Новости за 05.02.2016

DALLAS (AP) — Students at a Dallas middle school are scheduled to vote on whether to rename their campus that now carries the moniker of a Confederate general. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1nKLgF2) reports the nonbinding vote was scheduled Friday at Hood Middle School.

Bei Bei, the Smithsonian National Zoo's latest addition, ventured outside for the first time with his mother Mei Xiang.

Kyle Busch expects to be 100 percent to start the 2016 Sprint Cup season.

For Resonate, a festival about the culture of technology and art, two Pentagram designers created a geometric, mutable visual identity.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Some 12.7 million people signed up or renewed medical coverage under Obamacare during 2016 open enrollment.

Inquest hears Peter Oliver reported leg pain, redness and a loss of mobility after he received an insect bite while gardening

The days are long and packed for members of Minnesota’s Super Bowl Host Committee as they observe, learn and plan.

For some Super Bowl viewers the best part about game day is the commercials. From Budweiser’s Clydesdales to Carl Jr.’s burger-eating bombshells, these unforgettable ads have left their mark on Super Bowl history. Here are the 10 best Super Bowl commercials of all time: 1. In this classic 60-second ad, 9-year-old Tommy Okon shares his Coco-Cola with Pittsburgh Steelers star “Mean Joe” Greene. The commercial aired during the Super Bowl in 1980 and it was a good game for Greene’s team, as the Steelers easily beat the Los Angeles Rams.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Ankara on Monday to meet with Turkey's prime minister as she tries to reduce the migrant influx to Europe, the German government said Friday.

LONDON (AP) — Luxury fashion retailer Burberry says it will combine its menswear and womenswear catwalk shows into a single presentation, and slash the amount of time it takes for customers to obtain items seen on the runway.

Crown Heights came to North Hollywood so we could talk about crossed signals on the highways between artist and industry.

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will be talking about Friday.

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters

The chili is cooking. The beer is chilling. The humiliating terms of bets are being finalized. Everyone’s geared up to watch the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers collide in Silicon Valley’s Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl 50. So are we, but not in the same way as most people.

When most people think of the NFL, images of incredible athletes making extraordinary plays come to mind, as they should. But when we think of the NFL, we think – now that’s a great example of a platform business.

For food franchises like Wing Zone in Long Island, the Super Bowl is a big weekend for chicken wing sales.

Tournament drawcard Karrie Webb held her nerve to sink a clutch final-hole birdie on Friday, ensuring she would make the halfway cut in the Victorian Open at 13th Beach.

On February 6, UN's International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, India will witness a first of its kind outrage against this practice.

A new administrator has been announced for the Beatrice State Developmental Center.

Chris Packham and expert Dr. Emile van der Zee meet Gable, the Border Collie who knows as many words as a two-year-old.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A woman asleep in her Moorhead home escaped injury when a pickup truck crashed into her bedroom wall.

Full preview of Eddie Jones' first game in charge of England in the Calcutta Cup on Saturday, including kick-off details, team news and latest odds

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's justice minister says a U.S. government airplane parked at Copenhagen's airport in June 2013 was waiting to fly former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to the United States.

Vishal Mehta, a Gujarati diamantaires has been appointed as the founding president of the first International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA).