Новости за 05.02.2016

HOUSTON - Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 48 this week to 571.

PHILADELPHIA - One of three men convicted of kidnapping and torturing a Philadelphia jewelry store worker before dumping her in a cemetery in an attempt to get the shop's security codes has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.

WASHINGTON - The latest Democratic debate found Hillary Clinton in a defensive crouch about her Wall Street ties and making iffy claims about that longtime relationship. Rival Bernie Sanders offered a fumbling account of a campaign ad that boasted of endorsements that were bogus.

LOS ANGELES - Shares of Hollywood studio Lions Gate plunged Friday after it missed earnings expectations due to the underperformance of the finale of "The Hunger Games" and investors fled as hopes diminished for the company to become an acquisition vehicle.

LOS ANGELES - After a day of dutifully answering reporters' questions about her new TBS show, "Full Frontal," Samantha Bee confesses to an urgent desire.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - The Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne plans to collect donations to help pay for damage after more than 50 headstones were vandalized.

NEW YORK - Jazz guitarist John Scofield went back to the future on his Grammy-nominated CD "Past Present," reuniting members of his acclaimed quartet from the early 1990s to play his new compositions.

NEW YORK - The nation's six largest banks have hit an oil slick.

NEWARK, New Jersey - The two former allies of Gov. Chris Christie charged in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case will get a chance to force the release of documents from the law firm whose 2014 report absolved Christie from blame.

LONDON - A little-known United Nations human rights panel has sided with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his long-running battle with Swedish and British authorities, saying he should be allowed to walk free from his embassy hideaway and compensated for the years he has lost.

LONDON - Brazil says it's sending a set of Zika samples to U.S. health authorities following complaints over the South American nation's hoarding of data and biological material related to the disease.

NEW YORK - Two police officers shot and wounded by a gunman they encountered in the stairwell of a public housing project were in stable condition Friday.

GAINESVILLE, Florida - The man suspected of being involved in the death of a Florida toddler pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter on Friday, weeks after he led authorities to the child's remains and said the boy drowned in a bathtub while he and the mother had sex.

OKLAHOMA CITY - A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally stabbing his father, who was Oklahoma's labor commissioner, says the death reflects a breakdown in the state's mental health system.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A 20-year-old man convicted of beating two homeless men to death with cinder blocks and other objects in New Mexico's largest city faces sentencing Friday on more than a dozen felony charges.

NEW YORK - The Latest on a deadly crane collapse in Lower Manhattan (all times local):

RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian health official warned pregnant women to think twice before giving a kiss as global measures mounted Friday against the Zika virus suspected of a link to birth defects.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's Taliban are closing ranks around their new leader after months of infighting that followed the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, which could allow the insurgents to speak with one voice in hoped-for peace talks but will also strengthen them on the battlefield.

NEW YORK - Aqueduct canceled the Friday racing because of winter weather conditions in the New York area.

NEW YORK - U.S. health officials on Friday said men who have been to a Zika outbreak region should use condoms if they have sex with a pregnant woman - for the entire duration of the pregnancy.

BOSTON - The Latest on a winter storm that is expected to drop as much as 10 inches of snow on some areas of the Northeast (all times local):

BERLIN - The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local):

BUCHAREST, Romania - World No. 2 Simona Halep has postponed a nasal operation so she can play for Romania against the Czech Republic in the first round of the Fed Cup World Group.

CHICAGO - The Latest on six people found dead in a house on Chicago's South Side (all times local):

CHICAGO - Chicago police are investigating what led to the deaths of two children, two women and two men whose bodies were found with signs of trauma inside a home on the city's South Side.