviewing video of his altercation with a bar bouncer and a police officer.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Fans attending next year's Super Bowl in Minneapolis could squeeze in an extra two hours of celebratory drinking.

PARIS (AP) — France — as envisioned by far-right leader Marine Le Pen — should be its own master and have no globalization issues, European Union membership or open borders.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister said Thursday that an upcoming conference in Paris aimed at reviving peace talks with the Palestinians was "rigged" and that Israel was not bound by anything decided there.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets on Thursday to protest chronic power cuts in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, in one of the largest unauthorized protests in the territory since the Islamic militant group…

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Small stalls and carts have sprung up outside the bombed-out buildings in eastern Mosul, selling meat and vegetables, cigarettes and cellphones to the thousands of civilians still living in neighborhoods where the Iraqi military has driven…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tanya Tucker is postponing tour dates after fracturing a vertebrae and injuring a rib during a fall while on tour.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Kenosha man is charged with hiding the body of a woman who died of a heroin overdose. And, investigators suspect the medical transport driver may have been using his job to lure women with drug…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are taking the first steps toward dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, facing pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to move quickly on a replacement.

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is taking "a lot of risk of doing more damage" to her right arm when she returns to World Cup skiing this weekend, nine weeks after breaking her right upper arm.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Customers of Mississippi's two private electric utilities will see higher bills in February as they pass through rebounding natural gas costs.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a New Hampshire law allowing buffer zones around abortion clinics that supporters say protect women from harassment.

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Police say a student from a Connecticut center that provides behavioral and developmental services fell through a frozen pond and had to be rescued.