Новости за 05.11.2015

NEW YORK - A massive new commuter rail project below New York City's Grand Central Terminal - one of the nation's largest transportation upgrades - is slowly rolling forward, including a tunnel costing $1 million per foot, the chief engineer said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter who crafted the enchanting worlds of iconic family films including "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial," has died. She passed away Wednesday at age 65 after a bout with neuroendocrine cancer, her sister, Melinda Mathison Johnson, confirmed.

NEW YORK - WNBA President Laurel J. Richie knew it was time to move on.

DENVER - More than 10 minutes passed between the time a woman first called 911 to report a man with a rifle on her Colorado Springs street and her second call reporting he had shot a bicyclist to death, 911 calls released Wednesday show.

SEATTLE - Chris Collins has always been selective about where he goes out for a meal. He said he respected Chipotle for its food integrity and animal welfare policies.

FOX LAKE, Illinois - For weeks, investigators said they were searching for the killers of a small-town police officer known as "G.I. Joe." Thousands attended the funeral of Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. Many lauded him as a hero, the latest law enforcer to die at a time when police feel under attack.

SACRAMENTO, California - Californians are set to decide next year whether to require actors in pornographic movies to wear condoms, taking up an issue that could affect the future of the state's multibillion-dollar adult film industry.

SAN MIGUEL TECOMATLAN, Mexico - Mexican and Argentine experts on Wednesday exhumed the body of a student who was found dead with his face skinned off hours after 43 of his colleagues disappeared at the hands of police and a drug gang.

LAS VEGAS - A jury decided Wednesday that a 29-year-old self-styled pimp should be sentenced to death for killing three people by opening fire into a moving vehicle after a dispute at a hip-hop event in a posh Las Vegas Strip resort.

TORONTO - Alexander Burmistrov scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

SAN DIEGO - A gunman in a rooftop apartment surrendered to police Wednesday after a more than five-hour standoff that interrupted air traffic at the San Diego airport.

WASHINGTON - Bradley Beal made a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining to lift the Washington Wizards to a 102-99 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.

LOS ANGELES - The owner of the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday offered to loan $3 million to the bankrupt owner of a rival Southern California newspaper, a move that could set the stage for a bidding war.

HANOI, Vietnam - Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Vietnam on Thursday comes as the two communist countries seek to mend ties strained over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

NEW YORK - Singer Eric Church dropped a surprise album on the day of the Country Music Association Awards.

MERCED, California - A male college student burst into a morning class at a California university with a hunting knife Wednesday and may have killed his intended victim if not for the heroic intervention of a construction worker who ran into the room to break up the attack.

CLEVELAND - LeBron James has intentionally torn the sleeves on the new jerseys being worn by the Cavaliers in their game against the New York Knicks.

SYDNEY - Talks between Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson and Football Federation Australia have broken down over the sale of the A-League's Newcastle Jets.

NEW YORK - Recently divorced singer Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, who filed for divorce in August, are dating.

NEW YORK - A painting by Amedeo Modigliani sold for $42.8 million, well above its estimate, on the first day of Sotheby's fall art auction on Wednesday.

BELIZE CITY - Authorities in Belize say there was a modest turnout for Wednesday's voting in the small Central American nation.

Fred McNeill, the former Minnesota linebacker who helped the Vikings reach two Super Bowls in his 12-year NFL career, has died. He was 63.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Malaysian government on Thursday returned to U.S. custody human remains recovered from the crash of a U.S. military transport plane in 1945.

RANCHO SANTA FE, California - Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson has decided to leave swing coach Butch Harmon after eight years.

RICHMOND, Kentucky - A central Kentucky police officer was shot in the head and severely wounded Wednesday morning while searching an apartment for a man who tried to mug a woman in the parking lot of a downtown gas station, authorities and witnesses said.