Новости за 23.02.2016

FEDERALSBURG, Maryland - Authorities say 13 bald eagles found dead near a farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore may have been poisoned.

BUCHAREST, Romania - The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Romania to pay compensation to 17 Romanians whose relatives were shot dead during the 1989 anti-communist revolt.

FLINT, Michigan - Hall of Fame basketball player Magic Johnson is joining an effort by the owner of the Detroit Pistons to help Flint amid the city's crisis with lead-tainted water.

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota - The University of North Dakota men's hockey team remains at No. 4 in both national polls after a weekend sweep of unranked Minnesota Duluth.

PICKERING, Ontario - A female high school student is in custody after eight people were stabbed at a high school east of Toronto, police said Tuesday. All the injuries are minor.

BISMARCK, North Dakota - The case of a flight attendant accused of using bogus in-air bomb threats to disrupt flights he worked in the upper Midwest and on the East Coast last year might not make it to trial in either North Dakota or Virginia.

ROME - The Italian government abused state secrecy to provide impunity in the abduction of an Egyptian cleric, who was spirited out of Italy for interrogation and torture in his homeland under the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania - Two families who accuse one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania of polluting their well water are getting their day in court.

LAKELAND, Florida - Third baseman Casey McGehee has agreed to a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers.

CLEARWATER, Florida - A judge says a man accused of throwing his daughter from a Tampa bridge is still not competent to stand trial.

BERLIN - German authorities say a woman has died from injuries sustained in a suicide bombing last month in Istanbul, bringing the number of people killed in the attack to 12.

LONDON - Returning to tennis for the first time since becoming a father, Andy Murray will lead Britain's Davis Cup team when it opens the defense of its title against Japan next week.

CHICAGO - Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

KUOPIO, Finland - Germany's Johannes Rydzek won a duel with Akito Watabe of Japan that lasted for most of the second half of the 10-kilometer cross country course to win a Nordic Combined World Cup event on Tuesday.

"Out of the Blues" (Putnam), by Trudy Nan Boyce

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian police say they have detained a Frenchman wanted for homicide by Interpol.

LONDON - A former meerkat expert at London Zoo was cleared Tuesday of assaulting a monkey handler in a love spat over a llama-keeper.

INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating Indiana's bicentennial of statehood will be released in June.

LONDON - A mother gorilla and her baby are doing fine in a British zoo after a very rare delivery by emergency cesarean surgery.

AKRON, Ohio - A father and son who apparently overdosed on the powerful narcotic fentanyl have been found dead in Ohio.

CHICAGO - A campaign to increase diversity in the ranks of the Chicago Police Department has resulted in a 13 percent jump in minority applicants, the department said in an announcement emphasizing its efforts to restore frayed trust with the black community.

ATLANTA - Home Depot reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in the fourth quarter and comparable-store sales jumped as the company continues to ride a sustained recovery in the housing market.

LAWRENCE, Kansas - Kansas has dismissed cornerback Eric Rivers and suspended linebacker Kendall Duckworth after both were arrested early Monday in connection with an alleged robbery over the weekend.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - The Latest on an ordinance approved by the Charlotte City Council to expand protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people (all times local):

IRBIL, Iraq - Iraqi Kurdish troops have rescued a Swedish teenager from the Islamic State group near the extremist-controlled city of Mosul, the Kurdish government said Tuesday.