Новости за 31.03.2016

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Regulators in Ohio approved two closely watched energy deals on Thursday allowing two utility companies to impose short-term rate increases on electricity customers to subsidize some older coal-fired and nuclear power plants.

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania - A Villanova University history professor has been charged with 415 child pornography-related counts after the university contacted police.

BOYNTON BEACH, Florida - Few things are easy for Kiaran McLaughlin.

MILAN - Italy's economic development minister has resigned amid allegations that she passed along confidential information to her boyfriend that helped his business interests.

An elite New Hampshire boarding school alerted alumni this week that a longtime teacher has admitted to two cases of sexual misconduct with students in the 1970s and 1980s.

ALBANY, New York - The widow of Benihana's founder has lost her bid for part of his fortune after a yearslong dispute with his children and grandchildren over his will.

OAKLAND, California - If anyone still doubted whether the Golden State Warriors were truly going to push for a record 73 wins instead of saving energy for the playoffs, that thought should now be put to rest for good.

ATLANTA - The Latest on the case of a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday (all times local):

JERUSALEM - A transgender Israeli teenager, jailed for refusing to join the military as a conscientious objector, petitioned the army on Thursday to be moved to a women's prison.

NEW YORK - Stocks closed mostly lower on Thursday, with chemicals and agricultural companies taking the largest losses. The price of gold continued its long surge. Trading was quiet on the final day of a stormy first quarter that produced surprising gains.

MUMBAI, India - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed dew which he said affected spin bowling and two no-balls for his team's seven-wicket loss against West Indies at World Twenty20 semifinal on Thursday.

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania - A man has been found dead in the bathroom of a Megabus headed from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and the driver says he had a needle stuck in his arm.

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The Latest on the response to a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination regulations by local governments (all times local):

NEW YORK - Notre Dame, Texas and Colorado, which all played in the NCAA Tournament, and Northwestern headline the field for the 2016 Legends Classic, which culminates at Barclays Center on Nov. 21-22.

PROVO, Utah - BYU and Baylor have agreed to play a home-and-home series beginning in 2021, the programs announced Thursday.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana - A Korea-based steel producer is considering the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville for a new wire rod processing center.

SAO PAULO - Officials say a Brazilian man barged into a judge's office, pinned her to the ground, doused her with a flammable liquid and threatened to set her on fire if she didn't declare he was innocent of beating his wife.

ORCHARD PARK, New York - Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan has promoted two assistants on his staff.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Jimmy Vesey will become a free agent Aug. 15, and his representatives say the Nashville Predators were told not to factor the Harvard forward's future into any decisions at the trade deadline.

CINCINNATI - The Bengals signed former New England Patriot Brandon LaFell to a one-year contract Thursday, giving them a veteran receiver to help fill out a unit that lost two regulars to free agency.

CHICAGO - A judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, who is facing federal tax charges but is refusing to return to Chicago from South Africa because he says he's caring for an ill daughter there.

Montreal puts the sizzle on its status as a cycling and cultural beehive with a bike festival May 29-June 5. It's anchored by a bicycle tour of the city-island that rivals New York's Five Boro cycling extravaganza in size, adds a distinctive French twist and shows Americans how very far their dollar can go in Canada these days.

ST. LOUIS - Travis Ford was not out of work long.

PITTSBURGH - Defensive end Ricardo Mathews has agreed to a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers that will give the team needed depth next season.