Новости за 11.03.2016

NEW YORK - It doesn't take a high-tech headset to see that virtual reality is the rage. It's being touted as the future for all things sensory, from games to film and television, from storytelling to visual art.

LOS ANGELES - What happens to a film's story when blades of grass are more interesting than the plot? When you can lean in so close to an actor you ought to feel their breath? When a few simple steps around a room can make you dizzy?

VESTAL, New York - Authorities say they have found two teenage sisters who disappeared last year in upstate New York.

FRANKFURT, Germany - German sprinter Rouven Christ has been suspended after failing a drug test.

WARSAW, Poland - An international human rights body said Friday that if Poland's government continues with moves that have "crippled" the country's Constitutional Tribunal, it will "undermine democracy, human rights and the rule of law."

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin says the Russian military's arms modernization program won't be affected by budget cuts prompted by the country's economic problems.

CHICAGO - Chicago's former police chief says he was the fall guy for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration as it faced protests over the shooting of a black teenager by a white officer.

CAIRO - Egypt's Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over the European Parliament's resolution calling for the suspension of cooperation with Cairo over the case of an Italian student who was believed tortured to death in Egypt.

WASHINGTON - A day after authorities in Washington confirmed an autopsy shows blunt force trauma caused the death of a former aide to the Russian president, Russian officials say they've been requesting information about the probe without results.

ATLANTA - Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon is returning to the Atlanta Falcons after spending his first four seasons with the team.

MADRID - An architect who oversaw the restoration of a decaying ninth-century castle in southern Spain defended his work Friday after critics slammed the result as resembling a box-shaped parking garage.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia - School officials near Atlanta are trying to reassure parents their students will be safe at prom, since the big dance is planned at the same park and on the same day as a planned a "pro-white" rally and possible counter-protest.

BERLIN - A 92-year-old former Auschwitz guard has testified at another alleged ex-guard's trial, saying it was impossible not to know what was going on at the Nazi death camp.

BREMEN, Germany - Werder Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro will miss Saturday's Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich because of a groin injury.

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it is establishing a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary to build and invest in new mobility options like car-sharing and ride-hailing services.

BRUSSELS - European Union countries are preparing possible sanctions against officials in Libya blamed for undermining the peace process and blocking the formation of a unity government.

ALGIERS, Algeria - Algerian authorities say they have recovered six Stinger anti-aircraft systems in an operation near the frontier with Tunisia during which three extremist fighters were killed.

VIENNA - Maria Sharapova's racket supplier says the drug she tested positive for at the Australian Open shouldn't be on the banned list.

PRISTINA, Kosovo - A Kosovo court has sentenced an Albanian man to three years imprisonment for joining the Islamic State group.

The Affordable Care Act's health insurance co-ops absorbed deep financial losses last year, and 2016 is shaping up to be a make-or-break year for these nonprofit alternatives to traditional insurers.

OAK ISLAND, North Carolina - Scientists say a Civil War-era wreck discovered last month on the coast of North Carolina is likely that of the Confederate blockade runner Agnes E. Fry.

MACON, Georgia - A 24-year-old man was shot after authorities say he pointed a gun at a deputy in middle Georgia.

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni medical officials say clashes between Shiite rebels and local fighters in the besieged city of Taiz have intensified, killing at least 45 on both sides over the past 24 hours.

MOSCOW - A 23-year-old weightlifter from Kazakhstan has been banned for life after testing positive for steroids at last year's Asian championships.

BERLIN - Volkswagen says global sales were 1.2 percent lower in February than a year earlier, with higher deliveries in Europe offset by drops in the U.S., South America and China as it grapples with its emissions-rigging scandal.