Новости за 25.02.2016

TORRANCE, California - Conor McGregor has turned fight promotion into an art during his ferocious rise to the top of the UFC. In Nate Diaz, McGregor has an opponent with an abrasive personality to match his - and the brawling tendencies to turn their UFC 196 showdown into something worth talking about.

CHICAGO - Derrick Rose is out of the Chicago Bulls' lineup for Wednesday night's game against the Washington Wizards because of right hamstring tendinitis.

PHILADELPHIA - A letter President John F. Kennedy sent to a little girl who was a big fan is up for grabs in Philadelphia.

MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors say a judge overseeing terrorism cases in Minnesota is among those who were threatened over Twitter last year, according to a court filing Wednesday.

PHOENIX - Two teenage boys testified Wednesday in a terror case in Phoenix that the defendant befriended them and repeatedly talked about how he wanted to hurt non-Muslims and people at an anti-Islam event in Texas.

MIAMI - Stephen Curry's pregame routine had a special addition Wednesday, one that gave a 4-year-old boy an unforgettable thrill.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - The former longtime ruler of Burkina Faso who faces an arrest warrant has taken Ivorian citizenship in a move critics say blocks him from being extradited.

GREENVILLE, South Carolina - Furman football coach Bruce Fowler is shaking up the responsibilities of some assistant coaches.

HONOLULU - A man who tried to rape a woman in the bathroom of a Japan Airlines flight is not guilty by reason of insanity, a judge ruled at a brief trial Wednesday.

ALAMEDA, California - Fire officials say firefighters and hazardous materials teams have cleared an office where an employee felt ill after opening an envelope containing a powdery substance.

NEW YORK - Workers who secure street parking for movie and TV shoots in the city are suing major studios, saying the studios often underpaid them for working long hours in trying conditions.

NEW YORK - The flu vaccine is doing a better job this year.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State University's interim marching band director has been named its permanent director.

WOODBURY, Minnesota - Mike Yeo took some time to recover from the emotion of being fired as the Minnesota Wild head coach. He has good memories of his four-plus seasons with the team.

LANSING, Michigan - Democratic lawmakers from Flint and Detroit said Wednesday they have proposed restoring environmental oversight commissions that they think could have helped prevent the public health crisis in Flint, where lead contaminated the water supply.

CHICAGO - A federal magistrate in Chicago last November ordered Apple to help federal prosecutors access data on an iPhone in a personal bankruptcy and passport fraud case, one of more than a dozen cases around the country similar to the legal battle over the telephone of one of the San Bernardino shooting suspects.

SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce.com Inc. shares jumped in extended trading Wednesday after it issued an upbeat outlook for the year.

IRBIL, Iraq - The Islamic State group relies on commercially available components for most of its bombs, with some parts coming from as far away as the United States and Japan, according to a report released Wednesday by a London-based arms research group.

DENVER - Colorado's tourists aren't just buying weed now that it's legal - they're ending up in emergency rooms at rates far higher than residents, according to a new study.

GREENVILLE, Alabama - A former Alabama state trooper charged with rape is fighting a request to submit a saliva sample to authorities, who say in court documents that he told a woman he'd throw her in jail if she didn't have sex with him.

SAN DIEGO - In a last-ditch effort to end their long, bitter push for a new stadium, the San Diego Chargers have joined a diverse group that includes some polarizing figures and civic lightning rods who have been involved in various issues in a city known for political dysfunction and an inability to get big projects done.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The president of Red House Records is retiring after three decades at the St. Paul-based folk and Americana music label.

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana appeals court has upheld a civil judge's ruling that New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson was mentally competent when he ousted relatives from ownership positions with his NFL and NBA clubs and appointed his third wife as his primary successor.

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey - Rutgers coach Chris Ash has made another addition to his football staff.

EDINA, Minnesota - The 2016 WCHA women's playoffs get under way this weekend with four first-round series.