Новости за 07.12.2017

BOSTON — She was impartial enough to serve as a justice on the highest court in Massachusetts, but apparently that wasn’t enough for Geraldine Hines to be named a juror in a murder trial. The 70-year-old Hines, who retired from the Supreme Judicial Court in August, said she was “so disappointed” when the prosecutor rejected

PARIS — France is planning to play the United States in an exhibition on June 9 at Lyon as part of its preparations for the World Cup. The French Football Federation announced the match on Thursday. The U.S. Soccer Federation said the game was in the planning stages but a contract had not been signed.

PARIS — France will play five friendly matches, including games against the United States and Italy, as part of its preparations for next year’s World Cup. France, the runner-up at last year’s European Championship, will take on Colombia at the Stade de France on March 23, then travel to Russia to face the World Cup

VENTURA, Calif. — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 4:50 p.m. At least 20 homes have burned in a retirement community as a wildfire surges through northern San Diego County. The homes are burning in the tightly-packed Rancho Monserate Country Club community in the small city of Fallbrook. The wind-whipped blaze erupted

VENTURA, Calif. — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Residents are being ordered to evacuate a tiny beachfront community northwest of Los Angeles where a huge wildfire is churning down hillsides toward seaside homes. A California Highway Patrol officer drove through Faria Beach Thursday announcing the evacuations through a loudspeaker

VENTURA, Calif. — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 5:15 a.m. Authorities have closed a major freeway as flames from the largest and most destructive Southern California wildfire churn toward coastal and mountain communities northwest of Los Angeles. Calmer overnight winds Thursday helped crews protect the Ventura County resort town of Ojai

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A federal judge is asking Argentina’s Senate to allow the arrest and trial of former President Cristina Fernandez for allegedly covering up the role of Iranians in a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish center. Judge Claudio Bonadio on Thursday accused Fernandez of the crime of treason as he asked lawmakers

BEIRUT — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 3:45 p.m. The Russian military says its special forces have fought alongside Kurdish-led forces to defeat the Islamic State group in eastern Syria. Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi said Thursday that forces have routed IS east of the Euphrates River and re-established control over Syria’s

MILAN — Umberto Giordano’s long-neglected opera “Andrea Chernier” made a heroic return to the La Scala stage for the gala season premiere Thursday, with long applause for celebrated soprano Anna Netrebko and husband tenor Yusif Eyvazov who sang opposite each other as ill-fated lovers. The well-heeled La Scala season-opening audience applauded for more than 10

MILAN — Umberto Giordano’s long-neglected opera “Andrea Chernier” made a triumphant return to the La Scala stage for the gala season premiere Thursday, with long applause for celebrated soprano Anna Netrebko and husband tenor Yusif Eyvazov who sang opposite each other as ill-fated lovers. The well-heeled La Scala season-opening audience applauded for more than 10

MILAN — Music director Riccardo Chailly had to start nearly from scratch with the orchestra to bring to the stage Umberto Giordano’s opera “Andrea Chernier” for the gala season opener of La Scala. The season-opener Thursday, held each year on the Milan feast day St. Ambrose, is considered one of the highlights of the European

MILAN — Music director Riccardo Chailly says he had to start nearly from scratch with the orchestra to bring to the stage Umberto Giordano’s opera “Andrea Chernier” for the gala season opener of La Scala. The season-opener Thursday, held each year on the Milan feast day St. Ambrose, is considered one of the highlights of

KARACHI, Pakistan — A Pakistani police official says a boat carrying dozens of pilgrims has capsized near an island in the Arabian Sea, killing 14 people. Zulfiqar Ali says over 30 people were missing after the boat sank Thursday near Thatta, 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Karachi. He says the pilgrims were bound for

WARSAW, Poland — Authorities say human remains from an old Jewish cemetery in Poland have been dug up and dumped unceremoniously in an empty lot to make way for the construction of a supermarket, parking lot and an electrical transformer station. Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich, who is originally from New York, described it Thursday

DRYDEN, N.Y. — Residents and officials in a picturesque upstate New York town aren’t pleased with the way their community is portrayed in a cable television series titled “Village of the Damned.” Dryden was the scene of a string of unrelated slayings in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. It started in December 1989, when four

BERLIN — Hamburger SV is relying on a 17-year-old school kid to avoid being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time in its history. Jann-Fiete Arp has played in the last five games – starting the last four – and chipped in two goals as Hamburg earned two wins and a draw to move

ORLANDO, Fla. — A slain Florida police officer has been recognized with her department’s highest honors. Lt. Debra Clayton was fatally shot in January while trying to arrest a man suspected of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend. On Wednesday, the Orlando Police Department posthumously commended Clayton with the Purple Heart Award and the Award of Valor.

BEIJING — The PGA Tour has signed a deal to partner with Chinese firm Shankai Sports to manage the operations of its China series for 20 years from 2018. Shankai, a Beijing-based firm, says its new venture is receiving a 300 million yuan ($45 million) investment from Yao Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by

MINNEAPOLIS — Garrison Keillor says Minnesota Public Radio was wrong to fire him last week without fully investigating what a senior executive has described as “multiple allegations” against the former “A Prairie Home Companion” host spanning an extended period of time. Jon McTaggart, CEO of MPR’s parent company American Public Media Group, addressed the issue

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Garrison Keillor says Minnesota Public Radio shouldn’t have dismissed him last week without fully investigating what the radio station has called “multiple allegations.” Jon McTaggart, CEO of MPR’s parent company APMG, told employees Wednesday that the allegations against the 75-year-old former “A Prairie Home Companion” host covered an extended period of

BOSTON — General Electric Co. will cut 12,000 jobs in its power division as alternative energy supplants demand for coal and other fossil fuels. The company said Thursday that the cuts to both office and production jobs, will help “right-size” GE Power, as traditional power markets, and the volume of the fuels that power them,

BOSTON — General Electric Co. will cut 12,000 jobs in its power division as alternative energy supplants demand for coal and other fossil fuels. The company said Thursday that the cuts to both office and production jobs, will help “right-size” GE Power, as traditional power markets, and volume of the fuels that power them, decline.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates says it is “surprised and disappointed” about being blacklisted by the European Union along with 16 other countries the EU deems guilty of unfairly offering tax avoidance schemes. The UAE said in a statement on Thursday that it’s “committed to a reform process which will be

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — An Olympic disciplinary panel says “powerful” evidence proved that two-time bobsled gold medalist Alexander Zubkov took part in the 2014 Sochi Games doping conspiracy. In its full decision published on Thursday of a Nov. 24 verdict, the IOC disciplinary panel chaired by Denis Oswald detailed why it disqualified Zubkov and banned him

INDIANAPOLIS — A man has been convicted in shootings last year at two Indianapolis police district offices. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry says a jury on Wednesday convicted Damoine Wilcoxson. Charges stemmed from a shooting Oct. 13, 2016, where two officers inside the building were believed to have been targeted, as well as another shooting