Новости за 14.07.2016

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Fort Worth won’t seek the death penalty if the 32-year-old estranged wife of an internationally known pianist is convicted of capital murder for the deaths of her two young daughters. An attorney for Sofya Tsygankova (tsih-GAN’-koh-vah), Joetta Keane, tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/2a1rUtH ) that her client’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress exited a sweltering Washington on Thursday, its dysfunction on full display as it left behind must-do legislation to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a stalemate over lawmakers’ basic job of fulfilling agency budgets. The twin failures highlighted the one step forward, two steps back nature of the bitterly-divided Congress, even […]

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City police union is pushing for an increasingly armed and armored police force after last week’s shooting in Dallas left five officers dead. In a publicly released letter, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 123 asked the city department Wednesday to allow officers to carry personal rifles on duty and […]

This week, we saw NASA spacecraft Juno's first pictures from Jupiter and the deepest view yet of the Orion Nebula.

Washington State quarterback Luke Falk has been named to the Davey O'Brien national quarterback award watch list, the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced Thursday.

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande’s $11,000-a-month barber bills have ignited a national scandal, undermining his carefully constructed image as a regular guy. But hair challenges have bedeviled plenty of other politicians. Here’s a look at some hair-raising moments: EDWARDS: HAIR CUTS FROM $1,250 to $12.95 In 2007, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando police say there was a break-in at the Pulse nightclub just hours after law enforcement released the Orlando nightclub to its owner. Orlando police officials said on the agency’s Twitter account Thursday that the break-in occurred the previous night. They promised to release further details later in the day. The […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An outside review of New York’s $178 billion pension fund for public workers shows it has been managed responsibly for the past three years but needs more staff and higher pay to continue the quality performance and cut costs for outside advisers. The second review of the Common Retirement Fund since […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state of Illinois’ spending will outstrip what it brings in by nearly $8 billion this year, according to a government analysis obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The legislative Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability reviewed the budget deal that lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner approved in June on the […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Women professionals will soon be better represented in emoji form. Google says Thursday that the Unicode Consortium, which controls emoji standards, has agreed to add 11 new emojis in response to Google’s proposal in May to create a set of emojis “with a goal of highlighting the diversity of women’s […]

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say a previously unknown group of Stone Age farmers may have introduced agriculture to South Asia, challenging earlier theories that attributed the spread of farming to a different population. Previous research held that a single group of hunter-gatherers developed agriculture in the Middle East some 10,000 years ago and then migrated […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Donald Trump seeks to unify the fractured GOP around his presidential candidacy, protest groups will gather outside the Republican National Convention to raise their voices on issues from the party’s nominee and agenda, to immigration reform and poverty, and race relations and police accountability. Authorities anticipate spontaneous gatherings during the […]

SYRACUSE, Sicily (AP) — Italian navy officials say that the death toll from the April 2015 migrant shipwreck could be closer to the original 700 estimate. Adm. Nicola de Felice told The Associated Press on Thursday that forensic experts have gathered human remains in 458 body bags from the vessel retrieved this summer from the […]

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) — A homeless couple was arrested after the woman’s three young children were punished by being sent into a California desert without shoes or water, authorities said Thursday. The children — a 7-year-old girl and 6- and 5-year-old boys — did not require medical treatment Wednesday after a resident spotted them […]

The national scenic trail’s northern leg offers some of its grandest views. Here are some trail veterans’ favorite stretches.

Tim Tebow will be there. Tom Brady will pass. Brady initially was floated as a speaker at next week’s Republican National Convention. But according to a list obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, the New England Patriots quarterback won’t appear on stage. Brady is friends with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Trump told Fox […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts medical examiner’s office has ruled that former New England Patriots defensive lineman Ron Brace likely died from an irregular heartbeat combined with a heart condition caused by high blood pressure. An agency spokesman confirmed the cause of death Wednesday. The manner of death was ruled natural and is not considered […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. He had sealed a deal to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team he grew up watching in suburban Minneapolis. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message […]

DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court has overturned a 1996 decision and said mug shots of federal criminal defendants can be withheld from the news media in Michigan and three other states. In a 9-7 ruling Thursday, the court cited privacy concerns and said the photos don’t have to be released under the federal Freedom […]

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the high-speed pursuit of a motorist arrested after an armed standoff on a California freeway began when police received a tip that the man resembled the sketch of a shooting suspect wanted in seven Arizona homicides. Phoenix Police Sgt. Jonathan Howard said early Thursday that his department believes the […]

BERLIN (AP) — A 91-year-old woman is in trouble with a German museum after taking an art work depicting part of a crossword too literally. “Reading-work-piece,” from 1965, was created by avant-garde artist Arthur Koepcke. It features the phrase “Insert Words” and was displayed at Nuremberg’s Neues Museum. Museum spokesman Eva Martin on Thursday confirmed […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it will release a woman who supporters say has served the longest-ever jail sentence for a female conscientious objector. In a statement Thursday, the army said it had found Tair Kaminer “unfit for service.” In Israel, military service is mandatory for most young Jewish men and women. Kaminer, […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the Middle East’s biggest carriers, Qatar Airways, has announced an agreement to purchase a 49-percent stake in Italy’s second largest carrier, Meridiana. The airline made the announcement Thursday at the Farnborough Airshow after signing an agreement with Alisarda, the parent of company of Meridiana. Earlier in the […]

CICERO, N.Y. (AP) — Someone in New York’s Department of Transportation needs help spelling Syracuse. A road sign directing motorists to the Syracuse airport has the city’s name misspelled as S-R-Y-A-C-U-S-E. The “Sryacuse Airport” sign is along the on-ramp to Interstate 481’s southbound lanes in the town of Cicero, just north of Syracuse. The Post-Standard […]