Новости за 08.08.2015

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Jihadists stormed a hotel hosting United Nations staff in central Mali on Friday, seizing hostages and killing at least five Malian soldiers and a U.N. contractor in one of…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans are facing the prospect of a heat wave without their favorite beer, the latest indignity in a country that has seen shortages of everything from disposabl…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker had an email sent to his Republican supporters falsely claiming he had been caught having sex with a male prostitute, apparently believing such a smea…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The police officer who shot and killed a 19-year-old South Carolina man during an undercover drug buy last month had to push off the teen's car to keep from being run ove…

CINCINNATI (AP) — The blunt prosecutor overseeing the murder case against a University of Cincinnati police officer has expressed outrage over the shooting, but some say his scathing comments …

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court reversed a gag order Friday in a criminal case arising from a shootout at a biker gathering in Waco that left nine dead and 18 injured.

CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois announced Friday that several administrators — including Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who resigned earlier this week — violated school policy by using pri…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A man who was among three convicted in the 1976 kidnapping of 26 children and their school bus driver was released on parole Friday after nearly 40 years in prison.

TYLER, Texas (AP) — An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to life — in matrimony.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police officer told investigators the unarmed black man he is accused of shooting two years ago had "crazy-looking eyes," and said he feared the man wou…

VINITA PARK, Mo. (AP) — A Ferguson court clerk fired over racist emails uncovered by the U.S. Justice Department after the police shooting death of Michael Brown has a new court job in another…

HONOLULU (AP) — A college student traveling to Maui for a vacation instead has spent his time in jail after the FBI accused him of drunkenly threatening to kill passengers, shoving a flight at…

TROY, Ala. (AP) — A tornado partially collapsed the roof of a southeast Alabama Wal-Mart, injuring at least six people but none seriously, forecasters said Friday.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves reacquired outfielder Michael Bourn in a trade Friday with Cleveland, also landing outfielder Nick Swisher while dealing third baseman Chris Johnson to the In…

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Maine man who travels the nation to document the final resting places of poets has completed a summer tour in which he visited his 500th grave.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Some shipbuilding maintenance employees in Maine are splitting a $3 million lottery jackpot.

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon, the nation's largest wireless provider, will stop offering phones at discounted prices when customers sign two-year service contracts.

Puerto Rico is staggering under a $72 billion public debt load that its governor has said the U.S. territory cannot pay and must restructure. The island has missed a debt payment and its worse…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two massive attacks in Kabul on Friday, one near a government and military complex in a residential area and the other a suicide bombing outside a police academy, kil…

NEW YORK (AP) — State health teams will deploy to the Bronx to help collect and test samples from cooling towers amid a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease as the number of those sickened…

U.S. stocks fell Friday after a solid jobs report kept alive the possibly that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as soon as next month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama suffered a notable setback in his all-out campaign to secure Democratic support for the Iran nuclear deal when the leading Jewish Democrat in the Senat…

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — For years, the company now known as Keurig Green Mountain provided well-paying, stable employment in Vermont. That's about to change.

A Longview man wanted in connection with a recent drug raid was arrested Thursday.