Новости за 01.04.2017

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chris Archer is excited by an opportunity for another fresh start.

NEW YORK (AP) — The creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died at age 65.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo are part of this year's Basketball Hall of Fame class.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock gave tentative support Friday to a privacy measure that would require authorities to get court approval before obtaining private communications, including text messages and emails, from cellphone companies, online portals and other providers…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County officials are cracking down on illegal Airbnb hots and other short-term vacation rentals.

Dexter Fowler is going to have a bunch of old friends on hand for his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals.

SEATTLE (AP) — Inmates and their families are suing Pierce County after they or their loved ones suffered medical problems or died at the jail, and in turn, the county is suing the for-profit company that provided medical services to…

A federal judge has thrown out a $4.24 million jury verdict against one of the largest natural gas producers in Pennsylvania and ordered a new trial in a lawsuit alleging Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. contaminated the well water…

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa say a man has been shot and wounded in a Davenport alley.

BOSTON (AP) — A Ghana-born writer is being honored in Boston for her first book of fiction.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who denounced Stalin and focused on war atrocities, dies in Oklahoma.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old western Iowa woman has been arrested following a crash in Omaha that left her young son critically injured.

PHOENIX (AP) — One of the best rotations in baseball could carry the San Francisco Giants a long way this season, especially with the addition of a much-needed, albeit expensive closer.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 19-year-old Orange City man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two teenagers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a suspected drunken driver rammed an unoccupied Minneapolis police cruiser head-on before surrendering to authorities.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government will hold five public meetings around the Gulf Coast to get comments about air quality modeling and analysis for proposed region-wide oil lease sales next year.

MARION, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa say a Linn County Co-Op employee has been accused of stealing thousands of dollars from his employer.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a wrong-way crash that injured three people, including a young girl who is paralyzed from the waist down.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A West Liberty man has been charged with vehicular homicide for a crash last summer that killed an eastern Iowa cyclist.

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Violent clashes erupted outside Paraguay's congress, with demonstrators setting fires around the legislative building after the Senate approved a constitutional amendment to allow presidents to run more than once in a country still haunted by the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio says a black man who was stabbed to death by a sword-wielding man in New York City should be a symbol of the fight against racism.

NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with too much trash in one of the world's biggest — and arguably dirtiest — subway systems, New York transit officials tried an unusual social experiment. They removed garbage bins from 39 out of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — In response to a New York Times report, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly says in a statement posted to his website that he is "vulnerable to lawsuits" because of his high-profile job.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the fire that caused an overpass to collapse in Atlanta (all times local):

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed free agent running back Tim Hightower.