Новости за 27.12.2016

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A tribal corporation is suing the Wisconsin city of Green Bay, seeking damages from a failed waste-to-energy plant. The Oneida Seven Generations Corp. received the city’s permission in 2010 to build a power plant fueled by municipal solid waste. However, after construction started, the city revoked the conditional use permit […]

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott can help the Dallas Cowboys set a franchise record with 14 wins. Ezekiel Elliott could break Eric Dickerson’s 33-year-old rookie rushing record with a career high and a few more yards. Other than that, Dallas doesn’t have much on the line in the regular-season finale at Philadelphia on Sunday. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating some Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan cars because the brake pedal may lose pressure, making it hard for drivers to stop the vehicle. Three crashes were blamed on the braking issue, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday. The brake pedal can go “soft” when […]

One special-occasion dinner with visitors from the Bay Area who happen to be intimidatingly well-versed in all matters gustatory... and also happen to be family. Where to really celebrate?!

LONDON (AP) — The daughter of British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, says her father has died at age 96. Juliet Johnson told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Adams died on Christmas Eve. A statement on the official website for “Watership Down” said Adams’ children, […]

Movie critic Moira Macdonald remembers Carrie Fisher's best roles — beyond Princess Leia.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York say three Chinese nationals profited from insider information about mergers and acquisitions by hacking into the networks of law firms working on the deals. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says the three men made over $4 million in profits by buying stock in companies that were about […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Repeat drunken drivers will face more time behind bars in Wisconsin starting New Year’s Day under a law the state Legislature passed overwhelmingly nearly a year ago. The new law doesn’t make the first offense a criminal violation, leaving Wisconsin as the only state that treats a first offense as a […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man has been formally arraigned on a capital murder charge in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old boy in a road rage incident in Little Rock, Arkansas. A Little Rock district judge on Tuesday ordered 33-year-old Gary Holmes to remain jailed without bond on charges of capital murder and […]

The charming town of Trinidad and the beautiful Vinales valley are popular tourism spots.

The star reportedly suffered a heart attack last week on a flight from London to Los Angeles, and had been hospitalized since Friday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works. Federal Judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against Fernandez, and two former aides: ex-Planning Minister Julio de Vido and former Public Works Secretary Jose Lopez. Also named was businessman Lazaro […]

Five big developments this year will echo into the future. Maybe you have some that I missed.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James was jolted forward when the massive crowd swelled from the sidewalks and into Cleveland’s streets, surrounding the convertible that he and his family were riding in. This wasn’t supposed to happen. James looked at his wife, Savannah, their baby daughter and two sons and feared for their safety. “We were […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has refused to allow a disgruntled juror at the biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history to leave, as the jury prepares for a second full day of deliberations. U.S. District Judge John Tharp told lawyers Tuesday that the frustration the juror expressed before a four-day Christmas break doesn’t mean […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — It was truly a story for all of 2016. Ammon Bundy and his followers seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on the day after New Year’s and remained in the headlines through December. Unsurprisingly, the armed takeover and its aftermath was overwhelmingly selected Oregon’s story of the year in the annual […]

Junior Connor O'Brien, who replaced the injured Joe Mathis at Buck linebacker, is limited in UW's Peach Bowl practice Tuesday.

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Deputies say a South Carolina House member who rebuked his colleagues in a Christmas card for lacking morals when they took down the Confederate flag is accused of beating his wife and pointing a gun at her. Officers in Aiken County charged Rep. Chris Corley with a pair of felonies that […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina House member who rebuked his colleagues in a Christmas card for lacking morals when they took down the Confederate flag is accused of beating his wife and pointing a gun at her, deputies said. Officers in Aiken County charged Rep. Chris Corley with a pair of felonies that […]

BERLIN (AP) — Plans for a major exhibition in Berlin of works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art have been scrapped because Iran hasn’t granted permission for their export, the German capital’s museum authority said Tuesday. The exhibition was billed by German organizers as offering the first opportunity to see the works as a […]

The Huskies are live from Atlanta to talk about their upcoming matchup with No. 1 Alabama ahead of Saturday's Peach Bowl.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a woman in Florida’s Tampa Bay area died after a car struck her electric scooter. A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news release says 20-year-old Isabel Alarcon Mateus was operating the Razor scooter on a four-lane, divided road late on Christmas night when she and the scooter were struck by […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police put more pressure Tuesday on a wealthy, politically influential Buddhist temple where the leader is wanted for alleged money laundering and related crimes involving millions of dollars of embezzled funds. At dawn about 400 police moved to surround the Dhammakaya temple north of Bangkok to remove a fence said to […]

LONDON (AP) — There’s something rotten in Baker Street. It may just be the diaper of baby Rosamund Watson, whose arrival at the start of the fourth season of “Sherlock” disrupts the relationship between brilliant, demanding detective Sherlock Holmes and his long-suffering friend Dr. John Watson. The offspring of John and his enigmatic wife Mary […]