Новости за 20.07.2015

PARIS - Germany has awarded medals of honor to a French couple who spent decades bringing Nazi war criminals to justice - sometimes by unconventional means.

NEW YORK - Critics dismissed it as a rough draft for "To Kill a Mockingbird" and readers despaired over an aging, racist Atticus Finch.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Authorities in the Balkan countries say people have been collapsing on the streets amid a heat wave that have seen temperatures in the region reach 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

CANTON, New York - A tax collector in northern New York has been arrested on allegations she falsified her own tax records to avoid paying up.

PHILADELPHIA - The attorney for an excavator operator charged in the Philadelphia building collapse that killed six people two years ago says his client plans to plead guilty Tuesday to charges including involuntary manslaughter and causing a catastrophe.

MINNEAPOLIS - Construction of the Minnesota Vikings new stadium is more than half way done.

ROME CITY, Indiana - Authorities say flooding on some northeastern Indiana lakes has forced some residents to evacuate their homes.

MILAN - Elio Fiorucci, founder of the Fiorucci brand that pioneered stretch jeans and exemplified the youthful, graphic ethos of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at age 80.

PHILADELPHIA - Overwhelming customer demand has forced the Philadelphia area's transit system to halt the sale of special rail passes to be used during Pope Francis' September visit to the city.

NEW YORK - Jon Stewart enters the home stretch of his 16 years on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" on Monday, with 12 more nights of jokes at the expense of those who make and report the news before he signs off for good on Aug. 6.

PINEHURST, North Carolina - The Atlantic Coast Conference has entered a period of strength and stability. Nobody's coming in anytime soon, and nobody's leaving.

ISTANBUL - An explosion rocked the Turkish city of Suruc near the Syrian border on Monday, killing 30 people and wounding nearly 100 others in what Turkish authorities said appeared to be an Islamic State-inspired suicide bombing.

TORONTO - A Canadian-owned dating website for married people seeking affairs says it has suffered a cyberattack after hackers claimed to have stolen confidential customer information, threatening to publish it unless the company is shut down.

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one week after launching his bid for the 2016 presidential nomination, signed a bill Monday that outlaws non-emergency abortions at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.

ENGLEWOOD, Florida - A 77-year-old Florida man has been fired from his job as a toll booth operator after reportedly using his own money to pay a toll for a tractor trailer whom he had undercharged.

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island - Play-Doh and "Jurassic World" toys helped push Hasbro's sales higher in the second quarter to beat analysts' estimates.

U.S. stock indexes are edging higher in midday trading as investors review the latest batch of corporate earnings.

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton plans later this week to propose raising capital gains taxes for some investors. It's part of her effort to encourage greater focus on longer-term economic growth.

RIPLEY, Ohio - A pregnant woman was killed along with two of her children when their mobile home was swept away during a weekend torrential downpour, a coroner said Monday as authorities began assessing damage to homes and roads in southern Ohio.

DALLAS - Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby doesn't believe his league is at any disadvantage with 10 teams, and says there isn't any real push for expansion.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A former lottery security official has been found guilty of fraud for rigging a Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot.

VALLAURIS, France - The likely visit of Saudi Arabia's king to his family's Riviera mansion has stirred the ire of beachgoers who will be banned from a stretch of sand.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan - The University of Michigan has officially opened a simulated city that will be used to test driverless and connected vehicles.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - "Breaking Bad" actor Steven Michael Quezada (keh-ZAH'-dah) is jumping in a heated race for county commissioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

BEIJING - Former President Hu Jintao's top aide has been arrested on corruption charges, stripped of his party membership and removed from all government positions, China's state media said Monday.