Новости за 22.04.2016

The NFL and CFL are teaming up for an officiating development program.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's president signed a law Friday that criminalizes doping in a move that will likely help the country avoid sanctions from the World Anti-Doping Agency ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia government officials said Friday that U.S. intelligence director John Brennan had arrived in Sarajevo on an unannounced visit to meet anti-terrorism officials.

NEW ORLEANS - "Beautiful chaos" - that's how one restaurant manager describes the scene in and around the site of the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

MONTREAL - Bolivia has been removed from the list of countries deemed non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency code.

BEIJING - Work is proceeding quickly on China's planned mission to land a rover on Mars by 2020, the chief administrator of the country's ambitious space program said Friday.

LISBON, Portugal - The Portuguese are getting some relief from strikes that disrupted their lives after the country's financial bailout forced authorities to cut pay, pensions and other entitlements.

BALTIMORE - The Maryland Historical Society is launching a website containing thousands of images documenting last year's unrest in Baltimore stemming from the death of Freddie Gray.

NEW YORK - Authorities say New York City has agreed to pay $40 million to settle civil rights lawsuits filed by five people who claimed they were wrongfully convicted of murder in the Bronx.

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Associated Press photographer Niranjan Shrestha chronicled the lives of two young Nepal earthquake victims for several months after the April 25, 2015, disaster. Below, he shares his experiences:

MADRID - One thing hasn't changed in soccer the last few seasons: The success of Spanish clubs in European competitions.

MOSCOW - A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin has rejected U.S. criticism about a recent decision to suspend a Crimean Tatar legislative body.

WORTHINGTON, Indiana - A nearly 30-year-old bald eagle that could be Indiana's oldest living in the wild has been rescued after suffering a dislocated wing.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A man who claims to be the biological father of the late boxing Johnny Tapia will need a DNA test to prove it.

RUTLAND, Vermont - Police have arrested a 30-year-old Vermont man who they say attempted to rob a credit union branch's night deposit box by slamming into it with a tractor.

ZALYSHANY, Ukraine - Viktoria Vetrova knows the risk her four children take in drinking milk from the family's two cows and eating dried mushrooms and berries from the forest.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - China's top diplomat praised Cambodia for its support of Beijing's positions on world affairs as he ended a visit to one of the country's closest allies in Southeast Asia on Friday.

MOSCOW - The Russian parliament on Friday elected a retired senior police officer to serve as presidential human rights ombudsman amid an outcry about her lack of democratic credentials.

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Monroe the Bear just got treated to a makeover.

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say a teacher's aide was arrested after pushing a student to the floor in an incident caught on video.

WASHINGTON - It's not just Wall Street banks. Most companies and groups that paid Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to speak between 2013 and 2015 have lobbied federal agencies in recent years, and more than one-third are government contractors, an Associated Press review has found. Their interests are sprawling and would follow Clinton to the White House should she win election this fall.

HOLLYWOOD, Florida - His general-election appeal in question, Donald Trump's senior team is promising anxious Republicans that voters will see "a real different guy" soon after the GOP front-runner claims his party's presidential nomination.

BALTIMORE - In a vacant home across from where Freddie Gray was arrested one year ago, Baltimore officials see an eyesore that needs to be destroyed. Community activists see an opportunity for rebirth.

LONDON - Most people send a card, call, or post on Facebook for someone's birthday, but President Barack Obama has gone the extra mile - thousands of miles, actually - to deliver 90th birthday greetings to Queen Elizabeth II over lunch at Windsor Castle.

TAMPA, Florida - The Tampa Bay Lightning can use a break - and they've earned it.