Новости за 15.07.2017

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court has dismissed the criminal case against U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who had been charged with filing a false robbery report during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The court confirmed in a statement this week that it tossed out the case after determining that Lochte’s robbery claim […]

BOSTON (AP) — Day-night doubleheaders. Cross-country travel. Rain delays and extra innings. A baseball schedule can play havoc with sleep, but some major league teams are trying to combat the grind of the long season by giving their players a place to catch some shut-eye at the ballpark, away from their noisier teammates or their […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to put on hold a judge’s ruling modifying the Trump administration’s travel ban on immigrants from six majority-Muslim nations. The department filed the request for a stay with the court of appeals on Saturday while the U.S. Supreme Court considers […]

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho man is apologizing for setting off illegal aerial fireworks that caused a brush fire that burned down a neighbor’s home and damaged another. John Woods of Pocatello told the Idaho State Journal (http://bit.ly/2t246uZ) in a story on Saturday that he caused the Thursday fire. “I lit off five […]

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden never wants to leave Houston and is intent on bringing another NBA title to the city the Californian now considers home. And the Rockets are doing everything possible to make sure the Beard gets exactly what he wants. The clearest evidence of that came a week ago when they signed […]

Stanford University’s Maryam Mirzakhani was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics.

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Dozens of President Donald Trump’s supporters and critics waved flags and carted around banners near the New Jersey golf club where the president is staying during the U.S. Women’s Open. Trump was greeted by cheers and applause from spectators at the golf course when he arrived Saturday. He waved from inside […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Zoo says a young giraffe that has been struggling since birth has died. Zoo CEO Don Hutchinson said Saturday that veterinary staff and an animal care team put their lives on hold and explored every avenue to try to nurse Julius back to health. Julius was born to first-time mother […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ava DuVernay says she wanted to direct an adaption of Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy classic “A Wrinkle in Time” because she saw herself in it. Speaking in Anaheim on Saturday at the biannual Disney fan expo, D23, DuVernay was joined on stage by her film’s cast, including Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Talk about adding to the stress of planning a wedding. Dress retailer Alfred Angelo Bridal filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in Florida on Friday. The dressmaker, which has 60 stores nationwide and sells at 1,400 other locations, has its headquarters in Delray Beach. The sudden closing has created […]

A person with knowledge of the situation of tells The Associated Press that the New Orleans have agreed in principle on a one-year deal with Rajon Rondo. The person says Rondo is expected to sign his contract next week and the terms are still being finalized. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service on the Northeast Corridor in and out of New York Penn Station has resumed after a brief delay, but officials warned additional delays are possible. Amtrak spokesman Mike Tolbert said earlier Saturday that train service in or out of the city was halted as crews […]

HURGHADA, Egypt (AP) — The Latest on developments in Egypt (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Security officials in Egypt say the Egyptian man who stabbed two German women to death at a popular Red Sea resort first sat and spoke to them in fluent German before producing a large kitchen knife, attacking them and leaving […]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A spectator who posted photos and audio online from the closing argument of Bill Cosby’s criminal defense attorney has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 50 hours’ community service. Montgomery County President Judge Thomas DelRicci sentenced 37-year-old Anitra Burrows on Thursday. The Collegeville woman told the judge […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released an official Spotify playlist. Trudeau unveiled his “PM Mix” of 39 songs on the streaming service Saturday. It includes tracks by Canadian artists such as Drake, Shawn Mendes, k.d. lang and The Tragically Hip, as well as songs by Fiona Apple, R.E.M., Peter Gabriel […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times has asked a judge to toss out a defamation lawsuit former Alaska governor Sarah Palin filed against it, saying there was not actual malice in a recent editorial it quickly corrected after readers complained. The newspaper said in court papers late Friday that its prompt and full […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to killing a fellow prison inmate after a dispute over a Bible verse. WCHS-TV reports Timothy Parsons pleaded guilty to the stabbing death of Eugene Anderson. Prosecutors say Parsons defeated Anderson in a game of Bible knowledge at the Mount Olive Correctional Institute. After […]

NITRO, W.Va. (AP) — A police officer in West Virginia has been suspended after video surfaced on Facebook showing him holding a gun while arguing with people when he was off duty. Media outlets report 49-year-old Richard Foster with the Nitro Police Department now faces a misdemeanor brandishing charge. Nitro Police Chief Bobby Eggleton said […]

WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say more than 400 pounds (181 kilograms) of marijuana has been found in 15 new cars made in Mexico and shipped to Ohio and Pennsylvania to sell. A drug task force in Ohio’s Portage County was called to a Ford dealership this week after a service department employee found a […]

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Two police officers in southwestern Michigan have helped safely deliver a baby after the mother started giving birth while headed to a hospital. Authorities say the mother was being driven in a car shortly after midnight Saturday when her water broke. The driver pulled alongside a street. Kalamazoo Public Safety officers […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Trump administration is trying to get support from skeptical U.S. governors for a revised health care bill before the U.S. Senate. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma made their pitch Saturday morning during a closed-door meeting of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has thrown out a conviction for an activist who was arrested when he laughed during Attorney General Jeff Session’s Senate confirmation hearing. Judge Robert Morin, the chief judge of the D.C. Superior Court, ordered a retrial for Desiree Fairooz on Friday. Fairooz, of Bluemont, Virginia, laughed when a senator said […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chess legend Garry Kasparov didn’t need any arm-twisting to be persuaded to return to competition next month in St. Louis. In fact, it was Kasparov’s idea. The man who dominated chess for two decades has been retired from competitive play since 2005. But Kasparov will compete against many of the world’s […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fight over whether to allow copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota is shifting to the capital city as the U.S. Forest Service opens a new set of public meetings on its proposal to bar minerals exploration and development on more than 234,000 acres near the pristine […]

LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Officials say that a sinkhole that swallowed a boat and destroyed two homes in Florida has stopped growing and has not had any recent significant movement. Kevin Guthrie is Pasco County’s assistant administrator for public safety. He says on Saturday that the sinkhole is the largest in the county […]