Новости за 13.07.2017

Technology companies and banks led U.S. stock indexes modestly higher in late-afternoon trading Thursday, extending gains from the day before. Big retail chains and other consumer-focused stocks were among the gainers. Investors were making moves ahead of the next corporate earnings reporting season, which ramps up Friday. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index

WASHINGTON — More than 400 people have been charged with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday. Sessions called the collective action the “largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history” and said it indicates that some doctors, nurses

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky couple has been charged in the death of a 3-year-old boy. Media report 30-year-old Randell Dennemann and 26-year-old Deanna Hose were arrested Wednesday after a Franklin County grand jury indicted them in the June 28 death of Hose’s son, Avery Hose. Hose died after being transferred from the hospital in

When people go car shopping, they usually focus on the vehicle they want — not the loan that will pay for it. But good financing is the bedrock of a solid car deal, and missteps could cost you thousands. “Once you shake hands with the car salesman, you are not done,” says Oren Weintraub, president

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Trump administration has denied a request from Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for a “major disaster declaration” to help cover some of the estimated $38 million cost to police protests of the Dakota Access pipeline. Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki says the governor was notified in May that the request had

BUCHAREST, Romania — Suspended by the International Tennis Federation for his foul-mouthed outbursts, former tennis star Ilie Nastase is now facing a divorce. Romanian media reported Thursday that Brigitte Nastase, his fourth wife, was filing for divorce because of financial help being given to his previous wife. Nastase, a businesswoman and former model, said on

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Republican effort to replace the Obama health care law (all times local): 9:50 a.m. In a bid for conservative support for his flailing health legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will include an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in a reworked bill being released Thursday. That’s according

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia says 11 South Asian workers have died in a fire that engulfed the building where they lived. The kingdom’s civil defense says the fire, which broke out Wednesday in the southwestern city of Najran, injured another six. Saudi media, quoting civil defense, say the victims were from India and

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanian aviation officials say that hundreds of thousands of airline passengers will be diverted for more than a month as the country’s main airport near the capital will be shut for a major renovation. Vilnius International Airport, with a single 2.5-kilometer (2,735-yard) runway, will close Friday until Aug. 17. Some 4,350 flights

LEECHBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police chief who lost part of his arm in a fireworks explosion at the borough’s fireman’s carnival has been married 18 days later. Leechburg Police Chief Michael Diebold married Danielle Reinke in a ceremony attended by about 200 people along the Kiskiminetas River on Wednesday evening. The 39-year-old chief is

IRVINE, Scotland — Rickie Fowler picked up where he left off at the Scottish Open, shooting a 5-under 67 to leave the 2015 champion tied for the lead midway through the first round at Dundonald Links on Thursday. The American, who didn’t defend his title last year because of scheduling issues arising from the Olympics

SHENYANG, China — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent political prisoner, died Thursday at a hospital in the country’s northeast, officials said. He was 61. Liu had been hospitalized for advanced liver cancer diagnosed in prison in May. In an online announcement, the judicial bureau of the city of Shenyang said he

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street as technology companies and banks post gains. Consumer-focused stocks were also higher early Thursday. Target jumped 3.5 percent after raising its second-quarter forecasts. Target said its sales and customer traffic grew. Delta

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s shuttle diplomacy aimed at ending the Gulf crisis between Qatar and four other Arab nations. (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The top U.S. diplomat has wrapped up his first foray in shuttle diplomacy with little sign of progress in breaking a

VENTURA, Calif. — Police say a bank robbery suspect was arrested after officers found him hiding inside a couch at his Southern California home. Investigators say Francisco Hernandez was caught on surveillance video June 30 entering a bank, pulling a semi-automatic handgun from a large envelope and demanding money. The 39-year-old was identified as a

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Police say a Texas man who became trapped inside an ATM slipped notes to customers via the receipt slot pleading for them to help him escape. Corpus Christi police Lt. Chris Hooper says the contractor became stuck Wednesday when he was changing a lock to a Bank of America room that

SYDNEY — Club record signing Alexandre Lacazette scored shortly into his Arsenal debut in a 2-0 defeat of A-League champions Sydney FC on Thursday. Arsenal dominated the entire match before 80,432 spectators at the Olympic stadium. The English Premier League side, making its first appearance in Sydney in 40 years, plays Western Sydney Wanderers in

WASHINGTON — The U.S. fisheries regulator is suspending efforts to free whales tangled in fishing line after a Canadian rescuer was killed by a whale after freeing it earlier this week. Joe Howlett was killed Monday after freeing a North Atlantic right whale that had been entangled in fishing gear off New Brunswick. A close

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s military says it has deployed a frigate in the eastern Mediterranean to monitor a drilling ship that is believed to have begun searching for oil and gas off ethnically divided Cyprus despite Turkey’s objections. The island’s internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot side has said this week that drilling for oil and gas would

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has promised a senior NATO officer that Romania will spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense this year in line with guidelines from the alliance. Iohannis met NATO Military Committee head Gen. Petr Pavel and British and Romanian pilots and technicians at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base

BELGRADE, Serbia — A Serbian appeals court has stopped a landmark trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The court in Belgrade said Thursday it has accepted defense complains that the indictment against the eight is invalid because it was filed when Serbia did not

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister has met with Chinese parliamentary leader Zhang Dejiang to discuss developing ties, including business and trade. Poland, a central European nation, wants to play a key role in China’s drive to increase business with Europe. The Polish government is seeking new partners and investments for the economy as it

MOSCOW — The head of the European Commission is calling on Ukraine to step up its efforts against endemic corruption. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker spoke Thursday at a news conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European Council head Donald Tusk. The meeting came days after the council took the final step toward ratifying an

PITTSBURGH — A former University of Pittsburgh medical researcher wants a new trial in the cyanide poisoning of his neurologist wife claiming, among other things, that a lab test confirming a lethal level of the poison in her blood was suspect. Robert Ferrante’s appeals brief filed in Superior Court on Wednesday was first reported by

PARIS — Maintaining healthy ties with President Donald Trump is essential despite clear differences of opinion, the leaders of France and Germany said Thursday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, finishing up a French-German summit in Paris taking place back-to-back with a visit by Trump, said that last week’s G-20 summit in Hamburg showed common ground, for