Completion date for Sochi World Cup stadium slips back
MOSCOW - The official completion date of Sochi's stadium for the 2018 World Cup has slipped back five months to November, the second such delay for a Russian World Cup venue in the last week.
MOSCOW - The official completion date of Sochi's stadium for the 2018 World Cup has slipped back five months to November, the second such delay for a Russian World Cup venue in the last week.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado - Police say a Colorado woman accused of killing her 3-year-old niece kept the toddler strapped to a high chair in a closet for two weeks before pushing her head into a wall and hiding her under a bed.
"Running: A Love Story" (Seal Press), by Jen A. Miller
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's parliament has voted against an opposition motion to remove President Jacob Zuma, who has apologized after the country's top court ruled that he violated the constitution in a spending scandal.
LOS ANGELES - The widow of a man driving the Porsche that crashed and killed actor Paul Walker cannot prove the carmaker is responsible for the accident, a federal judge said.
CHICAGO - In a story April 2 about research testing cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart problems, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a Chicago cardiologist. The correct spelling is Dr. Clyde Yancy, not Yancey.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Uruguay's former president says the conduct of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees resettled in the South American nation has been "abysmal" and has hurt efforts to resettle others.
BERLIN - German officials say an investigation into a string of sexual assaults and robberies in Cologne over New Year's Eve that fueled a nationwide debate over immigration policies has confirmed that most suspects so far are foreigners.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey - The owners of the New York Jets and Giants announced Tuesday that Ron VanDeVeen has been appointed president and chief executive officer of MetLife Stadium.
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. plans to build a new $1.6 billion auto assembly plant in Mexico, creating about 2,800 jobs and shifting small-car production from the U.S. at a time when moving jobs south of the border has become a major issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.
PARIS - Air France-KLM chairman and CEO Alexandre de Juniac is leaving the airline group after being asked to lead a global aviation agency.
PRAGUE - The Czech Interior Ministry says it has signed an agreement with representatives of the Jewish community to better protect Jewish sites in Prague and across the country.
FARMINGTON, Utah - Parents are suing a Utah school district, claiming their daughter suffered a severe leg injury during an alcohol impairment simulation exercise that involved wearing special goggles.
CINCINNATI - A lone Oregon cheetah cub has found a new family at an Ohio zoo.
LONDON - There's one part of the British Empire on which the sun still does not set: its tax havens.
NEW YORK - The Stratford Festival in Canada is commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by making his plays accessible to a generation raised on the Internet.
PARIS - Amid great fanfare, Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo has unveiled the long-awaited $1 billion revamp of the city's dilapidated main shopping and metro complex, often the first port of call for tourists visiting the City of Light.
NEW YORK - Even for someone as loved as Tina Fey, a reported $6 million advance seemed like a lot of money for a book of essays. But five years after its publication, "Bossypants" has sold 3.75 million copies, according to Little, Brown and Co. And it confirmed a market for smart, funny nonfiction such as Amy Poehler's "Yes Please" and Mindy Kaling's "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?"
"Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction" (St. Martin's Press), by Maia Szalavitz
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey - The New York Giants have finally turned their attention to their offensive by signing fullback Will Johnson and offensive linemen Ryan Seymour and Dillon Farrell.
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers have recalled defenseman Brady Skjei from Hartford of the AHL with the status of captain Ryan McDonagh uncertain.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee - State officials say a sewage leak has caused a major fish kill in a lake near the Mississippi River in west Tennessee.
CLEVELAND - A federal court jury in Cleveland has convicted a traveling minister from Arkansas in a tax refund scam that prosecutors say totaled nearly $5 million.
WARSAW, Poland - A leading European Union official was in Warsaw on Tuesday to urge Poland's leaders to respect the nation's constitutional order, a visit that comes amid an ongoing crisis over Poland's Constitutional Tribunal.
NEW YORK - A Yemeni arts festival in New York is featuring photographs by a U.S. journalist killed by al-Qaeda in Yemen in 2014.
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