Новости за 27.09.2017

VOLLEYBALL Top performer: Kasey Woodruff, Curtis 27 digs, 6 aces in 3-2 win over Bellarmine Prep Curtis 3, Bellarmine Prep 2: It was a battle worthy of 4A SPSL stalwarts. … Click to Continue »

Finnish energy group Fortum is offering to buy all the shares in German utility Uniper in an 8.05 billion-euro ($9.5 billion) deal that aims to boost Fortum's gas, hydroelectric and … Click to Continue »

A firebrand Alabama jurist wrested a U.S. Senate nomination from an appointed incumbent backed by millions of dollars from national Republicans, adding a new chapter Tuesday to an era of … Click to Continue »

Police are searching for a woman who threw an unidentified liquid, injuring five Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority employees. News outlets report one employee was hospitalized with serious injuries after … Click to Continue »

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said she was "bitterly disappointed" with the U.S. government's decision to slap duties of almost 220 percent on Bombardier's C series aircraft, which threatens more … Click to Continue »

A new report has given Delaware an "F'' grade for its fiscal health. The analysis from Truth in Accounting claims the state had an $8.5 billion gap between assets and … Click to Continue »

Warnings that the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali will erupt have sparked an exodus of at least 75,000 people that is likely to continue to … Click to Continue »

The Mississippi Supreme Court appointed a new judge Tuesday to hear former Madison County Supervisor Karl Banks' challenge of his 2015 re-election loss. Chief Justice William Waller Jr. filed an … Click to Continue »

Getting down on their knees, hundreds of Roma kiss the relics of an Orthodox saint at a hillside monastery for their annual celebration of the birthday of St. Mary, the … Click to Continue »

Members of 13 teacher bargaining units have voted to maintain their union affiliations under Iowa's new collective bargaining laws. Iowa Public Employment Relations Board staff counted the votes Tuesday. The … Click to Continue »

At least five civilians including a woman were wounded after several rockets were fired toward Kabul international airport in the Afghan capital, officials said Wednesday. The attack came as U.S. … Click to Continue »

Gov. Henry McMaster says he remains hopeful buyers can revive an abandoned nuclear power project in South Carolina, while multiple lawsuits and investigations probe whether spending should have ended years … Click to Continue »

International police agency Interpol has voted to include the "State of Palestine" as a member, in a new boost to Palestinian efforts for international recognition. Interpol announced the inclusion of … Click to Continue »

Some of the most fragile islands in the continental United States are preparing for the latest swipe from this year's devastating hurricane season. The North Carolina Outer Banks were only … Click to Continue »

European Union anti-trust regulators have slapped Swedish truck-maker Scania with an 880 million-euro ($1.03 billion) fine for price fixing. The European Commission, which polices competition, said Wednesday that Scania had … Click to Continue »

Norman Dyhrenfurth, a Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker who organized the successful American expedition in 1963 to Mount Everest that put six climbers on the summit and inspired generations of Americans, … Click to Continue »

Leaders of the nationalist and anti-migrant Alternative for Germany say they're not concerned that its newly-departed figurehead Frauke Petry might form a new party. The party's co-chairwoman since 2015 abruptly … Click to Continue »

A fire broke out early Wednesday at the Ecuadorean Embassy in the nation's capital. District of Columbia fire and EMS described it in a Twitter post as a two-alarm fire … Click to Continue »

Lady Lucan, a British aristocrat who survived a 1974 attack by her husband that sparked a decades-long mystery, has died. She was 80. London's Metropolitan Police said officers were called … Click to Continue »

The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 1:45 p.m. The spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry says at least five civilians have been wounded in a rocket attack … Click to Continue »

The Latest on the decision to allow Saudi women to drive (all times local): 11:55 a.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May says she welcomes Saudi Arabia's decision to allow women … Click to Continue »

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was due in court Wednesday for his final pretrial hearing before he faces court-martial on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in … Click to Continue »

At least 163 people have been killed and 91 others have gone missing over the past year in attacks carried out by Rohingya Muslim militants in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, … Click to Continue »

Pope Francis on Wednesday launched a two-year activism and awareness-raising campaign about the plight of migrants to counteract mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S., Europe and beyond. The campaign encourages … Click to Continue »

Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler says he has returned to the United States for medical care and the band is canceling the last four shows of its tour in South America. … Click to Continue »