Новости за 31.01.2017

The Edgewater hotel in Seattle is turning 55. And for just a few million, you can rent it for an entire month.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff’s agency where an ex-reserve deputy fatally shot an unarmed black man in 2015 is applying for a federal grant to outfit 50 of its deputies with body-worn cameras. Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado said Tuesday he’s applying for a 50 percent match grant from the U.S. Department of […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A young North Carolina family may have a few joint parties in their future after the couple’s new baby daughter was born on the same day as both of her parents. WTVD-TV reports (http://abc11.tv/2jR0xpf ) London Hall was born at a Raleigh hospital on Jan. 27, giving her the same birthday […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Zoo officials say they’re searching nearby neighborhoods in Washington for a bobcat who escaped from her enclosure. The zoo announced Tuesday that a team of keepers, police and DC Humane Rescue Alliance members is searching the area after officials received calls overnight reporting that the bobcat may be in adjacent neighborhoods. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general says DeVry University will pay $2.25 million following allegations that it exaggerated graduates’ job and salary prospects. Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’-dur-muhn) said Tuesday that a settlement also requires the school — which operates locally as DeVry College of New York — to pay $500,000 in penalties and fees. […]

BOSTON (AP) — It’s been 10 years since highways, bridges and some transit stations around Boston were closed by a terror scare that turned out to be nothing more than a guerrilla marketing campaign. The panic on Jan. 31, 2007, was caused by two artists who placed about three dozen lighted signs of a cartoon […]

The NCAA and helmet maker Riddell are named as defendants in separate class-action lawsuits alleging they failed to protect football players from long-term head injuries and didn’t educate them about the risks. The Fort Worth firm of Circelli, Walter & Young filed the lawsuits Monday in federal courts in Indianapolis and San Francisco. The lawsuits […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For more than 200 days, Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia was the subject of a relentless Twitter campaign from one of his big fans. Mark Johnson, a 40-year-old Englishman, just wanted one thing: To be Garcia’s caddie for a day. Using the hashtag “Letmecaddieforyou” on each occasion, Johnson sent Garcia […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberating in the murder trial of a man who shot a Memphis police officer during a raid on his home. Treveno Campbell faces up to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Officer Martoiya Lang. The 25-year-old Campbell also is accused of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s divisive executive order on refugees and immigration, arguing that while the rollout was bumpy, the policy is consistent with Republican principles. “The president has a responsibility to the security of this country,” Ryan told reporters. “What is happening is something that we […]

Kirkland says it was his dream to play for Washington.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that missing British girl Madeleine McCann’s parents can’t sue for libel a former Portuguese detective who published a book alleging they were involved in their daughter’s disappearance. A court official told The Associated Press that Portugal’s highest court ruled the allegations are protected by freedom of […]

It may seem like another fad sweeping through restaurants, but burning food has deep roots in many cuisines.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Muslim organizers of a rally at the Texas Capitol said they were taking extra security precautions Tuesday, including hiring private security guards, as hundreds arrived on buses amid growing discord over President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Although the “Texas Muslim Capitol Day” is a biennial event that was scheduled months before […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Caterpillar Inc. is moving its headquarters to the Chicago area and won’t build a new complex in its current Peoria, Illinois location. The move comes as the company faces a weak equipment market that has been cutting into its bottom line. Last week, the farming and construction equipment maker reported a […]

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of men convicted under now-abolished anti-homosexuality laws in Britain have been pardoned posthumously under a law enacted on Tuesday, and many more still alive can now apply to have their criminal convictions wiped out. Announcing the new law, the Ministry of Justice said the pardons apply automatically to deceased men who […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prince Albert of Monaco says the childhood home of his late mother, Princess Grace Kelly, will reopen to the public next year or earlier. Albert tells People magazine that the Philadelphia home he purchased last year for $754,000 will house regional offices for the Princess Grace Foundation and a U.S. extension of […]

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A federal jury says a Pennsylvania hospital and obstetrician should pay an Ohio couple $14.5 million after delivery mistakes left their son with cerebral palsy. The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat (http://bit.ly/2kNIS3d ) reports the jury on Monday awarded Nicole Welker and Justin Brinkley, of Wellsville, $3 million for the boy’s pain, suffering and […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa Sen. Kent Sorenson, who accepted money for endorsing presidential candidate Ron Paul in 2012, is appealing the 15-month prison sentence handed down earlier this month. Judge Robert Pratt shocked Sorenson on Jan. 17 when he sentenced the former lawmaker to prison even though federal prosecutors sought probation. Pratt […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank upgraded its outlook for growth in the coming year on Tuesday but hedged its bets by keeping its lavish monetary easing unchanged. The Bank of Japan cited easy lending conditions, rising exports and stronger government and corporate spending, in part linked to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as reasons to […]

GENEVA (AP) — World Food Program head Ertharin Cousin says she won’t seek a new five-year term. WFP spokeswoman Bettina Luescher told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that Ertharin Cousin has informed staffers at the U.N. food assistance agency and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of her decision. Cousin’s term expires on April 6. Luescher said […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has refused to confirm that the country conducted a missile test, saying Iran’s missile program is not part of a 2015 nuclear deal between his country and world powers. The White House said Monday it is studying the details of an Iranian ballistic missile test. Iran is the […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Food Program says it has resumed food airdrops to the besieged Syrian city of Deir al-Zour. The U.N. agency said Tuesday it was using a new drop zone after Islamic State group militants took control of the primary zone two weeks ago. The extremist group laid siege Deir al-Zour in […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Experts with a state historical institute say a handwriting analysis confirms Lech Walesa collaborated with the Polish communist-era secret police from 1970 to 1976, a few years before he founded the pro-democracy Solidarity movement. Officials with the Institute of National Remembrance said Tuesday that the analysis of communist-era files signed by […]