Новости за 01.12.2015

WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — The seams of coal in some of Eddie Asbury's mines in McDowell County are so thin workers can barely squeeze down them. They enter on carts nearly flat on their backs, the r…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion on a highway overpass near a subway station in Istanbul on Tuesday wounded five people and was caused by a bomb, a local mayor said.

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The latest news from the U.N. climate conference in Paris, which runs through Dec. 11. All times local:

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A trial was delayed again Tuesday for a man accused of shooting and killing nine people at a Charleston church, and a prosecutor said it could be months before the fede…

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen's emissions-cheating scandal took a serious bite out of the company's U.S. sales last month.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A religious charity says it will be able to fund a Syrian refugee family's arrival in Indiana, even if Gov. Mike Pence does not drop an order blocking state agencies from d…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago mayor fires police superintendent amid outcry over video of fatal shooting by officer .

CHICAGO (AP) — When it costs more to smoke, fewer babies die, according to a new study that links rising cigarette taxes with declines in infant mortality, especially among blacks.

HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it is re-imposing a hated travel permit requirement on many doctors, requiring them to get permission to leave the country in an attem…

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus said Tuesday it is seeking a $3 billion loan for 10 years from the International Monetary Fund and is considering some economic reforms in return.

PARIS (AP) — Accused of running a network to recruit French extremists to fight in Syria, designated a terrorist by the United States and a fugitive by his homeland, Salim Benghalem promised t…

BERLIN (AP) — One penguin is dead and two others are missing at the Dortmund Zoo and police in Germany say they are investigating a possible string of crimes there.

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The World Health Organization is urging Ukraine's health ministry to declare a state of emergency due to a polio outbreak, a move meant to prompt more action from the gove…

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Agents from Nigeria's intelligence and financial crimes agencies have detained the former presidential security adviser and several others over missing billions of dollar…

PARIS (AP) — Parts of a global climate agreement being hammered out in Paris should be legally binding, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. His declaration was both a boost to climate negotia…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending jumped in October, fueled by solid gains in home building and the largest increase in federal construction in nine years.

PROSTEJOV, Czech Republic (AP) — There was no mistaking what the stone slab was, only the spot where it lay was somehow not fitting. Instead of marking a place of the departed, the tombstone s…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government says Latin America's largest economy has shrunk even more than expected.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman in Portland, Maine, is starting a campaign to encourage people to tape free coats to light poles to help the needy this winter.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Central Florida went west to find its next football coach.

BERLIN (AP) — A German appeals court has reversed a lower court's decision that a 95-year-old former SS sergeant who served as a medic in the Auschwitz death camp isn't fit for trial.

Obama says he believes Russia may ultimately come around on Assad's futureIn challenge to Senate, Obama says parts of global climate deal must be legally bindingDefense chief: US expanding spe…

WASHINGTON (AP) — US construction spending jumps to 8-year high, lifted by home building, federal government.