Новости за 02.09.2016

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin had a rare meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday but there was no breakthrough in a territorial dispute that has kept the two countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending their WWII conflict. Abe has been pushing for progress in the dispute over the Russian-held

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Authorities say a 22-year-old woman died after she was thrown from a horse and the animal fell on her during an equestrian show in the Hudson Valley. The Daily Freeman of Kingston reports (http://bit.ly/2cvqaKM ) Rebecca Weissbard was pronounced dead at the scene at Horse Shows in The Sun in Saugerties on

NEW YORK — Larry Wilmore says the cancellation of his late night Comedy Central talk show was like being in a relationship, but “you were the one who didn’t know it was over.” Wilmore told Stephen Colbert on CBS’ “Late Show” Thursday that he’s “very disappointed” in Comedy Central’s decision last month to abruptly end

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Police say a South Carolina teacher’s aide grabbed a 5-year-old autistic child by the arm, pulled him down the steps and threw him on his back across the school hallway. News outlets report that 37-year-old Brittany A. Bell, who worked at Summit Drive Elementary School in Greenville, turned herself in to police

BARI, Italy — In 10 seconds, Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers got all the feedback he wanted from the two assistants examining video replays in a truck outside the stadium. Instead of sending off France defender Djibril Sidibe for a hard foul into the left leg of Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi three minutes into a

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A day care worker at a private charter school in Miami Beach has been arrested after officers reviewed video surveillance footage that appears to show her slapping, elbowing and twisting the arms of four toddlers. Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez tells news outlets that Lincoln Marti Daycare worker Clara Luz

MOADAMIYEH, Syria — Buses carrying about 300 Syrians living in a besieged rebel-held suburb of the capital, Damascus, began leaving the area Friday following a deal struck with the government that grants amnesty to gunmen and restores state control. An Associated Press reporter in Moadamiyeh saw security forces searching the luggage of dozens of men,

BERLIN — The father of a 3-year-old boy, whose lifeless body photographed on a Turkish beach drew the world’s attention to the plight of refugees, says little has changed in the year since. Abdullah Kurdi, who now lives in Iraq, lost not only 3-year-old Aylan but also son Galip, 5, and wife Rihan, 35, one

GOSHEN, N.Y. — A man accused of holding an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in a Hudson Valley motel for at least four years in order to steal his benefits has pleaded guilty. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown, New York, reports (http://bit.ly/2cixndg ) 43-year-old Perry Coniglio entered the plea Thursday to endangering the welfare of

MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton’s hopes for a grand slam repeat at the Italian Grand Prix ended after the first practice on Friday. The Formula One champion was edged by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg by 0.203 seconds. Last year, Hamilton led each practice, took pole position, and led the race from start to finish. Running

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Residents of Copenhagen’s semi-autonomous Christiania neighborhood are tearing down the hashish market in the hippie colony after an alleged drug dealer shot two police officers and a bystander. The 25-year-old gunman escaped after the attack but was arrested after a shoot-out with police. Authorities and his defense lawyer said Friday that he

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the world body has failed to protect civilians in conflicts despite repeated commitments, and the killings at the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war seven years ago prompted him to launch an initiative to focus early attention on human rights violations. While Sri Lankans

MOADAMIYEH, Syria — The Latest on Syria’s conflict (all times local): 11:20 a.m. Dozens of Syrians living in a besieged rebel-held suburb of the capital, Damascus, have begun evacuating the area following a deal struck with the government that grants amnesty to gunmen and restores state control. An Associated Press reporter in Moadamiyeh says security

NEW DELHI — India and Egypt have agreed to boost cooperation in security and anti-terror efforts, with their leaders on Friday calling terrorism one of the gravest threats their countries face. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said they will cooperate more in defense and exchange more information that might

SAN FRANCISCO — A former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity house was released from jail Friday after serving half a six-month sentence that critics denounced as too lenient. Brock Turner’s case ignited fierce debate over campus rape and the criminal justice system. It led California lawmakers to

LOS ANGELES — A gunman who stormed a checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport and killed a federal airport screening officer will avoid the death penalty under a plea deal with prosecutors. Paul Cianca shot Transportation Security Administration officer and father of two Gerardo Hernandez 12 times with a rifle and also wounded three others

MADRID — Spain took a step closer toward holding its third election in a year after Parliament on Friday rejected for a second time acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s bid to form a minority government and end the country’s eight-month political deadlock. Rajoy’s bid was defeated by 180 lawmaker votes to 170, the same as

MADRID — Lawmakers in Spain’s Parliament were on Friday expected to reject for the second time in three days acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s bid to form a minority government, pushing the country closer to a third election in a year. Rajoy was defeated in a first vote of confidence Wednesday by 180 votes to

SULLIVAN, Ind. — Fireflies, to most, are symbols of summer: twinkling lights cutting through the warm haze of July and August nights. But, for sixth-grade agriculture students at Sullivan Middle School, they are a vehicle to better understand both entomology — the study of bugs — and how our government works. In particular, the students,

VINCENNES, Ind. — Over the last nine years, Jim Osborne, curator and founder of the Indiana Military Museum, has watched the number or re-enactors drawn to the annual Salute to Veterans of World War II steadily grow. This year, he said, more than 100 men and women have signed on, the largest group in the

HILO, Hawaii — With the second of two powerful storms churning across the Pacific toward a possible impact with Hawaii, officials are hoping residents take severe weather threats seriously after the islands escaped serious problems from the first storm. The islands of Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Molokai and Kahoolawe were under a hurricane watch Thursday

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s state-run news agency says one Turkish soldier was killed and six wounded in clashes with Kurdish militants in the volatile southeast. Anadolu said Friday that 20 Kurdish fighters were also killed during the clashes in the Hakkari province that included Turkish airstrikes. Violence between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and Turkish

CARRABELLE, Fla. — The Latest on Hermine (all times local): 6:45 a.m. Outer bands from Tropical Storm Hermine continue to dump large amounts of rain across the Tampa Bay area. Meteorologist Daniel Noah of the National Weather Service in Tampa says the rain should start slowing by Friday afternoon. But the rain caused flooding in

ATLANTA — Justin Thomas is still a bit miffed about last season. He doesn’t want to go through it again, that’s for sure. “It’s no fun,” said Georgia Tech’s senior quarterback. “I’m pretty sure a lot of us never experienced anything like that before. It was a learning experience. You can’t take winning for granted.”

NORTON, Mass. — Phil Mickelson rarely feels this much urgency when the majors are over. Not because of the Ryder Cup. Not even because of the $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup. “We can all throw out stats that are self-promoting,” Mickelson said Thursday at the Deutsche Bank Championship. “But this is the