Новости за 11.03.2021

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party has stripped a senior official of his membership after he announced he would run on his own electoral list, in the latest sign of internal turmoil ahead of elections planned for later this year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's flagship university says it will hold in-person commencement ceremonies this spring.

AMSTERDAM (AP) - The European Medicines Agency was meeting Thursday to discuss whether Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine should be authorized, a move that would give the European Union a fourth licensed vaccine to try to curb the pandemic amid a stalled inoculation drive.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Division of Forestry says fires are prohibited between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. during burning season, which began March 1 and runs through May 31.

LONDON (AP) - The head of a major British press organization has resigned over his response to Meghan and Harry’s television interview - the second senior U.K. media figure to leave amid a heated debate over the royal couple’s allegations of racism and bias.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - University of Memphis President M. David Rudd will be leaving his position next year to return to the faculty, the school said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials are seeking applicants for grants to help agricultural, food and forestry businesses in distressed counties.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland’s Senate president is bracing senators for a tough year for many of their bills due to difficulties created by the pandemic.

Frankfurt, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank said Thursday it will step up its bond-buying stimulus in the coming months, a step aimed at halting what is regarded as a premature rise in borrowing costs in the 19 countries that use the euro.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Wesleyan College President Thomas Mitzel said the school has a goal to return to a fully open campus in the fall.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Compromise legislation that directs how North Carolina's K-12 schools must offer in-person instruction this spring to all students will soon be on Gov. Roy Cooper's desk.

BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union figures show that the 27-nation bloc has allowed some 34 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine exports over the past weeks despite shortages at home as it continues to struggle to get its vaccine drive up to speed.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen Joe Manchin told West Virginia officials the new federal stimulus package will include $677 million in funding to local governments in the state.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a North Carolina woman in December, police said.

The wind has many moods on the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland's Waitemata Harbour where the 36th match for the America’s Cup is taking place between defender Team New Zealand and Italian challenger Luna Rossa.

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Kansas athletic director Jeff Long resigned less than two days after the school mutually parted with Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations dating to the football coach’s time at LSU and one day after Long vowed he would lead the Jayhawks’ search for a replacement.

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JERUSALEM (AP) - Sara Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister's wife, was hospitalized Thursday with an appendix infection at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center, the hospital said.

There was plenty, to be sure, that was unfamiliar to Roger Federer in his first competitive match in more than a year.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Jesper Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist to lead the Montreal Canadiens over the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 Wednesday night.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld a controversial 1989 ruling that acquitted the owner of a massive institution that housed vagrants, children and the disabled of serious charges despite the enslavement and abuse of thousands of those trapped there in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine capital placed two villages and two hotels on lockdown Thursday and police have renewed warnings against kissing and other “public display of affection” after a new surge in coronavirus infections.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - More than two dozen coronavirus vaccination clinics are set to open in Maine in the coming days.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Quinn Weidemann scored 14 points, Grace Ellis hit two free throws with 3.4 seconds left and Wyoming beat Fresno State 59-56 on Wednesday night to win the Mountain West Conference tournament and clinch a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history. ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A veteran Iditarod musher was removed from the race Wednesday after he tested positive for the coronavirus, organizers said.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams.