Новости за 16.02.2016

CINCINNATI (AP) — A suburban township in southwest Ohio is dropping its court case against a man charged with zoning violations for his holiday "Zombie Nativity" scene, an official said Tuesday.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's National Court ruled Tuesday that a businessman accused of being part of a group that commissioned and sold $33 million in high-priced fake art passed off as famed expres…

SANFORD, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman who was accused of stealing a hard-cider truck and crashing it into a barn in December has been accused of stealing a man's car while he was picking up take…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma oil-and-gas regulators on Tuesday issued their most far-reaching directive yet in response to a surge in earthquakes by asking the operators of nearly 250 injecti…

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the California trial of a man accused of abducting and raping a teenager he later married and impregnated (all times local):

MARFA, Texas (AP) — The Texas sheriff who responded to Antonin Scalia's death says he didn't know it was the Supreme Court justice who had died until he arrived at the scene because the person…

MOSCOW (AP) — The government of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday though a majority of lawmakers harshly criticized its work.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday that the president would veto legislation to rename the area in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington after a prominent Chinese pol…

PARIS (AP) — France's Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a three-month extension of a state of emergency imposed after deadly attacks around Paris in November, even as rights groups say it…

BRUSSELS (AP) — To listen to harried European Union chief Donald Tusk is to realize that the leaders of the 28 member nations are facing the prospect of an unhinged EU if this week's summit go…

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey said Tuesday it is pressing for ground operations in Syria, hoping for the involvement of the U.S. and other allies as a force dominated by Kurdish fighters pushed through…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Legislators in Puerto Rico have approved a last-minute bill needed to finalize a deal to restructure the U.S. territory's heavily indebted public power company.

SOPRON, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian city of Sopron, population 50,000, boasts an abundance of beauty shops and 200 dentists — one for every 250 residents. Most businesses don't target the loc…

Sue Bird never had any doubt she'd finish her career in Seattle. She just isn't letting on when that will be.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian authorities have reached an agreement that will allow long-haul trucks a grace period to "return home" after Ukraine-licensed vehicles were forbidden from t…

BAGHDAD (AP) — The three Americans who were abducted in Baghdad last month have been freed, the State Department said Tuesday, and Iraqi officials said they have been handed over to the U.S. E…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Intensified cross-border attacks by Nigeria's Islamic extremists have created insecurity in the Lake Chad area of West Africa that, if help is not provided, could create …

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In the maple-rich areas of New England and the upper Midwest, producers don't approve of fakers.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local):

BEIRUT (AP) — Across a narrow strip of border territory near the Euphrates River, a ferocious battle with huge implications for Syria's civil war is playing out, one that also risks erupting i…

CAIRO (AP) — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country's landmark peace deal with Israel but then clashed with the United States when he served a sing…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local):

PHOENIX (AP) — Injured Houston designated hitter Evan Gattis and the Astros have avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a $3.4 million, one-year contract.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government, doctors' groups, insurers and patient advocates say they're coming together on a common set of measurements for what constitutes quality health care.

LONDON (AP) — The latest on the turmoil in global financial markets (all times local):