Новости за 21.04.2016

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — The stepfather of late rapper Tupac Shakur has been denied parole from his federal prison sentence for leading a revolutionary group responsible for the slayings of an armed guard and two New York police officers, a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At around 6:30 a.m. on December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley delivered a hand-written note to a guard at the northwest gate of the White House requesting a meeting with President Richard Nixon. In the note scribbled…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Students at Connecticut's Trinity College have canceled a concert by rapper Action Bronson, saying his music and videos promote misogyny and hatred against gay and transsexual people.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After graduating college in 1992, Joan Marie Laurer took odd jobs, entered fitness contests and eventually trained to become a flight attendant. Then she discovered the athleticism and theatricality of the mostly male pro-wrestlers on TV…

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Pop superstar Prince was unresponsive in an elevator when he was found by sheriff's deputies who had been called to his suburban Minneapolis compound, a Minnesota sheriff said Thursday.

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Sheriff: Deputies called to Prince's studio found star unresponsive in elevator, CPR failed.

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the death of pop superstar Prince (all times local):

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has been constantly looking at the sky and closely monitoring weather forecasts as Friday's start of one of the city's largest outdoor events looms.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities have reached a $2.2 million settlement with a New York City hospital over filming by a television documentary crew that disclosed two patients' health information without their authorization.

PARIS (AP) — A few weeks before the start of the Cannes Film Festival, French authorities have simulated a bloody attack on the showbiz gala, one of several such exercises in the wake of the March 22 attacks in Brussels.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Army veteran Joe Aguirre opens a restaurant door, then steps aside to let his golden retriever take point. "Clear," Aguirre commands, and 3-year-old Munger pivots right, left, then right again, sweeping the room for potential threats.

HOUSTON (AP) — Thunderstorms raced through the Houston area Thursday, aggravating flooding in already drenched parts of the city as mandatory evacuations were ordered for low-lying neighborhoods in a community about 50 miles away.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Musicians, actors and other celebrities reacted to the death of music great Prince with shock and anguish Thursday. Here are some of the reactions they posted to Twitter:

WASHINGTON (AP) — After two straight years of ties, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is adding more sting: The championship rounds will last longer, and the words will be harder.

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the death of pop superstar Prince (all times local):

PEDERNALES, Ecuador (AP) — Rescuers searching through quake-collapsed buildings in Ecuador have found an unusual survivor: A flapping duck that had been buried under a pile of rubble.

The nation's first and only grizzly bear recovery coordinator is stepping down after 35 years, saying the threatened species has recovered enough for him to retire.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tony Stewart has been cleared to return to racing and will be back in his car Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just Wall Street banks. Most companies and groups that paid Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to speak between 2013 and 2015 have lobbied federal agencies in recent years, and more than one-third are government contractors,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chyna, the tall, muscle-bound, raven-haired pro-wrestler who rocketed to popularity in the 1990s after taking on both women and men in the ring and later revealed her struggles with addiction on reality TV, has died, authorities…

Pop superstar Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era with hits including "Little Red Corvette," ''Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis, according…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hillary Clinton says the bipartisan gun control legislation passed in Connecticut after the Newtown school shooting massacre should be a model for the nation.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians say they strongly support a French initiative to hold a ministerial meeting, probably on May 30, as a first step to an international conference aimed at reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on reaction to a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming to the sex on their birth certificates and restricts protections for LGBT people. (all times local):

MIAMI (AP) — Players from the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates have expressed concerns about playing their two-game series next month in Puerto Rico because of the Zika virus.