Новости за 02.04.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Derrick Rose’s season is over early because of knee surgery again. The New York Knicks guard has torn left knee cartilage and the team said he will miss the remaining five games. It was a surprising but all too familiar ending to Rose’s first season in New York. He sat out […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved federal assistance to help California counties recover from winter storms that caused flooding, mudslides and power outages. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday that the funds will aid state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in areas affected by severe weather from February 1 to February […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays has hit the first home run of the new Major League Baseball season. Longoria connected for a two-run drive against New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka in the second inning on Sunday at Tropicana Field. Corey Dickerson of the Rays got the first […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church plans to build five more temples across the globe. Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Sunday during a twice-yearly Mormon conference that one of them will be in Saratoga Springs, Utah. The others will be in Brasilia, Brazil, the […]

BOSTON (AP) — Boston authorities say fires have broken out in several manholes in the city, including one that exploded and sent a manhole cover flying to within feet of first responders. No injuries have been reported. WCVB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2nwT4uI ) that the fires broke out Sunday in manholes near the city hall complex. Firefighters […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — To Doris Day’s many admirers, the pert and fresh-faced charmer who starred in “Pillow Talk” and “Move Over Darling” is ageless. But Day turns 95 on Monday — which is a birthday surprise to even the star herself, who has long pegged her age to a 1924 birthdate that would make […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders will have to continue their late-season playoff push without captain and leading scorer John Tavares. Tavares hurt his left hamstring in a 2-1 win against New Jersey on Friday, and coach Doug Weight says there’s no expectation he can return before the Islanders close their season against […]

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man who struck and killed a renowned Australian humorist with his pickup truck will be sentenced in May after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports (https://goo.gl/6KSgH3 ) that 20-year-old Tristian Myers pleaded guilty last week in the death last […]

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A concert venue owned by recording star Daryl Hall is suing a New York town, saying that measures taken to reduce the occupancy of the site would force the business to close. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports (http://pojonews.co/2oq6kFz) the dispute comes amid negotiations to build an outdoor stage at Daryl’s House, a […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity and impunity for killings of journalists in one of the world’s deadliest countries for media workers. Norte executive Oscar Cantu Murguia informed readers of his decision in a farewell […]

NILES, Mich. (AP) — Six patients, including at least five children, remain hospitalized in good condition after a carbon monoxide leak in a southern Michigan hotel pool area that killed a 13-year-old boy. South Bend memorial Hospital spokeswoman Heidi Prescott said Sunday that five children who initially were reported in fair or serious condition following […]

CHICAGO (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, and further arrests are expected, police said Sunday. A day after announcing the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on sexual assault and child pornography charges, police […]

About 65 people will lose their jobs at a mushroom farm in northwestern Washington.

BOSTON (AP) — Monday is the deadline for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft to complete background checks on tens of thousands of drivers in Massachusetts. The checks are designed in part to make sure a driver isn’t a registered sex offender. A few ride-hailing drivers have been charged with rape, sexual assault and assault with […]

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: Hundreds of anglers will be heading for the Columbia Wildlife Refuge and the Seep Lakes Wildlife Area for the opening of the many lakes within their boundaries on April 1st. Spring weather will greet them for what could be […]

TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts authorities are looking for the suspect who stole a woman’s car while she was pumping gas in Tewksbury. Surveillance video posted to the police Twitter account shows the woman sprayed the suspect with gasoline and struggled with him before he drove away and dragged her several feet at a Circle […]

ATLANTA (AP) — As crews rushed to clear debris from a major Atlanta interstate span that collapsed in a raging fire, commuters in the Southeast’s largest city braced for the first full workweek without the key link to some of the city’s biggest suburbs. Officials pledged after Thursday’s collapse of a 350-foot section of Interstate […]

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in trouble with his club after pulling a mask stunt in the Ruhr derby against Schalke. Aubameyang pulled on a mask after scoring in the 1-1 draw Saturday, as he’s done before with Spiderman and Batman masks, but this time it was the mask he had […]

POTOMAC FALLS, Virginia (AP) — President Donald Trump brought Sen. Rand Paul to his Virginia golf course on Sunday, where the two planned to discuss health care as they hit the fairways. The outing to Trump National Golf Club came hours after Trump tweeted that: “Talks on Repealing and Replacing ObamaCare are, and have been, […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s speaker of parliament said she is considering an emergency motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma after he fired the country’s widely respected finance minister last week. Baleka Mbete said Sunday that she cut short an overseas trip to deal with the “serious parliamentary issues” that have arisen since […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunters could soon target grizzly bears from the air on Alaska’s federal lands. Internet providers may get to sell the browsing habits of their customers. States will be able to deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Citing states’ rights, jobs and the right to bear arms, […]

LYON, France (AP) — At his current scoring rate, Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani could reach 50 goals by the end of the season. Not bad for a player many PSG fans wanted to get rid of last summer, expressing concerns that he was not good enough to carry the attack after Zlatan Ibrahimovic left […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wondering when Supreme Court nominations became so politically contentious? Only about 222 years ago — when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. “We are in an era of extreme partisan energy right now. In such a moment, the partisanship will manifest itself across government, and there’s no reason […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh’s High Court on Sunday confirmed the death penalty for two people tied to a banned Islamist militant group for the killing of an atheist blogger critical of radical Islam. The court also upheld jail sentences for six others after appeals were filed challenging the verdicts handed down by a trial […]

MOSCOW (AP) — A respected Russian newspaper says it has uncovered information that police in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and that at least three have been killed. The Saturday report in Novaya Gazeta said it had confirmed the information with sources in the […]