Новости за 20.05.2017

NEW YORK — Fears of a terrorist attack prompted officials to ring many of the pedestrian plazas of Times Square with squat steel posts capable of stopping a speeding vehicle.

PITTSBURGH — The situation looked dire.

CLEVELAND — LeBron James wrapped up his postgame news conference, popped a toothpick in his mouth and pushed back from the podium as if he had just completed a satisfying meal.

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter has been released from the airport in Bucharest, Romania, and has landed safely in London after he was detained for what he said were political reasons relating to his opposition of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the New York Times and ESPN, as confirmed by the NBA.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf was fined $10,000 on Saturday for apparently using a homophobic slur during Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Masses of protesters with white shirts, homemade gas masks and flags draped around their shoulders have shut down a main road in the Venezuelan capital.

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police have retired the badge of an officer who was fatally struck on a freeway while setting down flares.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ Republican-controlled House has approved tough new limits on abortion, striking back after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted many restrictions on the procedure the state passed in 2013.

DETROIT — Fans have gathered at a Detroit concert venue to remember singer Chris Cornell.

NEWARK, Ohio — A judge in Ohio says he will be haunted forever by his decision to grant early release to a domestic violence suspect who authorities say killed his ex-girlfriend, her co-worker and a police chief.

ABUJA, Nigeria — The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families for the first time today, as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters’ lives.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sanctioned nine more U.S.-linked businesses, organizations and people over America’s sanctions over its ballistic missile program.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Emergency personnel have rescued eight people from a new roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington after it stopped on an upper area of track.

COLUMBUS — The family of a black 13-year-old boy fatally shot by a white Columbus police officer after a suspected robbery last year said it is “completely dissatisfied” with how the investigation was handled after a grand jury voted not to indict the officer.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Oprah Winfrey is speaking at commencement ceremonies at colleges in upstate New York and Massachusetts this weekend.

ENGLEFIELD, England — Pippa Middleton, radiant in a custom-made gown, married a wealthy financier today with a party of senior royals, including her sister, looking on.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump arrived in the Middle East today, touching down in Saudi Arabia to begin his first trip abroad, a visit aimed at forging stronger alliances to combat terrorism while seeking to push past the series of controversies threatening to engulf his young administration.

GENEVA  — A British physician, an Ethiopian former health minister and a Pakistani expert in non-communicable diseases are the three finalists vying for the top job at the World Health Organization in its first-ever election on Tuesday, aspiring to land a key U.N. post that confers great power to set worldwide medical priorities — and great responsibility as the world’s go-to person when emergencies like Ebola, Zika and SARS strike.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani won re-election by a wide margin today, giving the moderate cleric a second four-year term to see out his agenda pushing for greater freedoms and outreach to the wider world.

In celebration of Bike to Work Day, Oregon announced Friday the launch of a website dedicated to the Oregon Trail.

The city of Toledo is proceeding with plans to sell its police helicopter.

Actress and Toledo area native Katie Holmes will be one of three judges for the third annual Maumee Film Festival on Sept. 23 at the Maumee Indoor Theatre.

A day after watching his home burn to the ground, Michael Dickerson returned to the Andover Apartments because he had no other place to go.

Walking briefly with a black Labrador retriever named Robin solidified Chris Hall’s idea into a goal.

LOVELAND, Colo. — The Colorado Eagles seized a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference final with a 5-4 victory in triple overtime Friday against the Toledo Walleye.