Новости за 18.06.2015

NEW YORK - The $3.9 billion transportation hub at New York's World Trade Center will open later this year.

SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube has started a video news service to showcase the most interesting clips recorded and posted by eyewitnesses at events unfolding around the world.

NEW YORK - It certainly seems like a rotten time to be a bargain hunter in the stock market.

INDIANAPOLIS - Firefighters helped 10 people stranded on a gondola ride at the Indianapolis Zoo get down after it became stuck.

SALT LAKE CITY - One Utah university is giving students glued to their cellphones a place to call their own: a designated lane for texting while walking.

WASHINGTON - The agency that failed to secure data on millions of federal workers is now being criticized by its own independent watchdog over a plan to modernize its aging computer networks.

NEW YORK - For "Fifty Shades of Grey" fans, Thursday belonged to Christian.

NEW YORK - NBC said Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his job as "Nightly News" anchor following his suspension for misrepresenting himself, but will be given a second chance with the company as a breaking news anchor at the cable network MSNBC.

NEW YORK - Lyft, the ride-hailing service, will pay $300,000 to settle allegations that it violated New York laws.

WASHINGTON - Tired of automated phone calls urging you to vote for a certain candidate or pitching you a cruise vacation? You can now tell your phone company that federal regulators say it's OK to block them.

EVANSVILLE, Indiana - Bosse Field in Evansville has become the third baseball stadium in regular use to hit the century mark, joining Chicago's Wrigley Field and Boston's Fenway Park.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - A special prosecutor says an investigation into allegations that the South Bend mayor's chief of staff had a city employee do work at her home at taxpayer expense found no wrongdoing.

NEW YORK - James "Jimmy" Lee, the JPMorgan Chase banker who helped arrange some of the biggest corporate deals for companies including General Motors, News Corp. and Facebook, died Wednesday. He was 62 years old.

NBC has aired a weeknight newscast for nearly seven decades, but only a handful of anchors have presided over it. Here is the roster:

UNIVERSAL CITY, California - "That's how a roller coaster feels!" exclaimed a soaking-wet Bhagavan Angulo, 23, as he emerged from the "Jurassic Park" ride at Universal Studios Hollywood.

WASHINGTON - Critics have long predicted that President Barack Obama's policy to shift America's focus toward Asia is doomed. The legislative battle over his trade agenda could prove the acid test.

LOS ANGELES - California state officials released reports Thursday detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the next-generation technology is performing during testing on public roads.

DALLAS - The city of Dallas has asked a federal court to settle a long-running fight over which airlines can operate out of its local airport.

NEW YORK - While Lester Holt's ascension to full-time anchor of NBC's "Nightly News" came as a result of Brian Williams' stunning downfall, no one can say he hasn't worked hard to take advantage of an opportunity.

"The President's Shadow" by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central)

MONTPELIER, Vermont - Vermont's first-in-the-nation law requiring the labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms could cost the nation's grocers up to $10 million a day in fines, according to a letter from an industry organization that is suing the block the law.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Black Expo President Tanya Bell says the organizations thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of a deadly shooting at a South Carolina church.

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Schilling isn't a fan of seeing herself on the big screen. Toss in some partial nudity and awkward sex scenes from her new comedy "The Overnight" and the actress is positively mortified.

LOS ANGELES - Sunday will be Perez Hilton's first Father's Day with his baby girl, but he won't be going out to celebrate.

NEW YORK - A former Rikers Island guard convicted of ignoring the pleas of a dying inmate dabbed tears from his eyes Thursday after he was handed a five-year prison term by a judge who said the sentence was intended to be a deterrent to others.