Новости за 20.01.2016

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a season that began with Tennessee looking to reclaim its status as one of the nation's elite women's basketball teams, the Lady Volunteers instead are going backward.

NEW YORK (AP) — Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o says she's "disappointed" by "the lack of inclusion" in this year's Oscar nominations.

The NFL has its final four, and the oddsmakers are forecasting tight games.

There were more than 40 mass shootings in the United States last year, prompting many politicians to hold forth and a large number of Americans to simply shake their heads. What needed to happ…

BERLIN (AP) — A 25-year-old German has gone on trial accused of having been part of the Islamic State group's secret police.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Ukrainian official is disputing a claim by the Polish prime minister that Poland has taken in 1 million Ukrainian refugees, adding a new element into the debate over re…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's state-run news agency and opposition activists say some 500 displaced families have returned to their homes in a neighborhood on the southwestern edge of Damascus.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke through police lines on Wednesday to get into Moldova's Parliament after it approved a new government to end months of deadlock between th…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The latest on a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):

CHICAGO (AP) — Backed by Gov. Bruce Rauner, top Illinois Republicans called Wednesday for a state takeover of the financially troubled Chicago Public Schools, which faces a nearly $1 billion b…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American rapper has found out the hard way that a "world passport" isnt accepted in South Africa.

LONDON (AP) — Britain ordered an investigation Wednesday into alleged discrimination against asylum-seekers amid reports that many homes being given them have red front doors that mark them ou…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists reported Wednesday they finally have "good evidence" for Planet X, a true ninth planet on the fringes of our solar system.

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvians are marking the 25th anniversary of building barricades across the country to defend against Soviet attempts to quash the small Baltic nation's quest for independence.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A decade-old oil leak that could last for another century was caused by an "act of God" during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the president of the company responsib…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The stepmother of missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman has broken her silence.

DETROIT (AP) — Most of Detroit's public schools closed for the day on Wednesday due to teacher absences, as disgruntled educators stepped up efforts to protest the governor's plans for the dis…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Low oil prices are complicating life for the European Central Bank in its struggle to push up worrisome low inflation in the 19 nations that use the euro currency.

VIENNA (AP) — The latest news on the influx of asylum-seekers and other migrants in Europe. All times local:

LONDON (AP) — Publisher and philanthropist George Weidenfeld, who in his later years devoted himself to improving understanding between faiths and peoples, died Wednesday in London at 96.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is downsizing the peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast, signaling faith in the West African country's stability six years after political upheava…

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff says state investigators found a possible explosive device in the home where his deputies shot and killed a man in Statesville.

CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on Illinois Republicans proposing a state takeover of Chicago Public Schools (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry is still on top in jersey sales and Kristaps Porzingis is already making a run at him.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The sheriff of Washington's Spokane County is continuing his criticism of an armed protest at an Oregon wildlife refuge.