Новости за 05.08.2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News said Saturday that it has suspended Eric Bolling, co-host of its late-afternoon news program “The Specialists,” while it investigates allegations he sent a lewd photo to co-workers. Word of the suspension came one day after a HuffPost report relying on anonymous sources stated Bolling had sent a lewd photo […]

To bring better synchronization to the two receiver positions, assistant coaches Dave Nichol and Derek Sage switched responsibilities at the start of fall camp

Here’s how the state’s lawmakers voted on major issues in the week ending August 4.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Mark White, a Democrat who championed public education reforms that included the landmark “no-pass, no-play” policy for high school athletes, has died. He was 77. The former governor, who fought kidney cancer for years, died Saturday in Houston shortly after waking up and feeling uncomfortable, according to his […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Environmental activists sailed across Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay on Saturday to protest pollution in the city’s waterways and broken promises to clean them up around the 2016 Olympics. The silent flotilla coincided with the one-year anniversary of the start of the Rio Games. The Brazilian city pledged in its […]

NEW YORK (AP) — As Dave Chappelle reflects on spending 30 years in comedy, he says he’s grateful and humble to still be living his dreams onstage. “In all honesty, I mostly feel grateful that I survived it, and that I’m able to still do it, and that I have the respect of my peers,” […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president reiterated Saturday that new cross-border operations into Syria are in the works as the country boosts its military presence along the border against threats from Kurdish militants in war-torn Syria. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is determined to launch “new moves” akin to its foray into northern Syria last […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants placed first baseman Brandon Belt on the seven-day concussion list Saturday and called up third baseman Pablo Sandoval. Belt was hit in the head by a 78.9 mph curveball from Arizona rookie Anthony Banda on Friday night. He was down while being attended to by Giants head […]

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — Olympic marathon gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson joined nearly 6,500 runners Saturday in the road race that she created along the coastal roads where she trained in her native Maine. Running alongside Deena Kastor, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, Samuelson finished the 20th Beach to Beacon 10-kilometer race in 39 […]

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Joey Logano isn’t quite ready to push the panic button as NASCAR’s playoff season looms. At least he knows what will ease his mind — winning one of the next five races. “I’m not sure it’s even a must-win yet, but it’s getting closer to that point,” Logano said Saturday […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s justice minister says even if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on corruption charges he is not compelled to resign. Ayelet Shaked tells Israel’s Channel 2 TV Saturday that ministers have to, but not necessarily prime ministers. She said coalition partners will have to discuss the ethical ramifications of such a […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — The South American trade bloc Mercosur has suspended Venezuela for failing to follow democratic norms amid a deepening political crisis in the country. Venezuela was previously suspended in December for failing to uphold commitments it made when it joined the group in 2012. The new suspension will make it harder to […]

Left-hander Marco Gonzales was recalled and will start on Saturday night vs. the Royals.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia police department says it plans to dismiss a suspended officer who was reportedly videotaped slamming a handcuffed man to the ground and bashing his head on the side of a swimming pool. Twenty-six-year-old Officer James Yeager surrendered to the department’s internal affairs unit on Friday. A video uploaded to social […]

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A bear broke into a sport utility vehicle in southwestern Colorado, trashed its interior and caused it to roll out of a driveway and smash into a mailbox. Neighbors heard the crash early Friday and called law enforcement officers in the small city of Durango. Ron Cornelius joked that he doesn’t […]

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman has accused police of holding onto a drug charge against her, hoping to intimidate her not to cooperate with an investigation into a police shooting that killed a teenager two years ago. The Independent Mail of Anderson reports a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Tori Morton […]

Could Gabe Marks emerge from the Jets' glut of receivers at camp to earn a spot on the 53-man roster? So far he's off to a good start, says former Panthers WR-turned-analyst Steve Smith Sr.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress will have to prove its mettle this fall. It has no choice. Republicans have little to show for their first seven months of controlling the White House and Capitol Hill. The Senate sent Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, and Congress passed bills bolstering veterans’ health programs and financing the […]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas Democratic congressmen are questioning preliminary plans to build a section of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall through a federal wildlife refuge. Federal officials have told landowners and local officials that they intend to build on about 3 miles (nearly 5 kilometers) of the river levee that […]

LUTHER, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a 4-month-old girl died after her grandmother forgot the baby was in her car and left her there for hours while she was working. Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Opgrande says investigators were called Friday evening to the parking lot of a daycare in Luther and found the […]

HYNDMAN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say most residents are being allowed to return to the homes they were forced to leave after a train derailment and resulting fires in their small Pennsylvania town. CSX said results of tests on air quality prompted officials to reduce the evacuation zone to a limited area immediately surrounding the […]

LONDON (AP) — About that deal to bring the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles: Not all is set in stone. Sometime over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic Committee have to iron out financial details about their joint marketing agreement that will figure heavily into the USOC’s ability to fund […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Their fathers were allies in the struggle for Kenya’s independence from British colonial rule, and then became adversaries. Now President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga are extending the family rivalry in a tightly contested election dogged by ethnic allegiances and personality politics. The two men, who also faced off […]

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser H.R. McMaster is stressing that it is “impossible to overstate the danger” posed by North Korea. In an interview with MSNBC’s Hugh Hewitt that aired Saturday, McMaster said Trump has been “deeply briefed” on the strategy on North Korea. Tensions have mounted with Pyongyang’s two […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Cleveland is not liable for the decades three men spent in prison for a 1970s slaying they didn’t commit. Cleveland.com reports (http://bit.ly/2vCaUV6 ) U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko on Friday dismissed lawsuits filed by 62-year-old Wiley Bridgeman, 59-year-old Kwame Ajamu and 60-year-old Ricky Jackson, saying they couldn’t […]