Новости за 18.02.2017

WACO, Texas — Landen Lucas made two free throws with 11 seconds left and No. 3 Kansas grabbed a stranglehold on the Big 12 race with a 67-65 victory at No. 4 Baylor today.

AUSTIN — Texas election officials have acknowledged that hundreds of people were allowed to bypass the state’s toughest-in-the-nation voter ID law and improperly cast ballots in the November presidential election by signing a sworn statement instead of showing a photo ID.

MUNICH — President  Trump is working on a “streamlined” version of his executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim nations to iron out the difficulties that landed his first order in the courts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said today.

ATHENS, Ohio — The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team lost at Ohio 95-75 at the Convocation Center today.

DALLAS — Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died today. She was 69.

ISTANBUL — A Turkish Airlines plane in Istanbul was evacuated today after a suspicious note was discovered in one of its bathrooms.

Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian-born cleric serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center and other terror attacks in New York, has died, a prison spokesman said today.

BEIRUT — U.S.-backed fighters captured a village in northern Syria today from members of the Islamic State group, bringing them closer to cutting a road linking two major ISIS-held cities in the country and closing in on the extremists’ de facto capital.

NEW YORK — James Earl Jones and Donald Glover are lending their voices to Disney’s upcoming remake of “The Lion King.”

CLEVELAND — In his introductory press conference at Progressive Field before the 2013 season, Nick Swisher uttered the word “excited” 16 times.

BARCELONA, Spain — Thousands of protesters marched today in Barcelona to demand that Spain’s conservative-led government increase its efforts to take in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.

SAN FRANCISCO — Satsuki Ina was born behind barbed wire in a prison camp during World War II, the daughter of U.S. citizens forced from their home without due process and locked up for years following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

TORRANCE, Calif. — An explosion and fire erupted Saturday at a California oil refinery, exactly two years after a blast that crippled the plant and led to higher gasoline prices, authorities said.

LIMA — A Louisiana man is in serious condition at Lima Memorial Hospital after he was ejected from his vehicle in a rollover crash.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will have to wait at least another day to launch from NASA’s historic moon pad.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A man from North Korea has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader’s half brother, as a diplomatic row erupted over the body.

Seeking to assuage European fears about refreshed Washington-Moscow ties, Vice President Mike Pence told leaders today that the United States would hold Russia accountable for its actions even as it works to locate new areas for cooperation.

SALEM, Mass. — Art and fashion are colliding in this weekend’s U.S. premiere of an unusual exhibition in Massachusetts.

NEW YORK — The Roots will perform an original NBA-themed musical featuring former Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs, DJ Jazzy Jeff, actor Michael B. Jordan, musician Jidenna, and rapper Darryl “DMC” McDaniels at the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday.

NEW YORK — Actress Nicole Kidman has revealed that she was once engaged to musician Lenny Kravitz.

PITTSBURGH  — New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has a court date in Pittsburgh next week on criminal charges after he turned himself in to police and was later released on a non-monetary bond.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons arrived in the United Arab Emirates for an invitation-only ceremony today to formally open the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai.

WASHINGTON  — The apparent assassination of the North Korean leader’s estranged half-brother is strengthening bipartisan calls for the U.S. to re-list North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation lifted nine years ago. Doing so would increase the country’s isolation, while potentially complicating any future diplomacy to halt its nuclear and missile programs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia  — At a hospital morgue in Malaysia’s capital, the tightly guarded corpse of a middle-aged man has become the focus of a dizzying case of international intrigue involving five countries, combative North Korean diplomats and an apparently duped female assassin.