Новости за 02.01.2017

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora are searching for a 6-year-old boy who has been missing since New Year’s Eve. David Puckett was reported missing on Saturday night after apparently wandering off from his home. Denver-area police agencies and volunteers searched for David on Saturday night and New Year’s Day […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Underground pockets of boiling water and steam in a northern New Mexico national preserve that represent the heart of an ancient collapsed volcano could get extra federal protection under a new effort by the National Park Service aimed at limiting or preventing tapping the geothermal energy from neighboring land. Federal officials […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — In what coach Bruce Arians called “great news,” Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson’s knee injury is not serious and will not require surgery. An MRI showed Johnson has a left MCL sprain that would require six to eight weeks of rest and rehabilitation. Johnson, speaking to reporters on Monday, said […]

DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say an anthropologist will perform an autopsy on a severely decomposed body found inside a parked car in Detroit. Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office spokesman Lloyd Jackson says a Michigan State University anthropologist will conduct the autopsy Tuesday. Jackson said Monday that medical examiners concluded an anthropologist must determine the gender, […]

DENVER (AP) — Connor Cook is an untested rookie. Brock Osweiler may have a feeling he’s been here before. The Raiders and Texans square off Saturday in a playoff game that might be called The Quarterback Bowl. As in, both these teams are on uncharted roads with their QBs, and neither heads into the week […]

Is there an award for last minute lame-duck presidential courage? If so, it should be given to the outgoing administration for finally taking a stand, however fruitless, on Israel’s continuing settlement construction on land seized in the 1967 war by abstaining from its customary veto of condemnation votes in the Security Council. For a […]

A few notes and stats from Pro Football Focus on Seattle's win over the 49ers Sunday.

HONOLULU (AP) — The Coast Guard is suspending its search for a small plane that went missing off Hawaii with three people on board. The Coast Guard said Sunday it found no trace of the Cessna during its search covering nearly 1,500 square miles. The search began Friday evening when the Coast Guard received a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — DePaul coach Doug Bruno keeps losing players to injury and still is finding ways to win. The Blue Demons re-entered the AP women’s basketball poll Monday at No. 23 after winning their fourth straight game this weekend. UConn remained the unanimous top choice from the 33-member national media panel. The Huskies, […]

President-elect Donald Trump has recklessly linked vaccines with autism. He is wrong and that view endangers children, write two physicians. Don’t put children’s health at risk.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt speech about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was that of a man trapped in the past. Like Republicans and Democrats since the Oslo Accords of the 1990s, Kerry is a prisoner of a peace process from a bygone time.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has exhorted Catholic bishops worldwide to do what’s needed to ensure that children are protected from sexual abuse by clergy. The Vatican on Monday released the text of a Dec. 28 letter Francis sent to bishops about injustices to children. They included slave labor, malnutrition, lack of education and […]

MIAMI (10-6) at PITTSBURGH (11-5) REGULAR-SEASON SERIES RECORD: Steelers lead 12-11, but Dolphins won in October. POSTSEASON SERIES RECORD: Dolphins lead 2-1 OPENING LINE: Pittsburgh by 10. Most Read Stories2 firetrucks collide, sending 8 firefighters to hospital, damaging Seattle storefront  VIEWHuskies expected to be hit hard by early departures for NFL draftAmazon deploys many more […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam to benefit farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish dating to the time of dinosaurs. A bypass channel for the irrigation dam would be built near the Montana-North Dakota border to let […]

A widely shared story that claimed Pope Francis called for merging Islam and Christianity is false. The story quotes Francis as telling a Vatican audience: “Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Jehovah, Allah. These are all names employed to describe an entity that is distinctly the same across the world. For centuries, blood has been needlessly shed because […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Lane Kiffin isn’t sticking around to run Alabama’s offense in the national championship game, bringing an end to a successful but sometimes tense three-year pairing with Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban. Saban said Monday that Kiffin will leave to focus on his new job as Florida Atlantic’s head coach. Incoming offensive […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor was sworn in Monday, promising an immediate push for statehood in a territory facing a deep economic crisis. Gov. Ricardo Rossello, 37, proposed several measures aimed at alleviating the crisis shortly after he was sworn in at midnight. Among them is a proposal to hold […]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Hall of Fame Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is stepping away from the team to have lower back surgery. The school announced Monday that the procedure is scheduled for Friday, with an anticipated recovery time of four weeks. Krzyzewski will coach Wednesday night’s game against Georgia Tech before handing off to associate […]

In order to sustain the wild redband rainbow trout population, state Fish and Wildlife has implemented new fishing regulations on Lake Roosevelt. All trout with an intact adipose fin in Lake Roosevelt from Grand Coulee Dam to the Little Dalles power line crossing – which includes the Spokane and Sanpoil Arms of the 150-mile reservoir […]

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government plans to close the airport in the capital, Abuja, for six weeks to repair a runway that some airlines have described as dangerous, an aviation ministry statement said Monday. The government plans to close Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the country’s second-busiest, for most of February and March. Work by […]

Pink has kicked off the new year by sharing the first photo of her new baby with his big sister. The 37-year-old singer, whose real name is Alecia Moore, posted a picture of her daughter Willow holding baby Jameson on Instagram Sunday . The 5-year-old looks thrilled and has a big smile on her face. […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two men suspected of a carjacking in Connecticut were killed when the stolen car crashed into a synagogue following a police chase. New Haven police say the two suspects claimed to have a handgun and took the victim’s 2005 Toyota Highlander around 12:15 a.m. Monday. The victim was not injured. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer is defending cryptic comments by President-elect Donald Trump that he knows “things that other people don’t know” when it comes to allegations of Russian hacking. Spicer tells Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” that Trump is getting national security briefings “on a daily basis” and […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state news agency says al-Qaida militants have knocked out electricity towers near the capital, causing power cuts in a southern province. SANA said Monday that fighters from the Fatah al-Sham Front bombed three towers southwest of Damascus, causing electricity cuts in the Quneitra region. The report came as a cease-fire brokered […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge says an upscale New Jersey town violated anti-discrimination laws by insisting that a proposed mosque have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues. The judge on Saturday ruled that Bernards Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act by applying a different standard to Muslims. He […]