Новости за 20.02.2016

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's security forces on Saturday put the main opposition candidate under house arrest to prevent him from leading protests as the country awaited the results of a di…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Adut Bulgak has the name of her late brothers — Deng Atem and Bul Atem — on each shoe.

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John and Lauri Koehler aren’t big drinkers, but that hasn’t stopped them from learning how to make a good vodka.

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Most people at the Hansen North Fork Ranch knew they were gathering for Walt Hansen Sr.’s final Christmas, including Hansen himself.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey taxpayers have been billed more than $10 million for legal services performed for Gov. Chris Christie's administration in the George Washington Bridge lane clos…

ROME (AP) — Italian author Umberto Eco, who intrigued, puzzled and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling historical novel "The Name of the Rose," has died.

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — The last inmate of a group known as the "Angola Three" pleaded no contest Friday to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard and was released after more th…

BEIJING (AP) — China's top securities regulator Xiao Gang will step down following months of turmoil in Chinese stock markets that battered faith in Beijing's economic management.

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida-based sports agent who has worked for a company in a joint venture with entertainer Marc Antony's firm was arrested Friday on federal charges involving illegal smuggling…

NEW YORK (AP) — Several witnesses in a securities fraud case against pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli are concerned he will retaliate if they testify against him, U.S. prosecutors say i…

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expects to have a decision within a few days on two of the first three cases covered by the sport's new domestic violence policy.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Sounds of explosions caused South Korean residents of a front-line island to prepare to evacuate early Saturday, but it was later determined the noise came from a Nor…

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — The Latest on an inmate who was part of a group known as the "Angola Three" because they spent decades in isolation in prison (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration told a U.S. magistrate judge on Friday it would be willing to allow Apple Inc. to retain possession of and later destroy specialized software it has …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday night to stop a lower-court order demanding North Carolina legislators draw a new congressional map, meaning House primary elections …

CRYSTAL CITY, Texas (AP) — A South Texas mayor under a federal corruption indictment resigned from office Friday after a recall petition was certified and he was arrested over a disturbance th…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Congressional primary delayed as U.S. Supreme Court stays out of N. Carolina redistricting fight.

BEIJING (AP) — China's top securities regulator Xiao Gang will step down following months of turmoil in the Chinese stock markets, the state-run news agency said Saturday.

ROME (AP) — Italian author Umberto Eco, best known for the international best-seller "The Name of the Rose," has died.

State and local officials still aren't doing enough to fix problems that caused lead pollution of drinking water in Flint, Michigan — including having enough qualified workers to make sure the…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey taxpayers have been billed more than $10 million for legal services performed for Gov. Chris Christie's administration in the George Washington Bridge lane clos…

NEW YORK (AP) — The dying 91-year-old founder of one of the nation's one-time largest cable television companies was ordered freed early from prison on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former mayor David Dinkins is being treated for pneumonia at a New York City hospital.