Новости за 18.10.2017

WABASHA, Minn. — La Crescent High School senior Matt Steiger is a conference cross country champion for the first time.

SPARTA — The Logan High School volleyball team won two matches during the MVC season, but it put together a strong performance Tuesday to ear a second match in the WIAA Division 2 playoffs.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says that the one-year-old rules governing data transfers with the U.S. are working well but that some improvements can still be made to the system to guarantee EU citizens' privacy protection.

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say they have arrested a Muslim cleric for alleged involvement in the 2016 murder of social media model Qandeel Baloch.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Karen Pence found out that an art therapist in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico couldn't afford the clay her clients needed, she sprang into action.

HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish prosecutors have charged three men who planned to travel to Syria to become "foreign fighters with a terrorist group" between 2012 and 2013.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Latest on deadliest attack in Somalia's history (all times local):

PARIS (AP) — A huge abstract sculpture deemed too obscene for the regal gardens of the Louvre Museum has found a new home at Paris' edgier Pompidou Center.

NEW YORK (AP) — If you've ever wondered how many people watch streamed programs like "House of Cards" or "The Handmaid's Tale," soon you'll be able to find out.

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple was evacuated from their mobile home after a large sinkhole opened up at an intersection just in front of their house.

ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Lego has unveiled a set of figures celebrating the women of NASA.

BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss man is on trial in Frankfurt on espionage charges over allegations he spied on German tax investigators for his homeland.

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In our move back to Wisconsin, the one thing I wasn’t looking forward to was the weather. Particularly that of the winter months.

It has been a while since I went and visited the place where Steph and I got married, which was a farm that her great-grandparents owned.

While users of La Crosse’s Isle la Plume marina hope to see the harbor’s Styrofoam floats replaced, they also said Tuesday they have serious concerns about city plans to change the layout of the former La Crosse Municipal Harbor.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's top court has ruled that setting a blanket minimum height requirement for all police academy recruits could be considered discrimination against women.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting members of three smaller political parties to sound out their red lines before formal talks on forging a coalition government.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region "miscalculated" in going ahead with last month's independence referendum.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's prime minister on Wednesday urged Catalonia's leaders to back down from their bid to gain independence for the region, a day before a central government deadline that could significantly deepen the country's political crisis.

PRAGUE (AP) — Thousands of doctors across the Czech Republic have closed their clinics and offices for one day to demand higher pay and protest bureaucracy.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader says Europe should do more to back the nuclear deal after President Donald Trump refused to re-certify the pact.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo police have found the body of an officer who went missing during a training dive in the Niagara River.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on diplomatic meetings between the United States, South Korea and Japan over the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear program (all times local):

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say nearly 60 jobs will be lost in a cutback at a Nestle plant in northeast Iowa.