Новости за 24.03.2016

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Table Tennis Federation has moved the European Olympic qualification tournament from Istanbul to Halmstad in Sweden, because of security concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO - The Latest on University of California adopting a statement against anti-Semitism (all times local):

NEW YORK - "Batman v Superman" may be a massive movie - a $250 million globe-trotting blockbuster with a pulverizing marketing assault - but it's just the opening salvo of a much larger campaign that aims to restore DC Comics to prominence in Marvel-dominated multiplexes.

NEW YORK - The worrisome Zika virus apparently has been in Brazil at least a year longer than experts previously thought, according to new research.

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan lawmakers voted Thursday to extend $48.7 million in emergency aid to keep Detroit's ailing school district open for the rest of the academic year and avoid the prospect of payless paydays for staff.

NEW YORK - A prominent former New York City emergency room doctor already charged with sexually assaulting two women in his care has been indicted on new charges that he sexually assaulted two other women he treated, prosecutors announced Thursday.

NEW YORK - The CEO of a firm with the largest stake in troubled Valeant Pharmaceuticals is retiring after punishing losses due to that investment.

SAN FRANCISCO - After four years of hype, high-end virtual reality is coming to consumers' living rooms next week with the release of the consumer edition of the Oculus Rift. The debut will be followed by the introduction of similar high-fidelity head-mounted displays, the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR.

NEW YORK - For the first time in more than two decades, the rate of newly diagnosed tuberculosis cases is not dropping, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

CLEVELAND - Robert Griffin III is getting a chance to revive a career that once seemed unstoppable.

GREAT FALLS, Montana - A Montana woman who police said was stumbling and smelled of alcohol was arrested after driving to a cafe hosting a "Coffee with a Cop" event.

TIAWAH, Oklahoma - Authorities in Oklahoma say a rancher attempting to deliver a calf was dragged to death by the cow after he became entangled in a chain.

AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands-France friendly on Friday will be halted in the 14th minute for a minute's silence in honor of Johan Cruyff.

WARSAW, Poland - The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):

GENEVA - The U.N.'s Syria envoy has set April 9 as a 'target date' for indirect peace talks to resume in Geneva.

A slide in banks and other financial services companies led a decline for U.S. stocks in afternoon trading Thursday, pointing the market toward its first weekly loss in five weeks. Investors were poring over the latest batch of company earnings and economic news, including government data indicating that orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell more than expected last month.

CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy - Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, Hindu and Catholic refugees Thursday, declaring them children of the same God, in a gesture of welcome and brotherhood at a time when anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment has spiked following the Brussels attacks.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - A Tennessee man has agreed to plead guilty to charges of stealing money from the charity he created to benefit the people of Newtown, Connecticut, following the December 2012 massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

GIRARD, Ohio - An Ohio man chose to wear a sign proclaiming he's a thief rather than go to jail after trying to steal a 52-inch television.

A Georgia sheriff has charged nine people with murder after a fight between two high school girls escalated into a neighborhood street brawl with a mob wielding baseball bats and knives - and one charging at people with a car - before a teenager was fatally stabbed in the neck.

ALBANY, New York - The Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected Exxon Mobil's bid to block a shareholder proposal that would require it to disclose how its business will be affected by a 2-degree target limit on global warming.

LARAMIE, Wyoming - Josh Allen's moment had arrived.

WILMINGTON, Delaware - Federal prosecutors who once sought to forcefully medicate a man who had aggravated the FBI with claims he was negotiating with Islamic State militants to free Western hostages have now agreed he is competent to stand trial.

TEMPE, Arizona - Arizona State forward Savon Goodman is leaving the program and will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Rockies right-hander Jon Gray won't be ready for the start of the season due to an abdominal strain, opening a spot in Colorado's rotation.