Новости за 20.06.2017

NEW YORK — Chris Cornell’s final music video, filmed before the singer died in May, was released Tuesday. The video for “The Promise” was released to coincide with World Refugee Day. The clip was filmed in Brooklyn, New York. Eric Esrailian, who produced the video, said Cornell filmed the video shortly before he died. Esrailian

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’ finance minister says the country has managed to secure the lowest-ever interest rate on a public bond issue, hailing it as a strong signal of trust from international markets in the Cypriot economy. Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said Tuesday’s seven-year bond issue raised 850 million euros ($948 million), carrying a 2.75

U.S. stock indexes retreated from their record heights Tuesday after a slump in the price of oil weighed on energy companies. On Tuesday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 16.43 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,437.03. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 61.85 points, or 0.3 percent, to 21,467.14. The Nasdaq composite lost 50.98

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart. Besides the built-in tipping announced Tuesday, Uber is giving drivers an opportunity to make more money

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets have signed former Chicago Bears wide receiver Marquess Wilson. The team announced the move Tuesday, adding depth to an inexperienced receiving corps. Both Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall were cut this offseason in cost-saving moves, leaving Quincy Enunwa as the Jets’ No. 1 receiver in front of

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shares of FedEx Corp. rose in late trading Tuesday after the company’s latest quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations on higher rates and an increase in deliveries. FedEx is being lifted by the growth in online shopping, and executives predicted another season of record pickups and deliveries later this year. Executives said

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson fans who want to celebrate the Tigers national championship in football everywhere they go can now order a special license plate from the state of South Carolina. The state Department of Motor Vehicles says the special plates went on sale Tuesday. Fans pay $70 in addition to the vehicle’s registration fee

SAN DIEGO — A woman attacked by a shark at a Southern California beach is managing to walk a few steps with assistance and has undergone seven surgeries to repair massive injuries. A doctor gave a progress report Tuesday on Leanne Ericson. The 35-year-old Vista, California, woman was swimming near Camp Pendleton in northern San

MOSCOW — Russia’s foreign minister has deplored the new U.S. sanctions against Moscow as groundless. Sergey Lavrov said the new restrictions “don’t help to improve the climate.” Speaking in Moscow Tuesday following talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, Lavrov said he could “only voice regret about the Russo-phobic obsession of our American colleagues

SAN FRANCISCO — A California brain surgeon has agreed to give up his state medical license while he faces charges of sexually abusing children. Dr. James Kohut agreed to the suspension, electronic monitoring and staying off the internet in addition to other conditions in exchange for bail, according to court documents. A judge on Monday

TIVERTON, R.I. — A Rhode Island town has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a third-grader who said police interrogated her for hours over a false report. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island sued the town of Tiverton in 2015 after the 8-year-old was taken off

PHILADELPHIA — The Latest on Bill Cosby (all times local): 4:20 p.m. The Pennsylvania judge who presided over Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial will decide Wednesday whether to identify jurors who deadlocked in the case after a week of deliberations. Judge Steven O’Neill said Tuesday that he promised jurors privacy when they were selected. He

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Parexel International Corp., up $3.12 to $87.04 The biopharmaceutical services provider said it will go private following a buyout by Pamplona Capital Management. Tesla Inc., up $2.44 to $372.24 Bloomberg News reported that the electric car maker is close to an agreement to produce

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Latest on the legal battle over the licensing of marijuana businesses necessary for existing medical dispensaries to begin selling pot for recreational use on July 1 (all times local, PDT): 1:15 p.m. Nevada’s marijuana regulators are developing backup plans in case a judge refuses to lift a court order blocking

CONCORD, N.H. — Authorities have released video of a police interview with a suspected serial killer who died in a California prison in 2010 in the hopes it might provide tips to identify him and possible New Hampshire victims. New Hampshire authorities say a man called Bob Evans likely killed a girlfriend who disappeared from

NEW YORK — Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge has been invited to participate in next month’s Home Run Derby. Judge said Tuesday that he received the invitation last week through his agent but had not yet decided whether to accept. The 25-year-old outfielder, a towering presence at 6-foot-7, tops the major leagues with 24 home

NEW YORK — Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge has been invited to participate in next month’s Home Run Derby. Judge said Tuesday that he received the invitation last week through his agent but had not yet decided whether to accept. The 25-year-old outfielder, a towering presence at 6-foot-7, leads the major leagues with 23 home

Islamic leaders are questioning Virginia detectives’ insistence that the beating death of a teenage Muslim girl appears to have been a case of road rage, saying the attack looks all too much like a hate crime. Nabra Hassanen, 17, was bludgeoned with a baseball bat early Sunday by a motorist who drove up to about

BRUSSELS — The Latest on the explosion at a train station in Brussels: (all times local): 11:25 p.m. Belgian authorities say they foiled a “terror attack” when they shot a suspect at one of the nation’s main train stations. Federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said soldiers “neutralized” a suspect at the Central Station immediately

LAS VEGAS — Imprisoned former football star O.J. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday. Simpson, now 70, has served more than eight years of a nine-to-33 year sentence imposed after he was found guilty in 2008

MONTREAL — The World Anti-Doping Agency has partially suspended its accreditation of the UCLA Olympic lab for three months. WADA said in a statement Monday the lab’s procedures were not in keeping with “best practice.” WADA says the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory can continue its normal anti-doping testing during the suspension, but must get a

NEW YORK — Transit officials in New York City say a straphanger on a subway train stalled in a tunnel during Tuesday’s morning rush hour jumped off the cars and walked on the tracks. Signal problems that have plagued the system in recent months brought the F train to a stop for nearly half an

PHOENIX — Bank of America Corp. will repay tens of thousands of released Arizona prison inmates for what advocacy groups say were excessive charges to access money on debit cards they received when they got out of prison under a lawsuit settlement announced Tuesday. The settlement of the class-action lawsuit brought by inmates includes an

LONDON — The cars still zip over London Bridge at their typical fast clip, drawing little obvious attention. But some pedestrians walking the bridge over the River Thames each day say they find themselves glancing at the passing traffic and wondering: Is that the one? Is that the one that’s going to swerve my way?

BOSTON — Sixty NBA draft hopefuls will hear their names called Thursday night as members of the 2017 rookie class. For many of the top picks it will mark the start of the transition from college underclassman to instant millionaire. It is the ultimate finishing school. A journey that continues to evolve for NBA newcomers