Новости за 13.04.2017

OXFORD, England (AP) — A newly discovered species of shrimp that uses a bright pink claw to create a sound loud enough to kill small fish has been named for Pink Floyd. The shrimp found on Panama’s Pacific coast has been dubbed Synalpheus pinkfloydi in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Oxford University Museum of Natural History […]

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Justin Jackson accomplished his goals when he returned to Chapel Hill last season, both by improving his shot for the NBA level and helping the Tar Heels win a national championship. Now the first-team Associated Press All-American is hiring an agent and entering the NBA draft. The school announced […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights have hired Gerard Gallant as the first coach of the NHL expansion team. General manager George McPhee announced the move Thursday. Gallant helped revive the Florida Panthers, leading them to a first-place finish in the Atlantic Division last season and becoming a coach-of-the-year finalist. He was let […]

SMITHFIELD, Va. (AP) — The world’s largest pork producer is entering the business of trying to grow skin and organs for humans. Virginia’s Smithfield Foods said in a news release Wednesday that its new division is called Smithfield Bioscience. The company already sells its byproducts to firms that produce medicine and supplements. For instance, some […]

KING, N.C. (AP) — The license of a crematory has been suspended after the ashes of 93 unclaimed bodies were found at the home of an employee in North Carolina. Local media report the North Carolina Board of Funeral Services suspended Cremation Services Inc. of Winston-Salem. The remains were discovered in February when the employee’s […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer for passenger dragged from United flight says city of Chicago is also responsible, not just airline.

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer: Passenger says being dragged from United flight was “more horrifying” than leaving Vietnam.

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are investigating what caused an early morning bus fire in Manhattan. No injuries were reported after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus caught fire around 6:45 a.m. Thursday at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 46th Street. Transit officials say there were no passengers when the bus burst into flames, […]

A pair of reports Thursday morning indicate that a trade of Marshawn Lynch to the Raiders may be closer than ever.

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer says passenger dragged from United flight suffered significant concussion, broken nose and lost two front teeth.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Muslim leaders in Minneapolis are wary of a man who has been patrolling a predominantly Somali neighborhood to enforce the Islamic civil code. The Star Tribune (http://strib.mn/2p0uS8J ) reports that Abdullah Rashid has been telling residents of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood not to drink, use drugs or interact with the opposite sex, according […]

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A classroom aide who was just feet away during the fatal shootings of a teacher and a student at a San Bernardino elementary school says she believes the gunman was “out for blood.” Jennifer Downing says she thinks Cedric Anderson would have killed others if he hadn’t run out of […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer for passenger dragged off United flight says he doesn’t think race played any role in the incident.

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer for passenger dragged off United flight says airline’s culture may be a big part of the problem.

MOSCOW (AP) — The U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights’ office has condemned reports of the abuse and killings of gay men in Russia’s southern republic of Chechnya. The respected Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported earlier this month that police in the predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya have rounded up more than 100 men suspected of […]

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Federal officials are awaiting more test results to determine whether a potentially carcinogenic chemical entered Lake Michigan during a wastewater spill at a U.S. Steel plant in northern Indiana. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman Rachel Bassler says testing Tuesday and Wednesday found no hexavalent chromium in the lake near the spill […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer for passenger dragged off United flight says there will “probably” be a lawsuit over the incident.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say a mob has killed a university student over alleged blasphemy. Police officer Saleem Khan says a group of students at the Abdul Wali Khan University in the northwestern city of Mardan attacked Mohammad Mashal, accusing him of sharing blasphemous content on Facebook. Khan says the university has […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyer for passenger dragged off United flight says airlines have been bullying passengers for a long time.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge is checking whether a mentally ill North Carolina man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria has improved after nearly a year of forced medication. U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle wants to eyeball Basit Sheikh on Thursday. An appeals court ruled in June that Sheikh should […]

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says it’s in Germany’s interest to have good relations with the United States, despite disagreeing with President Donald Trump on important issues. Merkel told Germany’s Funke media group in an interview published Thursday that conversations with Trump during her visit to Washington and in subsequent phone calls had been […]

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Was the death of a 16-year-old girl the predictable result of a school bathroom fight that amounts to homicide or a tragic, unforeseeable circumstance resulting from her undiagnosed heart condition? A Delaware judge will answer that question Thursday in deciding whether three teenage girls are culpable for the death of fellow […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — European airplane manufacturer ATR said Thursday it signed a $536-million deal with Iran Air for at least 20 aircraft, the latest aviation firm to strike a deal following Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. ATR spokesman David Vargas confirmed the deal for the 20 ATR 72-600s, a twin-propeller aircraft, and said […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared that U.S. relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low.” His top diplomat offered a similarly grim assessment from the other side of the globe after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. “Right now […]