Новости за 25.02.2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Damon may not win the Oscar for best actor on Sunday, but the character he played in "The Martian" has gotten its own recognition.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars carried over the most salary cap space from last year, $32.7 million, according to figures released Thursday by the players' union.

First things first. Could the timing be any worse for a movie with a diversity problem as extensive as "Gods of Egypt"? Only two days before #OscarsSoWhite Sunday, a movie comes out set in anc…

NEW YORK (AP) — "Falsettos," the umbrella title for two one-act musicals about family and love and loss, is coming back to Broadway.

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles hope that Yovani Gallardo will concentrate on solidifying their starting staff and that he will forget about the angst caused during the restructuri…

CINCINNATI (AP) — When Xavier went to Michigan for its third game of the season and won by 16 points, the Musketeers started thinking this season could be extraordinary. Nothing since has chan…

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia has lashed out at Lebanon, cutting off billions of dollars of aid and telling its citizens to leave the country, after Beirut sided with Iran in the fallout over the…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A top U.S. diplomat says a proposed resolution before the U.N. Security Council represents a major upgrade in sanctions against North Korea in response to its latest nucl…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Brittany Maynard's husband has lobbied to lawmakers in California and Colorado, New Jersey and Massachusetts. He's gone on Oprah. All to fulfill a promise to the woman who …

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — An alleged sexting scandal involving the top official in one of America's largest suburban counties was a hoax, a police detective said Thursday following a nearly…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House has passed a measure prohibiting the transfer or renewal of a license plate depicting the Confederate battle flag to another vehicle.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus cut compulsory military service Thursday from 24 months to 14 months, fulfilling a campaign promise after years of deliberations.

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian writers, artists and film-makers have launched a public campaign for greater freedom of creativity and expression following the jailing of a novelist on charges of violat…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a former BP engineer, Robert Kaluza, charged with a violation of the federal Clean Water Act in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — Three federal judges will hear the NFL's appeal of the lifting of New England quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension in "Deflategate" next week.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas says it is hopeful an emerging deal to restore ties between Israel and Turkey will result in the construction of a port for the impoverished Gaza Strip.

BOSTON (AP) — The family of a Connecticut teenager involved in a medically related custody dispute in Massachusetts is suing Children's Hospital in Boston.

West, Philomath compete in first Unified Sports basketball game

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit filed by producer Quincy Jones against Michael Jackson's estate and record company over royalties on some of the singer's biggest hits …

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmental groups sued Thursday to force the Obama administration to impose more restrictions on oil and gas drilling, grazing and other activities blamed for the dec…

ROME (AP) — Italy's Senate voted Thursday to grant legal recognition to civil unions, as the last holdout in Western Europe took a compromise step to give some rights to gay couples after a bi…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The first preseason testing in Formula One ended on Thursday with Mercedes showing incredible reliability, Ferrari revealing some good pace, and McLaren enduring old problems.

BAILEY, Colo. (AP) — Martin Wirth spent recent years fuming over police brutality and corrupt mortgage companies, fueled by his own run-ins with the law and a long battle to save from foreclos…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Weisz is coming back to a New York stage as a former secret agent.

A Pennsylvania high school honors student just months from graduation was actually a 23-year-old Ukrainian national using a false identity after his visa expired, police said Thursday.