Новости за 25.02.2016

PARIS (AP) — Uber risks millions of euros in damages and fines and having two top executives banned from running the ride-hailing company in France as a trial wrapped up Thursday in a Paris court.

PARIS (AP) — A French high court has upheld the closure of a mosque outside of Paris because of evidence the Muslim place of worship had been infiltrated by radical Islamists.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — SeaWorld acknowledged that it sent its own workers to infiltrate an animal rights group which opposed the practices of the theme park.

CHICAGO (AP) — One of the nation's most crowded jails may get relief later this year with the opening of a 24-hour triage center in Chicago where police can take people experiencing psychiatri…

WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, many Americans like the idea of "Medicare for all," a cradle-to-grave government-run health system that's a rallying cry for Democratic presidential candidate Berni…

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man caught smuggling nearly 40 turtles in his pants has been fined $3,500 Canadian (US$2,578) and placed on probation for two years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama held out the promise of medical breakthroughs Thursday as his administration moved ahead with a major project to learn how to better tailor treatments …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movies make more money when exactly half their casts are non-white, according to an annual analysis released Thursday that shows an increasing demand for diversity in film.

ROME (AP) — Several dozen people have staged a sit-in outside Egypt's embassy in Rome to demand the truth about the torture and death of an Italian student in Cairo.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his unglamorous first job scooping ice cream taught him valuable lessons about responsibility and hard work.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Florida-based circus operator is contesting more than $33,000 in fines proposed by federal safety officials for a tent collapse that killed two people and injured dozens…

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — SMU women's basketball coach Rhonda Rompola has said her decision to retire at age 55 is driven by a desire to spend more time with her husband.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's reformists are hoping to win their strongest presence in parliament since 2004 as hard-liners try to stave off a blow to their power in nationwide elections Friday, …

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) — Authorities say a second-grader's story about helping a farmer grow "special medicine" plants led to a big marijuana bust in Vermont.

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. and Russia have agreed on a cessation of hostilities for Syria that is set to take effect at midnight Friday, local Damascus time. It is the first attempt at a cease-fir…

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — It takes about 22 hours to reach Florida by car for a person traveling from Wisconsin.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria and the provisional cease-fire proposed by the U.S. and Russia (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — The policy issues raised in the Justice Department's dispute with Apple Inc. over a locked iPhone represent the "hardest question I've seen in government, and it's going to r…

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The bacteria that causes Lyme disease protects itself from antibiotics by forming a slime-like layer called a biofilm, a new study shows.

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Zika virus may harm a fetus to a greater degree than previously suggested, potentially causing a range of life-threatening birth defects, a new report says.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians head to the polls Friday to vote on candidates for two separate institutions: the 290-seat parliament and the 88-seat Assembly of Experts, a clerical body empowere…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers called on Thursday for an EU arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over airstrikes and a naval blockade in Yemen, despite lobbying by the kingdom.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians are to vote Friday in the country's first elections since the Islamic Republic sealed a landmark deal with the United States and other world powers …

LONDON (AP) — An investigation into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal cleared the BBC of wrongdoing Thursday, even as it painted a damning portrait of an institution where employees were afra…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors of Poland's historical institute are investigating the authenticity of documents the institute has released that purport to show that Solidarity founder Lech …