Новости за 02.03.2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission picked a new administrator Friday after incumbent Michael Haas stepped aside following a bitter squabble with Senate Republicans.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of killing three infants in the 1980s will stand trial.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The Latest on the attack in Burkina Faso's capital (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Americans, Marion Barry was something of a punchline. The late Washington mayor was largely known around the country for having been caught on video smoking crack cocaine in a 1990 FBI sting.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A pastor of a church day care in South Carolina says a teacher found a loaded gun in a student's lunch bag and safely confiscated it.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes bounced around in mixed trading on Friday afternoon after paring sharp losses from earlier. It's the latest dizzying swing in a whirlwind week as investors recalibrate — again and again — how worried…

ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy and a suspect have been wounded in a shooting in South Carolina.

Gov. Scott Walker and the state's business lobby -- in a rare break with Republican President Donald Trump -- are coming out against Trump's planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, saying they could harm Wisconsin companies, outsource U.S. jobs…

From a Florida sheriff supposedly being linked to a terror group to false claims that President Donald Trump wants to send American Indians back to India, roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is opposing President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, asking that he reconsider.

Holmen High School freshman Trevor Lebakken left Guatemala as an 11-month-old baby and never looked back.

PRAGUE (AP) — Tens of thousands of Slovaks marched in a national rally Friday to honor journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, who were shot dead as Kuciak was working on a story about the influence of the Italian mafia…

To raise awareness of school violence and to show their support for students in Parkland, Florida, Tomah High School students hosted Blackout School Violence day Friday. Students wore black and wore ribbons of white and silver — white for innocence…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Major utilities have found evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the U.S. where landfills and man-made ponds have been used for decades as dumping grounds for coal ash, according to data released by…

Vernon Vineyards will hold its Spring Fling March 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 50 vendors are participating. This is not to be missed. For more information, visit the Vernon Vineyards Facebook page.

Pocan cited the activism of high school students as the factor that could influence the gun debate in a way that hasn't happened after previous mass shootings.

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — What appeared to be undetonated explosives were found on a ferry that runs between the Caribbean resorts of Playa del Carmen and the island of Cozumel, authorities said Friday, less than two weeks after a blast…

Opioid prescriptions fell 20 percent in Wisconsin over the past three years, as doctors curbed painkiller orders amid soaring overdose deaths.

Let the record show that one of the most remarkable achievements in program history took its last breath at 2 p.m. EST on Friday.

The groups are supposed to raise money for UW, but they also received $258 million from the system, and record-keeping is sketchy.

A line of highchairs is being recalled because the rear legs can pivot out of position, making the chair unstable and posing a fall hazard to a child. Other recalled consumer products include multicookers and folding bicycles.

The works of Viterbo University students Sarah Call and Lydia Poulin will be featured in an exhibit titled “Going Graces” opening with a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the Viterbo University Gallery.

INDIANAPOLIS -- There’s no guarantee Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson will still be on the board when the Bears pick at No. 8, but it would be an ideal fit, and not just because the Bears badly need an interior…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — About a dozen members of Congress have laid a wreath and held a prayer service at the site where the Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Tennessee.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on Georgia lawmakers' decision to punish Delta Air Lines for cutting ties with the National Rifle Association (all times local):