Новости за 05.02.2017

GARY, Ind. — A man convicted of killing a Gary police officer in 1981 is about to walk free from an Indiana prison after twice having death sentences overturned.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence today defended President Donald Trump's attack on a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on citizens of seven mainly Muslim nations, as the first major legal battle of the Trump administration intensified.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Justin Jackson scored 16 points to help No. 12 North Carolina beat No. 20 Notre Dame 83-76 today in a game postponed a day and relocated from UNC’s campus due to a water shortage.

AMMAN — U.S-led coalition planes bombed an Islamic State-controlled town near the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria a day after the launch of a new phase of a campaign to capture the militants’ defacto capital of Raqqa, activists and the militants said today.

LOS ANGELES — “Zootopia” won best animated feature and took home a leading six awards at the 44th Annie Awards, setting up the Disney release as the clear favorite at the Oscars.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle waltzed off with the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards, Saturday. It’s the latest stop on the ebullient musical’s journey to the Oscars, but it wasn’t all song and dance at the annual awards ceremony in Beverly Hills. The evening also took on a more somber, urgent note as many directors and presenters also grappled with President Donald Trump’s refugee and immigration ban.

COLUMBUS — Growing up, Lori and Amy Cooper almost never heard their father talk about the event that changed their lives: a shooting that had permanently injured the Columbus police officer.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Police in Florida say a 5-year-old girl was fatally shot and her 4-year-old brother wounded in an accidental shooting by their 8-year-old brother.

NEW YORK — A man has been arrested in the strangulation of a New York City woman who had gone out for a run last summer and was found dead in a secluded marsh, authorities said today.

HOUSTON — He may not have the precision of Joe Montana, the arm of Terry Bradshaw, the grit of John Elway or the mind of Peyton Manning.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers appear ready to take another whack at public employee benefits as the state struggles under the weight of pension and health care obligations.

ENON, Ohio — A 5-year-old boy has been credited with alerting authorities to a suspected double overdose in southwest Ohio.

CINCINNATI — Five of the country’s 100 worst congested areas for trucks are in the state of Ohio, and three of those areas are in Cincinnati, according to a study.

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II is poised for another historic milestone, an unprecedented 65 years on the throne.

CHICAGO— Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries who were turned away from the United States due to President Donald Trump’s travel ban are hoping to make it through a narrow window opened by legal challenges.

ISLE ROYALE, Mich. — This long, forested stretch of rock protruding from the waters of Lake Superior is one of the least-visited national parks, since it is a remote and rugged patch of wilderness that is both protected and isolated by a wide, natural moat that makes it accessible only by boat or seaplane.

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court denied early today the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Trump’s ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees.

MANSOURA, Egypt — The father of an Egyptian man accused of attacking French soldiers guarding Paris’ Louvre museum says he trusts the French judiciary to find out the truth behind his son’s alleged involvement.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has lifted a ban on U.S. wrestlers, allowing them to take part in the Freestyle World Cup later this month in the Iranian city of Kermanshah, Iranian media reported today.

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says at least 38 people have been killed in the past three days by avalanches caused by heavy snow in different parts of the country.

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police today detained some 400 suspected members of Islamic State in anti-terror raids in six provinces, state media said, the biggest roundup to target the organization in Turkey.

Men’s basketball

BOWLING GREEN — Zack Denny had never beaten Toledo in his four seasons on the Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team. Transfers Wes Alcegaire and Ismail Ali saw Saturday as possibly their final chance to beat their archrival.

Defensive lapses sent the suddenly reeling Walleye to a season-high third straight loss on Saturday night as division rival Kalamazoo dismantled Toledo 5-2.