Новости за 05.03.2016

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating after an overnight fire in the city's Dorchester neighborhood left one woman dead. Firefighters responded to the apartment building at 380 Talbot Avenue just before 4 a.m. Saturday. The woman was taken to Boston Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. Police haven't released the woman's identity. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

BEIRUT (AP) — One of the main Western-backed Syrian opposition groups has elected a new leader after the term of its former chief ended. The Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition says longtime member Anas al-Abda was elected president on Saturday, replacing Khaled Khoja. The coalition said in a statement that three other officials from the group have been named vice presidents. The coalition was once the main Western-backed opposition group. It is currently part of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall celebrated their marriage Saturday alongside family members, media executives and music stars in a church considered the spiritual home of British journalism. Murdoch wore a dark blue suit, Hall an ice-blue silk Vivienne Westwood dress accompanied by silver shoes and a small bouquet of cream flowers. Among some 100 guests at the service were actor Michael Caine, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, artist Tracey Emin, playwright Tom Stoppard, Live Aid founder Bob Geldof and former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman... Читать дальше...

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. Emma Coronel, mother of Guzman's twin 4-year-old daughters, has given unprecedented media interviews, issuing dire warnings about his health and pressuring the government to improve the conditions he endures his third time behind bars. Wearing an "Extradition Never!!!" sweat shirt emblazoned with a photo of his client... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Bingo Morning" game were: O70-B10-N39-O61-B11-I29-B12-I16-O64-B15-I25-O69-N31-G50-G46-N45-I17-N35-G54-G56-N34-B4-O68-B7-G59-I24-O71-G53-I20-O65-G57 (O70, B10, N39, O61, B11, I29, B12, I16, O64, B15, I25, O69, N31, G50, G46, N45, I17, N35, G54, G56, N34, B4, O68, B7, G59, I24, O71, G53, I20, O65, G57)

NEW YORK (AP) — An engineer who was at the controls of a speeding commuter train that killed four passengers when it derailed in New York in 2013 has been awarded a federal railroad retirement pension. Rockefeller's attorney, Daniel Seymour, tells the newspaper that Rockefeller will receive the payments for an unspecified disability that has made it impossible for him to return to work.

The Abilene Reporter-News (http://bit.ly/1TyA6Bh ) reports that a building committee was formed shortly after the fire destroyed the Potosi United Methodist Church in the community of Potosi (Po-TOW-si), located southeast of Abilene. Building committee member Tom Rigsby told the newspaper for a Friday story that the new church won't be an exact replica of the former white frame church, but will resemble it.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The heated presidential race comes to Louisiana on Saturday with voters casting their ballots for the nominees in the Republican and Democrat primaries. Trump made a last-minute campaign stop in New Orleans Friday evening, his second campaign appearance in the state this year. Trump touched on familiar themes during his rally, promising to build a wall on the Mexican border, railing against leaders he called "stupid" and "incompetent," and slamming President Barack Obama's Iran nuclear deal. Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced a year-long extension of a deal with a drug overdose antidote manufacturer to provide rebates for public agencies buying the drug. DeWine says nearly 60 Ohio agencies have applied for more than $151,000 in rebates to offset the cost of the life-saving drug.

A Donald Trump backer in Kansas has a stern warning for the establishment figures in the Republican Party who are frantically looking for any way to stop the billionaire businessman from grabbing the presidential nomination. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is planning to air a five-minute ad on the Univision television network ahead of Florida's Democratic primary on March 15. The campaign says the spot will feature Sanders' advocacy for workers in Florida's agricultural sector. Sanders... Читать дальше...

Gross domestic product numbers released Thursday by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis try to measure all of the economic output of each state. Output in the quarter was buoyed by a big increase in non-durable goods manufacturing, which includes petrochemical refining, offsetting weakness in oil and gas mining.

(AP) — Jefferson Parish authorities say a Kenner man will spend his life in prison after his conviction for second-degree murder and other crimes. The district attorney's office said the jury heard testimony about Maize shooting at his wife, pistol-whipping her, slicing her left cheek with a knife and ordering her to "kiss the ground" before beating her with a baseball bat.

(AP) — The family of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nine years ago while on a CIA mission is holding a rally Saturday demanding that the U.S. government keep pushing for his freedom. A 2013 Associated Press investigation revealed that the married father of seven was working for the CIA on an unauthorized intelligence-gathering mission to glean information about Iran's nuclear program. The 2013 AP investigation showed that in a breach of the most basic CIA rules, a team of analysts ... Читать дальше...

Advocates say the bill has bipartisan support in the Massachusetts House and Senate with 154 co-sponsors out of 200 members. The food industry has said it supports voluntary labeling policies but opposes mandatory labeling on packages of foods that include genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Conservatives' gut-level resistance to all things Obama — the man, his authority, his policies — gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Obama's policies, from the ambitious 2010 law overhauling the health care system to moving unilaterally on immigration, roiled conservatives who decried his activist agenda and argued about constitutional overreach. For all the numbers, though, Republicans were unable... Читать дальше...

Check out any Warriors game and you'll probably see celebs in the stands. Basketball fans all over the world are suddenly declaring themselves part of Dub Nation. And rappers can't stop name-dropping them in songs.

Is it possible to find a three bedroom mid-century modern home in San Francisco for under $1 million? Find one? Yes. Buy one? Too early to say. 165 Amber hasn’t even been on the market a week yet. The neighborhood Diamond Heights, part of San Francisco’s “District 4,” was one of the last in the

BEIJING (AP) — China's leadership tried to quell anxiety about its slowing economy following financial turmoil and rising labor unrest as it cut its growth target Saturday and promised to open the oil and telecom industries to private competitors in sweeping industrial reforms. A separate budget report released Saturday confirmed that military spending will rise 7.6 percent, which comes at a time of tensions with China's neighbors over disputed portions of the South China Sea. The premier promised... Читать дальше...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say they'll impound a suspected North Korean cargo ship docked northwest of Manila and eventually deport its North Korean crewmen in compliance with tough new U.N. Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest nuclear test and rocket launch.

BEIJING (AP) — China's government has highlighted big data, encryption technology and "core technologies" such as semiconductors as the key elements of its push to grow into a tech powerhouse, according to a new five-year plan released Saturday that envisages the Internet as a major source of growth as well as a potential risk. Even as it highlighted the need to improve Internet infrastructure to rural areas and unlock the digital economy's potential, Chinese economic planners called for a more secure and better managed Web... Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police have erected fences and are standing watch in front of the headquarters of Turkey's largest-circulation newspaper a day after it used tear gas and water cannons to storm the building and enforce a court-ordered seizure.

A plume of moisture will bring impacts to the West Coast on Saturday, while a low pressure system transitions across the Midwest. The heaviest rain will likely develop along western facing slopes across central and northern California, where 2 to 5 inches of rain will be possible on Saturday. Flash flood watches are in place for parts of northwest California and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say the U.S. Marshals Service has arrested two suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Army veteran at an ATM last month. The Journal reports that a friend who was with Lackey at the time of the shooting told officers they had stopped at the ATM around 9:45 p.m. to get cash, according to a police report.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police say 31 people were killed in a bus accident after a burst front tire sent the vehicle careening into the oncoming lane. Road accidents involving public transport vehicles are common in this southern African country due to the poor state of roads, faulty vehicles and driver negligence, according to Charamba.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered his annual address before China's parliament on Saturday, laying out the government's development agenda for the next five years and covering a broad variety of topics ranging from boosting the Internet industry and urban employment to cutting steel production and carbon emissions. Li highlighted China's pollution crisis for the second year in a row and promised a tougher response from the central government against companies that flout environmental protection laws. Читать дальше...