Новости за 18.04.2016

WARSAW, Poland - A major Jewish organization has opened its first chapter in Poland, the most recent sign of a Jewish revival in the Central European nation that comes even as Jews have been recently fleeing Western European nations hit by Islamic violence.

PHILADELPHIA - A federal appeals court has upheld an estimated $1 billion plan by the NFL to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players, potentially ending a troubled chapter in league history.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - A teenager who was forced by the courts to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer says a new mass has been found in her lungs.

CINCINNATI - Andy Dalton's first pass with his healed thumb went right to the couch.

PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia are searching for a man who shot an officer who was trying to stop a carjacking.

CEDARBURG, Wisconsin - A duck that lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again thanks to a Wisconsin middle school teacher and a 3D printer.

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia will resume using weed killer to destroy illegal coca crops less than a year after suspending its use due to cancer concerns.

LOS ANGELES - There's a new kid in the NBA playoffs postgame interview room, and he just might give Stephen Curry's daughter a run for her money.

CHICAGO - The Chicago History Museum's Costume Council plans to honor fashion designer Bob Mackie.

WASHINGTON - Transplants of insulin-producing pancreas cells are a long hoped-for treatment for diabetes - and a new study shows they can protect the most seriously ill patients from a life-threatening complication of the disease, an important step toward U.S. approval.

DAKAR, Senegal - An international rights group says airstrikes in Republic of Congo's southeastern Pool region nearly two weeks ago killed at least 30 people.

TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia's security service has announced the arrest of six people suspected of illegally acquiring uranium-238 and trying to sell the radioactive substance for $200 million.

CHICAGO - Aaron Ekblad had a big goal for the Florida Panthers, and then it was gone. Same for Vladimir Tarasenko in St. Louis last week. Andrew Shaw of the Chicago Blackhawks and Derick Brassard of the New York Rangers got to keep their clutch scores.

BEIRUT - The Lebanese father of two children at the heart of a high-profile custody dispute said Monday he will not drop attempted kidnapping charges against his estranged Australian wife, who tried to take the children from him two weeks ago.

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano has seen a dramatic overnight explosion that sent ash blowing over the major city of Puebla directly to the east, forcing closure of the city's airport.

LAKE STATION, Indiana - More than a 1,000 birthday cards have arrived for an Indiana boy who was disappointed when none of the classmates he invited came to his birthday party.

LEBANON, Ohio - An Ohio woman accused of killing her 4-year-old stepson by putting him in scalding water as punishment the day before he was found dead has been indicted on murder and other charges.

MADRID - Ducati says reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo is to join its team at the end of this season.

BUCHAREST, Romania - Sixth-seeded Guido Pella of Argentina defeated wild card Adrian Ungur of Romania 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Monday.

FAIRFAX, Virginia - A former Fairfax County police officer accused of fatally shooting a man who had his hands up during a 2013 standoff pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter.

LONDON - A British judge has acquitted eight protesters who blockaded the entrance to an arms fair, accepting their argument that they acted to stop illegal weapons trading.

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - Since long before the first casino went up, there has been a strong feeling of being left out and left behind among the mostly minority population of this seaside gambling resort.

INDIANAPOLIS - Wildlife officials in Indiana say they're not sure what they would do if they caught a black bear wandering the state's border with Michigan.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Iowa State basketball star Nikki Moody has sued coach Bill Fennelly, the university and the state for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she was repeatedly called a "thug" and labeled a selfish player despite being the program's career assists leader.

PARIS - French cosmetics maker L'Oreal says its sales edged up 1.8 percent in the first three months of the year to 6.55 billion euros ($7.41 billion) as gains in its main markets in Western Europe and North America offset a decline in Latin America.