Новости за 28.09.2016

NEW YORK — Tom Petty will be honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year next year days before the Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that Petty will receive the prestigious honor in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2017. Performers set to pay tribute to Petty will be announced at a later date.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Nougat, Google’s latest update of its Android smartphone software, isn’t particularly flashy; you might not even notice what’s different about it at first. But it offers a number of practical time-saving features, plus a few that could save money — and perhaps even your life. You’ll be able to switch between

RALEIGH, N.C. — A search warrant shows investigators found a bag containing a white powder that appeared to be drugs and more than $1,700 in cash in the Raleigh home of a man killed in a shootout last month with police. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported (http://bit.ly/2drsnTP) a search warrant for the home

WASHINGTON — Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are increasing, and more effective deterrents are needed to tackle the problem, a global airline trade group said Wednesday. There were 10,854 air rage incidents reported by airlines worldwide last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014, according to the International Air Transport Association. That equates to

JOHANNESBURG — The pangolin is described as the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world. The nocturnal, ant-eating animal got a much-needed boost Wednesday at a U.N. wildlife conference that approved a ban on trade in all eight species of Asian and African pangolins. The small creature is heavily poached for its meat and scales

MIAMI — In a story Sept. 27 about the search for missing Cuban migrants, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the boat left Cuba on Sept. 21. It left on Sept 20 and capsized on Sept. 21. A corrected version of the story is below: The Latest: Coast Guard: 4 bodies found were Cuban migrants

NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — The Latest on the probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 (all times local): 8:20 p.m. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thinks the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, together with the technical investigation that identified the cause of the crash, will be

ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign will “set aside” $350,000 it received from developers facing federal corruption charges. Basil Smikle, executive director of state Democratic Party, says the money will go into a separate account pending the outcome of the case. Smikle says Wednesday the money will be available if

JOHANNESBURG — A medal-winning Paralympian from South Africa lost part of his right leg in a great white shark attack a decade ago. This week, he is an ambassador for sharks at a U.N. wildlife conference. Achmat Hassiem on Wednesday called for tighter controls on trade in some shark species as well as in mobula

PARIS — Despite the hack of personal medical information from some of the world’s leading athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency says its overall electronic database is safe. The system, known under the acronym ADAMS, was targeted by a group of hackers known as Fancy Bears, who recently released documents listing confidential medical records for athletes

Cadillac’s newest and biggest luxury sedan, the 2016 CT6, is roomy, stylish and surprisingly agile and comes with innovative features such as cameras that can record the car’s surroundings, even when the driver isn’t there. The CT6 also is the most fuel efficient full-size, non-hybrid, gasoline-powered, luxury sedan in the U.S., where it is rated

NEW YORK — Attention, Wells Fargo customers: It’s time to sit down and make sure no funny business went on with your accounts. Wells Fargo, which has been fined $185 million by regulators who said bank employees opened millions of unauthorized accounts to meet sales goals, has promised to contact all customers and invite them

MORGAN HILL, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 7 a.m. At least 300 homes are threatened by a growing wildfire chewing through timber and dry brush in a remote area of California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. Cal Fire says Wednesday that the destructive blaze south of San Jose has grown to more

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Japanese automaker Honda said Wednesday a Takata air bag ruptured in a crash in Malaysia which killed the driver, in the fifth such case in the country. Honda Motor Co. said the “single stage driver’s air bag inflator” ruptured in the crash in Malaysia’s southern Johor state on Saturday but no

NEW YORK — When a product is hot, it can look like a surefire bet for an entrepreneur tempted to jump on the trend. A savvy strategy, though, takes into account what to do when the fad goes pfffft. Companies of all sizes try to take advantage of fads — it’s what big toy and

LOS ANGELES — Courteney Cox wants people to leave the name of her close friend and former “Friends” cast mate Jennifer Aniston out of any discussion about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce. Aniston and Pitt divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage. When asked Tuesday about Pitt and Jolie’s divorce and Aniston, Entertainment

NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes are little changed Wednesday as dividend-paying stocks skid and health care companies take losses. Energy companies are rising as the price of oil changes course yet again and moves higher. Beer makers AB InBev and Molson Coors are rising after SABMiller’s shareholders approved the $103 billion deal that will

CANTON, N.Y. — The Latest on the murder case against a black former college soccer coach in New York (all times local): 11:55 a.m. A New York prosecutor says she still believes a former college soccer coach acquitted of killing of his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old son is guilty. On Wednesday, Oral “Nick” Hillary was found not

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used a meeting with his Singaporean counterpart on Wednesday to promote Japan’s Shinkansen “bullet” train technology for use in a planned high-speed railway linking Singapore and Malaysia. Abe, serving as top salesman for Shinkansen trains, held talks with Lee Hsien Loong at the state guest house — a

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — An energy company has announced plans to build a gas plant in Jefferson County. Energy Security Partners CEO Roger Williams said Tuesday that a site 10 miles north of Pine Bluff has been selected for the plant, which will convert natural gas into liquid. Williams says the plant is unlikely to

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro says a top U.S. State Department official will soon visit Venezuela in a bid to ease tensions between the two nations. Maduro’s announcement Tuesday night came a day after he met with Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a peace ceremony in Colombia. It would be

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the central bank has no “fixed timetable” for raising interest rates but she believes the economy is ready for a rate hike by the end of the year. She said during an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee that when the Fed met last

LOS ANGELES — Alexander Hamilton is coming to “Saturday Night Live.” NBC said Wednesday that Lin-Manuel Miranda will host “SNL” on Oct. 8. Miranda created and starred in the Broadway sensation about the first U.S. treasury secretary. Twenty One Pilots duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun will be the show’s musical guests. “SNL” opens its

NEW YORK — A musical based on the novel that was turned into the Shirley MacLaine film “Madame Sousatzka” is hoping to make it to Broadway. Producer Garth Drabinsky said Wednesday the show “Sousatzka” has songs by the composer-lyricist team of David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr., whose Broadway shows include 1996’s “Big.” It will

NEW YORK — Shares of Tempur Sealy plunged in morning trading after the mattress maker cut its fiscal outlook on weak third-quarter sales. The stock fell almost 23 percent in morning trading. Lexington, Kentucky-based Tempur Sealy International Inc. now expects sales to fall between 1 percent and 3 percent in 2016. It previously said it