Новости за 22.04.2016

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - A former Missouri State University graduate student says in a federal lawsuit that the school kicked him out of a master's program three years after he said counseling gay couples violated his religious beliefs.

LE BOURGET, France - A series of crew failures likely caused the 2014 Air Algerie crash in Mali, air accident investigators said Friday, although they said they were not assigning responsibility for the disaster that killed 116 people.

NEW YORK - In an effort to shine a light on the hundreds of girls abducted from a school in Nigeria two years ago, all performances of the Broadway play "Eclipsed" will be dedicated to the still-missing victims.

DENVER - Storms brought deep snow to the mountains that feed the vital Colorado River this winter and spring, but the dried-out landscape will soak up some of the runoff before it can reach the river and the 40 million people depending on it for water.

SANTA FE, New Mexico - New Mexico officials are considering whether to accept a $24 million settlement from an investment firm in what would be the largest payment yet in a pay-to-play scandal during the administration of former Gov. Bill Richardson.

BERKELEY, California - California announced a 10-year apparel contract with Under Armour.

PHILADELPHIA - The only known mural painted by children's author Maurice Sendak will be on display at a new public library branch in Philadelphia.

NEW YORK - Automaker GM said Friday that former vice chairman Stephen Girsky won't run for another term on the board of directors. The company wants to replace him with the former CEO of Harvard University's endowment fund.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Guitarist and singer Lonnie Mack, whose instrumental recordings influenced guitar players including Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 74.

HOUSTON - Schlumberger NV trimmed its workforce by about 2,500 people in the first quarter as the company's profit slumped 49 percent amid the continuing slump in oil and gas drilling.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Illinois lawmakers approved Friday a $600 million short-term funding fix for colleges and universities that have been struggling without state funding during the monthslong budget stalemate, a much-needed lifeline for institutions that have been laying off employees.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she regrets expressing her personal view that a TV comic's poem about Turkey's president was intentionally offensive.

BUFFALO, New York - Two people familiar with the plans tell The Associated Press that Buffalo Bills officials are visiting Alabama on Friday to meet with Crimson Tide defensive tackle Jarran Reed, a projected first-round draft pick.

OMAHA, Nebraska - Police ticketed WBO junior welterweight champion Terence "Bud" Crawford on Friday on four misdemeanor charges following a disturbance at a body shop last week.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Former SMU tailback Eric Dickerson and former Texas coach Fred Akers have been inducted with four others into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame.

A line of rechargeable battery packs that can overheat and start a fire are among this week's recalled consumer products. Other recalled items include off-highway vehicles that that can catch fire and wooden toys that pose a choking hazard to young children.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - George Mason University is revising the way it investigates and adjudicates allegations of sexual misconduct after a student won a lawsuit challenging the process.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - A former transit police officer who was critically injured during the shootout with the Boston Marathon bombers has welcomed a son three years to the day after he awoke from a coma.

MOUNT HOLLY, New Jersey - A New Jersey woman who set her newborn on fire and left her in the middle of a street was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.

BILLINGS, Montana - A woman beat to death a 1-year-old girl on a rural Montana Indian Reservation, threw the baby's body into a dumpster and reported her missing before confessing to the crime a day later, a federal investigator testified Friday.

LONDON - World tennis' anti-corruption unit says it received alerts of unusual or suspicious betting on 48 matches between January and March, including one at the Australian Open.

NORWALK, Ohio - The Latest on a ruling overturning the conviction of a dying Ohio inmate (all times local):

INDIANAPOLIS - State officials say local governments across Indiana will receive $435 million for transportation infrastructure maintenance funds.

LAS VEGAS - UNLV has again approved a multimillion dollar contract for a new men's basketball coach after being jilted by the last hire.

VERMILLION, South Dakota - University of South Dakota Athletic Director David Herbster says the school has hired Northern Kentucky women's basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit (PLITZ'-zoo-wyte) to lead the Coyotes.