Новости за 05.08.2016

MINSK, Belarus — The Border Guard Committee of Belarus said on Friday it has detained a Turkmenistan-born Swedish man and is preparing to extradite the former journalist to Turkmenistan which he fled more than a decade ago. The committee’s Alexander Tishchenko told The Associated Press that Chary Annamuradov was detained last month as he flew

RENO, Nev. — The president of Nevada company RGJ Media has accepted a position at the helm of Oregonian Media Group, the parent company of The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. The Reno-Gazette Journal reports (http://on.rgj.com/2aW9HhE ) John F. Maher’s last day with RGJ Media was Thursday. The company owns the Reno Gazette-Journal, RGJ.com and

TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma game wardens have seized a mounted polar bear that had been on display at a Tulsa airport. Wardens confiscated the taxidermied bear Thursday night from Jones Riverside Airport. Tulsa County game warden Carlos Gomez told Tulsa television station KOTV (http://bit.ly/2ammXLW ) that the bear was legally killed in 1969 in Hope,

SOMERVILLE, N.J. — A woman is accused of using children’s drawings to smuggle prescription drugs to her boyfriend in a New Jersey jail. Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano says staff noticed something strange about mail addressed to inmate Michael Gill on June 15. A K-9 unit was called and alerted on what turned out to

JUNEAU, Alaska — A 79-year-old cruise ship passenger got lost on a solo hike near an Alaska glacier and spent a night in the forest without camping gear but walked to safety the next day. A search Wednesday night failed to find the woman but she hiked to Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Thursday

UNITED NATIONS — Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres topped the second informal poll to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general, but unlike the first round he got two “discourage” votes, leaving the contest in play, U.N. diplomats said Friday. Serbia’s former foreign minister Vuk Jeremic moved up from third to second place

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas county clerks say they’re continuing to determine who has a right to vote after the state incorrectly flagged thousands of people to be removed from voter rolls. The issue happened in June when the Arkansas secretary of state’s election division tried to update voter lists with new data to ensure

BOSTON — Massachusetts gambling regulators say they’re encouraged by early numbers from a unique gambling addiction prevention effort being tested at the state’s first casino. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission said Friday the “Play My Way” program at Plainridge Park Casino has signed up 3,216 people since its June launch. Commission spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll says that’s

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the NBA’s decision to move its All-Star Game from Charlotte because of a law limiting anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people was “grandstanding.” Christie made the remarks while co-hosting the WFAN “Boomer and Carton” morning radio show Friday. The Republican governor asked if the NBA is going

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that accuses Wells Fargo Securities of defrauding investors in Rhode Island’s failed $75 million deal with 38 Studios, the video game company started by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell on Friday

RIO DE JANEIRO — The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee defended his support of the decision not to ban Russia’s entire team from the Rio Games, framing it as a done deal by the time he weighed in on it, and a stance that received wide support among athletes. Chairman Larry Probst was among

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Chris Wood and Matt Fitzpatrick were both eliminated from the Paul Lawrie Match Play on Friday, leaving their chances of competing for Europe at the Ryder Cup in the balance. Top-seeded Wood lost 2 and 1 to Daniel Brooks in the round of 32, before Fitzpatrick was beaten 4 and 3

STEVENSBURG, Va. — A Virginia grandmother has pleaded guilty to charges of solicitation to commit murder after losing custody of her grandson. The Culpeper Star-Exponent (http://bit.ly/2aGzUMs ) reports that 44-year-old Tammy Smith Kelly of Stevensburg pleaded guilty Monday to four counts following the presentation of evidence against her on the first day of trial. The

LONDON — Indie band Viola Beach has topped the U.K. album chart, almost six months after all the group’s members were killed in a car accident in Sweden. The Official Charts Company said Friday that the group’s self-titled debut album was the week’s best-seller. The four members of the band from northwest England died along

TALLAHASEE, Fla. — Friends and colleagues described a 64-year-old Florida woman killed in a knife rampage in central London as a retired special education teacher who enjoyed tennis and doted on her husband. Darlene Horton was enjoying time overseas with her husband, Rick Wagner, a Florida State psychology professor who had been teaching in the

LAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say a 27-year-old man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, an off-duty firefighter. Polk County Sheriff’s officials say Caleb McKinney was waiting for his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, Clifford Cofer, to arrive home Wednesday night. Sheriff Grady Judd says when the couple pulled into the driveway, McKinney ran across

HOUSTON — Houston police say they’ve arrested two men accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles that likely ended up in Mexico. Authorities say 24-year-old Michael Arce and 22-year-old Jesse Zelaya focused on new Jeep and Dodge vehicles, which attract big money on the black market in Mexico. The men

PHOENIX — The Latest on rainfall Friday in the Phoenix area (all times local): 10:20 a.m. Thunderstorms that swept across the Phoenix area Friday morning delayed flights and resulted in three jetliners being diverted to other airports. Sky Harbor International Airport spokeswoman Heather Lissner says the storms held up takeoffs, and landings were delayed by

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Visitors to Cambodia’s famed Angkor temple complex will have to pay almost twice as much for admission starting next February, the government said Friday. A government statement said the price of single-day tickets will rise from $20 currently to $37. A three-day pass will cost $62, up from $40. The price

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts have captured and removed a 6-foot alligator from the backyard of a home with the help of workers from a local zoo. Officers were dispatched to the West Springfield property at about noon Thursday following a tip from a concerned resident. They extracted the alligator with two animal

CAIRO — Egypt’s former grand mufti survived an attempt on his life in a western Cairo suburb when two masked gunmen opened fire as he was walking toward a mosque to hold Friday prayers, an Egyptian security official said. Sheikh Ali Gomaa was unharmed in the attack and the two attackers fled the scene outside

DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins defensive line coach Terrell Williams was engaged in conversation on the field following practice Friday when end Cameron Wake came up from behind and playfully draped a large, sweaty arm around his coach’s neck. Williams smiled and kept talking, but soon decided to pull rank on Wake. “Get out of

ANDERSON, Ind. — Four years ago, T.Y. Hilton walked into his NFL first training camp as something of an unknown. Now 26, Hilton returns in a new role — as the most accomplished receiver on the Indianapolis Colts’ roster. He’s also the oldest member of his position group and its unquestioned leader. “Naturally guys grow

TOKYO — Takata Corp., the Japanese company at the center of a massive global air bag recall, is sticking to its forecast of posting a 13 billion yen ($129 million) profit for the fiscal year through March. It reported on Friday an April-June profit of 2 billion yen ($19.8 million), down 33 percent from the

MANILA, Philippines — A Gulf Air flight carrying 219 people to Bahrain landed safely in the Philippine capital Friday after turning back because of a heat-damaged engine, officials said. The Airbus 330-200 ignited a grass fire at the edge of the runway as it took off and smoke was seen inside the cabin after the