Новости за 26.02.2016

CONCORD, New Hampshire - Six months after a graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school was convicted on charges of sexual assault and using a computer to lure a 15-year-old girl for sex, the school is planning a symposium on technology and adolescent development.

A 40-footer buzzer-beater in Miami one night. A 45-footer to beat the clock in Orlando the very next night. In both cases, the thousands of fans who came to watch the brightest star in today's NBA do something special expressed their satisfaction with long, lusty cheers.

CLEVELAND - An appeals court has ruled that a male Cleveland police officer fired for sending thousands of sexually explicit texts to female crime victims should get his job back.

DOHA, Qatar - Carla Suarez Navarro restricted No.3-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska to only two games as she reached the final of the Qatar Open with a 6-2, 6-0 semifinal victory on Friday.

FLINT, Michigan - The Latest on lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan (all times local):

DAKAR, Senegal - The U.S. Africa Command has asked Washington to send a small group of military advisers to Nigeria to assist its military's fight against the Islamic insurgency Boko Haram, it said in a statement Friday.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is a dad in waiting.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is sticking to his new explanation for why he can't yet release copies of his recent tax returns: The IRS is auditing him, as Trump says it has for the last 12 years.

OKLAHOMA CITY - A group of Muslims is meeting with Oklahoma lawmakers and discussing civic engagement while pro- and anti-Muslim groups bicker outside the state Capitol.

HEBRON, Indiana - Several roads in northwestern Indiana remain closed as crews continue working to clear the up to 15 inches of snow that fell in the area.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - The San Francisco Giants are stocked with talented pitchers, with Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Johnny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija and Jake Peavy having been named All-Stars at least once.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Illinois lawmakers want to end late fees for license plate renewal stickers after some residents said they felt blindsided when the state stopped mailing reminders to save money.

NEW YORK - The government says Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Anthony Bitetto to a two-year, $1.2 million contract.

NIAMEY, Niger - Provisional results show Niger's presidential election is headed to a runoff vote next month after the incumbent failed to receive 50 percent of the vote.

LOS ANGELES - The deadly shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, raises anew a question that has dogged Uber and other taxi competitors: Their rides may be cheaper and more convenient than a cab, but are they as safe?

NEW YORK - A lawsuit claims sexual abuse and harassment of women in New York prisons is allowed to persist and flourish and the state's "zero tolerance" policy is a sham.

ROGERSVILLE, Tennessee - Authorities say two teens who studied the 1999 Columbine massacre as they planned a similar attack at their East Tennessee high school have entered guilty pleas.

DALLAS - If you fly on American Eagle, Delta Connection or United Express, there is a good chance you have been on a plane operated by Republic Airways, which just filed for bankruptcy protection.

PITTSBURGH - The Latest on guilty pleas by two Pennsylvania companies and an official who sold mislabeled grated cheeses (all times local):

ZURICH - New FIFA President Gianni Infantino is like the substitute who came off the bench to score the winning goal in a cup final to stun the favorites.

WASHINGTON - The Library of Congress has acquired 95 original courtroom drawings depicting high-profile trials from the past four decades.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "This Unruly Mess I've Made" (Macklemore LLC)

LOS ANGELES - A utility that owns a natural gas well that leaked uncontrollably for almost four months near Los Angeles and created the biggest known methane release in U.S. history said Friday it was appealing a court order to extend housing for displaced families.

CHICAGO - Illinois' ongoing state budget crisis has led Chicago State University to send out letters to its 900 employees telling them that they could be laid off.