Новости за 29.12.2016

MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man faces preliminary charges for allegedly making and planting an explosive device that led police to evacuate part of the city’s downtown. Thirty-three-year-old Lionel Ray Mackey Jr. was arrested Thursday, hours after a local bomb squad destroyed a package containing two devices resembling PVC pipe bombs. No injuries were reported.

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro has again extended the deadline for Venezuelans to stop using their old 100-bolivar bills. Maduro said in a television and radio broadcast address on Thursday that people now have until Jan. 20 to stop using the old bills. The decision comes almost two weeks after violent protests and looting

ASHBURN, Va. — Mixing and matching safeties since late last season, the Washington Redskins have no choice but to use a safety-by-committee approach in their must-win regular season finale. With their playoff hopes riding on beating the New York Giants on Sunday — as long as the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions don’t tie

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump gave himself kudos for the creation of 8,000 new U.S. jobs by a Japanese tech mogul, saying it was proof of “the spirit and the hope” stirred by his presidential win. But for those particular jobs, Trump was basically taking a bow for the second time. The jobs were part of

Court and spark: Serena Williams is tying the knot. The tennis great announced her engagement to Alexis Ohanian on Thursday, posting a poem on Reddit that she accepted the proposal of the social news website’s co-founder. Williams’ agent, Jill Smoller, confirmed the engagement in an email to The Associated Press. Ohanian wrote on his Facebook

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls have waived guard R.J. Hunter. Hunter, who signed with Chicago on Oct. 27, has appeared in three games and played a total of nine minutes. The Bulls’ roster stands at 14 players with the move on Thursday.

NEW YORK — The deaths of actress and writer Carrie Fisher and her Hollywood legend mother, Debbie Reynolds, on successive days this week lend a special poignancy to an upcoming HBO film about their relationship. The film, “Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher,” is expected to premiere on the pay cable network sometime

LOS ANGELES — Court records show actor Ben Mendelsohn’s wife has filed for divorce from the “Rogue One ” star. Emma Forrest filed for divorce from the Emmy-winning actor in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the end of their four year marriage. Forrest is seeking physical custody

STATESVILLE, N.C. — A text message to a friend guided rescuers to a teen girl held captive in the North Carolina home where her mother was also slain. Authorities say Gary Love of Wadsworth, Ohio, held the 14-year-old captive for days and killed her mother in a grisly crime revealed after the girl was rescued

PETERSBURG, Va. — Virginia’s Petersburg National Battlefield, a climactic site in the collapse of the Confederacy in the Civil War, has been cleared for a huge expansion under a new law that would authorize it to become the nation’s largest protected battlefield. The park commemorates sites in the war’s longest battlefield conflict, marked by bursts

STATESVILLE, N.C. — A text message to a friend guided rescuers to a teenager held captive in the North Carolina home where her mother was slain. Authorities say Gary Love held the 14-year-old girl captive for days and killed her mother in a grisly crime revealed earlier this week when the girl was rescued Monday.

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian police say they have arrested an ethnic Albanian from neighboring Kosovo who was wanted for allegedly fighting with terror groups in Syria. A police statement Thursday said 30-year-old Enos Begolli, a Kosovo citizen and resident of Mitrovica, was arrested by Albanian anti-terror forces and handed over to Kosovo police. The statement

PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A Nebraska-based company has announced that its president and his friend — both Minnesota residents — were the victims of a central Florida plane crash earlier this week. The Daytona Beach News-Journal (https://goo.gl/4K6WXx) reports Independent Technologies, Inc. released a statement Thursday saying company president Daryl Ingalsbe of Spicer, Minnesota, was killed.

CANNELTON, Ind. — A southern Indiana fire chief faces a battery charge for allegedly shoving an officer who was checking a burning house for occupants. The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky, reports (http://cjky.it/2hwT6T6 ) Cannelton Fire Department chief Christopher Herzog was arrested Tuesday by two state troopers in the city about 50 miles east of Evansville.

HONOLULU — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s family vacation in Hawaii (all times local): 8:30 p.m. A crowd of mostly tourists cheered as President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle arrived at a Waikiki restaurant Thursday night. The couple dined with friends at Mahina and Sun’s, which focuses on island cuisine. The presidential party

The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on the night before the Super Bowl in Houston. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider. BEST GAME: The beginning of the end for the defending champions came in Week 12 in a frigid classic. The Broncos blew an eight-point lead over

ATLANTA — Alabama cornerback Marlon Humphrey needed only a quick look at game film to know Washington’s John Ross has the speed to be a factor in Saturday’s Peach Bowl semifinal. The surprise for Humphrey was learning that Ross, one of the nation’s top wide receivers, has elite speed after missing the 2015 season following

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Investigators say human remains found buried under a large cliff may be those of a West Virginia woman missing since 1979. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that someone who was searching for arrowheads in the Kanawha Falls area on Tuesday afternoon found a human skull instead. Based

Before LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach, BYU ran a slogging run-first offense that yielded mediocre or worse records. Under Edwards, dizzying passing numbers became the norm, and college football fans stayed in front of their TVs late Saturday nights from the 1970s to ’90s to see just how many points the Cougars could

NEW YORK — Massive 20-ton sanitation trucks, weighted with an extra 15 tons of sand, will surround the iconic New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, officials said Thursday, describing a security measure meant to stop deadly truck-driving attacks into crowds like those in Germany and France. The placement of the 65 trucks, along with

DETROIT — Honda Motor Co. is recalling 633,753 Odyssey minivans in the U.S. because the second-row seats could move unexpectedly. The recall involves Odysseys from the 2011 to 2016 model years. They were made between Aug. 1, 2010, and Oct. 1, 2015. The vehicles have a second-row seat lever that moves the outer seats forward

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Human remains found buried under a large cliff may be those of a West Virginia woman missing since 1979, investigators said. A person searching for arrowheads in the Kanawha Falls area on Tuesday found a human skull instead, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The investigation is being

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Cheese is far more than something slapped on a sandwich or sprinkled on top of a pizza, according to a new reference book edited by a Vermont professor. The more than 850 entries in “The Oxford Companion to Cheese,” from Oxford University Press, cover ancient and modern cheesemaking traditions, varieties worldwide, and

LOS ANGELES — Pink and her motocross-champ husband got a bundle of joy for the holidays. The Grammy winner announced on Instagram that her second child with her husband, Carey Hart, was born Dec. 26. Pink posted a photo of herself cradling her newborn son, Jameson Moon Hart. Another photo shows Hart with the infant

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. Coach Mike Sullivan said Thursday that Murray is “week to week.” Murray left Wednesday night’s comeback victory over Carolina after the second period. Marc-Andre Fleury came on in relief as the Penguins rallied for a 3-2 win. Murray helped the Penguins