Новости за 29.03.2017

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department is investigating the apparent suicide of a hedge fund partner whose former firm invested with imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. Charles Murphy plunged from a 24th-floor window of the Sofitel (SOH’-fee-tehl) New York Hotel on Monday. Police said he was depressed and was on medication. Murphy previously

UNITED NATIONS — Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley has been appointed to head the U.N. World Food Program, the largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Beasley is a supporter of President Donald Trump who was recommended for the job by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The ambassador left her own job as South Carolina governor

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers have waived backup guard Rodney Stuckey. The move comes a day after the team announced he would miss four to six weeks with a strained left patellar tendon. Stuckey has been plagued by injuries all season. He appeared in only 39 games, a little more than half of the Pacers’

ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World is moving its metal detectors to an earlier entry point at its most popular park, Magic Kingdom. The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2oaZa8a) reports that the detectors will now by located at the Transportation and Ticket Center starting next Monday. Visitors staying at three resorts along the monorail route, meanwhile, will

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel legal analyst Andrew Napolitano returned to the air Wednesday, saying he stood by his claim about spying on President Donald Trump that got him benched by the network for more than a week. Napolitano had said on Fox that British intelligence officials had helped former President Barack Obama spy

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized more than 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) of cocaine after chasing and stopping a boat north of the U.S. territory. U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez said Wednesday that four men were arrested. She said federal agents fired at the boat early Monday to

NEW YORK — New York Mets reliever Jeurys Familia has accepted a 15-game suspension without pay under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. MLB announced the suspension Wednesday, and Familia has agreed not to appeal. The suspension stems from Familia’s Oct. 31 arrest on a simple assault charge. Prosecutors later dropped charges. Familia’s suspension will

LONDON — A tribunal has found a doctor who misled other medics over the temperature of Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey is guilty of serious misconduct. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled Wednesday that Dr. Hannah Ryan allowed an inaccurate temperature to be recorded when the nurse returned to Britain from a stint in West Africa

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan officials say they’ve arrested a senior manager at the state oil company on corruption charges at a moment when the oil-rich country is struggling with fuel shortages. The chief prosecutor’s office says on its webpage Wednesday that international commerce manager Marco Antonio Malave is accused of conspiring with Petroleos de Venezuela’s

BENI, Congo — The Latest on the deaths of an American and a Swedish investigator for the United Nations in Congo (all times local): 7:10 p.m. The United States has issued a travel warning for Congo. A State Department statement warns of unnecessary travel there, citing “ongoing instability and sporadic violence” in many areas. The

LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Fallon’s guests will include Vin Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal and Pitbull when his NBC late-night show airs from Florida next week. The “Tonight Show” host’s four-night stand in Orlando celebrates the opening of Universal Orlando Resort’s new 3D attraction, “Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Other guests on the “Tonight” broadcasts

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa Senate is slowing down the confirmation of Geri Huser as the Iowa Utilities Board chairwoman after The Associated Press revealed her extensive private legal work. Members of the Senate commerce committee had been scheduled Tuesday to consider Huser’s appointment for a second two-year term as board chairwoman. Hours before

FUNCHAL, Portugal — Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named after him, but it was his odd-looking statue that attracted attention in Wednesday’s ceremony honoring the Portugal star in his hometown. The player’s bronze bust, which was unveiled to much fanfare by Portugal’s president and prime minister on the island of Madeira, hardly does the handsome

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy has pleaded guilty to shooting his 18-year-old brother to death with a shotgun in a dispute that authorities said was over a girl. PennLive.com (http://bit.ly/2ohmPRh ) reports that Dakota Thornton, of Williamstown, pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder in the March 2016 slaying of Dominick Thornton. Authorities said

LAS VEGAS — Authorities are checking a 20-year-old man’s claim that he was brought from Mexico City to Las Vegas under threat that his family would be harmed unless he took part in a weekend smash-and-grab burglary at a casino jewelry store, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Sebastian Gonzalez told police he was given fake identification,

WASHINGTON — Geographic and physical challenges — including the Rio Grande and threatened wildlife — will make it difficult to build the “big, beautiful wall” that President Donald Trump has promised on the U.S.-Mexico border, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Wednesday. Building a wall “is complex in some areas,” including Big Bend National Park and

Andrew Auernheimer isn’t the kind of internet troll who hides behind a screen name. A notorious computer hacker whose anti-Semitic rhetoric matches the swastika tattooed on his chest, the 31-year-old views online trolling campaigns as a modern form of an age-old political tactic. “Being offensive is a political act,” he told The Associated Press in

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Authorities say an Illinois man has died after falling 25 feet under the stage at a concert. Sangamon County coroner’s office tells The (Springfield) State Journal-Register (http://bit.ly/2mPZZmr ) that 51-year-old John Kremitzki of Petersburg died Monday afternoon. Coroner Cinda Edwards says an autopsy Tuesday found he died from blunt force injuries related

BOISE, Idaho — Endangered Snake River sockeye salmon will be moved from a southwest Idaho hatchery because flood waters from the nearby Boise River are threatening the facility, officials announced late Wednesday. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said that starting Thursday some 4,000 fish will be removed from the Eagle Fish Hatchery west

OMAHA, Neb. — Referee John Higgins of Omaha has contacted law enforcement to report he’s received death threats after Kentucky’s loss to North Carolina in the NCAA South Regional final. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Higgins reported threats on his home phone, which has an unlisted number, and

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Rapid City mother said she’s grateful for the thousands of dollars in donations that helped bring home the remains of her daughter after she died hiking in Peru. Whitney Stevens, 24, was hiking with a friend March 1 when she fell 100 feet into a river after the ground beneath

ST. LOUIS — Chuck Berry fans will have their chance to pay their respects to the late rock ‘n’ roll visionary. Berry’s family announced in a statement Wednesday that what they called a public “viewing” will be held from 8 a.m. to noon April 9 at The Pageant club in St. Louis, Berry’s hometown. That

NEW YORK — Two black women who work at Fox News Channel have charged in a lawsuit that they were subjected to “yearslong relentless racial” hostility at the hands of a top financial executive at the network who has since been fired. Tichaona Brown and Tabrese Wright, who sued this week in New York State

DEER CREEK, Okla. — Officials say a relatively powerful earthquake has struck a remote area of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 4.4 magnitude quake was recorded at 10:37 a.m. Wednesday in Grant County, between the towns of Medford and Deer Creek and about 95 miles north of Oklahoma City. Grant County emergency

BENI, Congo — Congo’s government says it will investigate the deaths of an American and a Swedish expert for the United Nations and their interpreter. Their bodies were found in a shallow grave Monday after the team disappeared more than two weeks ago. Meanwhile, Sweden says it is opening a murder investigation. American Michael Sharp,