Новости за 03.03.2017

ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities say they have broken an international ring that produced large quantities of a synthetic drug that is popular in the Arab world. The financial crimes squad says a joint operation in the greater Athens region, involving its staff, police and coastguard officers, resulted in the seizure of 635,000 pills of

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on a California high school making millions from the initial public offering of shares in Snap Inc. (all times local): 10:30 a.m. A business professor says a “personal relationship” with a Silicon Valley venture capitalist is the only reason a California private Catholic high school managed to reap a $24

DUBLIN — A suspected member of an Irish Republican Army splinter group has been arraigned in a Dublin court to face extradition back to Northern Ireland, where he jumped bail while awaiting trial in connection with the IRA killing of a prison guard. Republic of Ireland police arrested Damien McLaughlin in northwest County Donegal on

ROME — Genoa defender Armando Izzo could be banned for six years in a match-fixing scandal. The Italian federation has asked for the suspension and a fine of 20,000 euros ($21,000) for Izzo, who was called up the Italian national team for the first time in November for the World Cup qualifying match against Liechtenstein

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In a match between unseeded players, Fernando Verdasco defeated Robin Haase 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-1 to reach the Dubai Tennis Championships final on Friday. Verdasco upset sixth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round and fourth-seeded Gael Monfils in the quarterfinals. “It’s an amazing week so far, beating two top

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Friday refused to revive a Louisiana levee board’s lawsuit blaming dozens of oil and gas companies for damage to the state’s fragile coast, a major victory for energy companies and their political supporters who cast the suit as an attack on a vital state industry. The 5th U.S.

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Friday refused to revive a Louisiana levee board’s lawsuit blaming dozens of oil and gas companies for damage to the state’s fragile coast, a major victory for energy companies and their political supporters who cast the suit as an attack on a vital state industry. The 5th

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida man accused of throwing his young daughter to her death off a Tampa Bay area bridge has been found competent to stand trial. Pinellas County Judge Joseph Bulone issued the ruling Friday. In January, state mental health doctors determined 27-year-old Jon Jonchuck was ready to stand trial. He was

WARSAW, Poland — A radical Polish European Parliament lawmaker has launched another sexist tirade, calling it a “20th-century stereotype that women have the same intellectual potential as men,” and that the stereotype “must be destroyed because it is not true.” Janusz Korwin-Mikke’s insults on Friday in Warsaw came two days after he told the European

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia agreed Friday to speed its acceptance of 1,500 citizens whose asylum applications were rejected by Germany, accepting a 250-million-euro ($264 million) loan to help develop rural regions and create jobs for young people. The agreement between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi comes in the wake of

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state’s largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some near-century-old tribal buildings. The Pawnee Nation alleges in the suit that wastewater injected into wells operated by the defendants caused the

BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers are to discuss whether to hold high-level talks with Israel soon amid concern over its settlement policy and commitment to a two-state solution, diplomats said Friday. The diplomats said the EU must be clear in its dealings with Israel, especially given the U.S. administration’s unclear position on the decades-long

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A man has been indicted in the slaying of an employee at a central Kentucky group home where he lived. The News-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2lCzSKB) reports a Hardin County grand jury on Thursday indicted 32-year-old Lindale Cunningham for murder in the fatal stabbing of 66-year-old Sally Berry, who worked at the ResCare home in

FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Police say a Pennsylvania man who doesn’t know how to swim jumped into the deep end of a pool at a New Jersey hotel and rescued a boy from drowning. Fairfield police say a Paterson woman and a male companion were in the pool at the La Quinta Inn on Thursday with

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A year ago, Syracuse lost four of its last five games in the regular season, dropped its only game in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, made the NCAA Tournament as a bubble team and went to the Final Four. The setting is similar this season. Heading into the regular-season finale at home

PARIS — Aid groups feeding migrants in the northern French port city of Calais are defying a municipal order to stop. Hundreds of migrants have trickled back to Calais since authorities evacuated the makeshift camp housing thousands in October. Aid organizations have been feeding them near the old camp site. Seven aid groups said on

NEW YORK — Yelp, the crowd-sourced company specializing in online reviews, is wading into the national debate over transgender people’s bathroom access with a new feature that will enable consumers to search for businesses offering gender-neutral restrooms. In a blog post on Friday , Yelp said it would collect information from both customers and business

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — A 17-year project to clear radioactive waste at a buried airplane-hangar like structure in Idaho has been completed. The waste included contaminated tools, machinery, clothing and sludge that came to Idaho in the 1970s and ’80s mostly from a now closed plant near Denver that was used to build nuclear weapon

Real estate companies led U.S. stock indexes slightly lower in early afternoon trading Friday as investors weighed the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month. In a speech, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank will likely lift rates, citing an improving job market and rising inflation. Banks,

WASHINGTON — U.S. services companies expanded in February at the fastest pace since October 2015. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group for purchasing managers, said Friday that its services index rose to 57.6 last month from 56.5 in January. Anything above 50 signals growth. The services sector has now expanded for 86 straight

NEW YORK — A former journalist fired for making up details in stories is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish institutions nationwide, and a bomb threat to New York’s Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday. Juan Thompson, 31, was

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Europe’s biggest budget airline, Ryanair, has reached a settlement with a former Italian employee who sued the company over her dismissal and working conditions. Christen Horn Johannessen, lawyer with Norway’s Parat union, said Friday that Ryanair has agreed to pay Alessandra Cocca 570,000 kroner ($67,500), the equivalent of three years of salary.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The sale of Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock International has left some winners and losers in Atlantic City. The winners included a union whose members were willing to lose their own jobs to stand up to Taj owner and billionaire investor Carl Icahn. And, a Native American tribe that

ROCKPORT, Maine — For the seventh year in a row, Maine lobstermen have set a record for the value of their lobster catch. Maine lobsters were worth a little more than $533 million at the docks in 2016, exceeding the previous year’s record by more than $30 million, Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher said Friday.

NEWPORT, Ind. — A western Indiana judge has rejected a man’s plea agreement in a one-vehicle crash that killed his three teenage passengers in 2015. Vermilion Circuit Court Judge Bruce Stengel notified prosecutors and attorneys for 20-year-old Ethan N. Lee on Thursday that he would not accept the plea deal the Cayuga man entered last