Новости за 15.07.2016

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved monthly fees that electricity customers would have to pay if they want to opt out of using smart meters offered by Public Service Co. of Oklahoma. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/29Nbkg9 ) reports that the commission voted to approve the monthly $28 opt-out fees Thursday. The fees will

NICE, France — In one of the most heart-wrenching effects of the Nice truck attack, dozens of those killed or injured were children who had gone to see Bastille Day fireworks. The children’s hospital in Nice treated some 50 children and adolescents after Thursday night’s attack, including two who died in surgery. Five remained in

SANAA, Yemen — The UN-brokered Yemen peace talks will not resume unless Shiite rebels acknowledge the legitimacy of the country’s internationally-recognized president and abide by the UN resolutions, government officials said on Friday. The officials, one a cabinet member and the second a presidential aide, told The Associated Press that Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina offensive lineman John Ferranto will miss the season with a torn pectoral muscle. Team spokesman Kevin Best on Friday said Ferranto injured his left pectoral muscle during a training workout on Monday, and had surgery two days later at UNC Hospitals to repair it with an expected recovery time

BELGRADE, Serbia — Kyle Edmund overcame long rain delays and beat Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets to give titleholder Britain a 1-0 lead over Serbia in their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday. With Wimbledon champion Andy Murray not playing but supporting the team from its box, Edmund won 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 in a match that

MEXICO CITY — The most recent forensic investigation of the southern Mexico garbage dump where the government says 43 students were incinerated did not confirm there was a fire there that night. The report from international fire experts convened by the government was obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request. It shows

A blaze is burning near the Grand Canyon, while firefighters in neighboring states are taking aim at wildfires that have destroyed homes or forced people to evacuate. Here’s a look at fires in the U.S. West: ARIZONA Favorable winds are helping crews working to keep a 2-week-old wildfire from moving toward the highway that allows

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Latest on a Rhode Island mosque vandalized with anti-Muslim graffiti (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Police in a Rhode Island town are looking for a vandal who spray-painted anti-Muslim graffiti on a mosque and broke its windows. South Kingstown Police Capt. Joel Ewing-Chow said Friday that a witness saw a hooded

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia man wants police to apologize after officers shocked him with a stun gun in a case of mistaken identity. Attorneys for Patrick Mumford and Savannah police both released body-camera video showing officers ordering Mumford to get out of a parked car, saying they have an arrest warrant. After Mumford asks

HAVANA — Elian Gonzalez, the young Cuban boy at the center of a tense 2000 international custody battle that became a cause celebre and raised tensions on both sides of the Florida Straits, is a college graduate. Cuban government website Cubadebate said Friday that the now 22-year-old Gonzalez received his diploma in industrial engineering from

EVERETT, Wash. — The parents of a man accused of killing a couple in Washington state and burying their remains in a remote forest clearing have been charged with helping their sons flee. The Daily Herald reports (http://goo.gl/fRCpg7 ) that Snohomish County prosecutors on Thursday charged Clyde and Faye Reed, of Ellensburg, with first-degree rendering

NEW YORK — Mother Nature is delaying some travelers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport — and the weather has nothing to do with it. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says nearly 400 diamondback terrapin turtles have laid eggs and built nests in the area around the airport this

BUCHAREST, Romania — Top-seeded Simona Halep swept past sixth-seeded Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Bucharest Open semifinals on Friday. Halep didn’t face a break point. In a bid for her second home title, and second WTA title of the year, she faces Vania King of the U.S. next. King defeated Pauline

Cam Serigne is tired of racking up empty stats at Wake Forest. He’s established himself as one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s best tight ends while playing for one of the league’s worst teams, and now he’s dedicated this offseason to making the Demon Deacons winners again. Wake Forest has finished 3-9 in each of

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Lynx have heard it all since they donned black shirts before a game in remembrance of two men who were shot by police and the five Dallas police officers who were killed in an attack last week. They have been hailed as crusaders for using their platform to start a dialogue

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Super Bowl MVP Von Miller practiced both pirouettes and patience this offseason. While his dance moves didn’t earn him the title on “Dancing With The Stars,” Miller’s stare-down in contract negotiations paid off Friday when he signed a six-year, $114.5 million deadline deal with the Denver Broncos that includes $70 million guaranteed.

More than 5 million bottles of Liquid Plumr are being recalled because they are not child-resistant and pose a serious risk of poisoning. Other recalled products include IKEA safety gates that are defective. Here’s a more detailed look: LIQUID PLUMBER CLOG REMOVER DETAILS: Three types of Liquid Plumr products sold in 17 ounce bottles from

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Caretakers are raising three bear cubs after their mother was struck and killed in Yosemite National Park. KCRA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/29JAgnL ) that the 5-month-old cubs are being taken care of at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. Their mother was killed on the Fourth of July. Yosemite workers were able to catch

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler isn’t expected to return from his right hamstring injury until late next week. The Cubs on Friday also activated catcher David Ross off the seven-day concussion list, placed reliever Trevor Cahill on the 15-day disabled list with tendinitis in his right knee and activated left-hander Clayton Richard

John Orozco’s resilience helped the gymnast qualify for a second U.S. Olympic team. He’ll need to rely on it yet again if he wants to keep competing in his star-crossed career. Orozco tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee for a second time during training this week and will miss the Rio Games.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a black man by Baton Rouge police officers (all times local): 2:10 p.m. A district attorney says his office won’t be prosecuting more than half of the nearly 200 protesters who have been arrested in Baton Rouge since a deadly police shooting last week.

LA CAVERNE DU PONT-D’ARC, France — A gastronomical, sporting and cultural glance at Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday: Region: The 37.5-kilometer (23-mile) individual time trial was contested in the Ardeche region from Bourg-Saint-Andeol to La Caverne du Pont-D’arc. It featured a tricky seven-kilometer climb at the start and a hilly finish.

UNITED NATIONS — Recent victories in Fallujah and Qayyarah show that the Iraqis are capable of defeating the Islamic State group but the country must consolidate control of armed groups and promote political reconciliation in order to achieve lasting peace and stability, a United Nations official said Friday. Jan Kubis, the U.N.’s envoy for Iraq,

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Judicial Qualifications Commission has filed disciplinary charges against a Court of Appeals judge after he pleaded guilty to drunk driving. The commission said in a news release Friday that Court of Appeals Senior Judge William I. Garrard faces two counts of judicial misconduct after he pleaded guilty on June 14, 2016, to

NICE, France — Stephane Erbs was heading back to his car with his wife, Rachel, and their two children after the Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice when he saw the white truck bearing down on them. His first instinct was to throw his 7-year-old son, Celion, out of harm’s way, while his wife pushed