Новости за 04.05.2016

WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've uncovered why humans have such big brains.

WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- About one-fifth of Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone developed severe or total vision loss within weeks of being declared free of the virus, a new study finds.

WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A surgical robot outperformed human surgeons in stitching the small intestines of pigs back together, researchers report.

Officials: Candles possible cause of NYC church fire

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A former Massachusetts chemist was high on drugs almost every day for the nearly eight years she worked at an Amherst drug lab, according to an investigative report released by the state attorney general.

CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of Egyptian journalists rallied in Cairo on Wednesday in an escalating standoff with police, threatening a possible strike by media workers if demands including the dismissal of the interior minister are not met.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Takata will recall another 35 million to 40 million air bag inflators, a stunning increase that will more than double what already is the largest automotive recall in American history, the federal government announced Wednesday.

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — U.N.-brokered talks aimed at ending Yemen's civil war resumed in Kuwait on Wednesday.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's Interior Ministry says a person suspected of ties with the Islamic State group in Libya has been arrested.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A committee of state lawmakers has given preliminary approval to legislation that would allow Oklahomans to openly carry guns without a license, training or background checks.

KATY, Texas (AP) — A man dismissed last month from a Houston-area transportation company opened fire inside the facility on Wednesday, fatally shooting a former co-worker and injuring two others before turning the gun on himself, saying his life had…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estimated cost of a massive gas well blowout that spewed methane uncontrollably for nearly four months and uprooted 8,000 Los Angeles families has more than doubled to $665 million, Sempra Energy announced Wednesday.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama wants residents of Flint to know that their needs in recovering from long-term exposure to lead in their drinking water won't be ignored by the federal government after the public spotlight begins to…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative said Wednesday they have collected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the November ballot in California.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Federal Security Service says a group of Central Asian citizens have been arrested on suspicion on planning attacks in the Moscow region and that explosives and weapons have been seized.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is marking its annual Holocaust remembrance day, in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union pressed ahead Wednesday with efforts to persuade Turkey to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe and take back thousands more by offering Turkish citizens the prospect of visa-free travel within the bloc.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A raging wildfire emptied Canada's main oil sands city, destroying entire neighborhoods of Fort McMurray, Alberta, where officials warned Wednesday that all efforts to suppress the fire have failed.

The Audi A4 luxury sedan has been revamped from top to bottom for 2017 with a more powerful engine, new transmission and more room and technology inside.

KATY, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting at a Texas transportation company (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — New lab techniques have provided the first good look at a crucial but mysterious stage in the development of human embryos, scientists reported Wednesday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting the transplant.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police are investigating an armed robbery of two men where the assailant walked away with only 35 cents.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a marijuana legalization initiative proposed for the November ballot (all times local):

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials say a 20-year-old man assaulted a friend with a chemical spray at a mall.