Новости за 18.08.2016

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Thursday it has disciplined three soldiers after a video emerged that seemed to show them hurling a stun grenade at Palestinian men smoking a water pipe in the northern West Bank. In the video, captured by a surveillance camera, an Israeli military jeep pulls up to the four Palestinians,

BEIRUT — The Latest on the developments in Syria’s civil war (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Syrian opposition activists and a Kurdish spokesman say that Syrian government warplanes have bombed Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria, a first in Syria’s civil war. Redur Khalil, a spokesman for the main Kurdish fighting force, says in a statement

AUSTIN, Minn. — Hormel Foods reported better-than-expected quarterly sales on Thursday, as the maker of Spam canned meat and Jennie-O turkey recovered from avian flu that hit its results a year ago. The Austin, Minnesota-based company said total sales were up 5 percent, boosted by a 1 percent increase in volume. Its Jennie-O Turkey unit

GENEVA — Officials at CERN, home to the world’s largest particle accelerator, say they’ve launched an internal investigation over a “spoof” video filmed on its campus appearing to mimic a human sacrifice. Shot from a building at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, the video shows hooded people in a courtyard before

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say a Greenville woman who they think was stabbed and doused in boiling water by her own daughter has died. Pitt County deputies tell local media outlets they were called to an apartment just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. They say they believe 20-year-old Milina Tapo Harris threw boiling

NEW YORK — Stocks are slightly higher Thursday as the continuing rebound in oil prices gives energy companies a lift. Health care stocks are trading lower as investors resist making big moves. Retail giant Wal-Mart is rising after it reported strong second-quarter results and raised its annual estimates. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average

BANGKOK — Seventeen people detained after last week’s bombings and arson in southern Thailand are being charged with belonging to a criminal gang, but authorities have not publicly linked them to the attacks that killed four people and wounded dozens. A military court late Thursday approved arrest warrants for the 17, who are to hear

WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week, remaining at historically low levels as a potential spur to home purchases. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for the benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage slipped to 3.43 percent from 3.45 percent last week. The average rate is down from 3.93 percent a year

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart will retire next summer after a tumultuous tenure that included consolidation of the men’s and women’s athletic departments, improvements in facilities and the settlement of a Title IX lawsuit. Hart’s announcement Thursday comes six weeks after Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement in a Title IX lawsuit

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 10:00 a.m. U.S. stocks are opening little changed Thursday, with earnings from retail giant Wal-Mart and weekly unemployment data in investors’ sights. The Arkansas-based retailer lifted its earnings outlook and delivered strong second-quarter profit and sales. Wal-Mart shares rose 1.7 percent.

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. — Wildlife officials in South Carolina are investigating after a manatee was found washed up on the beach on Sullivans Island — the second manatee found dead in the Charleston area this week. News outlets report that police were called shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday to where the animal also known as

PRICHARD, Ala. — An Alabama police officer is facing assault and other charges after being accused of hurting a woman during an off-duty dispute about a horse. Authorities say Prichard Police Sgt. Robert Golden is charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, menacing and harassment after a confrontation that occurred near Mobile. Mobile County Sheriff’s Capt.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 7:25 a.m. Fire crews gained more ground on a wildfire in Northern California overnight as damage inspectors continued to survey the area to determine how many structures have been destroyed or damaged. The 6-square-mile blaze was 55 percent contained Thursday after destroying at

BERLIN — Scientists say Oetzi the Iceman wore clothes made of brown bear pelt and roe deer when he died in the Alps 5,300 years ago. Researchers in Italy used genetic analysis to determine that the two materials were used for Oetzi’s fur hat and his leather quiver respectively. Niall O’Sullivan, a researcher at the

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a Massachusetts town violated the civil rights of an Islamic group when officials there rejected plans for a Muslim cemetery. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced Thursday that the investigation will determine whether the town of Dudley violated the right to religious exercise by the Islamic Society of Greater

CARLISLE, Pa. — An attorney who represented former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky at his child sex abuse trial has been sentenced to 5½ to 18 years in prison for stealing about $767,000 from clients. Karl Rominger told a Cumberland County judge he was “ashamed” at Wednesday’s sentencing. Rominger pleaded guilty in May

In this photo by Niranjan Shrestha, a Hindu priest adjusts his hair while performing rituals during Janai Purnima in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hindus participating in the festival cut their hair, nails and beards and take holy baths to cleanse themselves. The festival is held annually on a full moon for believers to change their janai, the

MINEOLA, N.Y. — Trains are back in service, but heavily delayed, for some people making their way into New York City from Long Island hours after the morning commute came to a halt when a person was struck and killed on the tracks. The Long Island Rail Road says a person who wasn’t authorized to

LANCASTER, N.H. — A lawyer for a Florida-based circus operator facing charges in a tent collapse that killed a man and his 6-year-old daughter in New Hampshire says the company will plead not guilty. About 100 people were inside the tent Aug. 3, 2015, at the Lancaster Fairgrounds when a storm blew through, toppling it.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York man who fatally shot a friend for eating his leftover sandwich has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. The Erie County district attorney’s office says 34-year-old Marcus Gottsche was sentenced Wednesday in the death of 28-year-old Jasmine Armour, of Buffalo. Prosecutors say Gottsche and Armour spent a night

BENGHAZI, Libya — Islamic State suicide bombers attacked Libya’s pro-government forces in the IS group’s former stronghold city of Sirte on Thursday, detonating two cars bombs that killed at least 10 troops, officials said. Ahmed Hadia, a spokesman for troops loyal to the U.N.-backed government who are fighting to liberate the city, said the attack

BERLIN — A German marathon runner who was criticized for holding hands with her twin sister as they crossed the Rio Olympics finish line — far behind the leaders — celebrated a belated victory in her home country Thursday. Organizers declared Anna Hahner the winner of the Hannover marathon after Kenya’s Edinah Jerotich Kwambai was

PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania mother charged with concealing information about her twins says they’re living with a family friend. Child welfare workers say they haven’t been able to locate the children for 10 years, but 47-year-old Patricia Fowler told WTAE-TV (http://bit.ly/2b1tUUa ) that they’re with the friend in Georgia. The twins would be about 17

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber passengers in Pittsburgh will be able to summon rides in self-driving cars with the touch of a smartphone button in the next several weeks. The high-tech ride-hailing company said Thursday that an unspecified number of autonomous Ford Fusions with human backup drivers will pick up passengers just like normal Uber vehicles.

PARIS — Rescue workers have found the bodies of three alpinists buried in an avalanche of ice and snow near a summit of Mont Blanc and dug them out with chain saws and a backhoe, a mountain rescue chief said Thursday. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced an investigation into the circumstances of the accident