Новости за 13.01.2017

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to cement strict fuel economy requirements that force the auto industry to make new cars and trucks significantly more efficient, a decision that will be difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo. The EPA said in late November that it had completed a required midterm review

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United has rejected a bid from Lyon for winger Memphis Depay, saying Friday it was “far from being reasonable.” The 22-year-old Depay has been unable to secure a regular spot in the team since joining United from PSV Eindhoven in June 2015 for 31 million pounds (then $48 million). Since United

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania fireworks business used for many national events has been fined $200,000 by federal agents and ordered to close for two weeks after an employee stole fireworks. Family-owned Zambelli International Fireworks of New Castle blamed poor record-keeping on its failure to detect the theft. It has been ordered to improve

SITTWE, Myanmar — The U.N. human rights envoy for Myanmar has arrived in tense Rakhine state, where a military operation against Muslim insurgents has driven an estimated 65,000 people to flee into Bangladesh in the past three months. U.N. rapporteur Yanghee Lee began a three-day mission there Friday. Members of the Muslim ethnic Rohingya minority

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter is rejoining the team in time for Sunday’s playoff game in Kansas City. The team reinstated Porter on Friday morning. The Steelers placed Porter on leave Monday following his arrest on Sunday night during alleged altercation outside a bar hours after the team’s victory against the Miami

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Authorities say the fatal shootings of two Cuban-born teenage brothers in upstate New York involved marijuana. Documents filed in Syracuse City Court by Onondaga County prosecutors say 17-year-old Daniel Diaz-Marrero and 19-year-old Ismael Diaz-Marrero were lured to a meeting Tuesday by a 17-year-old girl who had contacted them earlier in the day.

A look at things to watch this week in the Atlantic Coast Conference:  GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 9 Florida State at No. 11 North Carolina. The Seminoles (16-1) are halfway through a remarkable stretch of six straight games against ranked opponents, and they’re sitting at 4-0 in ACC play for the first time after

Here are some things to watch in Southeastern Conference basketball this week: GAME OF THE WEEKEND: Georgia at No. 23 Florida. Georgia’s 3-1 in the SEC and has won two straight, including an impressive 69-47 road victory over Mississippi on Wednesday. Florida is 4-0 in the SEC and the only league team besides No. 6

NEW YORK — Wells Fargo said Friday its profit fell 5 percent in the first full quarter after regulators said that bank employees opened millions of customer accounts fraudulently to meet sales goals. The scandal has kept new customers away, with the bank reporting that new account openings plummeted last month. In September, regulators fined

VIRGINIA WATER, England — John Jacobs, the captain of the first European Ryder Cup team and a tour official on the continent, has died. He was 91. The European Tour announced the death of its “founding father” on Friday. A cause was not provided. Jacobs played for Britain at the 1955 Ryder Cup in California

PRAGUE — A new Czech unit to combat fake news is preparing to combat disinformation campaigns ahead of two key elections. Jana Romancovova who coordinated the creation of the Center Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats says it is working on a project to protect the elections after “alarming” warnings from other countries, including Germany. Romancova

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh’s mayor says a firefighter overdosed at a fire station on New Year’s Eve and was revived with Narcan, which is used to reverse heroin and other opioid overdoses. Mayor Bill Peduto said Thursday that the firefighter received assistance for his problem and will get a second chance. Authorities say and he others

NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co. said its fourth quarter profit rose 24 percent from a year earlier, helped by higher interest rates and strong results from its trading operations. The nation’s largest bank by assets said it earned $6.73 billion, or $1.71 per share, compared with a profit of $5.43 billion, or $1.32

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — A 15-year-old girl from Singapore who attended a New Jersey boarding school has been killed in a skiing accident in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. Officials at Shawnee Mountain Ski Area near East Stroudsburg tell WNEP-TV (http://bit.ly/2jrjP2c ) that Juliette Dajani died when she struck an orange safety fence after losing control and

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Mint has unveiled a commemorative $100 gold coin that features an image of Liberty as a black woman. The 2017 American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin shows the woman’s head in profile with a crown of stars. It features the year of the mint’s founding, 1792, as well as 2017. The

BOSTON — College football is returning to one of professional baseball’s most iconic venues. Fenway Park is scheduled to host three games next fall featuring teams from New England. The first game is scheduled for Nov. 10 when Brown plays Dartmouth. It will actually be the third time the Ivy League teams play at Fenway.

VIENNA — The Jerusalem Post says Ari Rath, its former chief editor who advocated the peaceful coexistence of Israelis and Palestinians, has died in Vienna. He was 92. Rath was best known for a more than decade-long tenure at the daily’s helm. His support of dialogue to resolve past and present conflicts won him numerous

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The governor of Nigeria’s embattled Borno state has apologized to the United Nations, saying his accusations that aid agencies are profiting from funds for people fleeing Boko Haram were aimed at local charities. Gov. Kashim Shettima also said his comments were misrepresented by journalists. He spoke Thursday, a day after he declared

LONDON — Victor Lownes, a former executive of Playboy who helped forge the brand’s hedonistic ethos and put much of the swing into the “Swinging London” era, has died at 88. Friend Barbara Haigh, a former “bunny girl” at London’s Playboy Club, said Lownes died in his sleep Wednesday at a London hospital after suffering

NEW YORK — Pandora’s stock is climbing before the opening bell Friday after the online radio company provided a stronger fourth-quarter revenue outlook and announced plans to cut approximately 7 percent of its workforce. Pandora said late Thursday that the job cuts, which would exclude Ticketfly, are being done to help trim overall operating costs.

WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3 percent in December, led higher by more expensive gas, food and cars. The producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach consumers, increased 1.6 percent last year, the Labor Department said Friday. That’s the biggest 12-month gain since September 2014. Still, it is low historically and

WASHINGTON — Americans stepped up their auto buying and online shopping in December, reflecting a boost in confidence after the election and a solid increase in pay. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent, following a small 0.2 percent gain in November, the Commerce Department said Friday. Auto sales jumped 2.4 percent in December,

BERLIN — Germany wants the European Union’s executive branch to question Italy over software that regulates emissions in Fiat Chrysler diesel cars. A Transport Ministry spokeswoman says German authorities believe the software constitutes an unauthorized “defeat device.” German automaker Volkswagen has been embroiled in a scandal over excessive diesel emissions after U.S. authorities found a

GENEVA — Turkey’s president says his country must continue to underwrite the security of Cyprus, even if there’s a deal reunifying the island that’s divided along ethnic Greek and Turkish lines. However, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Istanbul Friday that a full pullout would be possible if Greece, which also deploys a small troop contingent

BERLIN — Police in Cologne say that hundreds of men stopped from heading into the city on New Year’s Eve included large numbers of Iraqis and Syrians, rather than North Africans as authorities originally reported. Cologne police were widely praised for their actions, which there intended to prevent a repeat of robberies and sexual assaults