Новости за 18.08.2015

NEW YORK - Six people have been charged in a scheme to steal mail containing an estimated $250,000 in cash at New York's Kennedy Airport.

INDIANAPOLIS - Federal, state and local officials have begun assessing the damage from severe storms and flooding in 29 Indiana counties between June 7 and July 29.

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - The parent of off-price retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls says more shoppers are coming to its stores, and its shares climbed 7 percent after it raised its outlook.

NEW YORK - Biotech drugmaker Amgen will pay $71 million to settle an investigation into illegal marketing of its drugs Aranesp and Enbrel, ending an investigation by 48 states and Washington DC.

NEW YORK - Target has reached a deal to pay up to $67 million to settle Visa claims related to a massive 2013 data breach that resulted in the theft of millions of debit and credit card numbers.

LOS ANGELES - NBC is delivering a TV movie inspired by Dolly Parton's childhood as an early holiday gift.

TOANO, Virginia - Lumber Liquidators has hired a chief legal officer to help the troubled flooring retailer navigate through a thicket of problems that have hammered its stock and upended its management.

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed legislation aimed at preventing further outbreaks of deadly Legionnaires' disease.

A movie about a wisecracking grandma and her teen granddaughter, racing around in a beat-up car to find $600 by nightfall. You might think it sounds like any number of mediocre road comedies out there, full of trite generational gags and sporting a sappy, all-is-forgiven ending.

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University signed an apparel contract extension with Adidas on Monday in a new deal worth $53.6 million over the next eight years, according to Athletic Director Fred Glass.

NEW YORK - Kenneth Lonergan has gone a little bit country in his latest play, "Hold on to Me Darling," a comedy that will make its world premiere at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana health officials are urging Hoosiers to take precautions after the state's first human case this year of West Nile virus was reported in northeastern Indiana.

DETROIT - A June collision between a Volkswagen SUV and a deer in which a side air bag inflated with too much force has triggered a federal investigation and raised questions about the safety of newer air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan.

WASHINGTON - Wall Street bank BNY Mellon has agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle federal civil charges of attempting to influence officials of a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund by giving internships to their family members.

Two-time "Dancing With the Stars" champion Julianne Hough and Washington Capitals forward Brooks Laich say they are planning to get married.

NEW YORK - Merck is recalling 276,000 bottles of a chemotherapy drug because the child-proof caps on the pill bottles may be cracked.

NEW YORK - Some of Broadway's brightest lights - including Darren Criss, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Odom Jr., Laura Osnes, Lea Salonga and Seth Rudetsky - will perform during a one-day outdoor music festival along the Hudson River next month that organizers hope will become an annual event.

Various artists, "Ricki and the Flash" original motion picture soundtrack (Republic Records)

INDIANAPOLIS - A former Lake County judge has formed a campaign committee to seek the Democratic nomination for Indiana attorney general.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's approval of drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean clashes with the message President Barack Obama will deliver when he visits Alaska to emphasize the dangers of climate change, some environmental groups say.

FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines says it plans to begin charter service from Los Angeles to Havana later this year, which American says will be the first nonstop flights from the West Coast to Cuba since travel restrictions to the island nation were eased.

NEW YORK - AutoNation said Tuesday it will buy 16 dealerships in the Southeast and the Baltimore area, and said the new locations will add about $600 million to its annual revenue.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie has been named the 2016 MusiCares person of the year.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis' mayor has proposed spending $200,000 to start equipping police officers with body cameras to record their interactions with suspects.

CHICAGO - Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely than others to later smoke conventional cigarettes and other tobacco products, a study at 10 Los Angeles high schools suggests.