Новости за 18.11.2015

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana - Student organizers of a Purdue University demonstration last week have met with school President Mitch Daniels to discuss what they say are problems with campus racism.

NEW YORK - The Irish singer Eithne Ni Bhraonain - known to the world as Enya - has essentially created her own style of music and sold some 80 million CDs in three decades. Yet when she leaves a hotel after talking about her first new work in seven years, chances are she will walk Manhattan streets unnoticed.

CHICAGO - On a recent sunny Saturday morning on the great lawn in front of the Museum of Science and Industry, gusts of wind bullied a 40-foot balloon of the cartoon monkey schnickelfritz known as Curious George.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Fall behind on your student loans these days and you could end up getting more than hectoring phone calls and threatening letters. Some lenders are taking more people to court, attorneys say.

INDIANAPOLIS - The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for much of central Indiana.

CHICAGO - In a story Nov. 17 about the American Medical Association calling for a ban on direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads, The Associated Press misidentified PhRMA spokeswoman Tina Stow as Trish Stow. A corrected version of the story is below.

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday urged his countrymen to defy terrorists by going back to their normal way of life, visiting cafes, museums and sports stadiums, and not caving in to fear and xenophobia.

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball's minimum salary will remain at $507,500 next year because of a lack of inflation.

PARIS - The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):

HAVANA - The United States and Cuba signed an agreement Wednesday to join forces and protect the vast array of fish and corals both countries separated by just 90 miles (140 kilometers) of water share in common, the first environmental accord since announcing plans to renew diplomatic relations.

TRENTON, New Jersey - An on-duty New Jersey state trooper accused of driving drunk had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when he crashed into another car at a rest stop on the Garden State Parkway last month, police records show.

TORONTO - Royal Canadian Mounted Police have arrested a man carrying a concealed knife on Canada's Parliament Hill.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A U.N. team said Wednesday it found a secret underground detention center at a Sri Lankan navy base where many post-civil war detainees were believed to have been interrogated and tortured. The navy, however, denied there was any such center at the base.

HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets have fired Kevin McHale with the team off to a lackluster 4-7 start just a year after advancing to the Western Conference finals, The Associated Press has learned.

MURRAY, Kentucky - After two adults and two children were found dead in the ashes of a suspicious house fire, Kentucky State Police say they are conducting an "active criminal investigation."

ANKARA, Turkey - The latest news as hundreds of thousands make their way across Europe in search of safety and a better life. All times local.

CAIRO - The Islamic State group said Wednesday that it has killed Norwegian and Chinese captives after earlier demanding ransoms for the two men.

BEIRUT - Airstrikes on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa and its outskirts have killed at least 33 Islamic State group fighters over the past three days, an opposition group that tracks Syria's civil war said Wednesday.

NEW YORK - Members of the band Eagles of Death Metal say they're home safe after the Paris attacks and "are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France."

The Ford Escape gets better for 2016 with a new, easy-to-operate version of its Sync onboard communications and control system that's quicker to respond and more user-friendly.

ALBANY, New York - New York regulators say the British bank Barclays will pay a $150 million penalty and fire an executive for misconduct related to its automated electronic foreign exchange trading.

FARGO, North Dakota - University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school's new nickname, the school announced Wednesday.

SAINT-DENIS, France - Saint-Denis, the site of a deadly police raid Wednesday targeting suspects in Friday's Paris attacks that killed 129 people, is one of France's most historic places. French kings were crowned and buried through the centuries in its famed basilica. Today, it is home to a vibrant and ethnically diverse population and sees sporadic tension between police and youths. Here are some background details about the area:

CAIRO - The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

JACKSON, Georgia - A death row inmate's last meal request for a six pack of beer has been denied.