Новости за 14.03.2016

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican monsignor admitted in court Monday that he passed confidential Holy See documents on to journalists but said he did so at a time when he feared for his life after a friendship with a woman turned sour.

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Williamsburg police say the mayor has been charged with assault and battery after a resident filed a complaint about an alleged assault in the building where City Council meets.

CONCORD, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate has violated curfew at least eight times and should have his bail revoked, a prosecutor said Monday.

BELLEVUE, Washington - Outerwall Inc., the company behind the Coinstar coin-counting kiosks and Redbox disc-rental booths, says it is seeking strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value and doubled its quarterly dividend.

NEW YORK - The Latest on a second trial over General Motors' faulty ignition switch controversy (all times local):

TRENTON, New Jersey - Federal labor officials have ordered JPMorgan Chase Bank to reinstate an employee who was fired for raising concerns over the firm's failure to properly report financial transactions to government regulators.

BALTIMORE - A man who pleaded guilty to shooting his friend in a video stunt involving a bulletproof vest has been sentenced to prison.

NEW YORK - When New York City public schools began giving students report cards on their weight a decade ago, officials hoped the information would help fight an obesity epidemic in the nation's largest school system. But a new study finds being labeled fat doesn't spur weight loss, at least among students near the threshold for being flagged.

CHICAGO - The father of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who was shot and killed in November has been denied bail after being charged with shooting three people.

WASHINGTON - Scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine, and while they're starting from scratch against a poorly understood disease, copying shots for similar viruses offers a head start.

EDINBURG, Texas - An 83-year-old former priest has pleaded not guilty to murder for the slaying of a South Texas teacher and ex-beauty queen more than a half century ago.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The escape of two violent inmates has raised concerns about security in the New Mexico corrections system, with questions lingering about how the men broke free from a prison van and fled hundreds of miles before anyone reported them missing.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A man facing federal firearms charges in Iowa who attempted to escape prosecution by fleeing to Cuba has entered plea agreements with U.S. prosecutors.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Two longtime U.S. residents deported to Italy because of criminal convictions have been denied permission to return to testify before Connecticut legislators.

When Boston College was losing 25 of its 29 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball games three years ago, Mike Gambino held fast to the belief that things would get better.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Officials have recovered the remains of four people belonging to a group of over 20 missing miners believed to have been killed by a gang seeking control over a wildcat gold claim in southeastern Venezuela.

BOSTON - An emotional Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday signed what he called the most comprehensive law in the nation to combat an opioid addiction scourge, including a seven-day limit on first-time prescriptions for opiate painkillers.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague was expelled over a sexual assault allegation and plans to sue the school, his attorney said Monday.

LOS ANGELES - Lloyd S. Shapley, a researcher of strategic decision-making called "game theory" who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics, has died at 92.

LAKE FOREST, Illinois - The Chicago Bears have re-signed tight end Rob Housler to a one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES - Police shot and killed a suspect who stole a patrol car and led officers on an hour-long chase across Southern California freeways that ended with a dramatic collision in an alley, authorities said.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - A prisoner stabbed a fellow inmate Monday and 70 others barricaded themselves in a dorm at an overcrowded Alabama prison that was the site of weekend uprisings, authorities said.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a pickup ran into a parked jet at Philadelphia International Airport, sending the truck's driver to the hospital.

NEW YORK - U.S. markets are slightly higher Monday as lower oil and gas prices are dragging down energy companies while hotels and other travel-related companies are rising after a consortium led by China's Anbang Insurance Group offered to buy Starwood Hotels.

BOSTON - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she plans to get behind a Democratic candidate for president but that it's too early to discuss whether she would be open to running for vice president.