Новости за 03.11.2016

KOKOMO, Ind. — Students at Taylor High School took their fall break to give back to someone they respect: a Vietnam veteran. Students in the Taylor Historical Society spent their fall break fixing up a camper for a veteran. The group attends the annual Howard County Vietnam Veterans Reunion and hosts a program each year

ALEXANDRIA, Ind. — A second city in the northern reaches of Madison County is hoping for the revival of its once-abandoned golf course. The Yule Golf Course, which neighbors in nearby Yule Estates have complained has been an eyesore in recent years, recently was sold to Alexandria native Jeff Adams and is expected to be

CALAIS, France — The last residents of Calais’ sprawling migrant camp are being evacuated — up to 400 women and children being transferred to family centers around France so the government can shut the camp for good. The migrants had been housed in a municipal building near the English Channel shore that became the anchor

KABUL, Afghanistan — A joint raid by U.S. and Afghan forces targeting senior Taliban commanders killed two American service members and 26 Afghan civilians on Thursday, authorities said, rare combat deaths for Western forces who handed over the task of securing Afghanistan to local troops some two years ago. NATO described the Americans killed and

SEOUL, South Korea — Despite her immunity from prosecution, investigators can look into South Korea’s president over a scandal that centers on whether her longtime friend controlled the government from the shadows, the prime minister-designate said Thursday. The comments by Kim Byong-joon, whom President Park Geun-hye nominated amid rising public anger, came as opposition lawmakers

SRINAGAR, India — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have ordered hundreds of schools to close after days of deadly shelling in areas near the militarized frontier with Pakistan. Many schools in the disputed Himalayan region have already been shut since anti-India protests erupted in July. Since then, Kashmir has been under a tight security lockdown, as

CAIRO — Egypt devalued its currency by 48 percent on Thursday and announced the pound would be allowed to float — measures that meet a key demand by the International Monetary Fund in exchange for a $12 billion loan over three years to overhaul the country’s ailing economy. The devaluation pegged the Egyptian pound at

CLEVELAND — Holding the World Series trophy in his right hand, Theo Epstein grinned: “We don’t need a plane to fly home.” After putting together the first Boston Red Sox team to win the World Series in 86 years, he masterminded the Chicago Cubs’ first title in 108. Good chance baseball’s drought-buster will be flying

BALTIMORE — Investigators are focusing on speed as they delve into the collision between a school bus and a commuter bus that killed both drivers and four mass-transit riders in southwest Baltimore. Baltimore Police Department spokesman T.J. Smith said Wednesday investigators haven’t yet determined how fast the vehicles were going when the school bus crossed

CHICAGO — Next year is here. Long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans erupted into cheers at exactly 11:47 p.m. and swarmed into the streets on Wednesday as the Cubs won the World Series title that had eluded them for 108 years. And they showed no signs of stopping early Thursday. Fans who packed bars to watch the

CLEVELAND — Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant have been nearly inseparable since the day they became major league teammates in the spring of 2015, 20-somethings with power and talent to burn. Their lockers are practically on top of each other in the Chicago Cubs clubhouse. Their names are often squeezed one on top of the

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in World War II’s Pacific theater. The remote atoll where thousands died is now a delicate sanctuary for millions of seabirds, and a new battle is pitting preservation of its vaunted military history against the protection of its wildlife. Halfway

SEOUL, South Korea — The Latest on South Korea’s political scandal (all times local): __ 4 p.m. South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s choice for prime minister says Park can be the subject of the ongoing investigation into a snowballing influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend. The comments by Kim Byong-joon Thursday came as opposition lawmakers

TOKYO — Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee) says her government is dealing with the situation in Rakhine under the principle of rule of law. Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Suu Kyi made the remark in a meeting with the Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (foo-mee-oh kee-shee-dah) in

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are planning a massive show of force in the capital Jakarta on Friday to contain a much-hyped protest by Muslim hardliners against the city’s popular governor that threatens to ignite religious and racial flashpoints. An accusation of blasphemy against the Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese and

JERUSALEM — Political newcomer Yair Lapid believes he has finally found a formula that will allow him to do something that has eluded Israeli politicians for nearly a decade: defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an election. Just three years after Lapid gave up a successful media career for the rough-and-tumble of Israeli politics, his

DES MOINES, Iowa — A white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police ambushed and fatally shot two white officers in separate attacks as they sat in their patrol cars, authorities said. Police took 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene into custody hours after the killings and less than three weeks after he

PHILADELPHIA — Commuters braced for a third day of traffic gridlock in and around Philadelphia as the city’s transit agency urged the union representing about 4,700 striking workers to engage in good-faith negotiations to bring an end to the walkout. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said in a statement late Wednesday that a strike should

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese police have arrested a blogger for allegedly posting anti-state comments in the communist country’s latest crackdown on dissent. Ho Van Hai was arrested in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. According to the southern city’s police department, the 52-year-old is accused of “spreading information and documents on the internet that

KARACHI, Pakistan — A passenger train crashed into the back end of another in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 50, officials said. The collision happened in the early morning hours when a train was parked along the rail lines at a small stopover platform on

CLEVELAND — This is why Ben Zobrist came back home. And this is why manager Joe Maddon wanted him so badly. The Cubs needed a veteran in the clubhouse to teach their seemingly endless supply of budding young stars, someone who’d been there. Who’d done that. Who cared little about curses or droughts. Who knew

The fleeting storm along Lake Erie couldn’t have come at a better time for the Chicago Cubs. It was as if the gods finally cut this snake-bit franchise a long overdue break. One hundred and eight years overdue. Shell-shocked after blowing a three-run lead with four outs to go in Game 7 of the World

IRBIL, Iraq — The leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message encouraging his followers to keep up the fight for the city of Mosul, which they are defending against Iraqi government forces, a U.S. organization that monitors militant activity online said Thursday. The SITE Intelligence Group said the speech purporting to

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan ranks Kris Letang as one of the top three defensemen in the NHL. Letang justified that lofty praise in his return after missing five games with an upper-body injury, scoring a power-play goal and adding an assist as the Penguins defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder could have been excused for looking ahead to a momentous visit to Golden State and a reunion with Kevin Durant looming Thursday night. Instead, Westbrook added another gutsy performance to his incredible start to his first season as the main man. Westbrook hit a jumper