Новости за 10.08.2017

NEWARK, N.J. — Bodycam and police car footage have led to the suspension of a police officer in New Jersey’s largest city. Newark police say a routine review revealed the 27-year-old officer had stopped a motorist to issue a traffic ticket, but the officer failed to arrest the driver despite a computer alert that the

NEW YORK — New York City police say a 12-year-old girl poured boiling water on another girl during a sleepover, leaving her with severe burns. Police say the girl has been charged with assault in the Monday attack that left an 11-year-old with second-degree burns to her face, shoulders, neck and chest. According to police,

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Stalwart U.S. ally Kuwait will continue to grant visas to North Korean laborers whose wages allegedly aid Pyongyang in evading international sanctions, its government told The Associated Press on Thursday before its ruler travels to Washington to meet President Donald Trump. In a statement responding to an AP story ,

BUCHAREST, Romania — Moldova’s government was criticized by an anti-corruption group Thursday for offering citizenship to people who invest in the East European state. Under an amendment, people who invest 100,000 euros ($117,000), buy real estate or lend the state 250,000 euros ($292,000) for five years, can obtain citizenship. Moldova’s government needs to raise funds

EAGLESWOOD, N.J. — Police in New Jersey say two people have died and another has been seriously injured after their SUV crashed into the side of a restaurant. Authorities say the crash happened in Eagleswood around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police say the driver of the sport utility vehicle lost control along Route 9 before hitting

PARIS — It’s been nearly a week since Neymar landed in Paris, and the world’s most expensive player still can’t play for his new club in the French league. Neymar’s world-record 222 million euros ($262 million) transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain was completed last week, but the Brazil international has yet to be granted

MILAN — Officials in Italy’s southern Puglia region on Thursday demanded a more concerted response to a lesser-known organized crime syndicate, the day after gunmen killed four people in an ambush, including two people who happened to witness the hit. The president of the Foggia province of Puglia, where the shootings occurred near an abandoned

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A western Indiana school district is taking steps to protect curious students from damaging their eyesight during this month’s total solar eclipse. The eclipse that will sweep the nation on Aug. 21 will be visible in a 70-mile swath that will pass through western Kentucky, but the sun won’t be fully

PATOKA LAKE, Ind. — Wildlife officials say one of nearly 100 ospreys brought to Indiana more than a decade ago as part of a restoration program is still nesting successfully at a southern Indiana site. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says a photographer captured an image of the 14-year-old raptor at Patoka Lake on

AKRON, Ohio — A judge has reduced bond for an Ohio motorist accused of texting before her car hit three pedestrians, killing two 14-year-old girls and seriously injuring a 15-year-old boy. A lawyer for 24-year-old Natasha Boggs, of New Franklin, said Wednesday that his client is not a flight risk because she’s lived in the

PARIS — The man suspected of ramming a BMW into a group of soldiers near Paris is a 37-year-old Algerian who was known to police as a suspect in minor crimes but not as someone with radical beliefs, police said Thursday. Hamou Benlatreche was living legally in France and had never been convicted of a

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s foreign minister resigned on Thursday after being accused of possessing a luxury apartment paid for by a businessman investigated for shady treasury bond transactions. Ravi Karunanayake, who was the finance minister at the time the deals took place, denied the allegation but told Parliament that he is resigning from the Cabinet

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have detained a Russian national and suspected Islamic State group militant for allegedly planning a drone attack on U.S. aircraft at Turkey’s Incirlik air base, police said Thursday. Renad Bakiev was detained in the southern city of Adana over suspicions that he plotted to crash an American aircraft or attack the

NAIROBI, Kenya — The database of Kenya’s election commission was unsuccessfully targeted by a hacking attempt, a top official said Thursday, disputing allegations by opposition leader Raila Odinga that hackers were able to infiltrate the computer system and manipulate results against him following Tuesday’s vote. The comments by Wafula Chebukati, the commission chairman, came as

MEXICO CITY — The Latest on Tropical Storm Franklin (all times local): 4:05 a.m. Franklin has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves farther inland over eastern Mexico. The storm made landfall early Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Franklin’s maximum

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A court in Cambodia has sentenced a political analyst to 18 months in prison on the basis of a criminal complaint by Prime Minister Hun Sen that he had defamed him in a radio interview. Judge Ky Rithy of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled Thursday that there was sufficient evidence

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Marelis “Lisi” Miller has gone through many first days of school. But this will be the first time she does it at the front of the classroom instead of in a student’s desk. “I think I’m more excited than anything,” she said at the end of the teacher meet-and-greet event Tuesday afternoon

MUNCIE, Ind. — An era is coming to a close as Ball State University works to remove the smokestacks that have been a visible part of the skyline along the southwest part of campus for decades. The two smokestacks on top of the heat plant will be taken down since they are no longer needed.

MANILA, Philippines — Officials say Philippine troops attempting to rescue hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf clashed with the militants, leaving two soldiers and five gunmen dead. Provincial commander Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana says troops encounter around 30 gunmen early Thursday in southern Sulu province. He says soldiers were trying to rescue 23 hostages, including

NEW YORK — New York City fire officials are investigating a blaze that killed one person and seriously injured another. WNBC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2vQUozw ) the fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. Thursday at a four-story building in Brooklyn. Crews pulled two people from the Crown Heights brownstone as they worked to contain the flames. Authorities

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The family of a Massachusetts police officer who died before he was scheduled to plead guilty to stealing from an evidence room will not receive any of his remaining pension. Kevin Burnham’s family will give up about $74,000 under a settlement with the city of Springfield approved Wednesday. Burnham was accused of

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North’s most provocative missile launch to date. The announcement Thursday warned that the North

CAIRO — The director of Yemen’s national blood bank says the facility could shut down within a week after a medical aid charity ended its support. Ayman el-Shihari, the blood bank’s general director, said Thursday its closure could lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe.” He says the facility receives up to 3,000 cases monthly, including patients

LONDON — British emergency services say two people have been trapped and several injured when a double-decker bus plowed into a store on a busy south London street. Transit officials say the bus was heading for the city’s Waterloo station when it careened through the plate glass window of a kitchen shop in Lavender Hill

HAGATNA, Guam — The tiny U.S. territory of Guam feels a strong sense of patriotism and confidence in the American military, which has an enormous presence on the Pacific island. But residents are increasingly worried over Washington’s escalating war of words with North Korea. The people of Guam woke up Thursday to another pointed threat