Новости за 24.03.2016

SIQ AL-BARID, Jordan - Recent heavy rains caused flash floods across the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, forcing authorities to close the gates of the famed Petra ruins to tourists who were soggy and surly from the downpour.

A former University of Mississippi student is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to placing a noose on the University of Mississippi's statue of its first black student.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, whose trial on 11 charges including two counts of genocide concludes Thursday:

GREENFIELD, Indiana - Silver silos are a common sight in a rural community, a classic feature of the farmer's backyard.

LAFAYETTE, Indiana - After an Internet sensation fell from a couch and sought treatment at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, fundraising efforts are underway to help other pets that are just as unique.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Deadly violence has erupted during local elections in Bangladesh, leaving at least 13 people dead this week. Analysts said the mayhem shows the country's democracy is struggling in the face of Islamist extremism and a divisive debate over how to deal with the legacy of its 1971 civil war.

DURHAM, North Carolina - Supporters of a North Carolina teen facing deportation to his native Honduras are holding a rally to call for his release from jail.

RALEIGH, North Carolina - North Carolina legislators decided to rein in local governments by approving a bill that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. Gov. Pat McCrory later signed the legislation, which dealt a blow to the LGBT movement after success with protections in cities across the country.

LOS ANGELES - A JetBlue flight attendant accused of using her credentials to attempt to get 70 pounds of cocaine through airport security in Los Angeles before flinging off her heels and fleeing, has been arrested in New York, authorities said.

DENVER - A powerful spring snowstorm that closed Denver's airport and stranded numerous passengers barreled east Thursday, threatening the Plains states and the Midwest with heavy snow and strong winds.

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says two Palestinians stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli soldier before troops shot and killed the pair.

WASHINGTON - "Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig," disgusted women say, looking straight into the camera. Another explains, "Real quotes from Donald Trump, about women."

ANKARA, Turkey - A group of writers, including Nobel laureates, are calling on Turkey to drop charges against two prominent journalists who face life imprisonment for their reports, and to end its crackdown on free expression.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Confronting a dark chapter in Latin America's history, President Barack Obama will pay tribute to victims of Argentina's "Dirty War," as he works to bring closure to questions about the U.S. role in one of the region's most repressive dictatorships.

SAN FRANCISCO - The University of California's governing board is set to sign off Thursday on a statement condemning anti-Semitic behavior and a companion report urging campus leaders to confront "anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism."

SEATTLE - A man who transfixed Seattle by perching near the top of an 80-foot-tall sequoia tree in the middle of a downtown shopping district climbed down after nearly a day in the branches.

SPENCER, Indiana - Police say they are searching for a 15-month-old girl reported missing in Owen County.

RYONGYON-RI, North Korea - The village elder put his shovel aside, stooped down by a scraggly bush and pulled a sack from the freshly turned dirt. Spreading open the sack, he reached in to reveal femurs, skull and jaw fragments, boots and a rusted green helmet.

LAS VEGAS - He calls it his No Trump undercard partly because he's a boxing promoter and there's one last Manny Pacquiao fight that by most indications is in serious need of promotion.

KIOWA, Kansas - A wildfire that has burned nearly 110 square miles in rural Kansas and Oklahoma still poses a threat, but conditions are improving in the two counties most affected, authorities said.

PEORIA, Arizona - Utility infielder Luis Sardinas hit a grand slam in the Seattle Mariners' 13-12 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

AUSTIN, Texas - Jason Day has been exchanging text messages with Tiger Woods on all things golf, so perhaps he could lean on Woods for his latest issue.

When Jim Boeheim leads Syracuse into the Sweet 16 on Friday night against Gonzaga, he'll be in uncharted territory as his 40th season winds down. Boeheim's Orange are playing on the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, and so are the Syracuse women - for the first time in program history.

BENTON, Missouri - A man has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and child endangerment after police say he used a handgun as a hammer while working on a project at a southeast Missouri elementary school.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Notre Dame's women's basketball team has a decidedly different look than past years as it heads to its seventh straight appearance in an NCAA Tournament regional semifinal: