Новости за 01.02.2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Go ahead, laugh about Cam Newton's sometimes outrageous outfits. The NFL star can laugh about it, and even enjoys some of the online memes have made him the butt of their jokes.

The 20th feature from the great Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” “All About My Mother,” “Bad Education,” “Volver”) is a story of a mother and daughter, whom we first meet in a photograph…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Key Senate Republican Susan Collins announces opposition to Education nominee Betsy DeVos.

When the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots clash this Sunday, there will be a ton of moving parts that impact the outcome. None may be more critical than the ability of the Falcons' defense to get a hand on…

NEW YORK (AP) — George Orwell's "1984" has gone from required reading to desired reading.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska brothers James and Giono Barrett have a dream: that some of the scores of cruise ship passengers who crowd the state capital's streets each summer will one day use their shore excursions to kick back…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, cutting short the veteran's final season in St. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged Majority leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday to change the rules of the Senate if necessary to swiftly push through his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. Trump's words immediately escalated what's shaping up…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel, with no Democrats present, approved President Donald Trump's choice of financier Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are moving to dismantle former President Barack Obama's rules on the environment, gun ownership and financial disclosure. They're looking to reverse years of what they see as excessive government regulation during the Democrat's presidency.

ATLANTA (AP) — A CNN editor and producer from Iraq says he was wrongly detained at Atlanta's airport because of the president's ban on entry for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is backing Tom Perez to head the Democratic National Committee, calling the Obama administration labor secretary the "best bet to help bring the party back."

BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department assured a federal judge Wednesday that a proposed agreement to reform Baltimore police practices will withstand the change in presidents.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marta Becket, a dancer and artist who spent decades presenting one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert hall that she made famous as the Amargosa Opera House, has died.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say a drive-by shooting killed two men in front of a high school during a basketball game.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blocked funding for the first time over so-called "sanctuary cities" after Austin's sheriff stopped complying with all federal immigration detainers.

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a man has been arrested in the parking lot shooting death of his ex-wife while their two small children were present.

DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer says a Detroit-area restaurant owner who lost five workers in a fire will plead guilty to illegally harboring immigrants but also insist he's not responsible for their deaths.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers want to require government-issued IDs in Tennessee to prominently feature the words "alien" or "non-U.S. citizen" in capital letters for anyone without permanent residency status.

CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on the global reaction to President Donald Trump's temporary suspension of immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries (all times local):

"The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan" (Harper), by Patricia Bosworth

MADRID (AP) — The loan of Ukraine striker Roman Zozulya from Real Betis to second-division club Rayo Vallecano is being called off after protests from Spanish fans who accused the player of having connections to radical groups back home.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia residents say they have found three decapitated bodies just days after Islamic State group-linked fighters abducted nine people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden endorses former Labor Secretary Tom Perez to head the Democratic National Committee.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says it will not use its usual computer software to tally and transmit election results amid reports that the software is outdated and could easily be hacked.