Новости за 28.09.2016

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Syrian national pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges for his role in a scheme that hacked computers and targeted perceived enemies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Peter Romar, 37, a refugee who was living in Germany when he was arrested earlier this year, pleaded guilty to charges that spell out a

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Latest on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board releasing its report on the 2014 West Virginia chemical spill (all times local): Noon Investigators say that a chemical spill into the water supply of 300,000 people in West Virginia in 2014 was preventable. At a press conference Wednesday, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairwoman

TORONTO — BlackBerry plans to stop making its signature smartphones internally, signaling a strategic shift for a company that built its reputation on innovative smartphone technology. Rather, all development for BlackBerry-branded phones will be left to BlackBerry’s partners, which will license BlackBerry’s technology and brand, while the Canadian company concentrates on growing its software business.

NEW YORK — Norman Lear, a show business legend and full-throated humanist, set out last spring to rent a modest apartment in the Bronx. The landlord welcomed this incognito white man with a couple of offers. Not so lucky was an African-American man who had come to him the day before. The landlord, insisting nothing

BETHESDA, Md. — Students at a Maryland high school will get to choose whether they want to be considered as a king or queen, regardless of their gender, as part of a gender-neutral homecoming court. The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2cKXAmp ) reports Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student government representatives voted last week that the top two

LAS VEGAS — The man killed in a weekend shooting at a Starbucks coffee shop in Las Vegas was a naturalized U.S. citizen from the country of Georgia, where he served in the military and learned not to back away from conflict, a lifelong friend said Wednesday. Aleksandr Khutsishvili enlisted after his country broke from

MIAMI — The Latest on Marlins-Fernandez Killed (all times local): 11:45 a.m. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is asking for an investigation into the safety of the rock jetty off South Beach where a weekend boat crash killed Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and two others. In a letter Wednesday, the Florida Republican asked the Coast

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — A suburban Cleveland man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his adult daughter at the family’s home. Rocky River police say 63-year-old Jamal Mansour shot 27-year-old Tahani Mansour several times in the head during an argument early Tuesday. Police Lt. Bill Crates says detectives are trying to

Authorities say a police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring in southwestern Kentucky. Kentucky State Police said Wednesday that Oak Grove police Sgt. Benjamin R. Walden was among three people arrested after authorities received a complaint about a female being held against her will at a motel

Author Sheri Koones believes that prefab houses (or “prefabulous,” as she calls them) are the homes of the future. She’s written five books about them. In the new “Prefabulous Small Homes” (The Taunton Press), Koones focuses on modestly sized homes and cottages, between 350 and 2,500 square feet. “It is definitely possible to live large

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is celebrating NASCAR’s winning team — and eyeing the team’s wheels. Obama says soon he’ll finally be able to drive a car without alarming the Secret Service. In fact, he said gleefully, “in a few months, I can actually do anything I want!” Obama joked about his post-presidency plans as

STOCKHOLM — One of the mediators who helped broker the 1993 Oslo Peace Accord remembers Shimon Peres as a charismatic leader who saw peace with the Palestinians as key to Israel’s future. “He had the kind of visionary leadership that today’s generation of more introverted and narrow-sighted Israeli politicians really lack,” said Jan Egeland, who

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An arrest warrant for a first-degree murder charge has been issued for an 18-year-old Champaign man in the deadly shooting at a party near the University of Illinois campus, police said Wednesday. Prosecutors say the suspect, Robbie Patton, was sentenced in April to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to firing

MANCHESTER, England — After the acrimonious departure of Sam Allardyce, England’s national soccer team is temporarily in the hands of a man who said just three weeks ago that he wasn’t ready for such a high pressure job. Yet interim coach Gareth Southgate may end up keeping it given the paucity of top-class English managers

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s conservative prime minister on Wednesday fired her finance minister and is gave his duties to the country’s deputy prime minister as part of a government restructuring. Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said the dismissal of Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha was dictated by the need to speed up and consolidate economic reforms. Szydlo

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota investigators looking into the July shooting of a black man by a suburban St. Paul police officer announced Wednesday that they’ve turned their findings over to a county prosecutor who will review the case for possible charges. Here’s a look at key elements in the death of Philando Castile: THE SHOOTING Philando

NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on a hearing on whether New Orleans should be able to remove four Confederate monuments. (all times local): 10:30 a.m. A court has heard arguments on whether New Orleans should be able to remove four Confederate monuments. Attorneys for New Orleans on Wednesday told a three-judge panel of the 5th

MCALESTER, Okla. — A former McAlester Public Schools superintendent has pleaded no contest to embezzlement. The McAlester News-Capital (http://bit.ly/2drq6Yv ) reports that Marsha Gore entered her plea on Tuesday. Gore was accused of using the school district credit card on personal items. She had been charged with two counts of embezzlement, but one count was

LONDON — Apple will be setting up its London headquarters in the boiler room of the Battersea Power Station, a London landmark that has long defined the skyline on the south bank of the River Thames. The building with four towering chimneys part of a multibillion pound restoration effort for the area. Apple and its

MOAB, Utah — Though local officials decided not to change the name of eastern Utah’s Negro Bill Canyon, federal land managers have decided to mark the trail by less controversial name. The Bureau of Land Management has replaced the “Negro Bill” trailhead sign with one reading “Grandstaff Trailhead,” another name for the popular recreation area,

HOUSTON — The Houston Texans placed star defensive end J.J. Watt on injured reserve Wednesday and his return this season is in doubt. Coach Bill O’Brien said Watt had re-injured his back and putting him on IR was the best thing for his long-term health. The team was still exploring the injury and it’s unclear

HARTFORD, Conn. — A $220 million agreement that would keep Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Connecticut for at least the next 16 years to produce a new line of heavy cargo helicopters for the U.S. military easily cleared the General Assembly on Wednesday, with some lawmakers hailing the deal as a positive sign for manufacturing in

BEIRUT — The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local): 8 p.m. Doctors Without Borders says the two hospitals bombed in rebel-held eastern Aleppo have been forced to halt all activities, leaving just two hospitals with the ability to carry out surgery in a city experiencing “a brutal and relentless onslaught from

NEW YORK — The animated classic “The Lion King” will be the latest Disney film to get a live-action remake. Disney announced Wednesday that Jon Favreau, who helmed the box-office hit “Jungle Book” remake, will direct the new “Lion King.” He’s also at work on a “Jungle Book” sequel. The circle of life now inevitably

NEW YORK — Dan Brown’s next thriller is set to come out next fall. The plot and settings, are, for now, a mystery. Doubleday announced Wednesday that the novel is called “Origin” and is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2017. The story will feature Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, the protagonist for Brown’s mega-selling “The Da Vinci