Новости за 22.02.2016

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — An Uber passenger said he called police to report an erratic driver more than an hour before the driver allegedly began a series of three random shootings that killed s…

LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — Southwest Airlines says a possible bird strike prompted pilots to return a flight to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after takeoff.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 69-year-old black woman who grew up in a small, segregated city wept on the witness stand Monday as she testified about the trouble she had voting in 2014 because she co…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United States and Russia have agreed on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect Saturday, even as major questions over enforcing and responding to violation…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The international body charged with establishing who is responsible for chemical attacks in Syria says it has identified seven potential sites for investigation, which it…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The uncontrolled spread of small amounts of radioactive waste at Hanford after a Nov. 17 windstorm is alarming, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a letter…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local):

MIAMI (AP) — A judge sentenced a Florida man to life in prison for a second time Monday for fatally stabbing his best friend when both were 14, saying the man still seems to be obsessed with v…

NEW YORK (AP) — In its first season since emerging from bankruptcy, New York City Opera plans to present the world premiere of David Hertzberg's "Sunday Morning" in a concert version, plus per…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland officials will consider keeping secret the names of residents who pay the city's arts tax, a $35 fee that helps raise money for art and music teachers but that m…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A prosecutor in New Jersey has dropped a felony gun charge against a Pennsylvania corrections officer, noting that officers only learned that the guard had a gun in his ca…

Local entries

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Football fans see the NFL's annual scouting combine as merely a numbers game that comes down to the times, jumps and drills they witness on television.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Looking to add an experienced shortstop, the Chicago White Sox acquired a former National League MVP.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on the shootings in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, area (all times local):

MOSHAV UDIM, Israel (AP) — The death of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Samuel Willenberg marks the passing of the last known link to the notorious death camp of Treblinka, perhaps the most viv…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A controversial gun control bill that would extend the waiting period on background checks has cleared its first major hurdle at the Capitol.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the migrant crisis in Europe (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — The unexpected television hit "Lip Sync Battle" has let adults channel their inner music star. Now kids will get the same chance.

LONDON (AP) — Buying luxury clothes online right off the runway. Trying them on virtually. Not having to wait months for the new collection to ship.

ATLANTA (AP) — Fierce storms could bring strong tornadoes, hail and damaging winds to several states in the Deep South during the day and into the night on Tuesday, forecasters say.

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would offer additional funding to fire and rescue agencies for emergency calls involving Medicaid recipients.

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge presiding over a trial involving a polygamous community along the Arizona-Utah border fell ill on the bench Monday and was taken away from the courthouse in an a…