Новости за 28.09.2017

President Trump on Thursday waived the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, easing federal restrictions on cargo ships’ transport of goods to the hurricane-ravaged island.

Two attorneys with a prominent Alabama law firm and a coal company executive have been indicted in an alleged bribery scheme involving environmental cleanups in Birmingham.

Authorities say a New Jersey woman made up a story that her granddaughter was missing inside a Walmart so that her son could steal clothes and candy.

Sheriff's detectives say advances in DNA technology led to the arrest in connection with the 1990 fatal shooting of a Florida woman by an assailant dressed as a clown.

Waters surrounding Central America, Cuba, the Bahamas, Mexico and the southeastern United States bear watching for tropical systems well into October.

A Lebanese military tribunal has sentenced a radical Sunni cleric to death for leading an armed group that clashed with the country's army four years ago in battles that killed 18 soldiers.

Spain's National Court says it has conditionally released a Turkish-Swedish reporter and writer arrested in Barcelona last month on a Turkish warrant for alleged terrorism.

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As Congress heads back to Washington, D.C., to tackle more legislative issues, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. will face his own trial – in court.

Court records show a young woman charged with leaking U.S. secrets told FBI agents she was frustrated with her job as a government contractor when she tucked a classified report into her pantyhose and smuggled it out of a National Security Agency office in Georgia.

Maria has weakened to a tropical storm.

When Nintendo launched the NES Classic last year there was almost immediate frustration among consumers as it was impossible to get one.

A Massachusetts school bus driver has been fired after leaving a 5-year-old boy alone on a bus for about five hours.

A former Maryland priest has been charged with making and possessing pornographic photos of young boys.

Thousands of people are lining up at the border of Venezuela and Colombia each morning, desperate to escape Nicolas Maduro’s collapsing socialist state, with some vowing not to return until the “president who spends money while his people die of hunger” is ousted.

A study has found that northern Virginia is home to the single worst traffic hotspot in the U.S.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Turkey will not deport a U.S. pastor imprisoned in Turkey while Washington refuses to extradite the Turkish cleric that Ankara believes masterminded last year's coup attempt.

Israeli and Palestinian experts say there have been dozens of cases throughout a two-year spate of violence in which suicidal Palestinians plagued by emotional and psychological issues carried out deadly attacks.

Rome's embattled mayor has been indicted on a charge of making false statements regarding a City Hall appointment, but prosecutors shelved a more serious charge of abuse of office.

A Vermont woman is facing charges after police say they found at least 80 animal carcasses in her trailer.

The lights flickered off during the lunchtime rush and the principal had to use a cellphone light to make sure everyone got their food, but school is back in session at a Florida school that was a Red Cross shelter after Hurricane Irma.

Vietnam's water buffalo fighting festival has resumed amid calls for an end to the traditional annual event because of its violence.

None of the dogs at Puerto Rico’s “Dead Dog Beach” – known as a site where people dump their stray animals – have survived Hurricane Maria that hit the territory last week.

Catalonia's foreign affairs chief has appealed for support from the European Union before a disputed referendum calling for independence from Spain.

A new report says the illegal sale of African ivory in Laos is surging even as neighboring China phases out its own legal ivory market.