Новости за 04.05.2017

NORTH TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Authorities say a man died and his passenger was critically injury when he disregarded crossing gates and warning lights and drove his truck into the path of a freight train in the second railroad-related fatality in as many days in western Indiana’s Vigo County. Sheriff Greg Ewing says 54-year-old Jack

MADRID — A Spanish judge has set in motion proceedings for Neymar’s trial on corruption and fraud charges related to his transfer to Barcelona four years ago. Neymar’s parents, Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, and former president Sandro Rosell will also stand trial, along with Barcelona and Brazilian club Santos. The charges were brought after a

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at weakening the enforcement of a law that bars churches and tax-exempt groups from endorsing political candidates. A look at the law in question, known as the Johnson Amendment: WHAT IT DOES The law prohibits tax-exempt charitable organizations such as churches from participating directly

PHILADELPHIA — The rector of a church-owned retirement home for Roman Catholic priests has admitted embezzling a half-million dollars to pay for casino visits, high-end dinners and Philadelphia Pops concerts. Monsignor William A. Dombrow pleaded guilty Thursday to four federal wire fraud counts for skimming money over nine years from a Villa St. Joseph account

NEW YORK — Jerry Garcia’s custom-made guitar is truckin’ to auction in New York City. The Grateful Dead frontman’s guitar is called Wolf. Guernsey’s auction house says it’ll be offered May 31 at Brooklyn Bowl, a bowling alley, restaurant and venue for music shows. The proceeds will go to the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center

LAS VEGAS — The Latest on a school bus crash that left at least 14 students injured in Las Vegas (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Authorities say a crash that left a school bus on its side in Las Vegas has killed the driver of a car and sent a middle-school student to the hospital

BOGOTA, Colombia — An employee of the United Nations has been kidnapped by a dissident rebel faction in southern Colombia, marring a visit by the U.N. Security Council Thursday to show support for the South American nation’s recent peace deal. President Juan Manuel Santos’ administration said that the Colombian national was working on a crop

MILAN — Italian tax officials say Google has agreed to pay 306 million euros ($335 million) to settle an ongoing tax dispute. Google has been under investigation by Milan prosecutors for the tax years 2009-2013, one of several European probes looking into the tax practices of international companies. Tax officials said the settlement announced Thursday

HELENA, Mont. — A South African gold mining company completed a $2.2 billion purchase of the only U.S. producer of platinum and palladium on Thursday, its third such acquisition in the past year as the company looks to expand its precious metals holdings. Sibanye Gold Limited’s merger with Littleton, Colorado-based Stillwater Mining Co. on Thursday

NEW ORLEANS — Fans braved an inordinate amount of rain on Thursday to kick off the second weekend of the seven-day New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The rain muddied and puddled the infield of the Fair Grounds Race Course but failed to keep music lovers away from the festival, which showcased performances by Widespread

TOWSON, Md. — Authorities in Maryland say they have exhumed a priest’s body as part of an investigation into the decades-old slaying of a Baltimore nun. Media outlets report that Baltimore County police dug up A. Joseph Maskell’s grave in February to extract material for a DNA profile. The development was first reported by WJZ-TV.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is skating again, but coach Mike Sullivan provided no update on when his star will be ready to return from a concussion. Crosby sat out Pittsburgh’s 3-2 victory in Game 4 of its Eastern Conference semifinal against Washington on Wednesday night. He was diagnosed with his second concussion

ATLANTA — A federal inmate and his fiancée ran an “inmate taxi service,” ferrying inmates to restaurants, hotels and homes and returning them to the prison, authorities said Thursday. The pair charged a fee to transport inmates who were able to easily escape through holes in a fence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, and

The Latest on the shooting of a 15-year-old black teen by a police officer (all times local): 11:55 a.m. Dallas County’s new district attorney says she’ll conduct a thorough and expeditious investigation into the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer in suburban Dallas. Faith Johnson told The Associated Press in

BRISTOL, Conn. — Julie Foudy has signed a multiyear extension with ESPN and will focus on soccer, the Olympics and the NCAA championships. Foudy joined ESPN full time in 2005, less than a year after retiring from her 17-year soccer career with the U.S. women’s national team. She’s a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time

MACON, Ga. — Authorities say a Georgia teenager who took pills, placed a bag over her head and tried to livestream her suicide on Facebook Live was saved by deputies after viewers watching the haunting scene called 911. The Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/2p01y2p ) that three patrol cars and an ambulance sped to the teen’s home

LAS VEGAS — Authorities say 14 middle school students received moderate injuries and a person in another vehicle was critically hurt in a crash that left a school bus on its side in Las Vegas. Clark County school police Lt. Darnell Couthen says about 40 children were on the full-sized yellow school bus that crashed

TORONTO — Former NHL forward Keith Primeau has a good idea what injured Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby is going through. The effects of at least four concussions forced Primeau to retire in 2006 after trying for over a year to get back in the Philadelphia Flyers lineup. He was eventually told that it would

VATICAN CITY — Oh, to be a fly on the wall. When Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump at the Vatican next month, the world will be watching how the Argentine “slum pope” interacts with the brash, New York billionaire-turned-president. On many issues, the two men couldn’t be more different. Francis wants bridges between

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — A student dressed as a storm trooper for “Star Wars Day” prompted the evacuation of a Wisconsin high school when a frightened parent saw the costumed figure entering the facility and called 911. Police in Ashwaubenon (ash-WAH’-beh-non) near Green Bay say the parent saw the student going through a back door Thursday

One of Gregg Popovich’s top priorities in the final weeks of the regular season was making sure the San Antonio Spurs got veteran point guard Tony Parker healthy and in rhythm for the playoff push. More than seeding or home-court advantage, Popovich said, the Spurs needed Parker in order to stay competitive against the other

Nothing says sacrifice for a hockey team like blocking a shot, no matter how dangerous. Ian Laperriere took a puck to the face during the Flyers’ run to the 2010 Stanley Cup Final and was heralded as a hero, even though post-concussion symptoms blamed on the blow ended his career the following fall. Gregory Campbell

KABUL, Afghanistan — A former Afghan warlord who became the first insurgent to sign on to a peace deal has arrived in Kabul with an entourage of more than 100 pick-up trucks packed with his men, some brandishing automatic rifles and rocket launchers. Thursday’s appearance in the Afghan capital was Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s first in 21

NEW YORK — Daddy Yankee feels streaming his music online has finally revealed a hidden reality about Latin artists’ popularity. The reggaeton icon, who this week reached the No. 4 spot in Billboard’s Hot 100 with a new version of his and Luis Fonsi’s megahit “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber, also saw it land on Spotify’s

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A powerful Iowa regulator has improperly mixed her state job with a personal law practice she runs, inadvertently using her government email for some private business and claiming sick leave on a day when she attended a client’s court hearing. Documents obtained by The Associated Press under the open records law