Новости за 18.08.2016

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal indictment alleges that a North Carolina man accused of plotting a terror attack in the U.S. communicated with a member of the Islamic State as he developed his plans. The indictment filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte said Justin Nojan Sullivan spoke with Junaid Hussain in June […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christie Brinkley is defending her daughter on social media after her appearance and privilege were criticized. The supermodel and mother rallied behind daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook on Instagram after the 18-year-old college student and model lashed out against online critics. Brinkley asked her followers to “choose to create beauty, through mutual […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Craig Watts’ stomach tightened ever so slightly whenever a news report about a military strike near where one of his parents was deployed flashed on the television screen. Those sudden moments when phone calls would just drop in the middle of long-distance conversations would cause some concern, too. “You’d never […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who targeted watches during a string of outlet store break-ins from Florida to Maine will have to serve time in prison. Forty-year-old Cuban national Alionis Perez pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges in May. He received a five-year sentence on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut and was […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gap offered a downbeat annual profit outlook late Thursday after reporting a 43 percent drop in net income for the second quarter, weighed down by moves to close stores. The San Francisco, California-based retailer, which operates stores under its namesake brand, Banana Republic and Old Navy, is facing the same problems […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Four groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking Walgreens for reassurance that its partnership with a Catholic health care system to run in-store clinics in the St. Louis area won’t limit women’s access to birth control. The drugstore giant announced in April that SSM Health, a St. Louis-based Catholic […]

PARIS (AP) — The French Justice ministry says a suspected Islamic extremist has been mistakenly granted too much money in damages for being kept in custody before a judge eventually dismissed his case. Farouk Ben Abbes was placed in custody in 2010 after being given preliminary terrorist charges and he sought damages when he was […]

ROME (AP) — Marine biologists in southern Italy have separated conjoined twin loggerhead turtles and released the surviving newborn into the Mediterranean Sea. The release occurred this week along the beaches of Campania where the endangered loggerheads come to nest every year. Fulvio Maffucci, marine biologist at Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, said Wednesday there had […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Harley-Davidson has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a complaint filed by federal environmental officials over racing tuners that caused its motorcycles to emit higher than allowed levels of air pollution. The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Thursday. According to documents filed in federal court, Harley-Davidson […]

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who already served time in prison for defrauding Home Depot has admitted doing it again. The U.S. attorney’s office says 56-year-old Robert Dooley, of Salem, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Boston federal court to 10 counts of wire fraud. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 15. Authorities say he took […]

LONDON (AP) — Robert De Niro has won planning permission for a luxury hotel in London’s Covent Garden area. Westminster Council approved plans Tuesday for the 83-room Wellington Hotel, backed by the actor and BD Hotels. The team already owns Manhattan’s Greenwich Hotel. The plans include a spa, restaurant, private members’ club and retail space. […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit to stop a 516-miles natural gas pipeline project that would travel through three Southeastern states. Groups including the Sierra Club filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The suit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers comes less […]

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will make his 11th and likely final presidential trip to Asia in early September. Obama will travel to China and Laos from Sept. 2-9. The stop in Laos will make him the first U.S. president to visit the Southeast Asian nation. In China, Obama […]

T-Mobile is getting rid of its different plans to offer just one that has unlimited data.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have returned to neighboring Turkey 14 migrants over the past two days, bringing to nearly 500 the total of people sent back under this year’s deal between the European Union and Turkey. The public order ministry says four Pakistani and two Algerian nationals who had entered Greece illegally were […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — U.S. boxer Shakur Stevenson has reached the Olympic bantamweight final after Russian semifinal opponent Vladimir Nikitin was ruled out with an injury. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) confirmed Thursday that Stevenson advanced by walkover. Stevenson will fight in Saturday’s final against either Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez or Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev. Stevenson […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says it needs to do “much more” to address its own involvement in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and the suffering of those affected, estimated at more than 770,000 people. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Thursday that […]

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Montana Tech has expelled 15 summer school students for cheating. Doug Abbott, vice chancellor for academic affairs, declined to release any other information to The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/2b3UQgl) including the classes in which the cheating occurred, how they cheated or if it was a coordinated effort. The school’s website lists aiding […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart will retire next summer after a five-year run that included consolidation of the men’s and women’s athletic departments, improvements in facilities and the settlement of a Title IX lawsuit. Hart’s announcement Thursday comes six weeks after Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement in a Title IX […]

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian border officials have denied entry to a popular Russian singer who was on the government’s unwanted list. The state border guard says Oleg Gazmanov arrived at Vilnius International Airport late Wednesday and was forced to spend a night in a hotel before he was put on a plane back to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak’s inspector general has launched a fraud and conflict of interest investigation involving the system’s police chief. Media outlets report that affidavits filed in federal court state Chief Polly Hanson was involved in preparing a contract that ABS Consulting won in 2014, but didn’t disclose the nature of her relationship with ABS’ […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former NFL star Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a case where he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states. Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced Sharper on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty or no-contest to charges arising from the […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police superintendent said Thursday that he will recommend the firing of seven officers who filed false reports in the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Superintendent Eddie Johnson said in a statement that after reviewing documents, video and other evidence, he was accepting the recommendation of the city’s inspector […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Days before authorities say a 6-year-old Florida boy fatally beat his newborn sister, a caller raised concerns about the family using the state’s child abuse hotline. Pinellas County Sheriff’s records show the caller told child protection investigators on Aug. 2 that the boy was abusive to his younger brother and […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police superintendent says he will recommend that 7 officers be fired in the killing of Laquan McDonald.