Новости за 14.05.2016

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia man was fatally shot during a standoff with police.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida police shot a pizza delivery driver after authorities say he struck an officer with a vehicle.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says most Canadians have yet to grasp the lengths to which firefighters went to save nearly 90 percent of the oil sands capital of Fort McMurray from a massive wildfire that…

NYACK, N.Y. (AP) — New rules allow higher buildings along the waterfront in suburban Nyack (NY'-ak), New York.

MOSCOW (AP) — A violent brawl Saturday at a Moscow cemetery involving about 200 people in an apparent turf war left three people dead and 23 others hospitalized, police and health officials said.

SATURDAY, May 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People who get their high blood pressure down to normal levels may substantially cut their risk of heart disease -- even if they're elderly or have already had heart problems, new research suggests.

SATURDAY, May 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People who get their high blood pressure down to normal levels may substantially cut their risk of heart disease -- even if they're elderly or have already had heart problems, new research suggests.

CHICAGO (AP) — A man has been charged in the choking of an 8-year-old girl in a bathroom at a downtown Chicago restaurant.

Self-expression is hardly a part of life for cadets at the United States Military Academy.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that the explosion in Damascus that killed its top militant commander was caused by insurgent shelling and vowed to continue fighting alongside the Syrian government until the rebels are defeated.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — A python that slithered away after show-and-tell at a school in South Carolina has been found.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From locker rooms and sex education classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools already are balancing the civil rights of transgender students with any concerns that classmates, parents and community members…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two tigers escaped from their enclosure at a Dutch big cat sanctuary Saturday, prompting police to warn residents to stay indoors, but the animals were shot with tranquilizers and never got beyond the sanctuary's outer…

LONDON (AP) — Writer Max Porter has won the Dylan Thomas Prize for young literary talents with his poetic look at loss, "Grief is the Thing With Feathers."

MADRID (AP) — Thousands in the central Spanish town of Sesena were allowed to return home Saturday as firefighters tamped down a massive tire fire that had coated the area in thick, toxic smoke.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A street artist in Lithuania has adorned a barbecue restaurant with a poster showing Donald Trump locking lips with Vladimir Putin.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Thinking ahead to their 250th anniversary celebration, Rutgers University invited President Barack Obama to speak at this year's graduation nearly three years ago.

GENEVA (AP) — In a challenge to the integrity of Gianni Infantino, FIFA's compliance chairman resigned in protest on Saturday over what he sees as a power grab by the new president.

DALLAS (AP) — A Florida man must serve eight years in federal prison for his role in a $10 million resort timeshare scam in the U.S. and Canada.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo opposition supporters have held a rally urging the government to resign, saying it has broken the country's constitution in deals with neighboring Serbia and Montenegro.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say the Islamic State group has launched an offensive against government forces in an eastern city and captured several buildings.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's federal government expects to spend 93.6 billion euros ($106.2 billion) to support refugees over the next five years, weekly Der Spiegel reported Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five years after violent race riots in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, a new incident — the torching a school bus outside a Jewish school — has raised questions about whether tensions are starting to fray again.

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied Saturday in separate demonstrations for and against the regional Bosnian Serb government in the northern city of Banja Luka, kept apart by police and barricades to prevent violence.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians staged an international contest for cartoons depicting the Holocaust on Saturday but insisted the event was aimed at criticizing alleged Western double standards regarding free expression and not at denying the Nazi genocide.