Новости за 21.02.2016

MINNEAPOLIS - The Dalai Lama is assuring his followers that he is in good health, despite receiving treatment in the U.S. for a prostate condition.

KALAMAZOO, Michigan - Uber said Sunday that the man suspected of going on a western Michigan shooting rampage that left six people dead and two others seriously wounded was one of its drivers, but wouldn't say if he was working for the ride-sharing service at the time of the slayings.

SAN JOSE, California - A San Jose police officer who was fired last year for posting comments online that threaten those protesting the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York is back on the force.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - Authorities in Colorado have issued a summons to the owner of three dogs after four children were mauled.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - The Latest on four children attacked by dogs in Colorado (all times local):

SALT LAKE CITY - A mostly black gospel choir in Utah is bringing a vibrant new sound to familiar Mormon hymns and shining a light on the increasingly global component of a faith that has more than half of its members outside the U.S.

COMANCHE, Texas - An inmate and guard are no longer hospitalized after being injured when a prison bus collided with a pickup truck in Central Texas.

ANAHEIM, California - The Latest on a suspect who was fatally shot by police in Anaheim (all times local):

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's president has extended for a month the state of emergency that has been in place since an Islamic State-linked suicide bombing in the country's capital in November left 12 people dead.

SALT LAKE CITY - A mostly black gospel choir in Utah is bringing a vibrant new sound to familiar Mormon hymns and shining a light on the increasingly global component of a faith that has more than half of its members outside the U.S.

KALAMAZOO, Michigan - The Latest on the shootings in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, area (all times local):

BERLIN - A suspected drug courier has been caught at Duesseldorf airport with 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of cocaine in his luggage and German authorities have arrested nine more people in subsequent raids.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling party spokesman says the U.S. government must clarify the "irregular activities" of some its diplomats in the country.

ROME - Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is considering resorting to a risky confidence vote in the Senate to ensure the passage of a bill allowing civil unions, but not marriage, for gay couples.

FAIRMOUNT, Indiana - A northern Indiana university says three of its students have died in a crash on Interstate 69.

WINTERBERG, Germany - Russia's Stepan Fedorov edged the United States' Chris Mazdzer to win the last luge World Cup event of the season on Sunday.

MARSEILLE, France - Big-serving Nick Kyrgios won his first career title with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia in the Open 13 final on Sunday.

BARCELONA, Spain - Carrying different goals for the 2016 Formula One season, Mercedes, McLaren and newcomer Haas unveiled their new cars on Sunday.

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - A Connecticut judge will consider the request for a new trial from a man convicted in a brutal home invasion triple killing who said recordings of police phone calls that were believed to have been destroyed in a lightning strike would have been crucial to his defense.

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund's 1-0 win at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga was interrupted for eight minutes Sunday after the home side's coach refused to be sent to the stands.

IGLS, Austria - Driver Oskars Melbardis of Latvia led his team to the four-man bobsled world title on Sunday for his country's maiden gold medal.

MILAN - Fiorentina consolidated third place in Serie A with a 3-2 victory at Atalanta on Sunday, ahead of Roma's match against Palermo.

BOSTON - A plan by the state to establish a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on an off-limits island in Massachusetts' largest body of water has some rattled by visions of dangerous serpents slithering through the surrounding woods, attacking hikers, fishermen and hunters.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Mauritania's defense minister vowed on Sunday that his country's peacekeepers will never be implicated in the type of sex abuse allegations that have rocked Central African Republic's U.N. mission in recent months.

AUSTIN, Texas - When Texas' conservative Legislature passed a law requiring public universities to allow concealed guns on campus, it also gave the state's private institutions of higher learning the chance to follow suit. None has so far.