Новости за 05.10.2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new study says the Southwest region of the United States faces the threat of megadroughts this century as temperatures rise. Researchers found the risk is reduced if heat-trapping gases are curbed. Dry spells lasting at least two decades have gripped the Southwest before, but scientists said future megadroughts would be […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart have resumed discussions on Syria despite a U.S. decision to suspend direct talks with Moscow on trying to end the conflict. The State Department says Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to each other by phone Wednesday, but maintains the chat […]

DALLAS (AP) — The owner of an Ohio bridal shop that went out of business after an Ebola scare has sued a Texas hospital, saying it failed to train and prevent a nurse from contracting the virus from a hospital patient. The nurse, Amber Vinson, visited the shop in 2014 and tried on a wedding […]

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew’s slow march toward Florida kept plenty of major college football teams guessing about their weekend plans on Wednesday, with schools still waiting to determine if moving or rescheduling games will be necessary because of the massive storm. All games involving teams from the AP Top 25 this weekend […]

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of making criminal threats died after police in California stunned him with a Taser outside a home where another man who was armed with a gun barricaded himself during a standoff, officials said Wednesday. Police responded to the Burbank neighborhood Tuesday evening following reports that someone had been […]

DETROIT (AP) — Another former Detroit public school principal has been sentenced in a bribery and kickback scheme involving a former district vendor. Beverly Campbell was sentenced to 15 months in prison Wednesday. The 67-year-old pleaded guilty in April to commit bribery. Prosecutors say she took $50,000 in bribes. She was among a dozen principals […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Each night, Hillary Clinton’s data experts head to a conference room on the 11th floor of her Brooklyn headquarters, to start counting votes. The sessions in the “early voter boiler room,” as it’s been dubbed by campaign aides, stretch into the early hours of the morning. The team pores over turnout patterns […]

Fall is here, and that means falling leaves, pumpkin-flavored everything and open enrollment period for health plans at work. While insurance forms may not be as warming for the soul as cider, open enrollment is a great time to reassess your benefits to make sure you are best set up for the year ahead. Here […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Actor Jamie Foxx has met with President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Foxx, who won the Oscar Award for “Ray” in 2004, visited Maduro in the presidential palace in Caracas. State media said Foxx was there to support the country’s socialist revolution and attend the signing of an agreement between Venezuela and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — As Kim Kardashian West remains in seclusion and off social media after her Paris ordeal, Caitlyn Jenner became the first family member to post about the armed robbery, sending well wishes to her stepdaughter and a warning for all on Instagram. Jenner declared Tuesday afternoon, below a black-and-white photo of Kardashian […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal officials have released high-definition video of a lava lake atop Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, providing a rare close-up glimpse of the powerful summit eruption. The U.S. Geological Survey released the video Tuesday showing lava breaking through the crusted mantle of the lava lake on the Big Island and splashing up the crater […]

NEW YORK (AP) — More than half of the 84 million viewers who flocked last week to the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton found something else to do when their respective running mates faced off Tuesday night. A total of 35.6 million viewers watched GOP vice presidential hopeful Mike Pence debate […]

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Carrying golf clubs, shovels and hockey sticks, several hundred University of Connecticut students gathered just before midnight in a cemetery, ready to do battle with menacing clowns they had heard might be lurking among the headstones. Police determined that Monday’s clown rumors, like dozens of others across the country, were a […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ryan Grassley discovered a perplexing charge on a hospital bill for the recent birth of his son: Nearly $40 for “skin to skin” contact after his wife gave birth via cesarean section. Amused by the bill, he posted a picture of it on Reddit this week and commented: “I had […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Trevor Siemian was a sideline spectator during the 20-minute window in which reporters were allowed to watch the Denver Broncos practice on Wednesday. Rookie Paxton Lynch shared snaps with No. 3 QB Austin Davis instead. Coach Gary Kubiak says Siemian is still his starter, but he’s going to have to see […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia death row inmate convicted of killing an Atlanta police officer in 1997 is scheduled to be executed later this month. Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said Wednesday in a statement that 63-year-old Gregory Paul Lawler is scheduled to be put to death on Oct. 19 at the state prison in […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government is using a new assessment of mineral resources on 10 million acres in six Western states to decide whether to ban potential mining on the land to protect an imperiled bird. Scientists completed the 800-page review requested by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and it was released […]

UW offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith on Browning: "He’s playing at a high level and he’s got a bunch of confidence right now. We’ve got to keep that going."

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Fox News anchor has settled a $5 million lawsuit against Hasbro over a toy hamster that had her name and she says was designed to look like her. Harris Faulkner sued Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Hasbro Inc. in federal court in New Jersey last year. She said a plastic hamster named […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white University of Mississippi student is withdrawing from school and publicly apologizing for his Facebook post about lynching people who were protesting the killing of a black man by North Carolina police officers. The post prompted protests Sept. 23 on the Oxford campus, and Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter condemned it then […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories edged higher in August, with a key category that tracks business investment plan rising for a third straight month. The Commerce Department says factory orders increased 0.2 percent in August after a much larger 1.4 percent gain in July. However, the overall figure was heavily influenced by a […]

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has renewed calls to press ahead with discussions over a sweeping trade deal between the European Union and the U.S. that her deputy said as recently as August had effectively failed. The planned Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is unpopular among many Germans. While Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US factory orders rose 0.2 percent in August, with investment category up for third month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. traffic fatalities rose by an estimated 10.4 percent in the first half of this year, federal officials said Wednesday, and continued an upward trend that started in late 2014 as the economic recovery accelerated. The Transportation Department released the preliminary estimate at a conference where government agencies, the National Safety Council […]

BEIJING (AP) — A survey released Wednesday found that Hillary Clinton is better liked than Donald Trump in China, where the U.S. presidential election — and the criticisms both candidates have made of Chinese policy — have generated intense attention. Clinton was seen favorably by 37 percent of respondents in a survey in mainland China […]