Новости за 29.09.2015

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president has proposed creating three "special economic zones" to spur development in the country's poorer southern areas.

PHILADELPHIA - A demolition contractor charged with murder after a building collapse killed six people inside a thrift store is set to go on trial in Philadelphia after refusing to plead to involuntary manslaughter.

NEW YORK - Amazon is testing an Uber-like service for delivering its one-hour Prime Now packages that will enlist people to deliver packages for Amazon with their own cars.

NEWARK, New Jersey - As state and federal officials look for an estimated $15 billion for a new train tunnel between New York and New Jersey, passengers along the rail line known as the Northeast Corridor contend with regular disruptions caused by track configurations and infrastructure dating to the time of the Model T - or earlier.

NEW YORK - A new children's museum is opening in Harlem.

DENVER - Colorado's highest court heard arguments Tuesday on whether ski resorts are liable for avalanches within their boundaries - a question with potentially far-reaching implications for the state's $3 billion-a-year ski industry.

NEW YORK - The Who have announced the rescheduled dates for their axed fall tour, now kicking off in February 2016.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Tuesday, while three tourists were lightly wounded by Palestinian stone throwers as tensions remained high following days of violence at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.

NEW YORK - Coca-Cola says it will not renew its sponsorship of a professional group for dietitians, bringing to a halt one of many outreach efforts on health by the world's biggest soda maker.

NEW YORK - A dozen corporations, including Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Coca-Cola Co., are joining a new coalition to push for LGBT rights in the workplace in places beyond the U.S. and Western Europe.

MUNCIE, Indiana - A proposed settlement of alleged Clean Air Act violations involving a Muncie company's lead smelter has upset environmental groups because the agreement doesn't require the firm to retrofit its complex with equipment that could dramatically cut lead emissions.

DENVER - Colorado's highest court heard arguments Tuesday on whether ski resorts are liable for avalanches within their boundaries - a question with potentially far-reaching implications for the state's $3 billion-a-year ski industry.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is countering the release of Apple's latest iPhones with two devices running on a new version of Android software designed to steer and document even more of its users' lives.

SANAA, Yemen - The death toll from Saudi-led airstrikes that hit a wedding party in Yemen has risen to 131, making it the deadliest single incident since the start of the country's civil war, medical officials said Tuesday.

FORT PIERRE, South Dakota - Media mogul Ted Turner has bought a South Dakota ranch that was the setting for part of the Academy Award-winning movie "Dances with Wolves."

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Autopsy results show that the man who attacked moviegoers at a Nashville-area theater before he was fatally shot by police had no alcohol or drugs in his system.

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's prime minister on Tuesday survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote, as expected, a week after the start of his corruption trial.

UNITED NATIONS - South Sudan's president and rebel leader on Tuesday blamed each other for breaking the country's cease-fire, although President Salva Kiir told a high-level U.N. meeting that his commitment to the peace deal is "unwavering."

NEW YORK - Christina Aguilera has visited Haiti, Rwanda and Guatemala on relief effort trips, but last week in Ecuador she not only offered support to struggling and hungry children - she also connected with her roots.

SAO PAULO - Police say they have found seven bodies buried in the backyard of a house painter's home in a slum of Brazil's biggest city.

NEW YORK - Lady Gaga is the woman of the year, according to Billboard magazine.

LOS ANGELES - Television loves music stars, as two deals with Nicki Minaj and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson demonstrate.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is expanding its online grocery service to eight more locations.

INDIANAPOLIS - Longtime Indiana state Rep. William Crawford will lie in state in the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda ahead of his funeral this week.

GARY, Indiana - The girls sat side by side Friday, eating their lunch and talking, with one offering the other a bite of pizza.