Новости за 24.03.2016

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Equestrian Federation says Qatar and Palestine are among five Olympic teams which qualified to make their Summer Games debuts in Rio de Janeiro.

TUKWILA, Washington - The Seattle Sounders have signed former U.S. national team forward Herculez Gomez, looking to jumpstart the club after losing the first three matches to start the MLS season.

BOSTON - More than two dozen people have been charged with state and federal drug and gun crimes as part of a gang sweep at a Boston housing project.

SAN DIEGO - Naval Medical Center San Diego security is investigating a report that an armed man was spotted at the facility.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The Illinois Supreme Court dealt another devastating blow Thursday to the state's impatient attempts to control its ballooning public pension debt by striking down a state law that would have cut into an $8 billion hole in two of Chicago's employee pension accounts.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Archbishop Bernard Hebda said Thursday that he is surprised, humbled and "truly thrilled" by Pope Francis' decision to keep him on as head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis after serving nine months as interim leader.

NEW YORK - Coke said Thursday that it spent more on health research and partnerships than it previously disclosed as part of its push to be more transparent.

BERLIN - Volkswagen and its Porsche unit say they're recalling a total of about 800,000 Touareg and Cayenne SUVs worldwide because of a potential problem with the pedal system.

OXFORD, Mississippi - The Latest on a former University of Mississippi student who was charged with placing a noose on a statue of the school's first black student (all times local):

TORONTO - A judge on Thursday found a former Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio host not guilty of sexual assault in a case that had sparked a nationwide conversation about consent and sexual harassment.

ATLANTA - Hollywood actors and producers say they will take projects elsewhere if Georgia's governor fails to veto a bill protecting same-sex marriage opponents.

PARIS - Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68, was a visionary, one whose influence on football left a legacy that endures. Here is a look at how Cruyff achieved his huge status within the game.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey - The cost of being a New York Giants season-ticket holder isn't changing in 2016.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast plans to establish new centers for rapid response forces to protect soft targets throughout the country following an attack by Islamic extremists on a popular beach town earlier this month that killed 19, the country's prime minister said Thursday.

FORT MYERS, Florida - Third baseman Pablo Sandoval has lower back stiffness and was not in Boston's starting lineup Thursday against the New York Mets.

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio - Police in Ohio say a shooting at an assisted living facility has left two women dead and one man wounded.

NEW YORK - When playing songs from her upcoming sophomore album for her record label, Meghan Trainor heard this word from L.A. Reid: "No."

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's president on Thursday threw his support behind a government decision to renege on a deal to accept thousands of refugees, blaming security concerns raised by Tuesday's attacks in Brussels.

BRUSSELS - Belgium has come up short in its efforts to prevent extremist attacks time and again, experts say - failing to coordinate intelligence, investigate suspects and control its borders.

INDIANAPOLIS - Customers of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles could benefit from streamlining the department's fees for services under a measure that Gov. Mike Pence has signed into law.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan - Chelsea's preseason exhibition game against Real Madrid on July 30 will be played at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.

SAN FRANCISCO - The Latest on a solution to emissions problems with Volkswagen's diesel vehicles (all times local):

WASHINGTON - Seven hackers tied to the Iranian government were charged Thursday in a series of punishing cyberattacks on dozens of banks and a small dam outside New York City, intrusions that reached into America's infrastructure and disrupted the financial system, federal law enforcement officials said.

PARIS - France's Socialist government has presented a contested labor market reform to amend the 35-hour workweek and relax other rules that has prompted street protests across France.

ELKHART, Indiana - Two men charged with murder in the deaths of two men found fatally shot at a northern Indiana mobile home park entered not guilty pleas during their initial court appearances.