Новости за 11.05.2016

CANNES, France (AP) — The 69th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with stormy skies, heightened security, the premiere of a new Woody Allen film and resurrected sex abuse allegations against the 80-year-old director regarding his adoptive daughter, Dylan.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A University of Minnesota audit shows Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino spent more than double his allowance for private jet travel since his hiring.

LONDON (AP) — Outlandish costumes, bizarre lyrics, political controversy and the occasional decent song can mean only one thing: the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest has begun.

NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Brooks is set to perform in New York City for the first time in 19 years when he takes the stage at Yankee Stadium this summer.

Manchester United's players took refuge in the aisle of the team bus, lying down almost on top of each other as thuds and banging were heard outside and objects hit the windows.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Eurovision Song Contest officials have condemned Armenia's contestant for brandishing the flag of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

TORONTO (AP) — A former Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio host has acknowledged he was demeaning when he thrusted his hip into a former colleague's backside but the criminal charge against him has been dropped after he reached an agreement with…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials have viewed two potential sites for an outdoor museum where dismantled Soviet-era monuments praising the Red Army could be placed, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — A new exhibit gives visitors to the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center the chance to try out their skills at operating a remotely operated vehicle.

NEW YORK (AP) — The CMT network is launching a summertime concert event that it hopes will become an annual tradition, with the first year's featured artist being Jason Aldean.

LONDON (AP) — Britain's 90-year-old monarch has made a rare foray into political affairs, being caught on film characterizing Chinese officials as "very rude" in their dealings with British counterparts during a state visit last year.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian Hockey Federation says it is calling up forward Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals teammates Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov for the world championships.

Everyone has a relative like Sam Drake — that seedy brother (or uncle, or in-law) who shows up every now and then with a bottle of bourbon, a pack of cigarettes and a fresh neck tattoo. You love the guy,…

MADRID (AP) — Veteran Spanish actress Nuria Espert has been awarded one of the annual Prince of Asturias prizes for her decades of dedication to Spanish and Catalan drama.

MILAN (AP) — Riccardo Muti is returning to La Scala next year for the first time since 2005, when he abruptly ended his 19-year tenure as musical director amid backstage turmoil.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's justice minister said Wednesday he will draw up legislation to annul the convictions of thousands of gay men under a law criminalizing homosexuality that was applied zealously in post-World War II West Germany.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — You can croon about unrequited love, dance with unbridled passion or dress up in drag. Just keep politics out of it.

LONDON (AP) — Manchester United's players took refuge in the aisle of the team bus, lying down almost on top of each other as thuds and banging were heard outside and objects hit the windows.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video calling Chinese officials "very rude" in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event.

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Queen Elizabeth II's comments at a garden party that Chinese officials were "very rude" to Britain's ambassador ahead of a state visit by Chinese President Xi in October (all times local):

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in the month before his death — including the day before he died — and prescribed him medication, according to contents of a search warrant that were revealed as authorities…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A policy that would nearly triple the number of University of California student-athletes who would be guaranteed financial aid to continue their studies in the event of a career-ending sports injury is scheduled to be considered…

Ann Marie Becher, 78, Mandan, 10:30 a.m., Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan. (Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan)

BOWBELLS — Paul Aufforth, 85.

HETTINGER — Betty A. Laufer, 89, Hettinger, died May 8, 2016, at Western Horizons Care Center, Hettinger. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. MDT Friday, May 13, at Assembly of God Church, Hettinger. A private family burial will be…