Новости за 05.05.2016

Medivation again rejected Sanofi’s bid to acquire the biologic drugmaker for $9.3 billion, saying Thursday that it “substantially undervalues” Medivation and its prospects. The swift response came hours after Paris-based Sanofi, France’s biggest drugmaker, threatened Medivation’s board members with possible removal if they won’t discuss a deal. Sanofi SA released a letter it sent to […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Wesleyan University student involved in a rash of campus overdoses tied to the party drug Molly has been sentenced to four months in prison. Twenty-two-year-old Bethesda, Maryland, resident Zachary Kramer also was ordered Thursday to serve eight months of home confinement and attend outpatient drug treatment. Kramer pleaded guilty […]

Stocks closed mostly unchanged on Thursday, as an earlier rally in oil prices faded and investors waited for the release of a closely watched jobs report on Friday. On Thursday: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.45 points, or 0.05 percent, to 17,660.71. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed down 0.49 of a point, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles man convicted of 10 ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killings spanning two decades .

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say masked men burst in on a card game at a tire shop and shot eight men, killing two of them. Cpl. Marcus Hines of Shreveport Police Department says two of those shot were seriously wounded and four were treated at a hospital and released. Two other men […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles man convicted of first of 10 murder counts in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killings.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times Co., which has delivered newspapers for decades, now wants to help deliver food to people’s door steps. The newspaper publisher has partnered with Chef’d, a meal kit delivery company, to ship boxes of uncooked food based on recipes from The New York Times Cooking site and app. […]

Although the Seattle company beat analyst expectations, but investors may be concerned over continued slower growth in license revenue.

Tourists don’t often leave a donation, operators report.

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for an Army staff sergeant accused of fatally shooting a police officer working her first shift are fighting prosecutors’ efforts to bring the sergeant’s 11-year-old son in front of a grand jury. Authorities say Ronald Hamilton, of Woodbridge, about 22 miles southwest of Arlington, shot and killed his wife, Crystal, […]

PARIS (AP) — A French Islamic State cell dismantled in the final stages of planning an attack has yielded a new secret this week, with the release of undercover footage showing how a group of disaffected petty criminals transformed into a terror network. Filmed by a young French Muslim journalist who infiltrated the group with […]

Job site Indeed released a list of the best places to work, which includes four companies in the Puget Sound region.

DUBLIN (AP) — Northern Ireland police say they have arrested 14 men on suspicion of Irish Republican Army membership following an IRA funeral featuring a military-style procession beside an Irish flag-draped coffin. Officers made Thursday’s arrests after the funeral for 36-year-old Michael Barr in the Northern Ireland border town of Strabane, a power base for […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Boy Scout leader from Nashville has been indicted on statutory rape, sexual battery and other felony counts involving the alleged abuse of five boys. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1T3kkia ) reports the recent indictment says the boys were abused by 44-year-old Darrell G. Fisher, with the abuse occurring between 2008 and […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A black woman who stood up to 300 neo-Nazis in Sweden hopes her gesture will draw attention to the fight against racism in the Scandinavian country. Tess Asplund tried to block the path of the Nordic Resistance Movement as the right-wing extremist group marched in the town of Borlange on May 1. […]

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas judge has ordered former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel to have no contact with the alleged victim in his domestic violence case. Manziel was in court less than 15 minutes Thursday as Judge Roberto Canas set conditions for his release on $1,500 bond. Manziel cannot contact ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley, nor […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, the man who came forward this week as bitcoin’s founder, is backtracking. He wrote in a blog post that he does not “have the courage” to publish additional proof, as promised, that he is the elusive creator of the Internet currency. Wright said on Wednesday that he […]

Oregon is now believed to be in the mix for five-star recruit Tate Martell, who initially committed to the Huskies as a 14-year-old in 2012.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed five civilians and wounded five others in a remote northwestern province. Deputy provincial chief police Abdul Ali Zamani said on Thursday that the explosion took place in the district of Qadis in Badghis province. He says a van with the civilians hit […]

The calendar says May 5, but it’s Cinco de Mayo for anyone celebrating all things Mexican. President Barack Obama is scheduled to hold his final Cinco de Mayo reception at The White House Thursday afternoon. San Antonio chef Johnny Hernandez tells KSAT-TV that he will cook Mexican cuisine for the event including food from the […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — A spokesman says the Iraqi government has replaced the commander of a military division tasked with protecting the heavily fortified Green Zone after hundreds of angry anti-government protesters broke into the parliament building. The Cabinet spokesman, Saad al-Hadithi, said Thursday that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a decree to replace staff Lt. […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After 15 hours of mostly private meetings, the Michigan House approved a $500 million restructuring plan for the ailing Detroit Public Schools. House lawmakers started session Wednesday and emerged early Thursday morning to approve a plan that’s aimed at easing teachers’ fears they won’t be paid. The money would help the […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government health care regulator has ordered hospitals not to outsource medical services or promote false advertising amid a public outcry over the death of a young man who received ineffective cancer treatments. The order issued Thursday by the National Health and Family Planning Commission followed heavy publicity of the man’s death […]

LONDON (AP) — Britons are voting in local and regional elections expected to deal a blow to Britain’s main opposition Labour Party. Voters are electing legislatures Thursday in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as choosing many English local authorities — including a new London mayor to replace Boris Johnson. The mayoral race pits […]

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines agreed Thursday to run coordinated patrols to boost maritime security following the kidnappings at sea of Indonesians by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants. Foreign ministers and military chiefs of the three countries held talks in Indonesia’s ancient royal capital city of Yogyakarta, hashing out the details of joint […]