Новости за 13.12.2015

INDIANAPOLIS - With schools concerned about big drops in Indiana's standardized tests scores, a top legislator on education issues says he's coming up with proposals to adjust how the state uses the results.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - Authorities are seeking video footage of Chattanooga police fatally shooting a man they say threatened a child and an officer who tried to help.

LOS ANGELES - Lawrence Kasdan isn't afraid to play favorites. For him, Han Solo is it.

ROME - Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on Sunday dismissed critics who contend his government showed partiality in saving four local banks, including one whose former vice president is the father of his reforms minister.

LAS VEGAS - Those trademark Las Vegas lights may one day woosh by windows of a light rail train ferrying visitors from the airport to casino lobbies.

BIRMINGHAM, England - Arsenal moved top of the Premier League - for a day at least - with a 2-0 win Sunday over an Aston Villa side that is six points adrift at the bottom.

LOS ANGELES - If the teasers, trailers and hints haven't sated your appetite for all things "Star Wars" in advance of the latest entry in the franchise, then it's time to tap into the force of fan films.

CANTON, Pennsylvania - Police say an accident involving a bus in southwestern Pennsylvania sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, but no passengers were seriously injured.

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors want to seize about $10,000 from the prison account of 98-year-old ex-mobster they say boasted about killing 60 people in his life.

WARSAW, Poland - Thousands of backers of Poland's ruling conservative party marched in Warsaw on Sunday with the party leader to show their support for its policies amid a growing political conflict.

MADRID - Spanish police say they have arrested two alleged gun-runners in Barcelona on suspicion they formed part of a gang involved in selling high-powered weapons to Mexican drug cartels.

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch Eredivisie's winter break can't come soon enough for league leader Ajax.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad - a graying little man who relies on Midwestern stick-to-itiveness rather than personal flair - is about to enter the political record books as the longest serving governor in American history, dating all the way back to colonial times.

CHICAGO - Jimmy Carter is the latest example that very old age is no longer an automatic barrier for aggressive therapies. That includes treatment like the 91-year-old former president has been getting for cancer. It also includes major heart procedures, joint replacements and even some organ transplants.

BERLIN - Police say they are looking for a group of up to 20 people who wrote "Facebook Dislike" on the social media firm's German headquarters in Hamburg.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Leaders from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan have joined the president of Turkmenistan in breaking ground on a new pipeline intended to deliver natural gas from the energy-rich former Soviet republic to their three countries.

KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Nico Walther of Germany defeated world champion Maximilian Arndt to claim his first four-man bobsled World Cup of the season on Sunday.

DAVOS, Switzerland - Federico Pellegrino of Italy repeated his Davos win of one year ago and Stina Nilsson of Sweden got her first World Cup victory in cross-country ski sprints on Sunday.

PARIS - People from across France have gathered in Paris as the French capital marks one month since the attacks that left 130 people dead and wounded hundreds.

GENEVA - A stronger elite and a bigger spread of countries stand out in Monday's draw for the Champions League first knockout round.

MADRID - Spanish police say they have arrested a suspected former combatant in the Colombian rebel force FARC who they say carried out more than 500 forced abortions on female guerrillas.

MONTAFON, Austria - France won both the men's and women's team events of a snowboard cross World Cup meet on Sunday.

PARIS - The latest related to the U.N. climate conference that took place outside Paris (all times local):

MOSCOW - Russia's Defense Ministry says a Russian destroyer has used small arms fire to ward off a Turkish fishing ship and prevent a collision in the Aegean Sea.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Initial results show at least three Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history.