Новости за 20.07.2017

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A judge has sentenced a former Alabama educator to more than 30 years in prison on child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler imposed the sentence Thursday on 40-year-old Brett Kirkham of Tuscaloosa. Kirkham is a former principal at Hueytown Middle School in suburban Birmingham and a past human resources director

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA opened a second wave of charges against Celtic after fans raised a paramilitary-style banner at a Champions League game. UEFA said Thursday a disciplinary case relating to an “illicit banner” will be judged on July 28, ahead of announcing verdicts from the Scottish champion’s previous game against Linfield of Northern Ireland.

MONACO — Monaco has ordered leading European clubs to stop making unauthorized approaches to prolific teen forward Kylian Mbappe. The 18-year-old France international scored 26 goals last season as Monaco won the French title and reached the semifinals of the Champions League. In a statement on Thursday , Monaco said “important European clubs” had made

MONACO — As Usain Bolt races toward the end of a great career, Wayde van Niekerk is considered to be track and field’s next big star. “That’s a massive, massive responsibility,” Van Niekerk said on Thursday. He set a stunning 400-meter world record in 43.03 seconds while winning the Olympic title last year. He spoke

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — Under pressure from President Donald Trump, North Carolina’s governor announced his opposition on Thursday to drilling for natural gas and oil off the Atlantic coast, saying it poses too much of a threat to the state’s beaches and tourism economy. Up against a Friday deadline for comment from elected officials on

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Wildlife researchers in Cambodia have found a breeding location for the masked finfoot bird, one of the world’s most endangered, raising hopes of its continuing survival, the researchers announced Thursday. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said its scientists, along with conservationists from Cambodia’s Environment Ministry and residents along the Memay

MIAMI — Investigators have no leads or suspects in the death of a 10-year-old Miami boy from an apparent fentanyl overdose, the youngest known victim of the opioid crisis in the city, the police chief said Thursday. Chief Rodolfo Llanes told reporters that Alton Banks must have encountered the drug during a one-hour period after

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M has removed a provost and executive vice president from her post after an audit found “significant” conflicts of interest after university contracts were awarded to a business run by her spouse. Documents obtained by The Eagle newspaper show in the seven years that Provost Karan Watson held her post,

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Burundi teenagers gone missing from international robotics competition in Washington, D.C. (all times local): 11:10 a.m. Metropolitan Police spokeswoman Aquita Brown says they have received reports that two of the Burundi teenagers gone missing after an international robotics competition in Washington have been seen crossing the border into Canada. She

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A power-sharing deal between two former arch foes is slowly taking shape in Gaza and could lead to big changes in the Hamas-ruled territory, including an easing of a decade-long border blockade. In the latest sign that the Egypt-backed understandings are moving forward, Hamas permitted more than 2,000 supporters of

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government says it’s waiting for the “right moment” to re-enter the bond market, playing down expectations of an issue by the end of the week. Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Thursday that the government was still following “developments and trends” in the bond market, and have no other details. Greece lost

The St. Louis Blues signed defenseman Colton Parayko to a $27.5 million, five-year contract just before the sides were set to go to arbitration on Thursday. Only sharpshooting winger Vladimir Tarasenko is signed longer as the Blues have captain Alex Pietrangelo, Jay Bouwmeester and Parayko locked up as their top three on defense. “Colton coming

LONDON — A British legislator has told Parliament that Jane Austen — who died two centuries ago — was one of Britain’s greatest living authors. Andrea Leadsom quickly corrected herself Thursday after her comment provoked unwanted laughter in the House of Commons. Leadsom’s comment in Parliament came days after the 200th anniversary of the Austen’s

SOUTHPORT, England — Ian Poulter spent last year’s British Open in a TV commentary booth. It wasn’t an experience he particularly enjoyed. Sidelined by a foot injury, it was hard for a competitive animal like Poulter to sit out his home major and watch others challenge for a title he craves the most. He started

NEW WASHINGTON, Ohio — The company that developed the Dakota Access oil pipeline is entangled in another fight, this time in Ohio where work on its multi-state natural gas pipeline has wrecked wetlands, flooded farm fields and flattened a 170-year-old farmhouse. The federal commission that oversees gas pipelines told Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners last week

LONDON — London police who are struggling to identify victims of the fire at the Grenfell Tower apartment building have sought help from experts with experience: those who worked on recovering victims following the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey said Thursday the “extraordinary size” of the crime scene

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is working on a package of incentives to lure Taiwanese iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to the state as part of a deal that two state lawmakers said Thursday they believe could come as soon as the end of the month. Wisconsin is one of several Midwest states vying for Foxconn as it

NEW YORK — At age 35, the Library of America is in transition. Longtime president Cheryl Hurley and longtime editor-in-chief Geoffrey O’Brien are retiring at the end of the year, the publisher told The Associated Press on Thursday. Hurley will be succeeded by Library of America publisher Max Rudin. A replacement is being sought for

BEIRUT — Syrian opposition activists say insurgents have ambushed a Syrian military force near the capital, Damascus, killing more than two dozen of them. Thursday’s ambush came after days of intense fighting as rebel-held suburbs of the capital come under a government offensive. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the soldiers and allied

WASHINGTON — Republicans are targeting a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use a mediator to resolve a dispute. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized the rule last week. The rule bans most types of mandatory arbitration clauses, which require customers to use a

ATLANTA — Everyone was asleep when Isabel Martinez began stabbing her children and then fatally stabbed her husband as he tried seek help, her daughter told a child welfare caseworker. Diana Romero, 9, said her mother told her she loved her and asked for forgiveness before cutting her. Martinez told the girl she was “going

STAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut man who beat his mother to death has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for 20 years. The Stamford Advocate (http://bit.ly/2gNbN6GA ) reports that a three-judge panel Wednesday committed 44-year-old Timothy Anderson to a maximum-security facility for the March 2015 beating death of his mother at the family’s Stamford home.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis-area man who was wounded when an argument with a neighbor escalated into across-the-fence gunfire has been charged in the shooting. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/2uMpdG0 ) that Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper charged 59-year-old Jeffrey S. Weigle with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon Wednesday. Weigle was arrested in a hospital

LONDON — Traffic on a major highway in England has been disrupted for hours after a truck laden with chocolate bars burst into flames. Drivers faced long delays after parts of the highway in Kent, southern England, were closed Thursday as fire crews put out the blaze and road workers tried to clear the debris.

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has paid a rare visit to a Russian human rights icon to congratulate her on her 90th birthday. Lyudmila Alexeyeva is a dissident who challenged the Soviet regime and Russian authorities for decades, advocating for democratic rights and seeking justice for political prisoners. She is still one of Putin’s most