Новости за 08.12.2016

Schools closed for Albany children even though only a hint of snow dusted the the town Thursday morning despite the winter storm warning from the National Weather Service.

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FILE - This is a 2016 file photo showing Nikita Whitlock of the New York Giants NFL football team. Police are investigating a break-in and racist graffiti scrawled on the wall at the New Jersey home of an injured New…

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This Sept. 30, 2016, photo shows a Duraspine turf field in Highland Park, N.J. FieldTurf, the country’s leading maker of artificial sports turf, sold more than 1,000 fields to towns, schools and teams nationwide after its executives knew they were…

This Sept. 28, 2016, photo shows a Duraspine turf field in Newark, N.J. FieldTurf, the country’s leading maker of artificial sports turf, sold more than 1,000 fields to towns, schools and teams nationwide after its executives knew they were falling…

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Linda McMahon talks with reporters after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate wrestling executive Linda McMahon to serve as administrator…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian athletes and officials who are proven to have been part of a doping "manipulation system" should be banned for life from the Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said Thursday.

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach speaks the opening of the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016.(Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach arrives for the opening of the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016.(Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, from Germany speaks during a press conference after the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Although Pearl Harbor survivor Harry Scott of Sweet Home died in 2002, his spirit was present Wednesday morning at the American Legion Post 10 as mid-valley residents commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base…

Downtown Albany will be hopping with holiday events sponsored by the Albany Downtown Association again this weekend, starting Saturday morning with breakfast with Santa at Novak’s Hungarian restaurant.

LEBANON — Anyone who enjoys Christmas music and is a little bit country at heart will want to attend “A Snowy Country Christmas” being presented three times this week at the Lebanon Senior Center, 80 Tangent St. and the Sweet…

MOSCOW (AP) — Even before Friday's publication of a new report into alleged state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes, Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency are bickering.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer is making his case to be the new "secretary of offense."

FILE_- In this Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 file photo, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia's pole vault world record holder, speaks during a news conference at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Former Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has…

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma wide receiver Dede Westbrook (11) makes a catch for a touchdown ahead of Kansas cornerback Brandon Stewart (8) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Norman,…

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Linda McMahon talks with reporters after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate wrestling executive Linda McMahon to serve as administrator…

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2015 file photo, NBA basketball legend Michael Jordan waves during the match of Charlotte Hornets against the Los Angeles Clippers at the 2015 NBA Global Games in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province. China's highest…