Новости за 16.03.2017

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Investigators say a fight over doughnuts led to a man to kill his mother’s fiance and wound a Florida sheriff’s deputy. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said it began Wednesday when 24-year-old Jeffrey Falsey asked his mother to get him doughnuts. When Susan DiFabbio refused, her son became angry. She […]

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has refused to grant bond to a Volkswagen executive who was arrested in the company’s U.S. emissions scandal while on vacation in Miami in January. The decision Thursday by a Detroit federal judge means Oliver Schmidt will remain locked up while his criminal case moves through court. Schmidt said he […]

ASHLAND, Pa. (AP) — State troopers have charged two Pennsylvania women with disorderly conduct for a hair-pulling fight that erupted over a newly shoveled parking spot on a snowy street. Troopers in Schuylkill (SKOOL’-kil) County say a 23-year-old woman claimed she shoveled the spot only to have her 43-year-old neighbor’s husband park his pickup in […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors on Thursday filed child prostitution charges against a Republican state senator after police found him in a hotel room with a 17-year-old boy. Ralph Shortey, 35, is charged in Cleveland County with engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of […]

KABUL Afghanistan. (AP) — Afghan officials say Islamic State militants killed three Shiite elders as they were returning home from a graduation ceremony at a local religious school. Zabiullah Amani, spokesman for the governor of the northern Sari Pul province, said Thursday that the three men were killed the day before in the Sayad district. […]

Seattle is called the Emerald City for a reason.

Boeing executive and University of Washington regent Patrick Shanahan has been nominated for deputy secretary of Defense.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Many people who attend the annual Essence Festival in New Orleans do so without ever setting foot in the Superdome, where nightly, ticketed concerts are held as part of the experience. Instead, they attend the free daytime programs held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Festival organizers announced Thursday that […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intends to nominate a Boeing executive to serve as deputy secretary of defense. The Trump administration has struggled to fill top Pentagon positions, with two of its four previous selections having withdrawn. A White House announcement Thursday says Trump plans to nominate Patrick M. Shanahan to be the No. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has welcomed Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny to the White House ahead of the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Kenny’s car pulled up to the West Wing on Thursday morning and he was greeted by the president. “I really love Ireland,” Trump said as the two briefly posed before […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer probably will miss the Washington Nationals’ opener against Miami on April 3 because of a stress fracture in his right ring finger. The stress fracture caused Scherzer to change the grip on his fastball, placing three fingers on top of the ball […]

GREENUP, Ky. (AP) — A boulder that was at the center of a three-year dispute between Kentucky and Ohio officials may be getting a new home where the public can view it. The Independent (http://bit.ly/2mMIel2) reports that officials in eastern Kentucky voted on Wednesday to seek grant money to build a gazebo in South Shore […]

GREENUP, Ky. (AP) — A boulder that was at the center of a three-year dispute between Kentucky and Ohio may be getting a new home where the public can view it. The Independent (http://bit.ly/2mMIel2) reports officials in eastern Kentucky will seek grant money to build a gazebo in South Shore where the 8-ton boulder known […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Should a chimpanzee be treated as a person with legal rights? That’s what attorney Steven Wise will try to persuade a state appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday. Wise, who represents the Florida-based Nonhuman Rights Project animal advocacy group, plans to argue that two chimps named Tommy and Kiko should be […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys want to limit what prosecutors can tell jurors in the federal civil rights trial of a white ex-South Carolina police officer who’s accused in a black motorist’s shooting death. Court documents filed Wednesday show attorneys for Michael Slager want a judge to limit prosecutors’ ability to bring up any anguish […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it has asked Facebook and Twitter to help it identify Pakistanis suspected of blasphemy so that it can prosecute them or pursue their extradition. Under Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws, anyone found to have insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad can be sentenced to death. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan […]

MILAN (AP) — Volcanic rocks and steam injured at least 10 people, including tourists and scientists, following an explosion on Sicily’s Mount Etna Thursday, witnesses and media reported. Tourists had been drawn to Etna to observe the spectacle of the active volcano erupting, only to be caught by surprise when spewing magma hit snow, causing […]

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s says it has been notified by Twitter that its account was “compromised” after it appeared to send a message calling Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President.” The tweet to Trump from the official account for McDonald’s Corp., a message that has since been deleted but was captured in […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a communications satellite into orbit after a two-day delay. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an EchoStar satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2 a.m. Thursday. The satellite was deployed into orbit high above Earth about 35 minutes later. The launch was originally scheduled for […]

PARIS (AP) — The United Nations on Thursday announced nine possible candidates on a shortlist to replace the chief of UNESCO, the world body’s Paris-based cultural agency, including four Arab candidates. Commentators have warned that a chief from an Arab nation will enflame divisions in UNESCO, which frequently has found itself used as a theater […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a new president who has vowed to keep his campaign promises, Donald Trump knows he’ll be judged on whether he can repeal the so-called Obamacare law and replace it with something new. Dealing with skepticism from conservatives and moderates alike, the White House is considering changes to the bill that might […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says it is planning to upgrade its F-16 fighter jets and will seek cutting-edge stealth aircraft from the United States in the face of a growing military threat from rival China. Thursday’s announcement follows the release of this year’s $11.4 billion defense budget, an increase of less than 1 percent […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is urging Southeast Asia’s regional bloc and China to conclude a legally binding code of conduct in the South China Sea, voicing Australia’s opposition to the scale of reclamation and construction by China in the disputed territory. Bishop, speaking Thursday at a forum in Manila, urged […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch political parties were preparing Thursday to start what will likely be a long process of coalition talks after Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s right-wing VVD easily won national elections, defying polls that suggested a close race with anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders. With most votes counted for the 150-seat legislature, Rutte’s […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank raised short-term interest rates Thursday following the U.S. rate increase as Beijing tries to shore up the value of its currency and stanch an outflow of money. The People’s Bank of China raised the rate for its six-month and one-year medium-term lending facility and open-market repurchase operations by 0.1 […]