Новости за 19.07.2015

TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday he has no expectation of persuading Israeli leaders to drop their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, but will instead emphasize that the accord imposes no limits on what Washington can do to ensure the security of Israel and U.S. Arab allies.

BEIRUT - A U.S.-led coalition dropped new leaflets over the de facto capital of the Islamic State group in Syria, promising those below that "freedom will come" to the region, activists said Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's sole electricity provider says crews have pulled down nearly 10,000 illegal connections to the power grid and police have arrested over 300 people for theft so far this year.

CHICAGO - An attorney says Sandra Bland's family has ordered an independent autopsy to determine how the Chicago-area woman died in a Texas jail cell.

NEW YORK - Russell Simmons said Sunday he wasn't making a direct comparison between people and animals when he made references to a holocaust and slavery in talking about animal welfare last week.

PHILADELPHIA - The latest on newly obtained deposition testimony from Bill Cosby (all times local):

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - The family of the gunman who killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga says he had suffered from depression for many years and "was not the son we knew and loved."

LEE, Maine - A former convict charged in a Maine spree of violence that left two dead will appear in court in the town where he was apprehended Friday.

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister says an "aggressive and confrontational speech" by Iran's supreme leader shows that any expectations a nuclear deal would soften the militancy of the Islamic Republic were misguided.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - At least four bombings rocked Gaza City early Sunday, targeting cars belonging to officials from Islamic factions, including the territory's Hamas rulers. There were no fatalities from the blasts.

HOBART, Indiana - A coroner says the two men whose decomposed bodies were found in woods in northwestern Indiana might be brothers.

HAVANA - Cuba's blue, red and white-starred flag is set to fly outside the country's diplomatic mission in the United States for the first time since the countries severed ties in 1961.

MIAMI - Mayra Rios didn't want to leave her native Puerto Rico. But the constant bullying that her autistic son faced at school and the lack of services available to him were the last blow.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Maine hospital on Sunday, four days after the 91-year-old fell at his summer home and broke a bone in his neck.

BERLIN - A founding member of Germany's upstart Alternative for Germany party, who left after losing the leadership to a bitter rival, announced the creation of a new party Sunday with a fiscally conservative euroskeptic message.

JOHANNESBURG - Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has completed treatment for an infection but will remain in the hospital for observation, his foundation said Sunday.

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending her frank talk with a Palestinian refugee that brought the girl to tears - and has found an ally in the 14-year-old herself.

NEW YORK - Jet-setting stallions and high-flying hounds at New York's Kennedy Airport can look forward to a new luxury terminal that will handle the more than 70,000 animals flying in and out every year.

ASBURY PARK, New Jersey - Patrons of a Jersey shore bar had a night to remember when Bruce Springsteen gave a surprise show that lasted for nearly two hours.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - A single "pop" cut through the quiet morning. Those who heard it had a moment to ponder the noise.

WASHINGTON - Alzheimer's has ravaged generations of Dean DeMoe's family - his grandmother, father, siblings - all in their 40s and 50s.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis police say no one was hurt when bullets hit a squad car.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - On the night of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan strode onto a stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar and gave the music world a shock.

BOSTON - After a federal jury gave Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death penalty for his crimes, survivors of the 2013 attack expressed relief that at least the four-month trial was over.

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday suggested that Germany would show flexibility in negotiating how Greece deals with its massive debt, but again ruled out writing off part of the money.