Новости за 16.03.2016

PHOENIX (AP) — Ha Na Jang is off to a sizzling start with two victories in the first five events of the LPGA Tour season. She's feeling some heat, too, that has nothing to do with the high temperatures in…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann pitched three shutout innings and Ian Kinsler hit one of three home runs by the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday in their 7-3 win over the Houston Astros.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Small red plastic bags emblazoned with “Visit Nebraska. Visit Nice” were scattered Wednesday across tables and bars at Cheers Shot Bar.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Celebrity chef Michael Chiarello faces two lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and refusal to pay his employees their due wages.

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor said President Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court on Wednesday was an “eminently qualified” nominee who would approach his duty with an open mind and reputation as a meticulous student of the law.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn's recruiting class in 2012 came to Storrs with very high expectations.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Grand Slam of Golf, canceled last year because it was on a Donald Trump golf course, ended for good on Wednesday when the PGA of America decided it no longer fit in the changing…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves was arraigned Wednesday on sexual assault charges over the protest of a prosecutor who felt blindsided and believed the brief hearing would be held Thursday.

Despite questions, a bill that would give victims of human trafficking immunity from prosecution for prostitution advanced Wednesday in the Legislature.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — There's no question that Yale has had to deal with some tough off the court issues on their way to the NCAA Tournament following the expulsion last month of captain Jack Montague because of a sexual…

A Crete manufacturer of private voting booths, known for their signature red, white and blue curtains, has ended its 105-year run.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have finally jumped into the free agency pool with both cleats.

IT has been a season of firsts for women's college basketball teams Florida, and the roll will continue in the NCAA Tournament.

It doesn't take a lot of skill to pick UConn to win a fourth consecutive national championship.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Years ago, long after David Lattin became known as "Big Daddy," he saw a bit of himself in his grandson as the preschooler played and ran.

As Mike Cavanaugh was saying last week, a player should look better than the year before every time he shows up to begin a spring season.

College basketball fans thought picking the bracket was tough last season.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Reggae band leader Frederick "Toots" Hibbert has settled a lawsuit he filed against the organizers of an outdoor festival in Richmond, Virginia, after he was struck in the head with a vodka bottle in 2013.

LONDON (AP) — Sylvia Anderson, the co-creator of the cult classic science fiction TV puppet show "Thunderbirds," has died at 88.

CHELTENHAM, England (AP) — Sprinter Sacre regained his Queen Mother Champion Chase crown at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday, capping his recovery from a heart condition that nearly forced his retirement.

Watch out, West Virginia. Be careful, California. Beware, Baylor.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber has settled a lawsuit by a photographer who accused the singer of kicking and punching him outside a Southern California shopping center in 2012.

BOSTON (AP) — The distributor of the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Adult sex trafficking victims who work as prostitutes could get immunity from prosecution under a bill advanced by Nebraska lawmakers.