Новости за 21.07.2015

LOS ANGELES - The ESPY Awards, highlighted by Caitlyn Jenner's acceptance of a trophy for bravery, proved a ratings champion.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Grammy-winning songwriter Wayne Carson, who wrote hits like the Willie Nelson classic "Always On My Mind," and The Box Tops' "The Letter," has died. He was 72.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - A Fort Wayne man has been sentenced to 91 years in prison after being found guilty of the shooting death of a convenience store owner.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Federal, state and local authorities have raided a rural property near South Bend.

CLINTON, Connecticut - An 18-year-old Connecticut man may be in trouble with federal aviation officials after posting a video online that shows shots being fired from a drone that had been jury-rigged with a handgun.

NEW YORK - Drugmaker Horizon Pharma PLC is boosting its offer for fellow drugmaker Depomed to $33 per share.

TORONTO - BlackBerry Ltd. is undergoing another round of job cuts as it deals with weak smartphone sales and pushes ahead with a restructuring plan.

In the 1970s, Bill Cosby created "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids," a Saturday-morning cartoon series based loosely on his Philadelphia childhood that promoted good behavior and morality.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - For a band inspired by art in totalitarian regimes, a gig in North Korea is a dream come true.

MALE, Maldives - Parliament in the Maldives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to impeach the vice president after accusing him of dereliction of his duties.

Pfizer is expanding its research on vaccines to eventually cover the entire lifespan, from shots for pregnant women to protect babies from the moment of birth to vaccines for senior citizens with waning immune systems.

DAKAR, Senegal - The trial of Chad's ex-dictator Hissene Habre was suspended on Tuesday until September to allow court-appointed lawyers to prepare his defense.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - The National Guard Armory in Tallahassee has been evacuated after a man reported placing a bomb inside the facility.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Hungarian government says it expects up to 300,000 migrants to reach the country this year, around twice its earlier estimate.

"Who Let the Dog Out?" (Minotaur), by David Rosenfelt

ATHENS, Greece - Under Alexis Tsipras, Greece slid back into recession, sank deeper into debt and found itself pushed to the brink of bankruptcy. Then after rejecting one painful bailout deal, the radical left leader agreed to a new one with possibly just as harsh terms.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - The odds of a Grand Slam already were long simply because no one had ever swept the four professional majors in one year. If that's the best measure, this sobering piece of history might make Jordan Spieth feel even worse.

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Ronald Roberts to a multiyear contract.

PARIS - A French prosecutor's office says there is not sufficient reason to bring charges in the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and asked that the case be dismissed.

NEW YORK - Eighty years after the release of "Green Hills of Africa," the son and grandson of Ernest Hemingway are urging a fresh look at a work critics have often set aside.

PHILADELPHIA - A heavy equipment operator charged in a building collapse that killed six people and injured 12 during a demolition project in downtown Philadelphia pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter and other charges.

NEW YORK - Movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings says president and CEO Gerry Lopez will leave the company in August "to pursue another opportunity."

BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Burundi voted in its disputed presidential election Tuesday following a night of gunfire in which three people were killed, including two police officers, in unrest over President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term that his opponents say is unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON - Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, says new research that illustrates the especially hard toll that Alzheimer's takes on women.

HELSINKI - A leading Nazi hunter has asked Denmark to investigate a 90-year-old Dane suspected of being involved in the mass murder of Jews in Belarus during World War II.