Новости за 04.07.2017

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists at Mexico’s Teotihuacan ruins have found evidence that the city’s builders dug a tunnel beneath the Pyramid of the Moon and researchers said one of its purposes may have been to emulate the underworld. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said researchers used a kind of computerized tomography scan […]

MILAN (AP) — An Italian artist has used his tractor to transform a field near the Italian city of Verona into a giant portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of this week’s Group of 20 summit. The 135-meter (443-foot) -wide Putin portrait that artist Dario Gambarin created only can be properly viewed from above […]

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A drone flying illegally created a problem for crews fighting a wildfire south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The Times-News reports (http://bit.ly/2tFYr12 ) the lightning-caused fire burned grass and brush near Nat-Soo-Pah. Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District spokeswoman Kelsey Brizendine says they had a drone intrusion on the fire, […]

A person with knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press that the Sacramento Kings have agreed to a two-year, $24 million deal with forward Zach Randolph. The sides came to agreement on Tuesday, reuniting Randolph with former Memphis Grizzlies coach Dave Joerger, now the coach in Sacramento. The person spoke to the AP on […]

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — News outlets report that a bulldozer had to scrape raw chicken waste from an interstate in Georgia after the slippery innards spilled from a tractor-trailer. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident or whether anyone was injured. News outlets reported that it closed northbound Interstate 75 between 2 p.m. […]

PARMA, Ohio (AP) — A municipal court judge in suburban Cleveland has set bond at $50 million for a man police say killed his prison pen-pal and her boyfriend weeks after being released. Parma police say 42-year-old Thomas Knuff stabbed Regina Capobianco and John Mann to death in May. Officials say they found the decomposed […]

The rumors finally became reality for Ricky Rubio. Now the Spanish point guard has gone from wondering where he fits in with the Minnesota Timberwolves to being a central figure in the Utah Jazz’s efforts to retain Gordon Hayward. “It makes me feel special. It makes me feel like they want me here,” Rubio told […]

The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage is estimated to be about $2 million, authorities said.

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama police say three people are dead and one wounded after an apparent holdup by two gunmen at a barber shop. Prattville Police Chief Mark Thompson tells news outlets that people in the barber shop identified one of the gunmen, but the other man’s face was covered. He says the pair […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police are investigating the discovery of a small casket found on a north Philadelphia sidewalk that contained some embalmed remains believed to be those of an infant or child. Police said the small white casket was reported shortly after 9 p.m. Monday across from the Mount Vernon Cemetery. Inside, officers found no […]

The fire was one of several burning Monday night and Tuesday morning in Central Washington.

Police believe speed may have played a role in both accidents.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wearing his new Toronto Blue Jays jersey, Miguel Montero wanted to put behind him his petulant parting from the Chicago Cubs. “It wasn’t the perfect departure, but it is what it was. I live the moment, and I just really don’t look back at the past right now,” he said Tuesday […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The judge who presided over the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer acquitted in the fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile took the unusual step of writing to the jurors to tell them that he supports them despite widespread public criticism of their verdict. “I write to re-assure […]

BONAIRE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities say a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who pulled a handgun on him. WMAZ-TV in Macon reports the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man Tuesday as 45-year-old Christopher Harry Cashell. Authorities say Cashell’s estranged wife had called police Monday, after he slashed tires on her car […]

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say a 5-year-old girl has died after falling more than 30 feet from the fourth-floor window of an apartment building and landing on concrete. Brookline Police say the girl had been playing with friends in the suburban Boston apartment when she fell Monday afternoon. Authorities say adults were […]

The charges stem from telephone threats made against the college, which caused the school to be shut down for three days.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate endorsed a $5 billion income tax increase Tuesday and a $36 billion spending plan designed to begin digging Illinois out of the nation’s longest state-budget deadlock since at least the Great Depression. The Democratic-controlled Senate provided three-fifths majorities on both votes. The tax increase passed 36-18, just enough […]

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man who tried to use fireworks to remove a bees’ nest from his garage ended up burning the building down instead. MLive reports (http://bit.ly/2tHlHLT ) crews responding to the home in Grand Blanc Township on Monday saw fireworks shooting into the sky from the burning garage. No […]

PARIS (AP) — The ever-audacious Karl Lagerfeld proved he is still nimble when it comes to putting on a fashion show. The 83-year-old had a 46-ton Eiffel Tower recreated inside the Grand Palais for the pleasure of his Chanel couture celebrity guests. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo returned the love by presenting him with the city’s […]

STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Hidden in a nondescript barn on a Vermont backroad is an under-construction replica of the Rolls-Royce used during a critical moment in the birth of the modern Middle East by one of the most famous British Army officers of World War I: Lt. Col. T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of […]

LONDON (AP) — A bit of American sports culture is to be on display in London’s Hyde Park as baseball comes to town on July 4, the U.S. Independence Day. The exhibition Tuesday will feature several former major leaguers playing a Home Run Derby in one of London’s best-known open spaces. It’s part of a […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A dispute over whether the Texas-based developer of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline improperly reported the discovery of American Indian artifacts in North Dakota will linger into the fall. Energy Transfer Partners has been battling since November when the state Public Service Commission filed a complaint and proposed a $15,000 […]

SOMERS, Conn. (AP) — A peer counseling program established and operated by inmates inside a Connecticut prison is being credited with reducing recidivism and disciplinary infractions. The inmates established the group, known as Skills of Socialization, in 2015 inside Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut. The U.S. attorney for Connecticut and several judges visited one […]

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese authorities suspect international terrorists and arms traffickers are behind a “very professional” theft last week at the country’s national armory, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. The suspicions have prompted the attorney general’s office to broaden the scope of its investigation into the theft of hand grenades, 9mm ammunition and […]