Новости за 26.06.2015

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - A Haitian man has been sentenced to 16 years in an American prison for taking U.S. citizens hostage in Haiti in 2012.

A tractor-trailer driver whose semi crashed into a bus in Oklahoma and killed four members of the North Central Texas College softball team faces manslaughter charges.

NEW YORK - After a sizzling rally that more than doubled the value of China's main stock market over the past year, investors are now heading for the exit.

Wildfires are chewing through parched parts of the West, including a resurgent blaze in California that forced residents of some desert communities to flee their homes. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them:

NEW YORK - Three large women have celebrated body positivity by having their naked bodies painted in public in midtown Manhattan.

PHILADELPHIA - Jahlil Okafor could get a solo turn as the next big man to put the 76ers' fate on his 6-foot-11 frame.

SACRAMENTO, California - Jeff Maggert and Peter Fowler shared the lead midway through the second round of the U.S. Senior Open.

PHILADELPHIA - The Washington Nationals have placed infielder Anthony Rendon on the 15-day disabled list and selected the contract of infielder Emmanuel Burriss from Triple-A Syracuse on Friday.

INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge has refused to reduce the 50-year prison sentence for a former Indianapolis businessman convicted of defrauding investors in an Ohio company of $200 million even though an appeals court threw out two of the 12 counts against him.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Guilty verdicts in some of the nation's most high-profile criminal cases have been thrown out recently because of jurors who were not truthful. But despite the recent problems with jurors, legal experts say these cases are the exception.

SAINT-QUENTIN-FALLAVIER, France - A truck driver once under surveillance for radical Islamic ties crashed into an American-owned chemical warehouse in southeastern France on Friday and hung his employer's severed head on a factory gate, along with banners with Arabic inscriptions.

NEW YORK - Lubash, the 1-5 favorite, beat two rivals Friday in the $67,500 allowance feature on the turf for New York breds at Belmont Park.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Thousands of people in Puerto Rico celebrated Friday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow gay marriage as authorities rushed to approve legislation extending marriage rights in the socially conservative U.S. territory.

BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Elections in Burundi should be postponed until conditions to make the polls free and fair are met, a leading opposition candidate said Friday, days before the country holds parliamentary elections.

BEND, Oregon - A beaver protecting its dam attacked two central Oregon men, who fell into a river and got taken to the hospital.

DENVER - Emmanuel Mudiay says he's ready to step into the Denver Nuggets lineup and help lead the franchise to its first championship.

NEW YORK - Stocks had a mixed day Friday, as investors waited for negotiators to finish their work on a solution to Greece's debt problems. Chinese stocks plunged 7 percent as fears spread that a yearlong bull rally there has become overheated. China's benchmark index is still up more than double over the past year.

PHILADELPHIA - An emotional Ryne Sandberg resigned as Phillies manager in his third season as Philadelphia struggles with the worst record in the major leagues.

The latest in the Charleston church shooting. (All times local.)

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors say a former special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the theft of digital currency during an investigation into online drug market Silk Road.

NEW YORK - Baltimore pitcher Dennis Torres has been suspended for 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program following a second positive test for a "drug of abuse."

CHICAGO - A former U.S. congressman from Illinois who has been in legal trouble before is in legal trouble again - this time for allegedly not filing required federal tax returns for consecutive years.

NEW YORK - Donald Trump to Univision: Get off my lawn.

JUNEAU, Alaska - Crews resumed recovery efforts Friday at a remote site in southeast Alaska where a sightseeing plane crashed, killing all nine people aboard.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee forward Armani Moore's college career has offered him lessons on the importance of adapting to change and responding to adversity.