Новости за 07.08.2017

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres supports the work of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, expressing regret at the resignation of Carla del Ponte but stressing the need for accountability for crimes against civilians during the 6½-year civil war. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday that Guterres believes accountability

FARGO, N.D. — Resettlement advocates in North Dakota are organizing training for a rapid response team to help refugees deal with threatening incidents like one last month that was captured in an online video. The video showed a Fargo-area woman, Amber Hensley, telling three Muslim women sitting in a car in a Walmart parking lot

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Chicago Bears guard Eric Kush will miss the season because of a torn hamstring. Coach John Fox says Kush tore the hamstring from the bone late last week. He is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday and will be placed on injured reserve. Kush had been struggling with hamstring pain. But Fox says

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A woman charged in the fatal shooting of an Italian tourist in Arkansas has pleaded not guilty to capital murder. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2hDEpQ6 ) reports 31-year-old Charina Fort’s attorney entered the plea Monday on her behalf. Fort and 32-year-old Andre Jackson are accused in the July 28 killing of 31-year-old

BOSTON — Prosecutors say a patient at a Boston hospital beat his roommate to death and the staff failed to notify authorities about it. Hameen Edwards was arraigned Monday on a second-degree murder charge in the 2015 death of 50-year-old John Duggie, of Framingham. Prosecutors allege Edwards attacked Duggie in the room they shared at

CARACAS, Venezuela — Javier Hernandez knew he was going to be fired. Everyone who worked with him in a state-run cement factory was told to vote last month in an election to choose delegates for a new constitutional assembly granting nearly unlimited powers to Venezuela’s ruling socialist party. With the opposition boycotting the vote, virtually

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in the western Mexico state of Durango say a preliminary investigation suggests a weekend shootout that killed 10 people was the result of a long-running feud between families. Durango state security chief Javier Castrellon Garza says the initial report on the Saturday incident said three men had been wounded near San

WASHINGTON — A radio station says cellphone evidence that led to the arrest of a 30-year-old Maryland man sat awaiting examination for months while he allegedly sexually exploited three children and solicited a fourth between December and June. WTOP-FM reported Monday that limited manpower is contributing to months-long backlogs in police digital analysis and slowing

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — Investigators say a Florida gunman fatally shot a man who had defended his friends against the gunman’s homophobic slurs. Nelson Hernandez Mena was ordered held without bail at the Palm Beach County jail on a first-degree murder charge during a court appearance Monday. The Palm Beach Post reports that the 48-year-old

NEW YORK — Police say a window washer plunged to his death from a New York City building when his harness gave way. A police spokesman says 56-year-old Edwardo Monge (MAHN’-geh) was cleaning windows on the 12th floor of the 13-story commercial building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District on Monday morning when he fell to a

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico was hit with two lawsuits Monday that for the first time challenge the constitutionality of a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances and its power to start a bankruptcy-like court process for some of the U.S. territory’s more than $70 billion public debt. One of the lawsuits

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: Tyson Foods Inc., up $3.60 to $66.90 The Spam maker raised the low end of its annual profit estimates. Rockwell Collins Inc., up $8.07 to $127.07 Reuters reported that United Technologies made an offer to buy the aviation electronics maker. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., down

PAULDING, Ohio — Authorities say an Ohio rape suspect remains on the loose after he overpowered a sheriff’s deputy in a transport van, stole his gun and fled. The Paulding County sheriff and federal agents are looking for 32-year-old Branden Lee Powell. Powell overpowered a deputy on a trip Friday from a psychiatric hospital to

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The latest on the investigation of Jarvis Landry of the Miami Dolphins (all times local): 4 p.m. The girlfriend of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry is defending him as officials investigate a possible domestic battery. Landry’s sports management firm put out a statement Monday by Estrella Cerqueira saying she was

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s governor and his Vermont counterpart are talking of facing off in a drag race. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu tweeted a challenge to fellow GOP Gov. Phil Scott on Monday, saying that “rumor on the street is that you race cars.” Mentioning his most recent racing exploits — drag racing

LOS ANGELES — The stop-action animated series “SuperMansion” is getting spooky this Halloween. Streaming service Crackle said Monday that a new special, “SuperMansion: Drag Me to Halloween,” will debut Oct. 5. Lake Bell and Phil LaMarr will guest star. Bell and LaMarr will add their voices to those of cast members including Bryan Cranston and

MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said Monday that he is ready to commit nearly $150 million to Andrew Wiggins with a max-level extension of his rookie contract. Before he does so, Taylor wants to sit down face-to-face with Wiggins to hear the former No. 1 overall pick commit to the franchise in

PHILADELPHIA — A piece of art designed to generate conversation about climate change and rising sea levels has sunk in a Philadelphia river after heavy rains caused it to take on water. WetLand was a floating installation designed by environmental artist Mary Mattingly intended to look like a sinking row house. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports

PHILADELPHIA — Darren Daulton was the teammate everyone respected and the player all Philadelphia Phillies fans adored. A day after Daulton died following a four-year battle with brain cancer, the city and franchise mourned the loss of perhaps the greatest leader to wear those red pinstripes. “Darren Daulton the ballplayer was and always will be

NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio, flanked Monday by community activists, labor leaders and fellow Democratic politicians, officially rolled out a proposal for a millionaires’ tax to help fix the subways and aid low-income commuters. “People do not want to see this madness continue,” de Blasio declared, citing people getting work reprimands, picking their

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Monday Jalen Collins’ second suspension for a violation of the league’s policy on performance enhancers has caused a “broken” trust that could cost the cornerback his spot on the team. Quinn added that no decision on Collins’ future with the team is “imminent.” Collins participated in

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department on Monday scrapped an Obama-era rule on coal royalties that mining companies had criticized as burdensome and costly. The Trump administration put the royalty valuation rule on hold in February after mining companies challenged it in federal court. Officials later announced plans to repeal the rule entirely. The final repeal

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons coach Dan Quinn says Jalen Collins’ second suspension for a violation of the league’s policy on performance enhancers has caused a “broken” trust that could cost the cornerback his spot on the team. Collins participated in Monday’s practice after his 10-game suspension to open the season was announced on Sunday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Volcano Observatory reports the latest eruption of a volcano in the Aleutians Islands sent up an ash cloud that could affect jet traffic. Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted at 10 a.m. Monday. A pilot reported seeing the accompanying ash cloud at 32,000 feet (9,750 meters). Ash clouds above 20,000 feet (6,100

FedEx customers are complaining that the company’s system for tracking packages has been crashing. FedEx Corp. said in statement Monday that it was dealing with sporadic issues and was trying to fix them. A spokeswoman said the Memphis, Tennessee-based company expected operations to return to normal shortly. She declined to describe the extent of the