Новости за 12.02.2016

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's Supreme Court overruled the opposition-controlled congress on Thursday and granted broad decree powers to President Nicolas Maduro.

ROYAL OAK, Michigan - A suburban Detroit school board has approved naming a stretch of street after the late Eagles star Glenn Frey.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The Latest on an Arkansas judge facing a negligent homicide charge after his son's death in the back seat of a hot car (all times local):

NEW YORK - The Latest on the trial of a New York City police officer charged with fatally shooting a man in a darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex (all times local):

OKLAHOMA CITY - The general counsel for Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin resigned Thursday amid a grand jury investigation into how the wrong drug was delivered for the state's last two scheduled executions.

HOMESTEAD, Florida - Authorities say they've charged a woman in the death of her infant son, who was found dead last month in a freezer at a South Florida home.

LOS ANGELES - The agency that decides what gets built and where along the California coast is facing questions about transparency after it pushed out its top executive in a closed-door vote and without a clear explanation of why the change was being made.

SEATTLE - Teenage brothers charged in a drug-related shooting that left two people dead and three wounded at a Seattle homeless camp have pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

HONOLULU - A group building one of the world's largest telescopes wants to start construction no later than April 2018- even if that means it will have to build the telescope somewhere other than Hawaii.

EL PASO, Texas - No longer the desolate space it was a few years ago, downtown El Paso is ripe with new hotels, bars, restaurants - and bulldozers that herald the planned construction of a streetcar, a children's museum, a Mexican-American cultural center and new mixed-used buildings.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The latest on the case of a teen charged with killing his parents and three siblings in New Mexico (all times local):

IRONTON, Missouri - Authorities say a 3-year-old Missouri boy who was found dead hours after he was reported missing likely died of hypothermia.

OAKLAND, California - Pandora Media's stock retreated in after-hours trading Thursday after the Internet radio giant's fourth-quarter earnings fell short of expectations and its CEO declined to comment on a report that the company is looking to sell itself.

SACRAMENTO, California - Federal authorities charged a Sacramento man Thursday with running what they called an unusually creative scam that promised U.S. citizenships to hundreds of immigrants across at least seven states in return for fees as high as $10,000.

GULFPORT, Mississippi - Blame the dog.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - A man convicted of capital murder and kidnapping in the death of a central Arkansas real estate agent has filed notice that he plans to appeal.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - If it's up to the Republican speakers of the state House and Senate, the more than half-million Tennesseans with permits will soon be able to carry guns inside the legislative office complex.

RIVERDALE, Georgia - A police officer in suburban Atlanta was shot twice and killed Thursday by a suspect who was also wounded during a law enforcement operation, authorities said.

BOZEMAN, Montana - A Montana jury ruled Thursday against a woman who sought millions of dollars from health care providers that she said failed to diagnose her unborn daughter's cystic fibrosis.

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl accused of plotting with her soldier boyfriend to kill her mother pleaded guilty Thursday in a deal with prosecutors.

APPLETON, Wisconsin - Gov. Scott Walker plans Friday to sign a Republican-backed bill to overhaul Wisconsin's civil service system.

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey - A proposed dune project at the New Jersey shore could cut off access to the beach for 22 property owners, including the brother of Gov. Chris Christie, a lawyer for homeowners fighting the project said.

NEW YORK - All jokes are offensive to someone, comedian Mike Birbiglia insists, and that's OK. When his everyday encounters "become the joke later," and he exposes the ridiculousness of people he knows to an audience of strangers, he defends himself by saying, "It's just my side of the story."

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - A South Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally beating an elderly man while stealing his $26,000 watch.

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Gov. Paul LePage figured Democrats would shoot down his choice for education commissioner, so he withdrew the nomination. And on Thursday, he named himself to lead the department instead.