Новости за 25.03.2019

ROME — The Vatican official who negotiated a landmark agreement between the Holy See and China on bishop nominations said Monday that the path to normalizing Catholic life in the country “is still long” but that a new future is now possible. Speaking in public for the first time since the accord was signed Sept.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A suburban Indianapolis magistrate faces a methamphetamine possession charge after buying 2.4 grams of meth for $140 from an Indiana State Police informant. Hamilton County Magistrate Will Greenaway also was charged Monday with resisting law enforcement and obstruction of justice stemming from his arrest. An affidavit says that when police pulled Greenaway’s

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As spring training neared its conclusion, a reporter mentioned to Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez that Max Scherzer was not precisely on schedule to start on opening day. “He’s going to be lined up,” Martinez said with a laugh. “Come Thursday at 1:05, he’ll be on the mound.” Of course

NEW ORLEANS — Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana say the Environmental Protection Agency has dragged its feet on issuing rules for oil spill dispersants, and they’re ready to sue to demand them. They say dispersants used after the Exxon Valdez and BP oil spills were worse than oil alone. But they say

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Latest on Venezuela’s political and economic crisis (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Power outages have hit across Caracas and in other parts of Venezuela about two weeks after the country suffered its worst blackouts ever. The subway in the Venezuelan capital suspended service because of the power cuts Monday. Local media

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian federal judge on Monday ordered the release of former President Michel Temer from jail, allowing him to face corruption charges while free. Judge Antonio Ivan Athie said there’s no need to jail the 78-year-old politician because he doesn’t pose a risk to the investigation into the charges. Temer and

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the arrest of attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local): 12:24 p.m. Federal prosecutors in New York say their investigation of the firebrand attorney Michael Avenatti began only last week and was complete in days. At a news conference Monday in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said the apparel giant

WAILUKU, Hawaii — A Hawaii man has been ordered not to drink his favorite soft drink during four years of probation on a car theft conviction. Judge Rhonda Loo imposed the restriction last week while sentencing 21-year-old Christopher Montilliano Jr., The Maui News reported Saturday. Montilliano lied to police when he was arrested with the

WATERVILLE, Maine — Anonymous customers at a Maine restaurant seemingly approved of the eatery’s service, leaving a $2,000 tip on a $48 bill. Silver Street Tavern waitress Samantha Clark says the couple, who asked to remain anonymous, was friendly and easy to wait on, although the man said someone took his wine glass by mistake

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities have denied entry to an Italian journalist, accusing him of an “anti-Ukrainian” bias. Marc Innaro, a correspondent for the Italian RAI state television, has been barred from entering Ukraine when he arrived in the country to cover Sunday’s presidential vote. Oleh Slobodyan, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Border Guards, said

PIERRE, S.D. — Authorities say they’ve found the bodies of two men whose garbage truck was found in a flooded South Dakota river. The men were last seen Thursday driving away from a landfill in Mitchell. Crews spotted a damaged guardrail Saturday on a highway along the James River and later found the truck. The

PASADENA, Calif. — Think your roommates are a pain? Try living in a house full of vampires. They’re up all night, every night. The leftovers they never bother to throw out are partly blood-sucked bodies. House meetings turn into flying bat-fights. And it all goes on for centuries. Such are the woes of the housemates

NEW YORK — Cal Ramsey, who starred at NYU in the 1950s and went on to play and broadcast for the New York Knicks, died Monday. He was 81. The Knicks said Ramsey died of cardiac arrest at The Riverside Premier Rehabilitation and Healing Center in Manhattan. After his playing career, Ramsey worked for the

BALTIMORE — Tom Clancy’s widow says in a lawsuit that his estate is the exclusive owner not just of the novelist’s famous character Jack Ryan, but the rights to the character John Clark and several books. Alexandra Clancy has expanded her original 2017 lawsuit against the personal representative of Clancy’s estate for allowing other entities

Bill Self stood in a room just off the court in Allen Fieldhouse on Selection Sunday and lamented that the Big 12 managed to squeak only six schools into the NCAA Tournament. The Hall of Fame coach of Kansas pointed to the impressive nonconference wins that the league racked up in November and December. He

CHICAGO — A young Chicago off-duty police officer was gunned down in a parked car by a man who was looking for a Hispanic person to attack after a confrontation at a fast-food restaurant, the city’s police chief said Monday. “I guess he settled for the first Hispanic he saw,” Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. Murder

TOLEDO, Ohio — Federal prosecutors in Ohio say text messages show that a pastor who’s accused of grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex also encouraged two other ministers to have sex with her. The child sex trafficking trial for Anthony Haynes began Monday in Toledo. He could face up to life in prison if he’s

PHOENIX — Greg Holland has earned the closer’s job with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Holland returned from Tommy John surgery and led the NL with 41 saves for Colorado in 2017. He was 2-2 with a 4.66 ERA with St. Louis and Washington last season, when he earned $14 million. He has a 2.83 ERA in

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jose Serrano, a 16-term Democrat from the South Bronx, said Monday he has Parkinson’s disease and will retire at the end of his term. The 75-year-old Serrano is a fixture in Bronx politics and is among Congress’ foremost defenders of Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory where he was born. He’s chairman of

DETROIT — Family members are celebrating Aretha Franklin on what would have been the Queen of Soul’s 77th birthday with a memorial service and a screening of a documentary film. The service was held Monday inside a chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit. Franklin died last year after battling pancreatic cancer and was laid to

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Monday was one of the most powerful launched ever by Gaza militants, flying nearly 120 kilometers (70 miles) before it slammed into a house in central Israel, wounding seven people. Over more than a decade, the Islamic militant Hamas group has built

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The rebuilding of Isle Royale National Park’s gray wolf population is off to a strong start. The Michigan park in Lake Superior now has 15 wolves following the transfer of seven from Canada over the weekend. Six came from Michipicoten Island and one from the Ontario mainland. The Ontario Ministry of

MONTROSE, Iowa — Authorities say a 15-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed herself at a gun club in Iowa. Lee County sheriff’s officials say deputies and medics were called around 10:40 a.m. Sunday to the Tri-State Gun Club outside Montrose, a community about 80 miles (129 kilometers) south of Iowa City. The emergency crews found

LOS ANGELES — Michael Avenatti, the attorney best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was arrested Monday on charges that he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike and embezzled a client’s money to pay his own expenses. Avenatti, 48, was charged with extortion and bank and

CUPERTINO, Calif. — The Latest on Apple’s streaming TV event (all times local): 1:45 p.m. Apple says the new services it’s launching will respect your digital boundaries. Apple announced a new streaming TV service, a paid subscription level of its news app, a video game service and a credit card at a splashy, celebrity-laden event