Новости за 03.04.2017

WICHITA, Kan. — A haunting rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” sung by an American high school student into a wishing well in Italy, has gained a lot of online attention. Tiffany Ruan was on a spring trip with a singing group from her school in Wichita, Kansas, last week when she spotted the well in

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Police in South Texas have arrested a father hours after his 2-year-old son found a loaded gun on the kitchen table and fatally shot himself in the head. Corpus Christi police officer Gena Pena says 22-year-old Eric Javier Morales is charged with criminally negligent homicide and is being held at the

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the slaying of a North Carolina couple and the arrest of their son discovered with his missing 11-year-old niece in Washington, D.C. (all times local): 11:15 a.m. A North Carolina man suspected of killing his parents and found with his missing 11-year-old niece in Washington, D.C., is facing a court

ATHENS, Greece — Recession-weary Greeks are set to receive more frequent telephone and email warnings to make timely tax payments in 2017, while the government plans to create an annual day of tax awareness. The country’s Public Revenue Agency issued a 139-page report on Monday, noting that some taxpayers would start receiving pre-deadline payment reminders.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Saudi prince tasked with attracting foreign investment says U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-business administration can be a good thing for the kingdom as it overhauls its economy and prepares to publicly list shares of state-owned oil giant Aramco. Prince Saud bin Khalid al-Faisal, the acting governor of the Saudi

TAMPA, Fla. — The woman accused of sending death threats to a man whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, has been arrested after failing to show up in court. Jail records show 57-year-old Lucy Richards was arrested on Saturday in Hillsborough County in the Tampa

CONCORD, N.H. — Former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is joining the board of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The media company announced Ayotte’s addition to the board Monday. Murdoch, the company’s CEO, is praising Ayotte’s addition to the board, saying she’ll bring “invaluable leadership and strategic planning skills.” Ayotte says News Corp. plays an “important

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — California officials say a 13-year-old girl jumped from a moving car Saturday to escape a man suspected of kidnapping and raping her and cutting his name into her skin. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2oBGgEr ) police arrested 50-year-old Timothy Marble on charges of kidnapping, sexually abusing a minor and

TOKYO — President Donald Trump is suggesting ahead of his meeting later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping that he can handle Washington’s North Korea problem with or without Beijing’s help — “totally.” Is the self-proclaimed master of the deal doing what he does best — talking up his game? Even Trump said going

SIERRAVILLE, Calif. — A former Truckee High School football coach and member of the Nevada high school hall of fame has died from injuries he suffered in a two-car crash near Sierraville. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of Saturday night’s crash that claimed the life of 64-year-old Robert Shaffer. His wife, Lisa

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Crossing a glass walkway that spans a field of 9,000 poppies, visitors to the official U.S. memorial to World War I are transported to a time when tanks and air warfare were new and the hopeful flowers sprang up on the barren, trench-dotted battlefields where hundreds of thousands of soldiers died.

Orchestra Baobab, “Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng” (World Circuit Records) Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab honors a former bandmate on “Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng,” a spicy mix of African and Cuban tempos with no rust and a fluctuating pulse. Relying on two-saxophone leads and kora player Abdoulaye Cissoko to partially fill in for Barthelemy Attisso — their long-time

ST. LOUIS — The Latest on the deadly explosion of a boiler in an industrial area of south St. Louis (all times local): 10 a.m. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says a boiler that killed one person when it exploded at a box company in St. Louis flew about 500 feet before crashing through

OMAHA, Neb. — Golfers with Nebraska ties can compete for a spot in the Web.com Tour’s Pinnacle Bank Championship. Regional 18-hole qualifiers will be held at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island on May 31 and at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln on June 22. The top 20 at each regional advance to a

AMMAN, Jordan — British Prime Minister Theresa May has begun a visit to Jordan where she is to announce plans to send more British military trainers to help the kingdom’s air force in the fight against Islamic State group extremists. Jordan’s royal court said Monday that May and Jordan’s King Abdullah II toured a military

MOSCOW — If the explosion on a subway train in St. Petersburg turns out to have been a terrorist attack, it would be the latest in a long line of attacks targeting Russia in recent years. Some of the deadliest include the following: — October 2015: Militants from local affiliate of Islamic State down a

HOUSTON — A teenager is scheduled to appear in court on a capital murder charge accusing him of fatally shooting his mother and father, who was a standout linebacker for Texas A&M before a brief NFL career. Antonio Armstrong Jr. is scheduled to appear in a Houston court Monday. Authorities say Armstrong shot Antonio and

MADRID — A doctor say an apprentice bullfighter who was badly gored in Madrid’s famed Las Ventas bullring is recovering well and his life is not in any immediate danger. Dr. Maximo Garcia Padros said Monday that 23-year-old bullfighter Daniel Garcia Navarrete suffered wounds to the neck, collar bone and right thigh. Video images showed

NEW YORK — Comedy Central is giving Donald Trump his own weekly showcase. Or, rather, it’s Anthony Atamanuik, a Trump impersonator, who will host “The President Show” each Thursday starting April 27, the network announced Monday. According to the twisted world of “The President Show,” Trump has decided to bypass the crooked, failing media by

NEW YORK — A new stage adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling dystopic novel “1984” will star Olivia Wilde, making her Broadway debut. Producers Sonia Friedman and Scott Rudin said Monday that the play will also star Tom Sturridge and Tony Award-winner Reed Birney. It will begin performances in May at the Hudson Theatre. First published

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana House panel has approved a bill allowing Ricker’s convenience stores to temporarily continue selling cold beer. House Public Policy committee chairman Ben Smaltz said Monday that it’s a short-term solution to a loophole in state liquor law. The Auburn Republican says the Legislature will address broader alcohol law issues at a

BERLIN — Scientists in Germany have for the first time mapped the entire genome of rye, a cereal known for its hardy properties. Eva Bauer, a plant researcher at the Technical University of Munich and lead author of the study, says rye has received less attention than wheat, barley and maize, which are more widely

WASHINGTON — With prospects in doubt for repealing “Obamacare,” some Republicans say the Trump administration can rewrite regulations and take other actions to undo much of the health care law on its own. Some of those moves could disrupt life for millions of people, many in states that the new president carried. And then there’s

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Rhode Island’s failed $75 million deal with the videogame company owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. Under the settlement approved Monday by U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell, the state’s economic

BOSTON — Massachusetts scientists say they have reached the same conclusions as their federal counterparts in a study about the poor status of cod fish in the Gulf of Maine. The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/2n4iLGQ ) reports the scientists found the region’s cod are at a historic low of about 80 percent less than the population