Новости за 28.05.2017

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Ah, summer in the Hamptons. Cocktail parties. Beach gatherings. Celebrities. But for some eastern Long Island residents, the annual arrival of the jet set also brings the thumpety-thump of helicopters and whine of airplane engines. This season’s aircraft buzz, centered on the tiny municipal airport in East Hampton, could be worse

HELSINKI — Norway is demanding that the Palestinian Authority reimburse it for funds donated to a women’s center on the West Bank because the center was named after a female militant who participated in an attack in Israel that killed 37 civilians. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry says the country “will not allow itself to be

CAPE MAY, N.J. — A great white shark with its own Twitter account has been detected off the coast of southern New Jersey — and she’s not alone. On Saturday afternoon, the shark known as Mary Lee was detected off Cape May. A male great white named Cisco also was detected nearby. Mary Lee was

GOETZIS, Austria — Canadian decathlete Damian Warner won the Hypo Meeting for a third time Sunday, while Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam became the fourth woman to break the 7,000-point mark in the women’s heptathlon. Warner, who also won the event in 2013 and last year, looked set for victory until a disappointing showing in the

WATERFORD, Conn. — Adam Gada is not sure he’ll ever race again at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl, a small Connecticut racetrack that has been part of his family’s life since it opened in 1951. The third generation driver had his SK Modified car ready to go for the planned May 6 start to the racing

ROME — Francesco Totti’s final match with Roma ended in celebration when the Giallorossi scored a 90th-minute goal for a 3-2 win over Genoa on Sunday that secured a spot in the Champions League. Substitute Diego Perotti connected on a volley following a free kick from Radja Nainggolan for the winner. Roma finished second, one

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A newspaper survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in a state among the hardest hit by a heroin and opioid epidemic. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that the state’s 4,149 unintentional fatal overdoses in 2016 are a 36 percent increase from

CORNELL, Wis. — Four people were killed and five others were injured in a two-vehicle crash near Cornell in northwestern Wisconsin, authorities said. Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said the crash happened around 5 p.m. Saturday when a northbound minivan either failed to yield or ran a stop sign and collided with a westbound pickup

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 22-year-old man jumped out of an airplane waiting to take off in North Carolina and had to be stopped from running onto the runway. A federal air marshal said in a sworn statement that 22-year-old Tun Sein was flying from Charlotte to New Bern on Thursday when he stood after the

Having a potent power play is certainly useful in getting to the playoffs. Once there, maybe not as much. Eight of the top 11 power-play teams in the playoffs this year lost in the first round, and the Ottawa Senators pushed the Pittsburgh Penguins to double overtime in Game 7 despite going 1 for 20

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s popular pro-democracy movement has elected a new leader amid signs of waning and controversies surrounding the finances of its previous chairman. A weekend national convention of the Committee for the Defense of Democracy, or KOD, voted overwhelmingly for writer and political activist Krzysztof Lozinski to succeed Mateusz Kijowski. Lozinski is KOD’s

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats say they are increasingly optimistic about their chances of knocking off Republican Gov. Scott Walker next year, even though a top-tier candidate has yet to emerge and they’re still recovering from a devastating 2016 election. Democrats gathering this weekend for their state convention say liberals are energized in opposition both

Dawn Erin went nearly 20 years without health insurance before the Affordable Care Act, bouncing between free clinics for frequent and painful bladder infections. The liver-destroying disease hepatitis C made her ineligible for coverage until President Barack Obama’s law barred insurers from denying people with a medical condition. She has since seen a specialist who

CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival awarded its coveted Palme d’Or award to Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square” on Sunday, while Sofia Coppola became only the second woman to win the best director award. “Oh my god! OK,” the Swedish filmmaker exclaimed after he bounded onto the stage to collect the prestigious Palme. Coppola won

MADRID — Spain’s minority government has cobbled together enough support from opposition parties in Parliament to pass its 2017 budget. Nueva Canarias, a regional party of Spain’s Canary Islands, agreed on Sunday to vote in favor of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s proposed budget. Nueva Canarias’ sole member of Parliament represents the final vote Rajoy’ government

MONACO — Sebastian Vettel stood out last season for his furious rants more than his slick driving. Six races into the new campaign, the Ferrari driver is no longer Formula One’s Mr. Angry, moving 25 points clear of Lewis Hamilton and in serious contention for a fifth title. The title race took a further swing

CAIRO — Video interviews with survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic militants on a bus taking Egyptian Christians to a remote desert monastery are painting a picture of untold horror, with children hiding under their seats to escape gunfire. The videos surfaced on social media networks on Sunday, two days after 29 were killed

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sunday he’s considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States. That would dramatically expand a ban announced in March that affects about 50 flights per day from 10 cities, mostly in the Middle East. The current ban was

BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi — The Latest in a shooting in Mississippi that left eight people dead (all times local): 11 a.m. Authorities say a shooting spree that left eight people dead in Mississippi began with a call regarding a domestic dispute. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Sunday that three female victims

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging European Union nations to stick together in the face of new uncertainty over the United States and other challenges. Merkel said Sunday at a campaign event in Bavaria that “the times in which we can fully count on others are somewhat over, as I have experienced in

SAN FRANCISCO — Courts around the country tried to ease the burden of fines and fees in the wake of 2014 riots in Ferguson, Missouri, that brought attention to them. But legal observers say no court appears to have made as dramatic an attempt at reform as San Francisco. Judges in San Francisco no longer

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s two largest police departments want drones to help monitor large gatherings or monitor traffic at large events, but state law restricts drone usage. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/2qPpogN ) that the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Indiana State Police are looking into acquiring drones. At least 10 Indiana police agencies own drones.

ANNVILLE, Pa. — Allison Jaslow heard it more than once as the long holiday weekend approached — a cheerful “Happy Memorial Day!” from oblivious well-wishers. The former Army captain and Iraq War veteran had a ready reply, telling them, matter-of-factly, that she considered it a work weekend. Jaslow will be at Arlington National Cemetery on

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — Authorities in Mississippi say a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in a shooting, including a sheriff’s deputy. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said the shootings occurred at three separate homes Saturday night in rural Lincoln County. Two of the homes are in Brookhaven and one is

LONDON — The Latest on the IT failure at British Airways (all times local): 2:25 p.m. British Airways says “many” of its IT systems are up and running, but travelers still face cancellations and delays after a global computer failure grounded hundreds of flights. BA chief executive Alex Cruz says the airline is running a