Новости за 29.09.2016

TOWNVILLE, S.C. — The Latest on a shooting in a teenager is accused of killing his father and then wounding two students and a teacher at a nearby elementary school (all times local): 10 a.m. The mother of a teen accused of killing his father and wounding several at a South Carolina elementary school says

NEW YORK — A company that controls CBS and Viacom wants the two New York media companies to combine again, more than a decade after they went their separate ways. National Amusements, which owns most of the voting shares of the two companies, sent a letter to CBS and Viacom board members Thursday saying that

NORTH BELLE VERNON, Pa. — Authorities say a newborn baby has been found alive in a trash bin inside a gas station restroom in Pennsylvania. Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck says the baby was found Saturday afternoon at a BP station in North Belle Vernon. Authorities believe a woman gave birth in the station’s

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A man charged with driving under the influence in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island last month has again been arrested for DUI. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports (http://bit.ly/2dwGP0H ) that an incident report shows 64-year-old Richard Alford was arrested Wednesday afternoon

HOBOKEN, N.J. — A commuter train from New York barreled into a New Jersey rail station during the Thursday morning rush hour, causing serious damage to both the train and station. Witnesses reported injuries, including one woman who was trapped under concrete and many people bleeding. TV footage and photos from the scene show damage

MULBERRY, Fla. — The Latest on the sinkhole at a fertilizer plant that has contaminated Florida’s main drinking water aquifer (all times local): 9:10 a.m. A fertilizer company spokeswoman says one well on its property has seen contamination spread from a huge sinkhole that sent contaminated water and fertilizer into Florida’s main drinking water aquifer.

Louisiana State Police say a hazardous materials unit was investigating an explosion Thursday in northwest Louisiana at the same site where a company was previously accused of abandoning 7,800 tons of potentially explosive artillery propellant. Lt. Jeff White said the Troop G office in Bossier City started receiving calls around 5 a.m. Thursday. The Webster

BRUSSELS — The European Commission is taking Germany to court over its road-toll system for private vehicles, claiming that the scheme is discriminatory. The EU’s executive arm says German law allows owners of cars registered in the country to have the toll deducted from their annual vehicle tax bill, making the system unfair to road

BARNSLEY, England — A British newspaper investigation led to a second soccer coach getting fired in England on Thursday. Two days after Sam Allardyce lost his job as England manager following an undercover operation by the Daily Telegraph, second-tier club Barnsley fired assistant coach Tommy Wright. Wright was filmed apparently accepting an envelope which the

CANBERRA, Australia — A former Australian government minister drew criticism from the foreign minister on Thursday for visiting the Iraqi front line in a battle between the Islamic State movement and Kurdish Peshmerga. Wyatt Roy became the youngest-ever Australian federal lawmaker when he was voted into Parliament in 2010 at the age of 20. He

TORONTO — A retired professor who was released from an Iranian prison this week said Thursday it was wonderful to be home after a “bitter seven months” in detention that left her weak and tired. Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian, landed in Montreal Thursday morning. She had been detained with other Iranian dual-nationals swept up by

NYON, Switzerland — Legia Warsaw must play Real Madrid in an empty stadium as punishment for fan violence and racist behavior at a Champions League match. UEFA said Thursday its disciplinary panel ordered the sanction to apply when Madrid visits the Polish Army Stadium on Nov. 2. Legia was also fined 80,000 euros ($90,000). UEFA

In its efforts to get more women into administrative, coaching, officiating and scouting jobs, the NFL will offer a careers forum during Pro Bowl week. The forum in Orlando, Florida, from Jan. 25-27 is designed to educate and prepare women to fill such positions. The league’s Rooney Rule to enhance diversity in hiring was expanded

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to the country’s capital Thursday after a brief bout of illness following her visit to the United States. Suu Kyi, 71, was suffering from weakness and exhaustion after her return from two weeks of travel to the United States and Britain, the government said. It

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general says the state has reached an agreement with an herbal supplement maker to implement new quality control measures to confirm the authenticity of its products. The settlement with Long Island-based NBTY follows agreements by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’-dur-muhn) with GNC and Nature’s Way. His office last year

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster pace in the spring than previously reported, aided by new-found strength in business construction. The Commerce Department said Thursday the gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy, expanded at an annual pace of 1.4 percent in the April-June quarter. That is up from

WASHINGTON — More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week but the number of applications remained low, the latest sign that layoffs are scarce. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for jobless aid rose 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 254,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, ticked down to 256,000, matching

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Two religious colleges in Missouri and Oklahoma say they won’t take part in this year’s NAIA cross-country championship because the meet was moved out of North Carolina in response to the state’s law limiting LGBT protections. The NAIA opposes the law, which bans local ordinances that allow people to use locker rooms

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Schools in Missouri and Oklahoma say they won’t take part in this year’s NAIA cross-country championship because the athletics group for many small schools moved the meet out of North Carolina. The NAIA opposes a law that started as House Bill 2, which banned local ordinances that let people use locker rooms

Van Morrison, “Keep Me Singing” (Caroline Records) When Van Morrison’s fiercest critic likes his work it’s easy to tell. There’s an audible murmur of approval, and it comes from the man himself. It’s the sound Morrison makes when he’s into the music. He does it a few bars into “Let It Rhyme,” the opener to

ATLANTA — A federal agency and hotel employees are calling for new safety measures after a worker was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in downtown Atlanta. Investigators believe Carolyn Mangham spent about 13 hours inside the freezer before her husband called the hotel to report her missing. Leaders of

STAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut man who pretended he needed a wheelchair so he could steal a $37,000 watch from a jewelry store is heading to prison. The Connecticut Post (http://bit.ly/2dC4jOn ) reports that 36-year-old Larry Johnson of Waterbury pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery, larceny and assault. Authorities say Johnson entered a Stamford jewelry store

HAYMARKET, Va. — Authorities in Virginia have charged the driver of a van after a woman fell to her death while riding atop a mattress the two women were trying to move. Local news organizations report that 41-year-old Norma Guadron Canales of Culpeper was driving the van Friday morning while 20-year-old Sindy Zelaya Gonzalez rode

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal urged South Asian nations on Thursday to create a “conducive environment” so a regional summit can be held as scheduled in November in Pakistan’s capital. Nepal, the current chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, said four of the eight member nations have indicated they will not attend the

JOHANNESBURG — Thailand, the world’s biggest exporter of seahorses, is suspending trade in the animal because of concern about threats to its wild population. The decision was announced at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. Dr. Amanda Vincent, a seahorse expert at The