Новости за 18.07.2016

LOWELL, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana sheriff says investigators in his department have identified the mother of a newborn infant found abandoned in a family’s backyard last week. Lake County Sheriff John Buncich said in a news release Monday the mother is a teenage juvenile from Lowell, the same town where the baby was found

NEW YORK — Stocks inched higher Monday, enough to send the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to a record close for the fifth time in six days. Technology and financial stocks led the way. On Monday: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 16.50 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,533.05. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index

PATNA, India — At least eight Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in a forest area in eastern India, police said early Tuesday. Police officer P.K Sahu said three insurgents also were killed in an exchange of gunfire on Monday in the Dumrinala area, nearly 105 miles (170 kilometers) south

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Jewish leaders asked President Mauricio Macri to help solve Argentina’s worst terrorist attack as the country observed the bombing’s 22nd anniversary Monday. The 1994 attack on the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association collapsed the organization’s main building, killing 85 people and leaving hundreds injured in the rubble. During the ceremony Monday, Macri presented

BOSTON — A company that operates duck boat tours said Monday it would separate the responsibilities of driver and tour guide, a decision that follows the death of a young woman who was struck by one of the popular amphibious sightseeing vehicles. Beginning next year, Boston Duck Tours will have two staffers on all duck

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: ARM Holdings PLC, up $19.09 to $66.17 The technology company agreed to be bought by Japan’s SoftBank Group for about $32 billion. Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., down $2.38 to $30.10 Hawaiian regulators rejected NextEra Energy’s combination with Hawaiian Electric, the largest utility in the

LOS ANGELES — The film academy is taking more steps to diversify, with three women and two black filmmakers newly elected to leadership positions. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its newly elected board of governors on Monday. The list includes six first-time representatives: director Steven Spielberg, actress Laura Dern, costume designer

CLEVELAND — A season of struggle for Yan Gomes has worsened. Cleveland’s starting catcher could miss two months after separating his right shoulder, an injury that may force the AL Central-leading Indians to make a trade before the Aug. 1 deadline for deals without waivers. Gomes got hurt Sunday when he took a hard fall

MEXICO CITY — Epidemiologists from Mexico’s public health agency will accompany the country’s athletes to the Olympic Games for the first time this summer. Deputy Health Secretary Pablo Kuri Morales says the specialists will monitor athletes and try to keep them healthy in Rio de Janeiro next month. Each athlete will receive a fanny pack

NEW YORK — A Virginia teenager who stepped on an explosive device in Central Park and lost part of his leg is healing and hopes to return to college, his father said Monday. Kevin Golden spoke about his son, Connor Golden, at a Manhattan hospital where he’s being treated. The 19-year-old University of Miami student

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company has agreed to buy a New York firm that offers medical liability insurance. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Monday that one of its subsidiaries will buy Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Buffett says Medical Liability is “a gem of a company” that he’s looking

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Revenue from Pennsylvania’s 12 casinos hit a record high in the just-completed fiscal year, as dollars lost by gamblers rose 3.6 percent. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Monday revenue from slot machines and tables games exceeded $3.2 billion in the 12 months ending June 30. That was $86 million above the

SAN FRANCISCO — After years of spectacular success, Netflix is starting to hit some potholes. The high-flying internet video service added only 160,000 U.S. subscribers from April through June, its lowest gain in the period since splitting up its video-streaming and DVD-by-mail services five years ago. In addition to the U.S. slowdown, Netflix is wrestling

NICE, France — The mayor of Nice called Monday for France to step up its fight against extremism, saying the attack on his city shows that radical ideas are still entering the country too easily. Speaking four days after a man drove a truck through Bastille Day crowds, leaving at least 84 people dead and

EUCLID, Ohio — A man has been fatally shot during an impromptu anti-violence rally at a lakeside park in suburban Cleveland. The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County medical examiner says 19-year-old Phillip Banks was killed when shots were fired during a Stop the Violence Beach Party on Sunday night in Euclid (YOO’-klid). Police say there were as

MILWAUKEE — Restricted free agent center Miles Plumlee is returning to the Milwaukee Bucks on what agent Mark Bartelstein said Monday is a four-year deal worth $52 million. The 6-foot-11 Plumlee averaged 5.1 points and 3.8 rebounds in 61 games in 2015-16, his fourth season in the league and first full year in Milwaukee. Plumlee

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Golf’s return to the Olympics after 112 years will have seven Americans, the most of any country for men and women. It just won’t have their top two men. USA Golf nominated the players, who qualified through the world ranking last week. They require U.S. Olympic Committee approval. U.S. Open champion

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s parent company says there has been no resolution to its probe into the conduct of network chief Roger Ailes, who is accused by a former network anchor of forcing her out because she refused to have sex with him. The statement from 21st Century Fox on Monday came in

NEW YORK — Disillusionment. Fear. Rage. In a divided America, the political conventions are sure to arouse those sensations among the millions of viewers tuned in. Then in a commercial break, an electric guitar will blare the final lines of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” over images of a diverse group of U.S. athletes tearing up

WASHINGTON — Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell for the second straight month in May. The Treasury Department said Monday that total foreign holdings dropped 0.5 percent to $6.21 trillion after slipping 0.8 percent to $6.24 trillion in April. Japan, the second-biggest foreign owner of Treasury securities, reduced its holdings by 0.8 percent to

ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has had a string of electoral victories since his party came to power in 2002, appears to have emerged stronger than ever after supporters rallied behind his government and helped rebuff an attempted coup last week. Analysts predict Erdogan, who has dominated politics first as prime minister and

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president apologized on Monday for a 2014 scandal involving a $7 million mansion bought by his wife from a company that won lucrative contracts with his administration. President Enrique Pena Nieto had reacted crossly at the time to those who criticized the purchase, saying there were “countless versions and falsehoods” surrounding

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift probably wishes she could time travel back to “1989” after the month she’s having. On Sunday, her bitter feud with Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian, exploded after Kardashian released a series of Snapchats that seemed to suggest that Swift lied when she said she didn’t know about, or

ABILENE, Texas — Authorities say the 21-year-old male inmate identified as the “alleged assailant” in the killing of a female corrections officer at Texas prison over the weekend allegedly attacked the woman as she entered a storage area near the kitchen. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials said Monday that the inmate was assigned to

Peyton Manning is retired. Tom Coughlin is gone. Heck, the Rams no longer are in St. Louis. Upheaval is the buzzword for the NFL as training camps open. At least until big-name players get big-time injuries, or major holdouts end, or tackling and blocking for real begin, the departures of a likely Hall of Fame