Новости за 15.11.2017

DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (AP) — An aid fund application deadline is looming for workers laid off by South Dakota meat producer Beef Products Inc.

BARRE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont woman who shot and killed a state social worker and three relatives as revenge for losing custody of her then 9-year-old daughter was sentenced Wednesday to life without parole.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of lawmakers tasked with evaluating Iowa's response to the opioid epidemic will miss a deadline for completing a report offering findings and recommendations.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):

The Mission Mustache team, a Coulee Region group of men who are stiffening their upper lips to raise money for men’s health awareness, will have what they are billing as a “Mid-Movember Pep Rally” from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions are expected to forgo coverage if Congress repeals the unpopular requirement that Americans get health insurance, boosting premiums for others.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China apologized Wednesday before coach Steve Alford announced they were being suspended indefinitely.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans began pushing a broad tax cut for businesses and many individuals through the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, a measure complicated by a late addition — repeal of the Obama health care law's requirement that Americans…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota World's Fair Bid Committee and the State Department are congratulating Argentina on its selection to host a World's Fair in 2023 while expressing disappointment that the state's proposal wasn't chosen.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican tax overhaul legislation (all times local):

The New York Jets are in a strange place right now, having surpassed some impossibly gloomy preseason prognostications, but also losers of four of their past five games. They enter the bye week a team that has competed valiantly most…

Great River Bluffs State Park will be closed Saturday, Nov. 18, and Sunday, Nov. 19, to all visitors while a resource management deer hunt is conducted, according to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the crisis in Lebanon following Prime Minister Saad Hariri's surprise resignation earlier this month (all times local):

State forest health specialists caution hunters to avoid placing tree stands in or near weakened ash trees, especially in the southern half of Wisconsin and the Mississippi River counties.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — These Iowa lotteries were drawn Wednesday:

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at a suburban Buffalo retail store that left one person wounded (all times local):

TORONTO (AP) — NATO's chief says he is confident the alliance will have sufficient forces in 2018 to fulfill its training mission in Afghanistan after months of lobbying allies to increase troop contributions.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two prominent members of the Polish government have expressed support for destroying the Palace of Culture, a Stalinist-era skyscraper that dominates Warsaw's skyline and stands as a symbol of the country's former subservience to Moscow.

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the funeral for some victims of the Texas church shooting (all times local):

PARIS (AP) — The state of Minnesota lost its bid to host what would have been the first world's fair on U.S. soil in almost 40 years when the organization that oversees the events voted to make Argentina's capital the…

ANDOVER, Minn. (AP) — Bail has been set at $1 million for the driver accused in the hit-and-run death of a teen in Andover.

Think about this: You've just spent nearly two weeks halfway around the world. You've spent most of the last 24 hours on a plane. Your body clock is somewhere between 12-14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. You are 71…

Thanksgiving is not a time to be alone.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the U.S. government from withholding a major grant because Philadelphia is a "sanctuary city."