Новости за 10.02.2017

For a lot of kids, summer is a time to travel intellectually as well as literally, to dive headlong into new languages and cultures in a way that classroom learning alone doesn't allow.

The program was phased out in the last budget amid criticism of Walker's job-creation agency over its loans.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina believe an 80-year-old woman had no idea until she went through airport security that the walking cane she was attempting to take on an airplane contained a hidden sword.

10-year-old Ethan Hughes was diagnosed with kidney cancer in October, but his recovery has allowed him to travel to Madison for this weekend's Badgers series against Penn State.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's finance minister is at the center of a political storm that could decide his future in the government: did he or didn't he lie to Parliament?

The budget continues basic municipal funding programs at current levels but boosts local transportation aids and places a cap on historic tax credit resources.

At least one thing was clear in the hours after Gov. Scott Walker unveiled his plan for the state’s next budget: His Republican colleagues, who control the state Legislature, aim to dramatically reshape it.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey bank has sent wrong statements to potentially hundreds of customers.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan plans to provide Flint residents with water filters and replacement cartridges for about three more years amid the city's crisis with lead-tainted water.

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Court of Appeal has ruled that a plumber was entitled to employment rights in a case seen as a key test of labor rules in the new gig economy.

HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — A local official in Thailand's deep south was fatally shot Friday by heavily armed men who stopped him on his way to work, police said.

MOSCOW (AP) — The possibility of extending a pivotal Russia-U.S. arms control pact is to be discussed in prospective talks with Washington, the Kremlin said Friday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials have confirmed that the state has stopped servicing or tracking the more than 700 self-help computer kiosks installed to replace dozens of unemployment offices closed in 2011 as a money-saving effort.

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines has announced plans to hire as many as 25,000 workers over the next five years.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence next week.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is going through a drought — in the middle of winter.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish town says archaeologists have found some 13,000-year-old hunting tools that give "a fantastic insight" into how some of the first people in Denmark lived.

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli newspaper is quoting President Donald Trump as saying that settlement expansion in land claimed by the Palestinians does not benefit peace.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — After their mobile home burned last year, the best Michael Reeves and Chassity Carter could do was to park a camper trailer on the same lot in coastal Georgia and make it their new home.

BEIJING (AP) — China plans to have people abroad who are accused of financial market misconduct "captured and returned," the country's stock regulator said in comments reported Friday by news outlets.

FENTON, Mich. (AP) — A member of Congress is sponsoring a bill to prohibit fish farming in waters of the Great Lakes within the United States.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The eurozone's top official will travel to Brussels on Friday to try to push forward talks on Greece's bailout program, amid renewed tensions about the debt-laden nation's reforms and its future in the euro.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The legal fight over President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations is on hold after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban,…

Coach Jonathan Tsipis and the Badgers earn their first league victory in 11 attempts.

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — A new mobile app is putting New Mexico's cultural and historical sites at the fingertips of smartphone users.