Новости за 05.04.2016

RIO DE JANEIRO - Some people in Brazil are trying to scalp tickets for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics - even before the tickets are issued.

Starting pitcher Matt Garza has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Milwaukee Brewers with a strained muscle in his back.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a so-called debt haircut for Greece is not possible under eurozone regulations.

MEXICO CITY - Mexico nominated a new ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, a little over a half-year after his predecessor took up what is likely the country's most important overseas diplomatic post.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Eric C. Conn, the flamboyant Kentucky lawyer who billed himself as "Mr. Social Security," has been indicted on allegations that he made millions by paying a doctor and a judge to rubber-stamp false disability claims using phony medical evidence.

What if a young man who just lost his young wife in a car accident experienced none of the stages of grief? What if he felt nothing? What if he, instead, started writing letters to a vending machine company and dismantling every object in sight?

VIENNA - The interior ministers of Austria and Germany said Tuesday that the EU must link efforts to control migration and improve security by establishing functioning outer borders and improving information exchange channels among its 28 members over terror threats.

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The Latest on the economic backlash to a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming to the sex on their birth certificates and restricts protections for LGBT people. (all times local):

WASHINGTON - Iran will not be given access to the U.S. financial system as part of the sanctions relief granted under the landmark nuclear deal, according to a senior Obama administration official who disputed reports that Tehran will be able to deal directly with U.S. banks.

ROME - A 5-year-old American girl who suffers from a rare genetic disease that is gradually robbing her of her sight may get her wish to see Pope Francis.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Kentucky has announced that freshman Skal Labissiere will enter the NBA draft, the second Wildcat in the past four days to announce he will turn pro.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Derided by critics as everything from unconstitutional to sacrilegious, Tennessee lawmakers nevertheless plowed ahead with designating the Holy Bible as the state's official book.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Latest on the effort to impeach Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (all times local):

MUSKEGON, Michigan - A woman whose body was buried under a horse corral in western Michigan had been suffocated with duct tape.

NEW YORK - Wearable technology is coming to Major League Baseball.

NEW YORK - A story about how the Statue of Liberty ended up raising her torch in New York Harbor is the subject of a musical that will open off-Broadway this summer at an appropriate date - July 4.

RIO DE JANEIRO - The man who would take over if Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is impeached, Vice President Michel Temer, could now be running that same risk of impeachment.

"The 14th Colony" (Minotaur), by Steve Berry

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Paul-Henri Mathieu upset sixth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II on Tuesday.

COLUMBIA, Tennessee - Authorities say a man who shot his roommate and fled was pursued by police before he himself was shot and wounded by an officer.

PORTLAND, Oregon - Abby Wambach's attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf at an arraignment Tuesday on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants.

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Tom Johnson is suing Minneapolis and two of its police officers, accusing them of violating his civil rights by using a chemical spray and stun gun on him during a 2014 incident at a downtown nightclub.

VERSAILLES, Indiana - Police say a Cincinnati, Ohio, woman and her daughter were among three people killed after their car collided with a semitrailer in southeastern Indiana.

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Some work on a section of the Interstate 69 extension project has been halted by disputes between a construction company and its subcontractors.

MEXICO CITY - The billions of dollars in U.S. remittances that presidential candidate Donald Trump is threatening to block to force Mexico to pay for a border wall are a financial lifeline for the Latin American country's economy and the individuals who receive the money from relatives up north.