Новости за 18.05.2016

Friday, May 20, 2016 — A controversial new study contends that a low-salt diet could be dangerous for your heart health.

TUESDAY, May 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Potatoes are a popular staple of the American diet, but eating too many -- whether boiled, baked, mashed or fried -- may raise the risk for high blood pressure, a new study suggests.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park has chosen retirement over a transfer after being told the park needed new leadership to address a longstanding pattern of sexual harassment and hostile work environments.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump probably won't have to defend himself against a civil fraud lawsuit linked to his failed real estate school until after the election.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says New Orleans has signed cornerback Jimmy Pruitt while cutting veteran kicker Josh Scobee and waiving offensive tackle Bryan Witzmann.

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Voters in Freeport, Maine, will decide in June whether they want to ban disposable plastic shopping bags.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A police sergeant looking for speeders captured a fireball streaking across the sky on his dashboard camera early Tuesday.

MONROE, La. (AP) — Alabama offensive lineman Cam Robinson and reserve defensive back Laurence "Hootie" Jones have been released from jail after their arrest on drug and weapons charges.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse's Malachi Richardson, who last month entered his name into the NBA draft to get a sense of his chances at being selected, has decided to forgo his college career after excelling at the NBA combine.

Longview Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Taylor is retiring and heading to Disneyland.

DALLAS (AP) — A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin concludes that human activity has been a factor in earthquakes throughout the state for nearly 100 years.

Eighth-grade girls are not only as skilled as boys at thinking through problems and using technology to solve them, they may even be a little better, a study released Tuesday suggests.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The fact that the NBA acknowledged missing a late travel call on Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, did little to appease Golden State coach Steve Kerr a day later.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearings into the sinking of the El Faro (all times local):

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state has found a potentially cancer-causing chemical in Merrimack's former landfill but cannot say whether it has contaminated any nearby private wells.

CLEVELAND (AP) — These Raptors want to make it clear they are not extinct.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lower-than-expected growth in tax revenue will force Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers to enact a new state budget with less spending than initially proposed, but the dip should not lead to cuts below current funding…

HOUSTON (AP) — Edward F. Kolenovsky, who covered the development of the U.S. space program, prize fights and many other major events during a long career as an Associated Press photographer, died Tuesday. He was 87.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has slammed the U.S. State Department's report on human rights as a list of inventions and even lies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell across industries on Tuesday, erasing gains from a rally a day earlier, as investors sifted through economic reports for clues as to when the era of low interest rates may end. Nine of 10…

Friday, May 20, 2016 — New medications are boosting quality of life for many older people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a new study indicates.

TUESDAY, May 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Making meals more enjoyable for people with dementia might reduce their risk of malnutrition and dehydration, researchers report.