Новости за 05.03.2016

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese Islamist who played a key role in the 1989 coup that brought President Omar al-Bashir to power and who once hosted Osama bin Laden, died Saturday at the age of 84.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — One dog apparently has learned a new trick: how to drive a semi-truck.

PARIS (AP) — Wendi Deng attended Nina Ricci's Paris collection just a few hours after her ex-husband, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, got married to Jerry Hall across the English Channel in London.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Author Pat Conroy, whose beloved works "The Great Santini" and "The Prince of Tides" are set against the vistas of the South Carolina coast that was his home, was lauded Saturday as a great chronicler of…

DENVER (AP) — Officials in Denver are planning to evict people from homeless camps that have popped up around homeless shelters and in public places.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steady rain fell in Northern California and fresh snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada as the first of several powerful storms expected to slam Western states this weekend made its way inland Saturday, ending a dry spell…

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Thousands of Basque separatist sympathizers held a rally in northern Spain on Saturday celebrating the release from prison of a prominent regional leader four days after he completed a more than six-year sentence for trying…

A Florida man who flew a small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace before landing outside the U.S. Capitol last spring was seconds away from colliding with a Delta flight that had taken off from Reagan National Airport, prosecutors said.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 17-year-old Somali refugee critically wounded in a high-profile police shooting in Utah fled to the U.S. from a refugee camp where food was scarce, scorpions scurried everywhere and a toilet was a hole in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The once-secretive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has launched a public relations blitz, calling on his lawyers and even his common-law wife to keep his name in the news.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the funeral services for the Alabama man killed by police. (all times local):

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Washington state officials have eliminated the size and daily catch limits on Columbia River catfish, bass and walleye.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves left-handed reliever Andrew McKirahan is likely headed for another major elbow operation after going down in his first appearance of spring training.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature has wrapped up its legislative session, and during its 32-day duration, lawmakers passed about 120 of the 248 bills that were initially introduced.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A woman has come forward to say she was assaulted 15 years ago by a former Eugene police officer who is now in prison.

PASADENA, Texas (AP) — One person was injured when a generator inside a refinery near Houston exploded, authorities said Saturday.

ATLANTA (AP) — A coroner investigator says an up-and-coming rapper has been shot to death outside a popular recording studio in Atlanta.

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police arrested four minors allegedly involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a police officer in the northeastern province of Huesca, officials said Saturday.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents were battling the Islamic State group for control of a key border post with Iraq on Saturday, a day after the U.S.-backed fighters seized control of the crossing, activists said.

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — In response to a surge in reports of anti-Muslim bullying — students being called terrorists, having their head scarves ripped off and facing bias even from teachers — schools are expanding on efforts deployed in the…

UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) — The Umatilla County sheriff's office has evicted everyone from a homeless camp near the Umatilla River. A new sign prohibits camping in the area that has served as a homeless camp for several months.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff joined hundreds of people gathered outside the residence of her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, one day after police questioned him in an investigation into a sprawling corruption case…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An official says the first president of independent Slovakia has been hospitalized.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Gold miners infected with lung diseases brought on by repeated exposure to the dust of South Africa's mines have won a multimillion dollar out-of-court settlement, their lawyer said Saturday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Wagging tails and smiling faces will be plentiful in downtown Anchorage on Saturday as fans get to interact with the real stars of the Iditarod - the sled dogs.