Новости за 20.05.2016

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe Thornton and his linemates have managed to do what Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Jamie Benn couldn't in the first two rounds of the NHL playoffs: control the play against the St. Louis Blues.

A police detective from a Tennessee resort town has been indicted on aggravated perjury charges stemming from his testimony about the alleged sexual assault of high school basketball players by their teammates in a hazing case that outraged authorities in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Now there's yet another market for 3-D printer-enthusiasts: candy.

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby's wife refused to answer dozens of questions during a combative deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who say the comedian branded them liars after they accused him of sexually assaulting them decades…

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka has taken the stand to testify in a hearing to determine if he's competent to stand trial on charges he killed his girlfriend.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Almost sacked for safety concerns after 50 years, the nation's last tackle powderpuff football game will now be played.

NEW YORK (AP) — Something seemed missing this week when the major broadcast networks gathered advertisers to preview their new programming for the fall.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for a woman suing Bill Cosby for sexual battery says Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has given sworn testimony in the case.

NEW YORK (AP) — Just days after unveiling its Fall 2016 schedule, the Fox network is swapping two of its shows.

Before there was "Halo" or "Call of Duty," the first-person shooter video games "Wolfenstein" and "Doom" defined the trigger-happy genre in three dimensions. While the former received a thoughtful reimagining in 2014's "Wolfenstein: The New Order," the same can't be…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro Olympics organizers say 67 percent of available tickets have been sold.

MILAN (AP) — A state maritime museum in Christopher Columbus' birthplace of Genoa is challenging a Florence library to be the custodian of the recently returned 1493 letter in which the explorer described his voyages to Spanish royals.

CANNES, France (AP) — Kristen Stewart says she feels "pretty good" in her own skin, but that hasn't always been the case.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The pop group Maroon 5 on Friday joined the list of entertainers canceling appearances in North Carolina because of its law that denies anti-discrimination protections and dictates which restrooms transgender people can use.

NEW YORK (AP) — The pediatrician who helped reveal the deadly levels of lead in the water of Flint, Michigan, has a book deal.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Eric Ripert turned 18, he had a crisis of confidence. He was working in Paris at the famed La Tour D'Argent, a grueling first step on the journey from his childhood in the mountains of…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Diego Rivera painting has sold privately for $15.7 million, setting a world record price for any Latin American work of art, Phillips auction house said Friday.

PARIS (AP) — Two French music festivals have cancelled Eagles of Death Metal's concerts this summer in reaction to comments by the band's frontman over the Paris attacks.

MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin welcomed an investigation into Russian doping on Friday and said the country is ready to offer full assistance to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's former King Michael has asked not to pay taxes on his castle in western Romania as he is a war veteran.

NEW YORK (AP) — A much-anticipated performance by Whitney Houston in hologram form won't air on NBC's "The Voice" next week after all.

NEW YORK (AP) — On Broadway these days is a pair of brothers who, quite literally, put their lives in each other's hands every day.

PARIS (AP) — Security will be tighter than ever at the French Open in the wake of last November's Paris deadly attacks.

GENEVA (AP) — Just 10 days after the rebranded FIFA Council met for the first time, one of its members faces being banned from soccer in fallout from World Cup corruption allegations.

ATLANTA (AP) — USA Swimming has moved a pre-Olympic training camp out of Puerto Rico because of the Zika virus.