Новости за 30.03.2016

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — First the hijacker said the women could leave. All the children, too. Then the man in the suicide vest agreed that all Egyptians and others from Muslim backgrounds would be allowed to escape from the plane.

NEW YORK (AP) — A few weeks back, Mike Lonergan's buddy sent him a basketball net. The message was pure motivation: cut one down in March.

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday as technology stocks traded higher for the second day in a row. Consumer companies gained steam as cruise lines rose. The beleaguered financial industry recovered some of its losses from earlier this year.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Wednesday as technology companies traded higher for the second day in a row and consumer companies gained steam as cruise lines rose. The beleaguered financial sector recovered some of its losses from earlier…

Four Lower Columbia athletes were selected to the Associated Press all-state basketball teams, announced Wednesday.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Police in Southern California are searching for a pair of thieves who stole Easter eggs meant for a toddler with Down syndrome from a family's front yard.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music streaming leader Spotify has raised $1 billion in debt as it looks to buy companies that could accelerate its growth before listing shares on the public market within the next couple of years, according to…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African judicial authorities say sentencing hearings for Oscar Pistorius, who murdered girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will be held in June.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to make it easier for private landowners to challenge in court a government designation of property as protected federal wetlands.

ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti (AP) — Forced out of the Dominican Republic, Anise Germain and her family pitched a flimsy tent of blankets and cardboard on a patch of rocky ground just across the border in Haiti. She feared they might never…

Victims of the attacks on Brussels' airport and subway included commuters heading to work and travelers starting long-anticipated vacations. They came from dozens of nations to a city that's home to the European Union, NATO and other international institutions.

NEW YORK (AP) — Leaving Columbia wasn't an easy choice for Kyle Smith.

WASHINGTON (AP) — MetLife has won a major legal challenge to the government's policy for preventing another financial crisis, as a federal judge tossed out its designation by regulators that its failure would pose a threat to the financial system.

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — A proposed class-action lawsuit claims Southern California surfers have spent decades using violence and intimidation to protect their surf spot from intrusion by outsiders.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are granting use of an experimental test to screen blood donations for Zika virus, an emergency step designed to protect local blood supplies from the mosquito-borne virus.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A clash over chocolate-filled cookies has culminated in Trader Joe's settling a lawsuit filed by Pepperidge Farm.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music streaming leader Spotify has raised $1 billion in debt as it looks to buy companies that could accelerate its growth before listing shares on the public market within the next couple years, according to a…

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the flow of refugees and other migrants into Europe (all times local):

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A report of armed men near an Arkansas elementary school led to a campus lockdown before police confirmed the three were actually pest control employees chasing squirrels.

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — The Latest on the plane hijacking from Alexandria, Egypt, to Cyprus. (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients. It's a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slightly higher Wednesday afternoon as banks and technology companies rise. Cruise line companies are jumping after Carnival posted strong first-quarter results. The market is building on a rally that started the day before…

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The head of a U.N.-brokered Libyan unity government arrived in the capital by sea Wednesday to set up a temporary seat of power in a naval base despite threats from competing factions, which prevented him from…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kansas and Michigan State are participating in the Final Four after all, albeit on a much smaller scale than expected.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military chief on Wednesday issued a rare memo to soldiers, urging them to use their weapons responsibly in the wake of the deadly shooting of a Palestinian attacker as he already lay wounded on the ground.