Новости за 22.09.2016

PARIS — An Algerian man who fled house arrest in France five years after his conviction in a terror-linked case was arrested on Thursday in Switzerland after applying for asylum, Swiss police said. A special intervention squad arrested 43-year-old Merouane Benhamed in Vallorbe, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Lausanne, in the Vaud region, a

ELIZABETH, N.J. — NBA referees will be cracking down this season on the kind of hits to the groin area that resulted in Draymond Green’s suspension during the NBA Finals. They also will more closely monitor traveling after complaints from coaches that players are getting away with too many steps on the perimeter. The referees

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Boeing Co., up $1.31 to $131.87 The U.S. government gave Boeing and competitor Airbus permission to sell aircraft to Iran. Jabil Circuit Inc., down $1.33 to $22.40 The electronics maker said it will make changes to react to slower industry growth. WCI Communities

NEW YORK — Stocks posted solid gains on Thursday as investors, comfortable that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low, bought up stocks that pay big dividends. On Thursday: The Dow Jones industrial average gained 98.76 points, or 0.5 percent, to 18,392.46. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 14.06 points, or 0.7 percent,

SAN FRANCISCO — A pioneering physicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who helped build a key tool for studying the universe and played a role in the project that created the first atomic bomb has died, a lab official said Thursday. Edward Joseph Lofgren led the development, construction and operation of the Bevatron, an

ST. LOUIS — The University of Missouri said Wednesday it’ll now allow students to change their names on their student ID, transcript and diploma. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2dkq5Gl ) reported that effective immediately, students can get a new ID with their preferred name. This comes two years after allowing students to change their first

MILAN — This was already Gigi Hadid’s season. She drew crowds outside the Max Mara shop on opening day of Milan Fashion Week, and indulged fans with selfies. Then she opened and closed the Max Mara show on the second day of womenswear previews for next spring and summer on Thursday, and took top billing

WASHINGTON — I was feeling pretty good until I saw the cowry shells. There they sat, arranged in neat little stark-white semi-circles on a dark pedestal lit by a spotlight. Disbelief made me lean in and read the display caption twice: “Cowries, manillas, beads, and guns changed hands in exchange for African men, women and

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina is extending the contract of Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and giving new deals or extensions to six other Tar Heels head coaches. The school says Hatchell’s two-year extension runs through the 2019-20 season. Thursday’s announcement comes as UNC faces five NCAA charges tied to its

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Outside linebacker O’Brien Schofield believes one week of practice will have him ready to play in the Falcons’ game at New Orleans on Monday night. Schofield, who started 10 games with Atlanta in 2015, re-signed with the Falcons on Thursday to address a sudden depth problem at linebacker. Schofield, a fourth-round

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — A dilapidated New York mansion believed to have inspired the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses” has sold at auction for $120,000. Long Island-based Maltz Auctions says the 24-room Wyndclyffe Castle sold Wednesday. The mansion was built in 1853 in Rhinebeck as the country house of Manhattan socialite Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones, a

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s parliament has passed a law on importing garbage from foreign countries that was opposed by environmental activists and the opposition. The 140-seat parliament passed the law Thursday in a 63-27 vote, with four abstentions. The previous conservative government initially passed the law in 2011, but the current leftist governing coalition overturned

ASHLAND, Ohio — A man linked to the slayings of four women in Ohio was indicted Thursday in two of those killings and the kidnapping of a fifth woman whose 911 call led authorities to him. A grand jury indicted Shawn Grate on 23 counts, including aggravated murder and rape, Ashland County Prosecutor Chris Tunnell

BISMARCK, N.D. — An oil-rich group of American Indian tribes in North Dakota has asked a federal appeals court to quickly decide whether a Texas company needed tribal permission to place a pair of pipelines 100 feet beneath a Missouri River reservoir. The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation asked the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of

WASHINGTON — Sexual harassment, bullying and other misconduct are rampant among employees at national parks across the country, including at iconic sites such as Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, a congressional committee was told Thursday. At Yosemite, at least 18 employees have come forward with allegations of harassment or other misconduct so severe that

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A footwear magnate and a racetrack operator who want to build two new casinos worth billions of dollars in the northern part of the state have concluded that voters will reject the plan in a November referendum, and they’re ending their expensive lobbying push for it. Former Reebok chairman Paul Fireman

ORLANDO, Fla. — The city of Orlando on Thursday released dozens more of the 911 calls its dispatchers received during the Pulse nightclub shooting as media groups keep fighting in court to make them public. City officials released about five dozen files of calls made to police and more than six dozen files of calls

LAWRENCE, Mass. — A disturbing video shows a toddler crying and tugging at her mother after she apparently passed out from a drug overdose and collapsed to the floor of a Massachusetts dollar store. Authorities in Lawrence say the Department of Children and Families took the 2-year-old girl into custody after Sunday’s incident. Police released

NEW YORK — The Latest on explosive devices in New York and New Jersey (all times local): 4:40 p.m. Residents of a New York City home for the blind who live near where a bomb went off Saturday night say they didn’t immediately realize what was going on. Some thought the blast that shook the

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly said Thursday that Colin Kaepernick’s protest during the national anthem is bringing attention to an issue that needs addressing. “You look at what’s gone on in Tulsa and Charlotte the last two nights, it’s an issue that’s at the forefront of our country,” Kelly said.

WINCHESTER, Ind. — Freshman Indiana running back Kiante Enis was kicked off the team Thursday, less than 24 hours after being charged with two counts of felony child molestation for allegedly having an improper relationship with a child under 13. The athletic department issued a one-sentence statement, announcing the dismissal would take effect immediately. The

AMMAN, Jordan — Election officials on Thursday released the results of Jordan’s parliament election, and the opposition Muslim Brotherhood said its electoral bloc won 15 of 130 seats, roughly in line with its own predictions. The number of female legislators rose to 20, from 18 in the outgoing legislature, according to the Independent Election Commission.

HOUSTON — Longtime Houston Astros TV play-by-play announcer Bill Brown will retire this month. The 69-year-old Brown on Thursday announced he’s retiring nearly 30 years after joining the Astros. Brown called his first Houston game on April 6, 1987, in an opening day win over the Dodgers in the Astrodome. His final scheduled broadcast is

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The Latest on a former Uber and Lyft driver charged with assaulting women while on the job. (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Police in Southern California say a 14-year-old girl and another female ridesharing customer were reportedly victimized by a man charged with assaulting several women while driving for Uber and Lyft.

WASHINGTON — America’s newest museum brings to life all the pain and tribulations of the black experience and its creators expect many visitors will be shaken by what they see and hear. Slave shackles sit ominously in a glass case, surrounded by whispering hymns of past pains. Nearby are artifacts from a slave ship which