Новости за 15.01.2016

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A day after a court hearing that was shrouded in secrecy, a Danish court has jailed another person until Feb. 9 in a case believed to be linked to the first suspect, reportedly a 15-year-old girl with Muslim extremist sympathies.

MINEOLA, New York - A former suburban New York police sergeant charged with stealing money from Hispanics during traffic stops was cleared of hate crimes charges Friday, but a jury did convict him of larceny and official misconduct.

QUITO, Ecuador - Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino says Ecuador will allow Swedish prosecutors to interrogate Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the country's embassy in London where the activist has lived since 2012.

NEW YORK - Holiday shoppers flocked online during the critical holiday shopping season, but overall sales in November and December were disappointing.

OMAHA, Nebraska - A 9-year-old Omaha boy has received a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm delivered by a "Star Wars" fan organization dedicated to charity work.

CHICAGO - United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz says he is going home from the hospital nine days after a heart transplant.

SALT LAKE CITY - A Navajo man who helped stump the Japanese during World War II using a code based on his native language has died in Utah.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urged Congress on Friday to pass legislation by March to help ease Puerto Rico's economic crisis before it's too late.

PASADENA, California - Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny say they learned to appreciate being known for "The X-Files" characters that made them sci-fi sex symbols more than 20 years ago.

RAMADI, Iraq - Six times in the past harrowing month, Um Omar and her family got a knock on the door of whatever home they were occupying in the extremist-held city of Ramadi: It was an Islamic State militant, she said, ordering them to pick up and move with them as human shields because the Iraqi army was approaching.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State University has extended its current sponsorship contract with Nike by 15 years in a deal worth $252 million, the school and athletic apparel company announced.

Brothers Osborne, "Pawn Shop" (EMI Nashville)

NEW YORK - Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said Friday the U.S. Episcopal Church will not roll back its acceptance of gay marriage despite sanctions imposed this week by Anglican leaders.

BUJUMBURA, Burundi - The U.N. human rights chief on Friday denounced what he described as gang rapes of women in Burundi by security forces, torture and signs of ethnic repression in nine months of simmering violence in the central African nation.

NEW YORK - Sean Penn says his article on Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "failed" in its mission.

About 330,000 electric griddles sold at Wal-Mart are being recalled because of a defect that poses a shock hazard. Other consumer products recalled this week include faulty bicycles and chairs.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A woman who died this week in Sierra Leone tested positive for Ebola, officials said Friday, a setback for the region that comes only a day after the World Health Organization had declared the epidemic over.

CANTERBURY, England - Anglican leaders have overwhelmingly decided to stay together at a summit aimed at preventing a split in their fellowship over homosexuality, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Friday, a day after the group sanctioned the U.S. Episcopal Church for supporting gay marriage.

ROME - Pope Francis has visited a residence for the elderly and a home for people in vegetative states as part of his charity activities for his Holy Year of Mercy.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Kenyan troops were killed when al-Shabab Islamic fighters attacked an African Union base in Somalia, Kenya's president said Friday. He gave no casualty figure but an al-Shabab spokesman said at least 63 soldiers died.

NEW YORK - Janet Jackson has announced rescheduled tour dates after taking time to recover from an unspecified surgical procedure.

SANAA, Yemen - A Yemeni government spokesman said a blast hit pipelines connecting oil storage tanks with the refinery in the city of Aden on Friday, causing a huge fire.

WESTERLY, Rhode Island - An 8-year-old Rhode Island boy with terminal cancer has fulfilled his wish to be famous in China.

DETROIT - After two tumultuous years of recalls, fines and friction, the government and the auto industry struck a peace treaty of sorts by agreeing to cooperate on safety issues in the future.

Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, "I Long to See You" (Blue Note)