Новости за 21.12.2016

PARIS — Russian howitzers and rocket launchers regularly pounded Ukrainian positions across the border in the early stages of the war in eastern Ukraine, according to an analysis of hundreds of attack sites published Wednesday by the open source investigative group Bellingcat.

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s fragile economy is getting a tonic from tourism this year, with revenue up by more than 10 percent through October including a 20 percent jump in visitors from the United States.

WASHINGTON — Americans bought homes in November in the fastest pace in nearly a decade. But rising mortgage rates, a deepening shortage of houses and higher prices are likely to weigh on the market next year.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is auctioning off two special pairs of shoes to raise money for victims of the Oakland warehouse fire.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A court in Sweden has found a former animal park manager guilty of manslaughter by breaching Swedish workplace safety laws that led to a zookeeper being fatally mauled by wolves in 2012.

Eating healthy on a budget and tight schedule means the boneless skinless chicken breast makes frequent appearances on our dinner table. It’s a smart choice as a lean protein — one cup of cubed chicken breast has a whopping 43 grams of protein yet only 5 grams of fat (fewer than 2 of those are saturated).

BALTIMORE — Authorities in Baltimore are investigating after a body was found in a van days after police had it towed to a city-owned impound lot.

SEATTLE — It was so out of character it became the defining moment of his time at Washington. Maybe that’s because the most exuberance Jake Browning had ever shown before was a fist pump and a smile.

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department is offering a conditional, $2 billion loan guarantee to store carbon dioxide at a methanol plant planned in Louisiana. The plant will use petroleum coke, a byproduct of oil refining, to make methanol, a chemical used in products such as paint, glue, plastics and formaldehyde.

ST. LOUIS — Prosecutors are trying to seize two properties where a man says he was held during a kidnapping involving a St. Louis-area executive.

NEW YORK — 9:35 a.m.

Stocks are opening slightly lower as the Dow Jones industrial average remains just short of the 20,000-point mark.

Bank stocks are taking some of the largest losses Wednesday morning. Financial firm Northern Trust lost 1 percent.

Energy companies rose as the price of oil inched up 0.3 percent. EQT Corp. jumped 2.2 percent.

Athletic apparel maker Nike is up 1.5 percent after its second-quarter profit and sales topped analyst estimates.

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BENNINGTON, Vt. — Vermont State Police say divers have recovered the body of a woman that fits the description of a missing college student.

JERUSALEM — Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav walked free from prison on Wednesday, winning early release five years after he was put behind bars for rape in a landmark case that disgraced the country’s political system but also delivered a key victory for women’s rights.

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health says dozens of its employees became sick after its holiday party.

FREDERICK, Md. — A fire has destroyed a large nativity scene outside a historic Maryland farmhouse.

INNICHEN, Italy — Two Swedish freestyle World Cup skiers have been injured after crashing on the same Italian hill in a three-day span.

DRESDEN, Germany — German club Dynamo Dresden says defender Marc Wachs is recovering after being shot in an incident that left a family member dead and another seriously injured.

DERBY, Kan. — A southern Kansas woman whose hands and feet had to be amputated after she was shot during a robbery got an early Christmas gift — new electronic hands worth $260,000, courtesy of a businessman and his wife.

NEW YORK — New York City police say they’ve made an arrest in connection with a shooting over a parking spot outside a Hell’s Angels clubhouse in Manhattan.

BRUSSELS — The European Union wants to launch talks with Turkey to update their customs union, which at present only applies to goods.

LONDON — Buckingham Palace officials say Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have delayed their planned Christmas trip because both are suffering from heavy colds.

MADRID — Spanish banks are facing the prospect of having to pay back several billion dollars to clients following a European Court of Justice ruling Wednesday over mortgage agreements that insured that interest rates did not fall below a certain level.

SHAWNEE, Okla. — Dry conditions plus blown-down trees from a tornado several years ago in central Oklahoma are fueling a wildfire that continues to burn Wednesday morning. No structures have been lost and no one has been hurt.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As a kid, Kane Brown and his mother used to sing together as pretend “American Idol” contestants.

ANKARA, Turkey — The assassination Monday evening of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, follows a long string of attacks in Turkey this year. A look at the most significant attacks: