Новости за 15.01.2017

SAN DIEGO — U.S. officials say Mexico’s inability to fully seal up border tunnels dug by drug smugglers poses a security risk and is an “open invitation” for cartels to carve out new tunnels.

WARREN, Mich. — Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures today in Michigan where Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Americans to resist Republican efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care law, one of a number of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition.

LITHONIA, Ga. — Eddie Long, the flamboyant megachurch pastor whose reputation was tarnished after former congregants accused him of sexual misconduct, has died. He was 63.

CHICAGO — A police officer confronted by a fleeing gunman suspected of shooting three people fatally shot the man early today, Chicago police said.

BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry today again rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides.

BERLIN — The International Committee of the Red Cross says a staff member who was abducted in northern Afghanistan last month has been released.

NEW YORK — The crowd-pleasing NASA drama “Hidden Figures” has topped the box office for the second straight week, while a pair of high-priced prestige releases sputtered.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A third wave of sleet and drizzle glazed swaths of the central U.S. today, extending icy weather that some meteorologists began acknowledging fell short of dire forecasts.

CAIRO — Egyptians in al-Arish, a city in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, are threatening civil disobedience to protest against what they claim to be the extrajudicial killing of six youths by security forces.

The first week of the new year, many folks were resting and getting back in the swing of things after a long holiday season. It was not filled with any charity events, but people were not idly sitting home.

ANN ARBOR — Tyrone Wheatley is joining the Jacksonville Jaguars.

BEIRUT — Pro-Syrian government troops shelled a village in a rebel-controlled area near Damascus today, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring several others who were taking shelter in a banquet hall.

PARIS — Sending a forceful message to Israel’s prime minister and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries called today on Israel and the Palestinians to revive work toward long-elusive peace — including an independent Palestinian state.

ELLENTON, Fla. — After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.

Officials are unsure how many people are unaccounted for after an early morning fire killed three people in South Toledo.

Women’s Basketball

In a game the University of Toledo never led, trailed by as many as 17 points, and was saddled with foul trouble throughout, the Rockets showed some fight before ultimately falling 77-73 to Northern Illinois on Saturday at Savage Arena.

A.J. Achter hates to be the bearer of bad news.

BROOKLYN, Mich. — In April, 2008, Rick Brenner spearheaded minor league baseball’s introduction to Bowling Green, Ky.

FREMONT — A Fremont family has a piece of its history back after a grandfather’s Purple Heart for service in World War I was returned in a ceremony Saturday following years, and miles, of separation.

The sound of music is nearly as pervasive as the air we breathe.

It’s a miracle, Donzaleigh Abernathy said, that she was ever born.

What a week. Our national scene seemed to have text written by Samuel Beckett, with film by Fellini and Welles.

Why are Detroit and Pittsburgh so different?