Новости за 14.04.2017

BOSTON — Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who is already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted today in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a spilled drink.

BOWLING GREEN – A former Bowling Green State University football player who admitted he placed a crushed Xanax into a woman's drink at a local bar was sentenced today to 30 months in prison.

ATLANTA — Delta is giving airport employees permission to offer passengers up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up their seats on overbooked flights.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A police officer with an unusual pedigree is getting a second shot at life.

WASHINGTON — The White House said today that it will not release logs of visitors to the White House, breaking with the practice of President Donald Trump’s predecessor.

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy is banning vaping on ships after at least a dozen reports of explosions and injuries.

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City woman accused of terrorizing her 7-year-old granddaughter while dressed as a witch has been sentenced to life in prison.

CAIRO — The Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros III says he will be canceling most Easter celebrations, limiting them to a simple mass, following the recent twin attacks on churches by Islamic State militants that killed dozens of Christian worshippers.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Transportation has settled with a contractor over a dispute over delays in the 2014 repainting of Toledo’s Craig Memorial Bridge.

LAS VEGAS — Flames ripped across the roof of the Bellagio’s shops and restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip as tourists watched the nighttime fire reflected in the iconic fountain show at the hotel-casino, authorities said today.

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA endorsed a football recruiting rules overhaul today that will allow high school football players to sign with colleges as early as December and put a two-year waiting period on Bowl Subdivision teams from hiring people close to a recruit.

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VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis has prostrated himself in prayer during a solemn Good Friday service in St. Peter’s Basilica.

LOS ANGELES — A caller tells emergency dispatchers during a shooting at a San Bernardino elementary school that she’s scared and has locked herself in the office.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The remains of the Wampanoag leader who forged a peaceful relationship with the Pilgrims will be reburied at his original gravesite in Rhode Island.

NEW YORK — Lady Gaga will make history when she performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival this weekend, marking a decade since a solo woman has been billed as a headliner on the prestigious musical stage.

NEW YORK — Is the Force still strong with Luke Skywalker?

Urban farmer Thomas Jackson today showed off three newly tilled parcels in central Toledo that he hopes will satisfy city demands that he clear wood chips off his properties.

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's military said today it would “ruthlessly ravage” the United States if Washington chose to attack, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group headed for the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.

JUBA, South Sudan — The World Food Program says it is “horrified” to learn that three of its South Sudan workers were killed this week in violence in the western town of Wau.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said today.

LA PLATA, Md. — Authorities in Maryland say a 2-year-old boy is dead and his 5-year-old brother is seriously injured after a tree their father cut down in their yard fell on them.

WASHINGTON — CIA Director Mike Pompeo has denounced the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks as a “hostile intelligence service” and a threat to U.S. national security, a condemnation that differed sharply from President Donald Trump’s past praise of the organization.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  — A court in Ivory Coast has handed down sentences in connection with the 2011 deaths of four people who were kidnapped from the Novotel hotel in Abidjan.