Новости за 28.04.2016

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A judge in Miami has unfrozen some of the assets of a businessman accused in a massive fraud scheme involving developments in Vermont.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold his stake in Apple, citing concerns about the giant tech company's prospects in China.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers picked through a Guatemalan garbage dump Thursday looking for bodies or possible survivors a day after a massive slope of trash collapsed, killing at least four people.

About 1,700 Cowlitz PUD customers in the Columbia Heights area of Longview were blacked out for nearly an hour Thursday morning.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Big changes are coming to the agency that helps get loans for massive road projects in South Carolina.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling revenue dropped 3 percent in March compared with last year, weighed down by bettors playing less baccarat and casinos having a less-lucky month in slots and sports betting.

DETROIT (AP) — The name of the new home of the Detroit Red Wings is staying in the family.

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Maltese Minister Konrad Mizzi has been relieved of his duties in energy and health after he acknowledged opening a company in Panama which is held by a trust in New Zealand.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on financial markets. All times local.

THURSDAY, April 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- One in five Americans will develop skin cancer at some point in their life, but it can be treated and cured if detected early, a dermatologist says.

EASTERN DESERT, Egypt (AP) — Off the off-road tracks deep in Egypt's eastern desert, prospectors are ramping up the hunt for the treasure once revered by the Pharaohs as the "skin of the gods" — gold.

BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes and artillery killed more than 60 people in the past 24 hours in Aleppo, including dozens at a hospital in a rebel-held neighborhood, as Syria's largest city was turned once again into a major battleground in…

CAIRO (AP) — Under scrutiny in Europe over its handling of investigations into the torture death of an Italian student in Cairo, Egyptian authorities sought to deflect attention Thursday toward the fate of a British-Egyptian man who died in a…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria's civil war (all times local):

Technology instructor Mark Gaither (and Siri) present "Robots: Race, Sex, and Gender." This presentation will be at the Rose Center Wollenberg Auditorium.

A fire early Thursday morning caused $100,000 damage to a garage and other property in the 200 block of Cowlitz Drive in Lexington this morning, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Senators advanced a proposal to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, moments after an initial vote appeared to stall the measure in committee.

MILAN (AP) — Italy and Austria have reached a deal to avoid closing the heavily trafficked Brenner Pass, an important conduit for tourists and goods transiting Europe, Italy's interior minister said Thursday.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad scored a minor, if bizarre, publicity victory Thursday, receiving a part-time state senator from America at a time when U.S. officials have repeatedly asserted Assad has lost his legitimacy to rule the war-torn…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A plane with 93 people on board has skidded off a runway while landing during heavy rain at an airport in southern Ecuador.

THURSDAY, April 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The food you eat and the medicines you take can alter your gut bacteria in ways that either help or harm your health, two new studies suggest.

THURSDAY, April 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The teen birth rate in the United States has reached an all-time low, driven by dramatic declines among black and Hispanic teens, according to a new government report.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An outgoing regent has long been a director for a national furniture company but failed to publicly disclose that relationship before its local distributor signed a major no-bid contract with the University of Iowa last…

Health care giant Johnson & Johnson is increasing its dividend for the 54th consecutive year, news that cheered shareholders at a low-key annual meeting Thursday.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts economists say the state significantly outperformed the nation as a whole in the first quarter.