Новости за 10.02.2017

LONDON (AP) — British household products company Reckitt Benckiser is acquiring U.S. baby formula maker Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion in a move that will help the company grow in China.

DENVER (AP) — Boulder County and Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman were on the brink of a legal showdown Friday over the county's moratorium on oil and gas drilling.

PHOENIX (AP) — A May 2 trial has been set for an Apache Junction man charged with hacking into government websites in Arizona and Wisconsin.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With her move to Washington, Ivanka Trump isn't just taking on a new city; she's navigating a different world.

HONG KONG (AP) — World stock markets extended gains on Friday following U.S. President Donald Trump's promise that he would soon cut taxes for businesses.

WASHINGTON (AP) — To quiet concerns over foreign influence, President Donald Trump promised no new international business deals while in office. Instead, Trump's business is returning to a very old one.

Lawyers for the state of Virginia are challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, arguing in federal court that his seven-nation travel ban violates the Constitution and is the result of "animus toward Muslims."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Tom Price, President Donald Trump's choice to be health secretary, is the latest of a handful of Cabinet nominees to eke out a confirmation victory in a bitterly divided Senate.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sonny Gray is starting fresh, ready to be Oakland's reliable ace again.

NEW YORK (AP) — HBO's ads promoting John Oliver on "Last Week Tonight" depict him cowering behind a desk, with the tag line, "Scary times call for a scared man."

ATLANTA (AP) — The colossal task of moving a huge panoramic painting of the Battle of Atlanta continues Friday as crews with a crane are to hoist the depiction of a key Civil War clash from one building for a…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A young Palestinian author is stranded in Qatar after Palestinian authorities in the West Bank confiscated all copies of his latest novel and issued an arrest warrant for him — accusing him of including "sexual…

WINONA, Minn. — Strapped into metal shoe cleats called crampons and armed with two ice pick tools, Winona adventurers and tourists alike can now scale the bluffs of Winona in the city’s new ice park.

BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump has reaffirmed America's long-standing "one China" policy in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially alleviating concerns about a major shift in Washington's relations with Beijing.

TOKYO (AP) — Takata Corp., the Japanese manufacturer at the center of massive air bag recalls, says fines in the U.S. will push it into the red for the fiscal year through March.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 29 points and had his 26th triple-double of the season to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-109 on Thursday night.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 34 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics rebounded from a loss the previous night to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-111 on Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, unanimously rejecting the administration's claim of presidential authority, questioning its motives and concluding that the order was…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — University of Arkansas officials were alarmed to receive a request for information about the police officers assigned to work a 2015 football game, particularly because it arrived just five days after a terrorist attack at…

The Boston Celtics defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 120 to 111 on February 9, 2017 at Moda Center. Isaiah Thomas of the Celtics led the game in scoring with 34 points on 11 for 26 shooting. The Trail Blazers' Noah…

BEIJING (AP) — The head of the Catholic church in Hong Kong has expressed optimism that the Vatican and Beijing can overcome the controversial issue of bishop appointments lying at the core of a decades-long dispute.

As we all know, if you want people to stop doing something, the only way to change their behavior is by making it as miserable as possible.

When the Democrats pick their new national chairman later this month, the choice will send a signal about the party’s direction as it sets out to recover from the erosion that began even before Hillary Clinton lost the White House.

In a recent column, Jourdan Vian bemoaned the fact that Planned Parenthood might be losing federal funding because of its abortion connection, as well it should. It is the single largest abortion provider in the United States, raking in at…

“Scared to death” is an expression from another era, but thanks to the remarkable victory of President Trump and the stellar cabinet and staff he has assembled, it accurately describes the feelings of significant slices of our populace. Here are…