Новости за 21.12.2016

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council approved the delivery of humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria for another year Wednesday in a resolution aimed at reaching thousands in need in rebel-held areas without government approval.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A mother charged with methamphetamine possession while pregnant is accused of the aggravated manslaughter of her 18-day-old boy.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville’s worst season in team history could become even more dreadful Saturday.

2017 Acura NSX

BASE PRICE: $156,000.

PRICE AS TESTED: $199,200.

TYPE: Mid-engine, all-wheel drive, two-passenger, gasoline-electric hybrid, premium sports car.

ENGINE: 3.5-liter, double overhead cam, twin-turbocharged V-6 mated to three electric motors and lithium ion battery pack.

MILEAGE: 21 mpg (city), 22 mpg (highway).

TOP SPEED: 191 mph.

LENGTH: 176 inches.

WHEELBASE: 103.5 inches.

CURB WEIGHT: 3,803 pounds.

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After a 12-year absence, the Acura NSX returns for 2017 as the first gasoline-electric hybrid supercar, mixing exotic looks and sports-car handling with the latest engine and electric power technology.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is making plans to restructure its vast stores of government data so they can be mined for possible solutions to the state’s most complex problems, an initiative experts say would be among the most sweeping of its kind by any U.S. state.

UNITED NATIONS — A new U.N. report finds that nearly three-quarters of human trafficking victims are women and girls and trafficked men and boys are typically used as forced laborers, soldiers and slaves.

MENOMONIE, Wis. — A Wisconsin police officer who stopped a speeding college student who was late for a presentation ended up tying his necktie for him.

BERLIN — German authorities have arrested a 24-year-old Moroccan man on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State group.

NEW YORK — A former top official at the country’s third-largest pension fund and two broker-dealers were charged Wednesday in what a federal prosecutor described as a classic bribery scheme that steered $2 billion in trades in exchange for drugs, prostitutes, vacations and U.S. Open tennis tickets.

It’s been a tumultuous 2016 — both financially and politically. The year may have left some people wondering, what’s next? And, how will it affect me?

NORMAN, Okla. — Years ago, a much smaller version of Oklahoma left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. was called for a personal foul in a youth football game.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Illinois judge has put on hold a state requirement that health care providers who oppose abortion must give information or referrals to patients seeking the procedure.

NEW YORK — Patrick McEnroe is the new co-director of The John McEnroe Tennis Academy.

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’s energy minister says negotiators will sit down with three oil and gas giants including a consortium made up of ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum to sort out the terms of licenses to drill for oil and gas off the east Mediterranean island’s southern coast.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — An official says dozens of sinkholes have opened on Hilton Head Island roads since Hurricane Matthew brushed the island in early October.

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Authorities in Macedonia have ordered a Christmas Day rerun of a parliamentary election in one voting district — a decision that could threaten the slim majority of the long-governing conservatives.

The IRS defers taxes on many retirement accounts. But at a certain point, the agency wants to start collecting its due.

NEW YORK — When shoppers walk into JAM Paper, they can choose from hundreds of holiday bows, rolls of wrapping paper and gift bags, in addition to thousands of everyday stationery items. Yet the store will account for just 2 percent of the company’s business this year.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M has suspended wide receiver Speedy Noil from the football team after he was charged with misdemeanor drug possession.

HARRISONBURG, Va. — James Madison has suspended seven players before meeting Youngstown State for the Football Championship Subdivision national championship.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame has hired Mike Elko as its defensive coordinator, hoping he can turn around a unit that struggled at the beginning of last season and was blamed in part for a down year for the Fighting Irish.

ELON, N.C. — Elon says head coach Rich Skrosky has resigned to take a job on Butch Davis’ staff at Florida International.

VERONA, Italy — Italy’s culture minister is returning home from Ukraine on Wednesday with 17 paintings, including works by Tintoretto, Rubens and Mantegna, stolen from a Verona museum in an audacious heist last year and later recovered by Ukrainian officials.

NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes are slightly lower Wednesday morning as health care companies and banks slip. Household goods makers, including companies that sell snacks and drinks, are bouncing back from losses a day ago. The Dow Jones industrial average remains near record highs, but short of the 20,000-point milestone.