Новости за 26.01.2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series "Barney Miller" and the doomed…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Tomlin has shown toughness and tenacity during his time with the Indians. On Tuesday, he was rewarded for it.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Chris Rock first hosted the Oscars in 2005, the four black actors nominated that year — Morgan Freeman, Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo and Jamie Foxx (twice!) — didn't escape…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — The New York folk music venue where Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Don McLean and many other stars of the genre played early in their careers is getting a $1.25 million…

Here are some of our picks for notable events happening this week around the mid-valley:

NEW YORK (AP) — Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann has canceled his appearances as Chevalier des Grieux in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," which opens Feb. 12.

BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A thrill-seeker who parachuted off a bridge overlooking the Pacific likely drowned, as did the man who jumped in to try to save her, authorities said.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's health minister says the country will mobilize some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects — but h…

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sheriff's deputy working with federal drug agents to serve a warrant at a Lower 9th Ward home was shot five times by someone inside and was in critical condition Tuesday, …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who saw parallels in the functioning of the human brain and computers has…

South Africans have won three of the five European Tour events in the 2016 season, and two more of the country's players seem strong candidates for a victory at the Qatar Masters.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a deputy in New Orleans (all times local):

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A suspect in the slayings of a British actress and her two young sons has told a Ghana court he will return to the UK voluntarily, the court and his lawyer said Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers voted Tuesday to let police seize valuables worth more than $1,500 from asylum-seekers to help cover their housing and food costs while their cases …

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Tuesday argued strongly against Turkey's demand to keep a leading Kurdish group out of Syrian peace talks, and said it expects the U.N. envoy to resist "blackmail" by T…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon family has scheduled a memorial service for a Marine who died in a helicopter crash in Hawaii.

NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — A cat named Hemi is back with his owner, who drove 1,700 miles from North Dakota to retrieve his lost-and-found pet.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania offered Moldova emergency economic aid and a loan of 60 million euros ($65 million) on Tuesday in hopes of preventing economic collapse and keeping the impove…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A widening Republican rift over revamping the nation's criminal justice system is dashing hopes for overhaul in the final year of President Barack Obama's tenure despite stro…

NEW YORK (AP) — Following in the footsteps of Diane Keaton and Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen has an unlikely new female star: Miley Cyrus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than three days with life at a virtual standstill in the nation's capital and elsewhere up and down the East Coast, the cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm were…