Новости за 20.02.2016

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Washington County's sheriff is apologizing after a Fayetteville man posted on social media his account of being mauled by a dog and the lackluster response from deputies.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The mayor of Flint says she wants to do what's necessary for the Michigan city to comply with safe drinking water regulations.

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran and former airplane mechanic charged with trying to join the Islamic State will be among the first Americans to go on trial as a result of the U.S. gov…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

Voters across South Carolina are casting ballots for the Republican nomination for president in the state's traditional first-in-the-South primary. By the end of Saturday, the number of Republ…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's new corrections chief is backing off a plan to lower standards for inmate firefighters, focusing instead on persuading county sheriffs to send more jail …

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya is rapidly turning into a new front in the fight against the Islamic State group, which is heavily recruiting militants from abroad and trying to exploit years of …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Like many small business owners in this struggling U.S. territory, Luis Escribano was having a hard time paying the power bills. So, for at least five years, he di…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

BERLIN (AP) — After more than a week of red-carpet screenings, the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival is set to announce the winner of its Golden Bear award for best movie and othe…

BEIRUT (AP) — The main Syrian opposition group said Saturday it would be ready "in principle" to implement a provisional truce, slamming Russia and the Syrian government after a deadline set f…

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — First come the whispers, then accusations loud enough to raise alarms throughout Nigeria's northeastern villages ravaged by extremist violence. Next, people accused of bei…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City Police officers were injured early Saturday in a shootout with a suspect who crashed his car into a police vehicle, police said.

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian author Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in jail on Saturday by a Cairo appeals court for publishing a sexually explicit excerpt of his novel that prosecutors said vi…

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Nationalist demonstrators in Ukraine on Saturday attacked two offices of Russian banks in the capital amid observances of the second anniversary of the protests that broug…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has ruled that six executives of China's state-owned ICBC bank in Madrid should be detained pending a judicial probe into money laundering and tax fraud.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Long-time Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the presidential election, with more than 60 percent of the votes, but the main opposition party reje…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Two Serbian embassy staffers held hostage since November died in Friday's U.S. airstrikes on an Islamic State camp in western Libya that killed dozens, Serbian official…

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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea responded to an unusually harsh verbal attack by South Korea's president against the North's leader and its recent nuclear test and rocket launch with…

LONDON (AP) — A historic referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Union will be held on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday, even as he declared his belie…

NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee has died, but the conversation about her life and work has only begun.

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's president will stand for re-election Sunday in a climate made tense by Islamic extremist threats and complaints about a crackdown on dissent.

SATURDAY, Feb. 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Winter can be hard on your skin, but there are several ways to deal with those challenges, a dermatologist says.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's economy minister said his country is seeking $45 billion in foreign investment following the implementation of a landmark nuclear deal with world powers last month.