Новости за 05.07.2016

MOTHERWELL, Scotland — Cooling towers, blast furnaces and coking coal. The grit and humor of steelworkers heading to early-morning shifts. That was Motherwell before the steelworks closed and the “Steelopolis” of Scotland became another tattered, post-industrial town trying to a find its place in a service economy. Had this been south of the border, maybe

KOKOMO, Ind. — For the last 15 years, board members of the Howard County Automotive Heritage Hall of Fame have talked about erecting a statue of Elwood Haynes to commemorate one of Kokomo’s most important innovators. On Thursday morning, just hours before the start of the annual Haynes-Apperson Festival, that statue was finally unveiled. Located

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary will hold a government-initiated referendum on Oct. 2 seeking political support to oppose any European Union efforts to resettle refugees among its member states, the office of President Janos Ader said Tuesday. Ader’s office said that the question to be asked in the referendum will be: “Do you want the European

LONDON — The Latest on Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (all times local): 11:25 a.m. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says some of the risks predicted to the economy before the referendum on leaving the European Union have begun to crystalize, but that the institution will act to support jobs and growth.

BAGHDAD — As Iraqis mourned in shock and disbelief, more dead bodies were recovered Tuesday from the site of a massive Islamic State suicide bombing this weekend in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to 175, officials said. The staggering figure — one the worst bombings in 13 years of war in Iraq — has

LONDON — Former London Mayor Boris Johnson threw his support behind Andrea Leadsom in the race to be Britain’s next prime minister amid the tumultuous aftermath of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The Conservatives are holding their first round of voting Tuesday to whittle down the field in race to replace Prime Minister

TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday denied an allegation by China that its fighter jets were provocative in an encounter with Chinese warplanes last month over disputed waters in the East China Sea, rejecting Chinese accusations that the incident could pose a threat to regional stability. China said Monday that two Chinese Su-30 jets were conducting

PASADENA, Calif. — Soaring over Jupiter’s poles, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the solar system’s largest planet on a mission to peek behind the cloud tops. The final leg of the five-year voyage ended Monday when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft fired its main rocket engine and gracefully slipped into orbit around Jupiter. Mission controllers celebrated

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who struck outside the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah as a Pakistani resident of the kingdom who arrived 12 years ago to work as a driver. The suicide bombing near the diplomatic post was the first of three targeting the kingdom on Monday,

EUGENE, Ore. — McDonald’s and Nike are in Boris Berian’s rearview mirror. His next supersized challenge: The Olympics. Berian earned his spot for Rio by finishing second behind Clayton Murphy in the 800 meters at the U.S. Track and Field Trials on Monday. First, second or third — it didn’t matter, he just wanted to

MIAMI — The math is staggering, as everyone knew it would be. In the first 96 hours of free agency, NBA teams committed about $3 billion toward contracts that can start becoming finalized later this week. That’s almost $9,000 a second. Every second. For four days. And for all the dominoes that fell between July

When college rowing buddies Bojan Mandaric and Brogan Graham vowed to stay in shape post-graduation, they didn’t want to shovel out hundreds to join a gym or even drop $20 for a yoga class. So they returned to one of their most grueling college workouts: the stairs at Harvard Stadium. Five years later, there are

TOKYO — Global stock markets and the pound turned lower on Tuesday amid more concerns about the fallout from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 fell 1.6 percent to 4,168 and Germany’s DAX dropped 1.5 percent to 9,562. Britain’s FTSE 100 lost a more moderate 0.2 percent to 6,512,

ROME — Authorities are looking into whether an American college student whose body was found in the Tiber River was robbed and killed after the teen was found with a head wound and his credit card was used after his disappearance, his brother said. The body of 19-year-old Beau Solomon, who was last seen by

CLEVELAND — Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus refuses to make excuses for his team’s woeful record against the Indians. The misery continued Monday as reliever Bruce Rondon gave up a two-run homer to Mike Napoli in the seventh inning, leading Cleveland to a 5-3 victory over Detroit. The Tigers have lost all 10 of their

Here’s a look at the 10 previous highest U.S. jackpots and the winners’ home states: 1. $1.6 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets from California, Florida, Tennessee) 2. $656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland) 3. $648 million, Mega Millions, Dec. 17, 2013 (two tickets, from California

DES MOINES, Iowa — The estimated Mega Millions jackpot has risen to $449 million, making it potentially the 7th largest lottery jackpot in the U.S. If any ticket matches the balls drawn Tuesday, the jackpot will be the largest since a $448.4 million Powerball prize won by a New Jersey family May 7. The highest

PHOENIX — The home losses keep piling up for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and they will soon find themselves alone in the cellar in the NL West if they can’t figure out a way to beat the San Diego Padres. Derek Norris drove in three runs with a home run and a double before leaving with

HORGOS, Serbia — The snakes come out at night, and so do the mosquitoes. There’s only one tap with running water in the makeshift refugee camp on Serbia’s border with Hungary, where hundreds fleeing war and poverty wait daily to cross over into the European Union. No toilets, no showers, but plenty of uncertainty and

NEW DELHI — The bodies of the seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh returned to home Tuesday as investigators in Dhaka searched for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome attack that left 28 dead. A Japanese government plane took the bodies back to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, where the bodies, in

BEIRUT — Some Syrian opposition groups have adopted methods of abuse similar to those employed by the government of President Bashar Assad, Amnesty International said in a new report Tuesday that documents a “chilling” wave of torture, abductions and summary killings in insurgent-controlled areas. The report is based on interviews with some 70 individuals living

WHITING, Ind. — A group of northwest Indiana students are preparing an experiment that could yield new findings about Alzheimer’s disease when it is launched into space next year. The (Munster) Times reports (http://bit.ly/29rDkXI ) professors Sandra Chimon-Rogers and Ahmed Lakhani are leading the Calumet College of St. Joseph students preparing the experiment. The professors

GOSHEN, Ind. — A small northern Indiana college has received $3 million worth of Illinois farmland from the estate of a former student who attended only three semesters more than 70 years ago. Goshen College says the donation comes from Milo Albrecht of Morton, Illinois, who died in April at age 94. The land donation

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An organization that works to restore and preserve dunes in northwest Indiana’s Lake Michigan watershed is looking for an executive director because the group’s previous leader has a new job. Save the Dunes parks program coordinator Cathy Martin says the group wants someone who will continue partnerships with different organizations and

PHILADELPHIA — The transit agency serving the city and its suburbs is warning regional rail commuters to expect crowded trains or even full trains that pass them by on Tuesday with a third of its regional rail cars sidelined by a structural problem. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is bolstering bus and trolley service and