Новости за 30.09.2015

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood began shooting his Chesley Sullenberger biopic "Sully" in New York this week, Warner Bros. Pictures said Wednesday.

Brooks Hays
BOSTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers at MIT have designed a robot with a softer touch, capable of handling and identifying everyday objects, fragile or not.

Stephen Feller
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The reactivation of human endogenous retroviral genes may be linked to the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and may lead to a possible treatment.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Caitlyn Jenner will not be charged with manslaughter for the four-vehicle car crash that left 69-year-old Kim Howe dead Feb. 7 in Malibu, Calif.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- CBS says it has ordered an American version of the British alternative series "Hunted."

Ryan Maass
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted General Dynamics for a $358 million Foreign Military Sales contract to upgrade 150 M1A1 Abrams tanks for the Kingdom of Morocco.

Brooks Hays
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A new study out of Stanford proves mealworms can subsist entirely on a diet of Styrofoam and other types of polystyrene, the most common form of plastic.

Wade Sheridan
QUANTICO, Va., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- "Criminal Minds", the popular CBS crime-drama series returns for its season 11 premiere Wednesday, featuring new character Dr. Tara Lewis played by Aisha Tyler and JJ's new baby Michael.

Ben Hooper
ROME, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Police in Rome shared a snapshot of a man who was given a warning for cruising the Tiber River in an unusual boat -- a modified vintage Maserati car.

Doug G. Ware
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he will no longer abide by agreements signed with Israel -- because Israel isn't abiding by them either.

Stephen Feller
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Obesity, education and a country's gross domestic product are related, researchers found in a recent study.

The Sports Xchange
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Second-guessing the rankings.

Richard Tomkins
NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- INS Kochi, the Indian Navy's second of three indigenously built Kolkota-class guided missile destroyers, was commissioned into service Wednesday.

Annie Martin
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- "Gossip Girl" actress Blake Lively revealed she will shut down Preserve just over a year after launching the lifestyle website.

Ryan Maass
BRUSSELS, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The European Defence Agency is encouraging European armed forces to use more renewable energy to help transition the continent to a low-carbon economy.

Ben Hooper
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A New York City Health Department worker suspended last year for using a "robotic voice" on phone calls is again facing discipline for the same action.

Richard Tomkins
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Harris is to provide new handheld tactical radios to U.S. Special Operations Forces under a five-year IDIQ contract worth up to $390 million.

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A New York-based human rights group said Wednesday the South Korean government is taking a passive attitude toward North Korean human rights abuses.

Brooks Hays
LAFAYETTE, Calif., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have for the first time confirmed the presence of killer bees in the Bay Area.

Wade Sheridan
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Katy Perry shared a few intimate moments with a fan onstage Monday while performing at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil.

Amy R. Connolly
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The percentage of student loan borrowers who defaulted shortly after leaving college dropped to 11.8 percent in 2012 from 13.7 percent in 2011.

Stephen Feller
EXETER, England, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Teenagers who perform high-intensity exercise in bursts of eight to 10 minutes three times a week can decrease the risk they will develop a heart condition.

Ben Hooper
APPLE VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Police in California said they gave arrested the "Maxi Pad Bandit" accused of burglarizing an auto parts store with a feminine hygiene pad on his face.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- "Paper Towns" actor Nat Wolff is reportedly in talks to play Light Yagami in an adaptation of the Tsugumi Ohba manga "Death Note."

Ben Hooper
HOUSTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Police departments on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean tweeted out requests for residents to refrain from using emergency numbers to report Facebook outages.