Новости за 31.01.2017

CINCINNATI — A baby hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo has a name — it’s Fiona (fee-OH’-nuh). The zoo’s mammal curator Christina Gorsuch says members of the team giving the week-old female calf 24-hour care thought the name that means “fair” was a perfect fit for the “fair little girl.” The zoo says 17-year-old

WILLINGBORO, N.J. — Authorities say a woman fatally beat her husband with a fire extinguisher inside their New Jersey home. Burlington County prosecutors say 42-year-old Laciana Tinsley is charged with murder and a weapons offense in the death of 74-year-old Douglas Tinsley. He was pronounced dead at the couple’s Willingboro home on Monday afternoon. Authorities

BUCHAREST, Romania — Anti-corruption prosecutors in Romania say a government proposal to decriminalize some official misconduct will lead to an increase in corruption. The National Anticorruption Directorate said Tuesday that the emergency ordinance the government is seeking would “encourage the abusive behavior of public workers, dishonesty, (and) immorality.” A draft of the proposal shows the

NEW ORLEANS — Sentencing for the man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith has been postponed to March 27. Prosecution and defense attorneys in the Cardell Hayes case agreed Tuesday to push back a sentencing in mid-February. Smith was killed in a traffic confrontation in New Orleans last April. The 29-year-old

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch electoral commission says that 31 parties have registered lists of candidates for the country’s March 15 election, far fewer than originally said they wanted to take part in the vote. A record 81 parties had earlier registered their names with the commission, but 50 of them didn’t file the

NEWPORT, R.I. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is donating his boat V Rings to a community sailing center in Newport. The Newport Daily News reports that the 24-foot power boat was named after the five Super Bowl rings Belichick had at the time he acquired it. Since then, he’s won another ring and

KETCHUM, Idaho — Authorities say a female moose is safe after she fell through an unlatched window into the basement of an Idaho home. The Idaho Mountain Express reports (http://bit.ly/2jzbGrm ) that the moose spent about three hours in the Hailey basement early Sunday morning. Law enforcement officers and those from the Idaho Department of

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Latest on the eruption of an Alaska volcano (all times local): 7:45 a.m. Trace amounts of ash and the smell of sulfur reached an Alaska city after the latest eruption of a volcano in the Aleutian Islands. Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted late Monday night. The ash cloud reached 25,000 feet high

RALEIGH, N.C. — A young North Carolina family may have a few joint parties in their future after the couple’s new baby daughter was born on the same day as both of her parents. WTVD-TV reports (http://abc11.tv/2jR0xpf ) London Hall was born at a Raleigh hospital on Jan. 27, giving her the same birthday as

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek farmers angry at income cuts demanded by the country’s bailout creditors have briefly blocked a border crossing to Bulgaria, and are keeping a key crossing into Macedonia shut for a second day. About 200 farmers closed off the Promahonas crossing for nearly an hour, before freeing the road to traffic from

NEW YORK — Grammy-winning hitmaker Timbaland has worked with everyone from Jay Z to Justin Timberlake to the “Empire” TV series cast, but his latest muse is Chinese pop singer Jane Zhang. Timbaland and Zhang, a global international sensation known as “The Dolphin Princess” thanks to her whispery high vocals, partnered for the song “Dust

Pharrell Williams and his wife, Helen Lasichanh, have welcomed triplets. Williams’ publicist says that “the family is happy and healthy.” She didn’t say where or when the babies were born or their genders. The babies join 8-year-old big brother Rocket. The 43-year-old Williams married Lasichanh, a model, in 2013. It’s shaping up to be a

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Ghana goalkeeper Razak Brimah has been fined $2,500 for an expletive-laden tirade in a video posted on social media during the African Cup of Nations that was aimed at fans who had criticized his performances. The Ghana Football Association announced the punishment on Tuesday, two days ahead of Ghana’s African Cup semifinal

NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general says DeVry University will pay $2.25 million following allegations that it exaggerated graduates’ job and salary prospects. Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’-dur-muhn) said Tuesday that a settlement also requires the school — which operates locally as DeVry College of New York — to pay $500,000 in penalties and fees. Graduates

WARSAW, Poland — A major new World War II museum in Poland unexpectedly gained at least a few more weeks of independence before it is expected to come under government control, thanks to a last-minute court order on Tuesday. The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk is at the center of a standoff

MILAN — Two former railway executives have been convicted in the 2009 derailment of a freight train loaded with gas that set off an explosion that collapsed five buildings and killed 32 people in the town of Viareggio. A judge in the Tuscan town of Lucca on Tuesday convicted former Italian State Railways CEO Mauro

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Federal agriculture officials say Indiana’s popcorn harvest set a record last year with yields up nearly 30 percent compared to 2015. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Tuesday that 2016 total production was a record nearly 500 million pounds worth $71.4 million. That’s compared to $50.7 million during 2015. Experts have

NEW YORK — The New York Islanders have stabilized their goaltending situation for the next few seasons by signing Thomas Greiss to a $10 million, three-year contract extension. Greiss will count $3.33 million against the salary cap throughout the length of the deal. The German netminder will make $3 million next season, $3.25 million in

Inspired by the interiors of boutique hotels around the world, author Sara Bliss wanted to share easy and affordable tips on how to bring that style home. In “Hotel Chic at Home” (The Monacelli Press), she tries to capture the transformative power of travel, and that moment in a stylish hotel when you say to

The NCAA and helmet maker Riddell are defendants in separate class-action lawsuits alleging they failed to protect football players from long-term head injuries and didn’t educate them about the risks. The Fort Worth firm of Circelli, Walter & Young filed the lawsuits Monday in federal courts in Indianapolis and San Francisco. The lawsuits ask for

NEW YORK — George Benjamin’s “Lessons in Love and Violence” will be given its world premiere by the Royal Opera in London in May 2018. The company said Tuesday the opera is inspired by Elizabethan drama and portrays a king who chooses between love and political considerations, setting his wife and son against him and

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s divisive executive order on refugees and immigration, arguing that while the rollout was bumpy, the policy is consistent with Republican principles. “The president has a responsibility to the security of this country,” Ryan told reporters. “What is happening is something that we support,

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A jury has resumed deliberating in the murder trial of a man who shot a Memphis police officer during a raid on his home. Treveno Campbell faces up to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Officer Martoiya Lang. The 25-year-old Campbell also is accused of the

BOSTON — It’s been 10 years since highways, bridges and some transit stations around Boston were closed by a terror scare that turned out to be nothing more than a guerrilla marketing campaign. The panic on Jan. 31, 2007, was caused by two artists who placed about three dozen lighted signs of a cartoon character

My barely heated greenhouse kept me in fresh figs well into fall, but decreased light and increased cold have made those juicy, ambrosial fruits a mere memory. Now I go to the store and purchase dried figs, to me a totally different fruit: super-sweet, a bit crunchy and, of course, not at all juicy. It’s