Новости за 23.07.2015

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Kentucky's state fair board and its parks department took stands Thursday to block the sale of Confederate battle flag merchandise, actions praised by a civil rights leader but condemned by a rebel flag supporter who called it "viewpoint discrimination."

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado - United Airlines says no mechanical or technical problems were found after a plane headed to Los Angeles from Denver made an emergency landing in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Wednesday.

MUSKEGON, Michigan - A 214-foot steamship called the John V. Moran has been discovered in Lake Michigan, more than a century after it sank.

NEW YORK - The musical based on the novel "American Psycho" is hoping to slay Broadway audiences.

MIAMI - No criminal charges will be brought against a Miami Beach police officer whose use of a Taser caused the accidental death of a young graffiti artist almost two years ago, prosecutors said Thursday.

SPOTSWOOD, New Jersey - A man who police say sneaked into a central New Jersey home and hid under a bed for three days before he was found was the ex-boyfriend of the homeowners' daughter.

LOS ANGELES - A veteran Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in jail after authorities said she kicked and struck a handcuffed woman who later died.

BOULDER, Colorado - Dynel Lane, the Colorado woman accused of cutting out an expectant mother's unborn child in an attack earlier this year, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Boulder County court.

SANTIAGO, Chile - A judge has charged 10 former soldiers in the killing of internationally renowned Chilean folk singer and political activist Victor Jara, who was tortured and shot to death just days after the country's 1973 coup.

RAPID CITY, South Dakota - The trial of a South Dakota man accused of harassing American Indian children with racial slurs and spilling beer on them at a hockey game ended Thursday but a judge said he won't issue a decision for several weeks.

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INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana State Fair has asked vendors not to sell or display Confederate flag merchandise at next month's event.

MCLEAN, Virginia - Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $863 million.

SEATTLE - The father of the Washington state teenager who fatally shot four high school classmates and then himself in October pleaded not guilty in federal court on Thursday to five new firearms charges.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. Navy nurse who refused to force-feed prisoners on an extended hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has received an ethics award from the American Nurses Association.

DALLAS - AT&T Inc. (T) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $3.04 billion.

DENVER - Janus Capital reported higher second-quarter net income and revenue on Thursday, helped by an increase in fees for managing investments. But the amount of money Janus manages slipped from earlier in the year.

ROME - Save the Children reports that another 35-40 African refugees have drowned while trying to reach Italy from Libya.

DALLAS - A helicopter crew tracing the path of a bright green light in the early morning darkness Wednesday guided deputies to a suspect in the shining of a laser at eight commercial planes flying near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

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CULIACAN, Mexico - Palatial tombs mark the final resting spots of top narcotics traffickers in the Jardines de Humaya cemetery in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan.

Federal officials say the captain of a Southwest Airlines plane that made a hard landing in 2013 should have pulled up and attempted a fresh approach to the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

DALLAS - Cheaper fuel and full planes are adding up to record airline profits, and the carriers are sharing the bounty with stockholders.

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge ruled Thursday that he does not have the authority to make new custody orders in Kelly Rutherford's international custody battle because the actress now lives in New York.

NEW YORK - Leonardo DiCaprio raised over $40 million to help save the planet at an auction in Saint-Tropez, France, on Wednesday night.