Новости за 19.01.2016

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Prosecutors say they may upgrade murder charges against a Kansas man and wife accused in the death of a child who authorities believe is the man's missing 7-year-old son and may have been fed to pigs.

MOSCOW - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is warning that Russia needs to increase efforts to find a solution to its ailing economy.

ATLANTA - A woman accused of posing as a nurse at the hospice where Bobbi Kristina Brown spent her final days has been charged with practicing nursing without a license.

OMAHA, Nebraska - Canadian Pacific railroad wants the Justice Department to investigate whether other major freight railroads are improperly coordinating opposition to its proposed acquisition of rival Norfolk Southern.

EUGENE, Oregon - A judge will allow trade groups representing major energy companies to join the fight against a lawsuit filed by a group of youths seeking a court order to reduce emissions contributing to climate change.

BRUSSELS - The European Union wants to collect fingerprints and information about all foreigners convicted of crimes in the 28-nation bloc to help fight terrorism and cross-border crime.

HAMMOND, Indiana - Court records say the city of East Chicago has settled a lawsuit with the family of a now-deceased man who alleged a police officer used excessive force against him in 2012.

CLIFTON, New Jersey - Authorities say bomb threats have been made against schools in at least nine New Jersey towns, but none of the threats considered valid.

MEXICO CITY - There are indications that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had business dealings with actress Kate del Castillo, who arranged a meeting between the drug boss and actor Sean Penn, Mexico's attorney general said in an interview published Tuesday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she is "appalled and deeply saddened" by the killing of an Ohio policeman by a man who's accused of targeting an officer.

HONOLULU - Jimmy Walker does not like to talk about another player's game when they are in the same group except for when "Good shot" is warranted. So he had to hold his tongue last summer while playing with Justin Rose.

LONDON - Physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that new technologies will likely bring about "new ways things can go wrong" for human survival.

BERLIN - The U.N. refugee agency says more than 92,000 people made the perilous sea crossing from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year, one of the highest annual totals of the past decade.

HINGHAM, Massachusetts - Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $5.2 million.

BOSTON - The Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory have agreed to merge into one school focusing on music, dance and theater.

LONG BEACH, California - California Highway Patrol officers chased down six dogs that jumped from a Mercedes into highway lanes following a car chase.

TORONTO - Canada has been excluded from a meeting of defense ministers in Paris this week to discuss the fight against Islamic State militants.

MIAMI - Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen has finalized an $80 million, five-year contract with the Miami Marlins.

CHILLUM, Maryland - Fire officials are identifying a Maryland couple and their twin grandchildren who were killed in a house fire.

WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania - Police say a married Pennsylvania pastor wanted on charges he raped and impregnated a teen girl is back in the United States and in custody.

MIAMI BEACH, Florida - The draw for this year's Copa America Centenario will be in New York on Feb. 21.

MISSOULA, Montana - The Montana High School Association has rejected a proposal by Missoula's Hellgate high school that sought an option for its seniors if Hellgate was unable to field a football team in the fall.

LONDON - The sister of a man suspected of being a masked, British-accented militant in an Islamic State propaganda video says she still holds out hope that it is not him.

CHICAGO - Fewer than 1 in 4 high school students who've had sex have ever been tested for HIV, a troubling low rate that didn't budge over eight years, government researchers say. Young adults fared slightly better, although testing rates have declined in black women, a high-risk group.

MIES, Switzerland - Italy, Serbia and the Philippines will host the three Olympic men's basketball qualifying tournaments in July.