Новости за 18.11.2015

GARY, Indiana - A Florida-based company has withdrawn its request for a zoning variance to build an 800-bed immigration detention facility near the Gary Chicago International Airport.

HAVANA - Cuban officials blamed the United States late Tuesday for instigating a surge in the number of Cuban migrants attempting to reach the U.S. through Central America amid ongoing efforts to normalize relations between the former Cold War foes.

PARIS - A ceasefire between Syria's government and opposition could be just weeks away from reality, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday as he visited Paris to show solidarity with France after last week's attacks.

MANILA, Philippines - President Barack Obama says he's confident the U.S. will be able to execute a defense cooperation agreement with the Philippines despite a hold-up in implementation.

PARIS - French police hunted Tuesday for a second terrorist believed to have escaped after the bomb and gun massacres in Paris, while a U.S. official revealed that the suspected mastermind was part of an Islamic State cell that American intelligence agencies had been tracking for months.

LOS ANGELES - Michael C. Gross, an artist, illustrator, film producer and personal designer who created two of the most iconic pop culture images of the 20th century - the enduring "Ghostbusters" logo and a dog with a gun to its head for the cover of National Lampoon - has died of cancer at age 70.

SYDNEY - Wildfires raging across southwest Australia killed four people, officials said Wednesday, as a blistering heat wave swept through the country.

YOLA, Nigeria - A night-time suicide bombing blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency official said.

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's leader on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the former president's national security adviser for allegedly stealing more than $2 billion meant to purchase weapons for the military to fight Islamic militant Boko Haram rebels.

LINTHICUM, Maryland - Four people were removed from a Chicago-bound flight at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Tuesday morning after a passenger reported what she believed was suspicious behavior, but they were released hours later without charges, officials said.

BOSTON - Police say a drunken passenger who tried to open an exit door on a London-to-Boston flight is being charged with interfering with a flight crew.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Senate Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would extend state civil rights protections to LGBT people while also carving out broad exemptions for religious institutions and some small businesses that object to working with gay people.

ATLANTA - The Georgia Aquarium has decided not to appeal a federal judge's ruling that effectively prevents it from importing 18 beluga whales from Russia, officials said Tuesday.

DENVER - It's a mountain-bound battle between those who want to whoosh and those who want to shred.

NEW YORK - American Airlines is changing its frequent flier program, becoming the latest carrier to have passengers earn miles based on how much they spend rather than how far they fly.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis police say they're analyzing a handgun found two blocks from the home where a pastor's pregnant wife was shot and killed last week.

MUNCIE, Indiana - An Indiana museum has surrendered a bronze statue after learning it was likely stolen from a temple in India.

DENVER - A drone hovers about 30 feet above the skier's head, then quickly swoops down for a tighter angle so its video camera can capture his every move as he carves down a steep powder stash.

BALTIMORE - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops issued an election-year guide stressing a moral imperative to evaluate candidates according to their position on marriage and abortion. The decision Tuesday followed a brief debate at their national assembly over whether the document reflected the priorities of Pope Francis.

NEW YORK - Bebe Neuwirth is going back to school - the Emmy and Tony winner will be artistic adviser at the Manhattan School of Music's new bachelor's degree program in musical theater.

NEW YORK - The Hallmark Channel may have aired a movie titled "I'm Not Ready for Christmas" last week, but its viewers clearly are.

PRAGUE - The Czech Republic's president marked the 26th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution by addressing a rally of his supporters organized by an anti-Muslim group.