Новости за 04.04.2016

"Alice & Oliver" (Random House), by Charles Bock

PARIS - A French appeals court has sentenced a former mayor to a suspended two-year prison term for ignoring flood risks and encouraging development in his Atlantic Coast town before aging sea walls collapsed in a 2010 storm that killed 29 people.

DURHAM, North Carolina - Protesters camped outside the office of Duke University's president for a fourth day Monday, demanding the firing of three administrators - including one accused of using a racial slur against a parking attendant - and calling for a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland's prime minister insisted Monday he would not resign after documents leaked in a media investigation linked him to an offshore company that would represent a serious conflict of interest.

Stock indexes are mostly lower in early trading and several companies are moving on deals and other news.

PRINCETON, New Jersey - The Latest on Princeton's decision to keep Woodrow Wilson's name on its public policy school (all times local):

"For the Love of Wine: My Odyssey Through the World's Most Ancient Wine Culture" (Potomac Books), by Alice Feiring

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines on Monday launched the first public immunization program for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren the world's first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that the World Health Organization estimates infects 390 million people a year globally.

NAPLES, Florida - Lawyers say a Florida man accused of killing his wife and five children in 2009 suffers from a traumatic brain injury.

MUNCIE, Indiana - IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is taking precautions after discovering a patient with Legionnaires' disease late last week.

CHESTER, Pennsylvania - The Latest on Sunday's derailment of an Amtrak train outside Philadelphia (all times local):

LONDON - Antonio Conte will take charge of Chelsea after completing his spell as Italy coach at the European Championship with the task of revitalizing a team in decline.

BAGHDAD - Militants unleashed a wave of suicide attacks across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 29 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

NEW YORK - The opener between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium has been postponed because of a forecast of bad weather and rescheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has met with the head of a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics amid new hopes for progress toward ending a quarter-century schism.

PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's Constitutional Court has turned down an opposition request to void the election of Hashim Thaci as the new president because of irregularities. The court said it had found no evidence of irregularities.

PulteGroup Chairman and CEO Richard J. Dugas Jr. will retire next year, a decision the homebuilder attributes in part to a leadership change demanded by the company's founder and grandson.

NEWARK, New Jersey - A terminal at Newark Liberty Airport was evacuated twice early Monday when a fire broke out in a ceiling and then later reignited.

OBSCURA DAY APRIL 16

NEW YORK - Alaska Air Group Inc. is buying Virgin America in a deal worth more than $2 billion, combining their West Coast presence and reigniting the debate over airline consolidation.

DEARBORN, Michigan - The Henry Ford Museum is offering a more-vibrant cinematic experience that features new projection, sound and seating.

BILOXI, Mississippi - Margaritaville is returning to Biloxi - this time, without a casino.

PITTSBURG, Indiana - Indiana conversation officers are warning of fast-moving waters after they rescued two people whose boat capsized on the Wabash River.

MOSCOW - The spokesman for Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that the Russian president is involved in an offshore account scheme as a smear likely motivated by "Putinophobia."

In this photo by Shizuo Kambayashi, a woman takes a photo as she rides a boat through a sea of cherry blossom petals on the Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo. The country's iconic flower, "sakura," is in full bloom in the capital, drawing visitors from around Japan and overseas. Some 100 people lined up for rental boats, despite a seasonal rate of 800 yen ($8) for a 30-minute ride. Watching petals falling from the arcade of cherry trees makes the Chidorigafuchi section of the moat one of Tokyo's most popular viewing sites. Читать дальше...