Новости за 20.04.2016

PHILADELPHIA - Desperate for a franchise quarterback, the Philadelphia Eagles can get their man. Soon.

NEW YORK - A name has been added to this year's list of Pulitzer Prize winners.

LAKEVIEW, New York - Police say an ambulance has crashed into an overpass on a New York parkway, killing the driver and a patient.

WASHINGTON - The CIA is expanding survivor benefits for agency employees and contractors killed in the line of duty overseas in acts of terrorism.

WEST POINT, New York - A U.S. Military Preparatory School student seeking to be a West Point cadet has pleaded guilty to sexual assault.

MIAMI - A massive nuclear plant expansion proposed by Florida's largest electric utility must be redone to meet environmental and other concerns near Everglades National Park, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

MIAMI - The Latest on an appeals court ruling delaying Florida utility nuclear plant proposal (all times local):

LOS ANGELES - A judge has finalized Gwen Stefani's divorce from rocker Gavin Rossdale.

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

FORT WORTH, Texas - David Patrick has been hired as an assistant coach on the staff of new TCU basketball coach Jamie Dixon.

MGM Growth Properties raised $1.05 billion in its initial public offering Wednesday.

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL draftee, slammed a Missouri measure that would shield some businesses that deny services for same-sex weddings, telling fellow opponents Wednesday that it is "the opposite of respect and it is the opposite of equality."

PHILADELPHIA - Rats! And Octopi. Even a lifeless shark.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands says it will soon increase the minimum wage to $8.35 an hour.

NEW YORK - George Lopez, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin and Charlie Murphy will be making a series for the BET Network on the behind-the-scenes world of a comedy tour.

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - Records show that at least two officers who trained an Arizona policeman who was later involved in a deadly shooting had serious concerns about his work.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Georgia - The Atlanta Falcons have re-signed guard Chris Chester.

Marijuana is illegal for any reason under federal law, but states have boldly experimented with allowing its use anyway, starting with California 20 years ago.

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Demaryius Thomas is no longer bogged down, and it's not only from losing a couple of pounds since winning the Super Bowl.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended a meeting that was to decide whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can be his successor's chief of staff.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Arkansas-Little Rock basketball coach Wes Flanigan has hired former Trojan player Solomon Bozeman as an assistant coach.

SPOKANE, Washington - Months before their takeover of a national wildlife refuge became an international fascination, an armed group of ranchers made its presence known in the surrounding Oregon community, following around the sheriff, his deputies and their families and intimidating those who publicly disagreed with them, Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward said.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - A commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure would be illegal under a new bill debated in the Alabama legislature on Wednesday.

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks are hopeful that backup point guard Dennis Schroder will be able to play in Game 3 against Boston after injuring his left ankle.

MONTERREY, Mexico - The violent slayings of nine men at a drug house in northern Mexico were motived by a debt of about $460, officials said Wednesday.