Новости за 08.03.2017

MADRID — Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have found a large amount of explosives in a secret stash near the border with France which investigators are linking to the Basque militant group ETA. Agents of the Civil Guard found no recent activity at the deposit, which contained seven large containers with explosives. The ministry said

WASHINGTON — Alexander Acosta, President Donald Trump’s new choice to be secretary of labor, pledged Wednesday to leave his position as a law school dean and resign from the board of a bank if he’s confirmed. Acosta, 48, is dean of Florida International University’s law school. He’s also on the board of U.S. Century Bank,

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A judge has ordered a man charged with killing a caretaker at the Kentucky group home where he lived to undergo a competency evaluation. Lindale Cunningham, who is 32, was charged in January with fatally stabbing 66-year-old Sally Berry at the ResCare home in Elizabethtown. His attorney, Jessica Schulte, requested on Tuesday

BOSTON — FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday he plans to serve his entire 10-year term, even as controversy swirls over his attempt to rebut President Donald Trump’s claim that the Obama administration tapped his phones during the election. “You’re stuck with me for another 6½ years,” Comey said during a cybersecurity conference at Boston

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming will host Montana State in a nonconference football game in 2021, the first time the two teams will meet since 2003. The game on Sept. 4, 2021, in Laramie will be that season’s opener for the Cowboys. Wyoming and Montana State have met 19 previous times, with the Cowboys holding a

POMONA, Calif. — Canine competitions get a new TV offering next month: “Beverly Hills Dog Show.” The two-hour program, presented by Purina, will air on USA Network on April 16, co-hosted by actor John O’Hurley and David Frei, a breeder, owner, handler, judge and author. The pair also hosts “The National Dog Show.” The judging

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas suspended star freshman Josh Jackson for the opening game of the Big 12 Tournament Wednesday after he backed into a parked car last month and fled the scene, the latest in a string of legal troubles for the top-ranked Jayhawks. Jackson will miss Thursday’s quarterfinal against eighth-seeded TCU or No.

MONT BROUILLY, France — Julian Alaphilippe took the lead in the Paris-Nice race on Wednesday, beating two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador to win a hilly time trial in the fourth stage. The 24-year-old Alaphilippe, one of France’s most promising riders, beat the renowned Spanish climber by 19 seconds in chilly and wet conditions.

CANTON, Ohio — A man accused of beating to death his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son last year has been indicted on murder and child endangering charges in northeast Ohio. The Repository in Canton (http://bit.ly/2n5WYek ) reports Owen Buggey died in October after he was taken to a medical center unconscious and covered in bruises. A family

IOWA CITY, Iowa — More than 10 percent of Iowa firefighters were granted national certifications over a four-year period despite failing exams at a state academy, authorities said Wednesday, as hundreds more were notified of the testing errors. The Iowa Department of Public Safety informed 739 firefighters in 94 departments this week that they should

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Kansas City Chiefs tight end Demetrius Harris has been arrested on suspicion of felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Kansas City Star reports that Harris was a passenger in a car stopped Tuesday on Interstate 49. He was taken to the

OMAHA, Neb. — CSX railroad agreed to pay its new CEO Hunter Harrison a $2.2 million salary and offer a target bonus of $2.8 million, but those are some of the smaller pieces of his compensation package. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad also tentatively agreed to reimburse $84 million that Harrison forfeited when he retired early

PHILADELPHIA — The operator of local news websites in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is expanding with the addition of an online news operation in Denver. Spirited Media announced the merger Wednesday and said it wants to expand to a fourth city by year’s end. The merger brings together digital news sites Billy Penn in Philadelphia, The

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal control board warned on Wednesday that Puerto Rico’s government needs to take “major emergency actions” to avoid shutting down because its cash flow is critically low. The comments published in a letter to Gov. Ricardo Rossello are the sharpest yet made by a board that recently began overseeing

CASPER, Wyo. — A new state law seeks to end the practice of some people of purchasing a liquor license and holding onto it while its value appreciates rather than using it to operate a bar, restaurant or liquor store. Senate File 14 was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Matt

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has open disciplinary cases against Arsenal and Bayern Munich after their Champions League match. UEFA says Arsenal has been charged for a fan running on the field at Emirates Stadium during the team’s 5-1 loss on Tuesday. Arsenal was eliminated 10-2 on aggregate. Bayern faces sanctions for fans throwing objects. UEFA’s

NEW YORK — The chief of NBC News has a message for President Donald Trump: We’re not going to be intimidated. NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said on Tuesday that the president’s attacks on some media outlets won’t deter his organization from doing its job. NBC News was one of the organizations specifically cited by

UNITED NATIONS — The United States must see “some sort of positive action” from North Korea before it can take Kim Jong Un’s regime seriously and discuss ways to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday. China earlier Wednesday called for North Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile activities

NEW YORK — The hiring freeze at small businesses looks like it’s finally thawing. Recruiting is picking up after being dormant at many companies even years after the recession. The factors behind companies’ decisions to hire vary, with some anticipating a big revenue kick from the Trump administration’s spending plans for defense and infrastructure. Other

CONCORD, N.H. — A woman in labor demanded a friend inject her with heroin and methamphetamine before firefighters arrived at their home and she gave birth while entering an ambulance, New Hampshire police said Wednesday. Police in Concord arrested Felicia Farruggia, 29, of Concord, this week, about six months after her son was born. He

NEW YORK — A new statue of a resolute young girl now faces Wall Street’s famous Charging Bull, erected by a major asset managing firm for International Women’s Day to make a point: There’s a dearth of women on the boards of the largest U.S. corporations. State Street Global Advisors, the Boston-based investment giant, had

BANGKOK — Britain’s BBC announced Wednesday it is ending its shortwave transmissions from Thailand after 20 years of operation because it failed to reach agreement with Thailand’s military government on a renewal of its operating permit. The British Broadcasting Corp. said in a statement that the transmitters have been off the air since Jan. 1

DES MOINES, Iowa — Leaning over the map, Brian Vincent turned to a city official and asked, “Why does it show a park instead of my business?” The planner paused and then explained. Des Moines leaders had concluded that the park was a better use of the land than the low-slung building that had housed

Used wedding gowns are getting a second life, thanks to websites such as Still White, PreownedWeddingDresses.com and Once Wed that make it easier to sell a worn gown online. For those looking to part with their wedding dress, selling it can help them recoup some of the costs of a pricey ceremony. And for brides-to-be,

NEW YORK — Dalia Rhodes’ wedding dress went down the aisle twice: Once at her wedding in 2015, and again a year later after she sold her gown to a stranger online. “I just wanted someone else to enjoy a pretty dress,” says Rhodes, who used the website Once Wed to sell it for $800,