Новости за 22.06.2016

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday decried a ruling by a federal judge that blocks rules for hydraulic fracturing, saying the decision prevents regulators from using “21st-century standards” to ensure that oil and gas operations are conducted safely on public lands. Jessica Kershaw, a spokeswoman for the Interior Department, said “modernized fracking requirements” imposed

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Volunteers in the United Arab Emirates have set up more than 90 outdoor refrigerators where laborers and others can pick up food and bottled water, a charity initiative in honor of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. On a recent day in Dubai, blue-collar workers, laborers and drivers stopped by

LOS ANGELES — Bryan Cranston is teaming up with the Power Rangers for a film reboot of the franchise. The “Breaking Bad” star says on Twitter that he’ll play Power Rangers creator Zordon in the 2017 film. Cranston, as Zordon, will use his team of teenage superheroes to square off against Elizabeth Banks’ alien villain

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Five people died early Wednesday in a head-on crash between two cars on Interstate 16 west of Savannah. Investigators were trying to determine what caused a Ford Mustang traveling west to cross the median and smash into an oncoming Kia Soul in the eastbound lanes shortly before 6 a.m., just ahead of

CHICAGO — Nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller last year at a cost of $4.1 billion, according to a federal report that shows how common the addictive drugs are in many older Americans’ medicine cabinets. With an overdose epidemic worsening, nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries received at

BOSTON — A Pittsburgh-bound JetBlue Airways flight had to return to Boston because of a cracked windshield. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the Wednesday morning incident in which no one was hurt. JetBlue tells The Boston Globe that flight 1285 left Logan International Airport at around 6:25 a.m. and returned to Boston at 7:35

CUMBERNAULD, Scotland — A survey from a Scottish eye care company could be sparking a controversy similar to last year’s debate over the color of a dress. Optical Express said on its website that it conducted a survey in the United Kingdom asking whether a swatch of a teal-type color was blue or green. Sixty-four

NEW YORK — Steven Spielberg has praised the late actor Anton Yelchin, whom he cast as a boy in the 2002 miniseries “Taken.” In an interview, Spielberg said he was impressed by Yelchin from dailies of his performance in a 2000 episode of the medical drama “ER.” “And he kept impressing people because he was

LANSING, Mich. — A downtown Lansing restaurant built inside a former train station is set to close after more than 37 years. The Lansing State Journal (http://on.lsj.com/28N9MB3 ) reports that Clara’s Lansing Station is closing Sunday. Peter Jubeck bought Union Station, formerly the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, in 1978 and transformed it into a restaurant.

TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Thursday ahead of a vote on whether Britain will opt to remain in the European Union. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.4 percent to 16,122.53 in early trading. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng inched up 0.1 percent to 20,819.97, The Shanghai Composite edged down 0.3 percent to 2,896.12.

LACEY, Wash. — Three people are dead and another is recovering from a gunshot wound following a shooting in Washington state, authorities said Wednesday. Thurston County Chief Deputy Dave Pearsall said that investigators found half a pound of methamphetamine, heroin, thousands of dollars in cash and about half a dozen firearms in a travel trailer

PARIS — The Latest at the European Championship (all times local): 1:30 a.m. A day after the fixture was lined up, Italy coach Antonio Conte still finds it strange that his side has to play two-time defending champion Spain in the last 16 of the Euro 2016 draw. “With regards to the draw, it’s definitely

MENDENHALL, Miss. — A search is underway in Mississippi for three inmates who escaped from a county jail southeast of Jackson. Simpson County Sheriff Don O’Cain says it appears the men broke through a skyline and made their way to the roof late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. O’Cain identified the inmates as 33-year-old

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish court on Wednesday convicted a 24-year-old pizzeria owner of joining Islamic State militants in Syria, dismissing his claims that he had gone there to work as a cook. The Copenhagen suburban Glostrup City Court found Hamza Cakan, who has dual Danish and Turkish citizenships, guilty of enrolling in the radical

ORLANDO, Fla. — A 21-year-old female karate instructor from Florida is accused of soliciting an 11-year-old boy for sex. Orlando police told news outlets Stephannie Figueroa was arrested last week after the child’s mother told officers she saw messages from the karate instructor on his cellphone. A police report said the boy and Figueroa were

WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security beneficiaries would get a tiny increase in monthly payments next year — less than $2.50, about enough to buy a gallon of gas. Meanwhile, Medicare is expected to go bankrupt sooner than expected — 12 years from now. And some beneficiaries could face higher monthly premiums next year. The

BRUSSELS — Britain’s remaining in the European Union is key for trans-Atlantic security and common efforts to fight violent extremism, the chief of the NATO alliance said Wednesday. “It’s up to the people of Great Britain to decide whether to remain or leave,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told The Associated Press. “But what I can

BERLIN — German prosecutors say they have arrested a 30-year-old Tajik man who is suspected of joining the Islamic State group in Syria. Prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday that Mukhamadsaid S., whose full name wasn’t given in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He was arrested

I try to get fish on my family’s table two or three times a week. The research describing the incredible heart and brain benefits to eating fish, especially fatty fish like salmon, is compelling. An extra bonus? Fatty fish is more filling, too, which means I’m less hungry for late night snacks a few hours

MADRID — A near six-month tax fraud and embezzlement trial involving Spain’s Princess Cristina, her husband and 15 other defendants ended Wednesday as the judges retired to consider their verdict. Defense lawyers and the accused wrapped up their final arguments before the court adjourned. The verdicts could take months to come. Both the princess and

FLINT, Michigan — Michigan’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against two water engineering companies, saying their negligence caused and exacerbated Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis and demanding what could total hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Veolia and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, also known as LAN, were sued in Genesee County Circuit Court.

OMAHA, Neb. — A struggling Omaha elementary school is being overhauled as part of a project to revive the surrounding Highlander neighborhood. The Omaha World-Herald (http://bit.ly/28TgDY6 ) reports that Howard Kennedy Elementary will have a new principal and project-based curriculum heavily focused on science, technology, engineering, art and math, when school opens in August. Students

EL-ZOHOR, Gaza Strip — The expansion of Gaza’s el-Zohor slum, where barefoot children play in the rusty skeletons of discarded vehicles surrounded by mountains of garbage, is a sign of the times in Gaza, where poverty is growing and there is little hope for the future. While Gaza has always been poor, conditions for the

JERUSALEM — Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren said Wednesday she was a “believer” in Israel and rejected efforts to boycott it. Mirren showered Israeli artists with praise and said she opposed both the efforts by pro-Palestinian groups to boycott them and the decision of some international artists to shun Israel. “I think that art is an

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local): 7:15 a.m. Moisture has moved in along much of the Southern California coast, and most mandatory evacuation areas near a wildfire in Santa Barbara County have been lifted. Fog arrived overnight on the rugged coast west of Santa Barbara, where a