Новости за 27.06.2017

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s military says 10 Kurdish militants have been killed in aerial operation in southeast Turkey. Three soldiers meanwhile, died in an attack by suspected Kurdish insurgents. A military statement said the military carried out the air raids near the town of Gence in the mainly-Kurdish province of Bingol on Tuesday. It said

NEW YORK — The Latest on a Harlem subway derailment (all times local): 5 p.m. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it expects to resume limited service on the A, B, and D lines following a subway derailment in Harlem. Transit officials say power will be restored on the local tracks at about 5 p.m.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local): 9:02 a.m. A wildfire in a rugged inland area of Southern California grew substantially overnight to nearly 8 square miles (21 sq. kilometers). The blaze burning in Riverside County about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east of Los Angeles is only

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The Latest on a California lawsuit claiming Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenage girl more than 40 years ago (all times local): 9:45 a.m. A lawyer for Bill Cosby says she does not think he will speak publicly before his second criminal trial in Pennsylvania. Attorney Angela Agrusa told reporters after

SALT LAKE CITY — The parents of six Utah high school students have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against three school districts that don’t have a girls’ football team. The parents claim Jordan, Canyon and Granite districts are discriminating against female students by not having a football team. The parents also are suing

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Authorities locked down an Alabama military post on Tuesday after two 911 calls were made about a potential active shooter, but no shots were fired and officials were investigating the possibility of a hoax. The lockdown created confusion and worried many people with friends and family at the Redstone Arsenal installation near

INDIANAPOLIS — Archie Miller is cashing in on one of college basketball’s top-paying jobs. The new Indiana coach’s seven-year deal is worth $24 million and it could go significantly higher with performance bonuses. School officials released details of Miller’s new deal Tuesday, three months after he took the job following his run at Dayton. Miller’s

TORONTO — A high-end hotel and condominium tower in Toronto will no longer bear the Trump brand name. An investment partnership recently acquired the 65-story tower from the developer and the property will no longer be managed by the Trump Organization. JCF Capital ULC and the Trump Organization issued a joint statement Tuesday announcing the

MADISON, Wis. — Police say a contractor who suffered a fatal heart attack while working overnight at a Wisconsin Culver’s was “scared to death” when two armed men tried to rob the restaurant. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval told reporters Tuesday that the robbers would not allow other workers to help the 56-year-old man, who

ALBANY, N.Y. — Dredging crews left the Hudson River two years ago, but criticism of the $1.7 billion cleanup is bubbling up again. Advocates who want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to order crews back on the river are expected in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday night as the agency holds a public meeting on its review

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 14-minute eruption by an Alaska volcano sent an ash cloud to 30,000 feet (9,100 meters) in the Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted at 3:17 a.m. Tuesday. Ash clouds above 20,000 feet (6,100 meters) can harm airliners flying between Asia and North America. The observatory raised

NAIROBI, Kenya — A roadside bomb in Kenya’s southern coastal area killed four policemen and four children Tuesday, a senior Kenyan police official said. The explosion took place in Kiunga town, said Noah Mwivanda, a senior police officer in Lamu County. This incident increases to 46 the death toll from homemade explosives planted by suspected

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The competition for a multibillion-dollar contract to manage the U.S. laboratory that created the atomic bomb is beginning as criticism intensifies over the troubled safety record of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The National Nuclear Security Administration on Tuesday posted online its intent to conduct a competition for the management and operation contract.

BERLIN — A group of Berlin police officers helping with security ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in Hamburg has been sent home after some reportedly partied excessively at the barracks where they were staying. More than 220 officers were sent back to the German capital after what Hamburg police called “inappropriate and

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the arrest in Las Vegas of a California man on a murder charge in the disappearance of his 5-year-old son after a trip to Disneyland (all times local): 8:30 a.m. A California father told a judge in Las Vegas he won’t fight his transfer in custody to Los Angeles

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The FBI says it has located the car that a missing Chinese scholar studying at the University of Illinois was last seen getting into earlier this month. The FBI said in a Tuesday statement that it’s received “numerous leads” regarding the black Saturn Astra and won’t need any further information on the

VERNON, Vt. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a senior radiation protection technician at the closed Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant deliberately falsified safety records for eight months last year. In a violation order issued Monday, the NRC says the now-former Entergy technician failed to test employees who were working the night shift for radiation

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder and arson charges in the house-fire death of his husband, a well-known Salt Lake City restaurateur and LGBT pioneer. Prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for the pleas from Craig Crawford, 48. He’s expected to be sentenced to life

KENILWORTH, N.J. — Merck & Co. says a new type of cholesterol drug reduced heart attacks, deaths and other complications of heart disease in a huge, late-stage study. The positive result announced Tuesday was a surprise. Three major drugmakers — Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Roche — have each seen promising drugs of the same type

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Authorities say at least three people were injured from an explosion and fire that destroyed an Evansville home. The explosion happened about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in a neighborhood on the city’s east side, with the house erupting in flames and being left in rubble. Neighboring houses weren’t badly damaged. Officials didn’t immediately

NEW YORK — Some shoppers are fretting about big companies they don’t like taking over their favorite brands. The latest: Amazon’s move to purchase Whole Foods has spurred worries about a decline in quality and ethical standards, or that the store will become like other supermarkets. Walmart’s purchase of clothing labels ModCloth and Bonobos has

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge says Alabama is failing to provide constitutionally adequate psychiatric care for state inmates. A 302-page decision released Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson comes in a lawsuit over the state’s treatment of prisoners with mental problems. Thompson calls the system “horrendously inadequate” and is ordering a new round

USA Gymnastics needs a “complete cultural change” to better protect athletes from sexual abuse, according to an independent review of the embattled organization’s practices. The report released Tuesday by former federal prosecutor Deborah Daniels recommends that all USA Gymnastics members be required to immediately report suspected sexual misconduct to legal authorities and the U.S. Center

WASHINGTON — A House panel on Tuesday weighed legislation that would split off management of the nation’s skies from the Federal Aviation Administration and give that responsibility to an independent, nonprofit company. The idea is to remove air traffic control from the vagaries of the government budget process. Proponents say Washington dysfunction has hampered the

NEW YORK — The Latest on CNN’s retracted Russia story (all times local): 10:55 a.m. A conservative provocateur posted a video Tuesday of a man identified as a CNN producer commenting on his network’s coverage of President Donald Trump and connections to Russia. The producer, identified as John Bonifield, said it appeared CNN had no