Новости за 14.12.2015

BRUSSELS - Turkey has taken a step forward in its long-delayed membership talks with the European Union.

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Sporting Kansas City signed veteran Justin Mapp on Monday, making the midfielder the first free agent to sign a contract in Major League Soccer history.

SALEM, Massachusetts - The latest on the trial of a Massachusetts teenager charged with raping and killing his high school math (all times local):

MIDDLE RIVER, Maryland - Police in Maryland say a man was shot to death after he grabbed knives from a kitchen drawer and moved toward officers.

COSTA MESA, California - Fire tore through a 96-foot-tall Christmas tree outside a Southern California hotel, sending a bright chute of flames and then smoke into the air.

VIENNA - Anti-doping authorities in Austria have opened proceedings against cross-country skier Harald Wurm and provisionally suspended the two-time Olympian for alleged blood doping.

Spurred by numerous reports of drones flying near jets and airports, the federal government will require that the aircraft be registered to make it easier to identify owners and educate amateur aviators.

LONDON - Manchester United is increasingly being viewed as a successful commercial machine with a football club tagged on. It's not only injured club captain Wayne Rooney who is fading as a force, the whole club is losing its aura too.

CHICAGO - A federal judge has ruled that a Chicago police officer used excessive force by dragging a man from his jail cell after he was subdued with a stun gun.

CHICAGO - Chicago Teachers Union members overwhelmingly have voted to authorize their leaders to call a strike, although a final decision on a walkout would be months away.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Nigerian Charge d'Affaires to protest the killing of Shiite Muslims in northern Nigeria.

DETROIT - Two people have been charged in connection with the shooting of a federal judge about nine months ago during an attempted robbery at his Detroit home, authorities said Monday.

LONDON - With the new global climate deal, businesses around the world got the long-term certainty that they had been clamoring for - now they need to back up the shift to a greener world with cold hard cash.

WASHINGTON - The nation's leading airlines are posting some of their best-ever numbers for on-time performance in the second half of 2015.

JOHANNESBURG - In less than a week, South Africa has had three finance ministers.

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - A Kansas woman accused in the death of her missing 7-year-old stepson has briefly appeared before a judge.

CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's President Alpha Conde has been sworn in for a second five-year term in a ceremony under heavy military and police security.

TOPEKA, Kansas - The first prisoner condemned to death in Kansas in more than three decades is again asking the state's highest court to throw out his sentence.

OMAHA, Nebraska - Norfolk Southern railroad says Canadian Pacific's latest takeover offer is still "grossly inadequate" and unlikely to be approved by federal regulators.

NORMAN, Oklahoma - Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield and linebacker Eric Striker have been named to The Associated Press All-America second team.

BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities issued an arrest warrant for the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Monday on charges of hiding information related to the disappearance of a top Lebanese Shiite cleric in Libya 37 years ago.

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas - Arkansas tight end Hunter Henry has been named to The Associated Press All-America first team while Razorback offensive lineman Sebastian Tretola was selected to the second team.

CHICAGO - The latest on the trial of a Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect's throat (all times local).

MADRID - Espanyol has appointed Constantin Galca as its new coach until the end of the season.

NEWTOWN, Connecticut - Flags were flying at half-staff Monday across Connecticut in honor of the 26 people killed three years ago in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.