Новости за 13.08.2020

SAN DIEGO — The flag-draped coffins carrying the remains of seven Marines and a sailor who died after a Marine Corps seafaring tank sank off the coast of Southern California have arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for burial preparations.

Kolby Cooper, “Vol. 2″ (Combustion Music)

Kolby Cooper could add a fresh voice to country radio — if he could only get past the censors.

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NEW YORK — Even mock elections require wall-to-wall coverage, so when Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine set out to document Texas’ Boys State, the week-long summer camp of civics simulation run by the American Legion since 1935, they hired seven cinematographers to stay close to a handful of the 1,100 participants — all 17- and 18-year-old boys, some with very real political ambition.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Opposition and civil society groups demonstrated Thursday in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan against President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term in October elections.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Here is the Latest following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United Arab Emirates and Israel will open diplomatic ties in a deal halting Israel’s planned annexation of Palestinian land:

DUBLIN — A horse running at odds of 300-1 became the longest-priced winner in the history of racing in Britain and Ireland on Thursday.

NEW YORK — There is still plenty of life in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga.”

MIAMI — Marlins Park will have a new look for its 2020 season debut Friday, thanks to cozier dimensions and a switch to artificial turf.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Florida police arrested a man after finding more than two dozen pipe bombs, including some that contained nails, screws and metal pellets.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place an agreement that allows Rhode Island residents to vote by mail in two upcoming elections without signing their ballots in the presence of two witnesses or a notary.

NEW YORK — Bette Midler is using words and pictures to tell a New York story.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the announcement that full diplomatic ties will be established with the United Arab Emirates has ushered in a “new era” in Israel’s relations with the Arab world.

A group of senators led by Cory Booker of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Thursday released a plan for reforming college sports with an athletes bill or rights.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The largest rural airline in Alaska has declared bankruptcy and laid off more than a thousand workers but wants to award $250,000 in bonus money to its chief executive and other employees.

Aug. 14

1933 — Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in nine runs in an 11-5 win over the Cleveland Indians.

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It was a cool moment on a hot July day.

Six-year-old Amiyah Dantzler-Clay and her 5-year-old brother Jayden saw a police officer parked in front of their Baltimore home and figured he could use a treat.

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On a track where he made history as the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, Max Verstappen hopes to usurp world champion Lewis Hamilton again at the Spanish Grand Prix.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three relatives have been charged in a dog attack that resulted in the death of a Tennessee woman.

There’ll be no standing ovation in a full stadium for David Silva after his final appearance for Manchester City.

MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s health ministry has confirmed that the vice president, who was flown to Ghana on Tuesday for medical care, has tested positive for COVID-19.

MONTMELO, Spain — Sergio Perez will race at the Spanish Grand Prix this week after testing negative for the coronavirus.

BLED, Slovenia — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Slovenia to make the case for high-speed wireless networks that bar Chinese companies like Huawei.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Parliament met Thursday in the first session since the tragic explosion last week that changed the face of the capital and forced the government to resign.

MINSK, Belarus — Hundreds of people were back on the streets of Belarus’ capital on Thursday morning in a show of solidarity with protests against an election many say was rigged to extend the rule of the country’s authoritarian leader.

HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai had just finished his morning exercise and was catching up on the news when the police arrived.