Новости за 19.02.2016

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has redesigned its popular Messenger app so several people can use it on the same smartphone or tablet without relinquishing their privacy.

NEW YORK - From a preschool toy designed to teach pre-coding skills to a hands-on molecule-building set for older kids that works with an app, technology abounded at this year's Toy Fair.

BISMARCK, North Dakota - A sheriff in a county on the edge of western North Dakota's oil patch faces misdemeanor charges in the death of a county jail inmate after allegedly refusing to get him medical attention due to "dollars and cents," court records show.

NEW YORK - Changes announced in corporate dividends Feb. 16-19.

NEW YORK - The government is cracking down on hoverboards.

BOGOTA, Colombia - Citibank is planning to sell the consumer banking operations it has operated for a century in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia as South America's three biggest economies suffer a major downturn.

SARASOTA, Florida - Hyun-soo Kim knows he faces a huge adjustment. After starring in South Korea, the 28-year-old outfielder signed a two-year, $7 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles in December.

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Rams released veterans James Laurinaitis and Chris Long, and also cut tight end Jared Cook on Friday.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert sprained his left shoulder in Thursday's win over Chicago and could miss some upcoming games.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine human rights group Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is rejecting the timing of President Barack Obama's visit to Argentina.

ST. FRANCISVILLE, Louisiana - The Latest on an inmate who was part of a group known as the "Angola Three" because they spent decades in isolation in prison (all times local):

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Zack Greinke threw for all of 10 minutes in his first bullpen of spring training, and those pitches provided plenty of positive vibes for everybody involved with Arizona watching the unassuming ace.

CLEARWATER, Florida - Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Jerad Eickhoff broke his right thumb before camp opened and is behind as pitchers and catchers begin official workouts this week.

LAS VEGAS - The Latest on a shooting that killed two women and left a man wounded just off the Las Vegas Strip (all times local):

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - NCAA President Mark Emmert believes mid- and lower-level members are gradually adjusting to Power Five conference school's autonomy and increased financial outlay to athletes because of cost-of-attendance stipends.

MESA, Arizona - The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a minor league contract with former Kansas City Royals reliever Aaron Crow.

DETROIT - An auto safety advocate is calling on the government to reopen an investigation of rear-crash fires in older Jeep SUVs after finding at least 11 more deaths since the vehicles were recalled.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia's top prosecutor says he won't rush his decision on whether to charge Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy over a nightclub fight.

WARSAW, Poland - A prominent Polish-American academic whose scholarship has explored Polish violence against Jews during World War II says Poland's new right-wing leadership is taking "a step back to the dark ages of anti-Semitism" with a threat to strip him of a state honor and other measures.

SURPRISE, Arizona - Jeff Banister's contract to manage the Texas Rangers has been guaranteed through 2018.

SAO PAULO - Spanish Olympic gold medalist Marina Alabau says she got Zika while training in Brazil in December, suffering painful symptoms in an experience that the wind surfer said won't stop her from competing in the Games in August.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Royals agreed to a $7.25 million, two-year contract with Mike Minor, adding another left-hander to what is becoming a crowded competition for two spots in their starting rotation.

PARIS - Authorities issued an expulsion order Friday for hundreds of migrants living in a huge swath of the Calais camp in northern France, demanding that they remove their makeshift homes and possessions within four days.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Testimony at a Coast Guard hearing shows that an assessment of the El Faro's boilers found parts that had "deteriorated severely" or needed to be replaced, but company engineers believed it was still safe enough to set sail before being serviced.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The federal government has issued a pair of preliminary notices of violation against two contractors after a radiation leak forced the shutdown of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository.