Новости за 21.12.2017

The nail-biting race for control of Virginia’s state House continued Wednesday as a panel of election judges declared that a razor-thin ballot recount that Democrats had celebrated as a win was, in fact, a tie.

A priority of the Republicans’ tax overhaul was simplification, and they drove home the point this fall with an omnipresent prop: a red-white-and-blue postcard.

It appears the International Olympic Committee is fairly serious about banning Russia from the 2018 Winter Games.

Walt Disney Co.’s blockbuster deal to buy much of 21st Century Fox revealed Rupert Murdoch’s fear that his media company was not strong enough survive the digital onslaught — raising questions about how even smaller media companies will weather the storm.

Students who were defrauded by the for-profit Corinthian Colleges may not get their loans forgiven entirely, the Education Department announced Wednesday, in a reversal of the Obama administration policy of wiping out the debt.

As GOP leaders in Congress met behind closed doors to hash out the details of their massive tax overhaul, a group of UC Irvine graduate students met in Rep. Mimi Walters’ district, fretting about how the plan could cost them money.

U.S. stocks bounced around Wednesday and finished little changed after Congress passed the Republican-sponsored tax bill.

A 32-year-old Lompoc man was arrested on suspicion of residential burglary after police caught him inside a Montecito residence Tuesday night, authorities said.

Add another item to your holiday shopping list: last-minute tax planning. Congress is poised to pass the biggest overhaul of the federal tax code in three decades. Here are five moves to consider by year's end to maximize new advantages and minimize the potential hit from other changes.

A group of Ventura County residents have filed suit against two utility companies and the city of Ventura, claiming they are responsible for damage caused by the Thomas fire.

The Trump administration signaled support Wednesday for the incumbent president in Honduras in his much-disputed reelection bid, backing a longtime U.S. ally in Central America.

Bids for Weinstein Co. came due Wednesday, marking the latest step in the effort to sell Harvey Weinstein’s beleaguered movie and television studio, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity.

Eight U.S. citizens were among the 12 people killed when a bus full of tourists from two cruise ships crashed en route to an archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, authorities confirmed Wednesday.