Новости за 23.12.2016

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department authorized its contractor Friday to begin disposing of radioactive waste again at the nation's only underground repository, setting the stage for the first barrel to go below ground since a radiation release…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mixed Friday as trading remains quiet heading into the Christmas holiday weekend. Major indexes are little changed. Consumer-focused companies like retailers are falling again and health care stocks are making small gains.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decision by North Carolina's new private economic development arm has made it harder for Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper to install his choices to oversee the organization tasked to help lure new business to the state.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Shoppers perusing the jewelry at a pop-up store in Newark Liberty International Airport's Terminal B can talk to a sales clerk who also made the baubles, but they might be surprised to learn the employee is…

L'ANSE, Mich. (AP) — It could be a cold Christmas for more than 1,000 people in Michigan's Upper Peninsula after a vehicle struck a natural gas line early Friday, causing an explosion and fire in Baraga County.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cuban right-hander Norge Ruiz agreed to a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics that includes a $2 million signing bonus.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro has given responsibility for the Olympic Park sports venues it built for the Summer Games to Brazil's federal government after a failed bid to auction them off.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A wealthy businessman who co-chaired president-Elect Donald Trump's state campaign confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that he told an alternative newspaper he hoped President Barack Obama would die from mad cow disease and that…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Regulators say data center company Switch can leave NV Energy's monopoly and buy its own power from other sources.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the U.N. Security Council on Friday to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. In…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana appeals court has tossed out the life sentence for a man convicted of grabbing $15 from a parked car.

Hardly a surprise, the Chargers ruled out running back Melvin Gordon with hip and knee injuries, leaving him one more potential opportunity in Week 17 to crack 1,000 yards on the season.

FRIDAY, Dec. 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A veterinarian appears to have been infected with a strain of avian flu known as H7N2 that spread among more than 100 cats housed at New York City animal shelters. If confirmed, this…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A University of Oregon law professor who wore blackface to a Halloween party is harshly criticizing an investigative report by the university that found she violated the institution's anti-discrimination policies and caused damage to the law…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cuban right-hander Norge Ruiz has agreed to a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 16 this week to 653.

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people returned to eastern Aleppo neighborhoods on Friday to check on their homes after the last opposition fighters left the city, picking through debris and wreckage for personal belongings blasted by years of fighting.

DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on a standoff at a Missouri freeway rest stop north of Kansas City (all times local):

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It became clear to Javier Benavidez that Donald Trump would win the presidency around 2 a.m. after polls closed on Election Day. The Albuquerque activist had helped organize two anti-Trump protests in New Mexico and strongly…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos will be without their top two tight ends and their leading tackler for their game at Kansas City on Christmas night.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have activated linebacker Jerrell Freeman from the exempt/commissioner's permission list and placed nose tackle Eddie Goldman on injured reserve because of an ankle injury.

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the former Soviet republic of Belarus has ruled against an Associated Press correspondent in a lawsuit by a dairy company that claimed an AP article damaged its reputation. AP said it stands by his…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — On his way out of office, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence approved pay raises for state employees while giving one of the state's highest awards to more than a dozen of his political allies and staff.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets running back Matt Forte is doubtful to play against the New England Patriots on Saturday because of knee and shoulder injuries.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has given its biggest rebuke in recent history to longstanding ally Israel, allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn its settlements and continuing construction in Palestinian territory as a 'flagrant violation' of international…