Новости за 29.09.2016

NEW YORK — Amanda Knox stares into the camera, coolly contemplating how she became a figure of global fascination. “I think people love monsters. And so when they get the chance, they want to see them. It’s people projecting their fears,” Knox says. “They want the reassurance that they know who the bad people are,

VERNON, Ind. — Indiana authorities have brought charges against a Pennsylvania man who was injured in a crash that killed his girlfriend earlier this month, alleging that he initially tried to conceal that the crash even happened because he may have been trying to avoid being arrested. Kevin Bell, of Dover, Pennsylvania, was found injured

ORLANDO, Fla. — The ACC is moving its 2016 football championship to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. The conference made the announcement Thursday about the Dec. 3 game. Orlando emerged as a possible location after the ACC joined other sports leagues in pulling out of North Carolina amid backlash over controversial state House Bill 2. The

WASHINGTON — Angry lawmakers heaped another round of blistering criticism on Wells Fargo’s CEO, pressing Thursday for details about what senior managers knew about allegedly illegal sales practices and when any concerns were disclosed. Chief Executive John Stumpf, newly stripped of tens of millions in compensation, told the House Financial Services Committee that the bank

Finding money you didn’t know you had is like discovering lost treasure. For many people, there’s treasure to be found in old, forgotten bank accounts. Las Vegas resident Michael Catania was surprised when he plugged his name into MissingMoney.com , a website for unclaimed-property searches, and learned that Massachusetts was holding money for him from

NEW YORK — On Saturday, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet’s core systems — namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find the latest weather, maps and Facebook musings. Will you even notice? Probably not, although the subject has become a hot political issue

LOS ANGELES — A police officer trying to find the rider of a motorcycle abandoned in a freeway traffic lane had his police car stolen by a man who jumped inside, raced away and almost immediately crashed the vehicle into a tree, killing himself. “These type of things when you see them on movies or

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark has received data leaked from a Panamanian law firm that helped customers open offshore companies to avoid paying taxes, authorities said Thursday, adding they paid nearly 6 million kroner ($902,500) for it. Jim Soerensen, an official with the Danish Customs and Tax Administration, said they “were given permission Sept. 9 to

NEW YORK — With Woody Allen’s “Crisis in Six Scenes,” the screenwriter has let down his director — who coincidentally also falls short. And then there’s the leading man, who phones in his performance. “Crisis” is right. It was a major coup when Amazon announced in January 2015 that its upstart streaming site — not

BRUSSELS — Tens of thousands of workers have rallied in the Belgian capital to protest against government reforms and labor laws, disrupting public transport and traffic. Brussels police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere said around 45,000 people took part in Thursday’s protest, the fourth since Prime Minister Charles Michel took office in 2014. The march

WUHAN, China — Fourth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania advanced to the semifinals of the Wuhan Open on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Madison Keys of the United States. Halep beat the eighth-seeded Keys with powerful groundstrokes to set up a semifinal match against either Johanna Konta or Petra Kvitova. “It was a great

MORGAN HILL, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 6:30 a.m. Officials say a wildfire threatening hundreds of structures in a remote area of California’s Santa Cruz Mountains continues to grow. Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jeremy Rahn said Thursday that the flames have scorched more than 6 square miles of trees and

NEW YORK — Mary J. Blige said she decided to sing Bruce Springsteen’s “American Skin (41 Shots)” to Hillary Clinton during her recent interview because she was trying to get the Democratic presidential nominee to feel and understand the widening frustration among blacks in America over police brutality and similar topics. A pair of clips

WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, as a shortage of properties for sale is weighing on the market. The National Association of Realtors says its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index fell 2.4 percent last month to 108.5, its lowest reading since January. The number of signed contracts slumped sharply

HOBOKEN, N.J. — The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local): 10 a.m. A New Jersey Transit spokeswoman says that a commuter train that crashed into a train station in Hoboken was coming from Spring Valley, New York, on the Pascack Valley Line. Nancy Snyder says

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Pennsylvania company that makes marshmallow Peeps as well as Mike and Ike candies has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a workers’ strike is illegal. Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 6 workers walked off the job Sept. 7. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by Just Born Quality Confections

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear a First Amendment challenge over the government’s refusal to register offensive trademarks in a case that could affect the Washington Redskins. The justices agreed Thursday to take up a dispute involving an Asian-American rock band called the Slants, but they did not act on a separate request to

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian government has agreed to raise the minimum wage for clothing and footwear workers, a move that could help placate workers in the country’s biggest export industry. The Ministry of Labor, Vocational and Training said in a statement Thursday that the minimum wage would be raised by 9.2 percent to

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as high-dividend companies declined, offsetting gains in consumer goods companies. Real estate, utilities and phone companies all fell in early trading Thursday, partly due to a rise in bond

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainians have marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941, when the city was under Nazi occupation. The killing was

LONDON — Britain’s most senior police officer has announced he’ll retire in February, seven months before his contract expires. Bernard Hogan-Howe’s resignation comes amid suggestions of tensions with London Mayor Sadiq Khan — though the newly elected leader denied he was behind the decision. It also comes before the release of a report on police

BERLIN — Aircraft engineers in Germany have successfully tested the world’s first four-seater plane that uses emission-free hybrid fuel cells to fly. The 10-minute test flight Thursday at Stuttgart Airport in southwestern Germany involved two pilots and two dummy passengers. The twin-cabin plane, known as HY4, was developed by aircraft maker Pipistrel, fuel cell specialist

MILAN — Silvio Berlusconi has marked his 80th birthday quietly with his family, amid a flurry of greetings and reflections on the former Italian premier’s political career that spanned more than two decades. Italian television and dailies used Thursday’s occasion to contemplate the legacy of the three-time former premier and billionaire media mogul, with Corriere

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man says his family has been given little information on how his two sisters died while vacationing on a tropical African island. The bodies of 37-year-old Annie Korkki and 42-year-old Robin Korkki were found in their resort villa last week in Seychelles, an archipelago nation off Africa’s east coast in the

ASHLAND, Ohio — The Latest on Ohio suspect in killings of at least four women (all times local): 9:15 a.m. A man linked to the slayings of at least four women in Ohio has pleaded not guilty. Shawn Grate entered the pleas Thursday after being accused in a 23-count indictment issued last week. Prosecutors say