Новости за 14.02.2017

Ben Hooper
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Customs agents in Texas stopped a traveler arriving from Vietnam and discovered his luggage contained some unusual contraband -- 22 pounds of raw animal parts.

Ryan Maass
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Marines at Camp Lejune, N.C., recently completed training using the Instant Eye, a new hand-held unmanned aircraft designed to support reconnaissance missions.

Daniel Uria
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Idaho helped pull a stranded horse out of a frozen pool in a resident's back yard.

Allen Cone
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A jury convicted Pedro Hernandez of killing Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy who went missing 38 years ago and was the first child to appear on milk cartons.

Brooks Hays
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Researchers want to use cellphones to listen for fast radio bursts, or FRBs, high-energy pulses of radio waves lasting just a few milliseconds.

David Jordan, Medill News Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A long proposed law to give federal employees paid parental leave has been reintroduced in Congress with bipartisan support.

Daniel Uria
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A zoo in Atlanta made good on a Super Bowl bet with a New England area zoo by naming a baby cockroach Tom Brady.

Ben Hooper
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Zookeepers in the Philippines captured video of a young orangutan bottle-feeding a baby tiger after the two animals were introduced.

Allen Cone
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A Russian spy ship was spotted off the East Coast of the U.S. the same day the Trump administration confirmed the Kremlin had deployed banned missiles.

Annie Martin
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- "The Shallows" star Blake Lively said she will celebrate Valentine's Day with husband Ryan Reynolds, their two daughters and sister Robyn Lively.

Alex Butler
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Southpaw starter Travis Wood will aim for a spot in the Kansas City Royals' rotation in 2017.

Daniel Uria
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Fans of Taco Bell will soon be able to have their very own taco-filled wedding at a location on the Las Vegas Strip.

Ben Hooper
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A Chicago restaurant is gaining viral attention for offering a tasty alternative to traditional Valentine's Day flowers -- a bacon bouquet.

Alex Butler
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Knowing that you don't have to move during the Major League Baseball offseason is great. Returning to the same club with a new deal is even better.

Wade Sheridan
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Following his Grammy win, Rory Feek shared how it feels living without his late wife Joey Feek.

Annie Martin
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- "Divergent" star Shailene Woodley joked on "The Late Show" that she wishes she had made a tough face after she was arrested at the Standing Rock protest.

Elizabeth Shim
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- India is on the brink of breaking a world record in satellite launches.

The Sports Xchange
Quarterback Brandon Harris plans to transfer from LSU.

The Sports Xchange
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman will receive $3.4 million in 2017 after it was revealed Tuesday that he won his arbitration case against the club.

The Sports Xchange
Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes a superfight between him and MMA star Conor McGregor will happen sooner rather than later.

The Sports Xchange
Serge Ibaka is headed north of the border after the Orlando Magic agreed to trade the three-time All-Defensive First Teamer.

The Sports Xchange
Embattled third baseman Jung Ho Kang will not be able to report to Pittsburgh Pirates' spring training on time.

Amy Wallace
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Researchers have developed a new way to target the natural function of T cells when passing through the bloodstream to raise T cell armies.

The Sports Xchange
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh announced Tuesday that assistants Chris Hewitt, Mike Macdonald, Drew Wilkins and Juney Barnett have all been promoted.

Amy Wallace
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered that for spouses, it truly is better to give than to receive.