Новости за 25.02.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times will broadcast a commercial called "The Truth Is Hard" during Sunday's Academy Awards, just days after the company and other news organizations were blocked from joining an informal, on-the-record White House press…

The Tomah Area School District will decide next month whether to accept a larger role in Rural Virtual Academy.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The leaders of a Minnesota nonprofit that works to improve the lives of young Somalis knew the stakes were high when they rejected $500,000 in federal funding earlier this month.

MILAN (AP) — In a story Feb. 24 about Milan Fashion Week, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to Emporio instead of the line's designer Giorgio Armani.

CHICAGO (AP) — As Republicans try to unite around a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most difficult to replace: the guarantee of health coverage for people…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Country singer Willie Nelson, the children of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and comedian Whoopi Goldberg are just a few of the growing number of celebrities publicly jumping into the marijuana industry and eyeing the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A minor league baseball team in Alabama is being sold.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James did not attend Cleveland's morning shootaround and is questionable to play against the Chicago Bulls because of an illness.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A trail for walkers and bikers near Burlington is tripling in size thanks to donations and work by volunteers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 42-year-old Chisago County man is accused of shooting his longtime neighbor after the two argued over access to a lake north of the Twin Cities.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — With several turns of the Allen wrench, Adam Weber pops out the small black tube and grabs an angled pylon and clamp.

OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin couple is charged with child neglect and suffocation after police say they gagged and "hog-tied" a 12-year-old boy with duct tape while they went out to dinner in December.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was searching for the name "Jack Engle" in mid-19th-century newspapers that put Zachary Turpin on to the "warm lead" that turned into a "white hot" discovery: A forgotten 165-year-old novel written by Walt Whitman.

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — Osage may soon see a junior firefighting program for teens 16 to 19 that would serve as a mentoring program for future volunteer firefighters.

The Westby High School Jazz, Symphonic and Concert bands will present a "Pre-Festival" Concert in the high school gym, Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m.

PEOSTA, Iowa (AP) — The Friends of Dubuque County Conservation Board will host a wild game tasting event in northeastern Iowa this weekend.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque's airport is beginning a renovation project to refurbish and upgrade the terminal's ticketing and baggage claims areas as well as its exterior.

SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul Saturday amid stiff resistance from entrenched Islamic State fighters, a commander on the scene said.

PARIS (AP) — A contractor for France's National Front party who's close to far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been handed preliminary charges in an investigation into the financing of political campaigns in 2014 and 2015.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the selection of a new national leader of the Democratic Party (all times local):

GENEVA (AP) — A top Syrian opposition leader hopes to persuade the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump that rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad share the same priorities with Washington when it comes to fighting the Islamic…

TOKYO (AP) — China's announcement that it has suspended North Korean coal imports may have been its first test of whether the Trump administration is ready to do something about a major, and mutual, security problem: North Korea's nukes. While…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly shooting at a Kansas bar that some witnesses said was racially motivated (all times local):

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland has agreed to pay more than $13.2 million in a little over two years to settle lawsuits over police misconduct.