Новости за 17.08.2017

CHICAGO (AP) — Major League Baseball is having conversations with the players’ association over possible changes designed to speed the pace of play, and Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday he hopes to reach an agreement instead of implementing any measures unilaterally. Manfred said the Bruce Sherman-led ownership group trying to purchase the Miami Marlins has […]

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the team did extensive research on cornerback Tramaine Brock before signing him on Wednesday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has delayed the deportation of an immigrant from Guatemala with no criminal record who lives in Connecticut with his wife and two young children. Democratic U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut say the appeals court in New York granted a temporary stay of deportation […]

Shortstop Kenji Suzuki is part of the Crusaders' promising returnees preparing to defend the Metro League crown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After criticism over her muted response to the violence in Charlottesville, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has written a letter to her staff condemning the “tragic and unthinkable” events and blasting “neo-Nazis and other racist bigots.” DeVos’ email to Education Department employees came after she was criticized publicly for insufficiently condemning the violence. […]

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Josh Gordon’s return to the Browns from an NFL suspension remains uncertain. The former Pro Bowl wide receiver hasn’t played in the regular season since 2014. He was due to return from a four-game suspension at the start of last season before being banned indefinitely last year for multiple violations of […]

A lawsuit claims that Poland Spring Water is deceiving consumers with evergreen labels that say their bottle contains “100 percent natural spring water” that hails from Maine. The class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Connecticut claims that parent company Nestle Waters North America is bottling common groundwater that doesn’t meet the federal definition […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lengthy Las Ramblas promenade where a van plowed into pedestrians Thursday, killing 12 people and injuring 80, is a tree-lined walkway that starts in a huge plaza and ends near Barcelona’s harbor. It’s filled with cafes, restaurants, stalls selling everything from souvenirs to flowers, the city’s famed opera house and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — For all the words flowing since last weekend in Charlottesville, the most striking television reporting has been Vice Media’s insider account of the white nationalist movement and what it has wrought. Correspondent Elle Reeve’s initial story of the weekend violence took up the entirety of HBO’s half-hour “Vice News Tonight” broadcast […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Glen Perkins has finally returned to the Minnesota Twins, with the bonus of a playoff race and a bullpen in need of some help. He’s not the hard-throwing three-time All-Star closer he once was. He’s just grateful for another chance to be on a major league mound after missing more than 16 […]

With help from teammates, Onwuzurike emerging as a versatile contributor on the UW defensive line.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man convicted of fatally stabbing his roommate after the victim told him he had to move out because he wasn’t paying rent has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Edwin Andujar was sentenced Thursday. The 53-year-old will have to serve at least 38 years before he is […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Republican Party says “malcontents” are responsible for spraying the word “Nazis” inside a hand-drawn heart on the rear of his headquarters building in Concord. The vandalism happened sometime after 6 p.m. Wednesday and was discovered early Thursday when staff came to open the office, party adviser Patrick Hynes […]

A look at the factors that made this progressive community a symbolically powerful backdrop for what's considered the largest white nationalist gathering in at least a decade.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s rabbi denounced President Donald Trump for blaming “both sides” in a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the number of American Jewish leaders willing to criticize him grew. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, and other rabbis from the prominent modern Orthodox synagogue in Manhattan, said in […]

Federal officials have issued new rules for nighttime landings and control-tower staffing at San Francisco International Airport after an Air Canada jet nearly struck planes on the ground last month. The new procedures will apply when a runway parallel to a plane’s designated runway is closed, as it was on July 7, possibly contributing to […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The school that once produced Chris Canty and Thorpe Award winner Terence Newman has struggled to defend in recent years in the pass-happy Big 12. It still draws Kansas State coach Bill Snyder’s ire. The hard-to-please Hall of Fame coach was often quick to bemoan a bunch that allowed 272.7 yards […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Republican senator delivered a stinging rebuke Thursday of Donald Trump’s short time in office, declaring he has not shown the stability or competence required for an American president to succeed. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, also said Trump “recently has not demonstrated that he […]

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz said at an employee forum in Seattle that he has "profound concern about the lack of character, morality, humanity," displayed at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

The Seahawks on Thursday signed center Justin Britt to a three-year contract extension worth a reported $27 million in what will be the first significant contract the team has given to one of its own offensive linemen since 2012.

LONDON (AP) — The brother of a Polish man suspected of kidnaping a British model will fight his extradition to Italy. The U.K. National Crime Agency says officers arrested Michal Konrad Herba, 36, in central England on an Italian warrant. He’s the brother of Lukasz Pawel Herba, who has being held in Italy on suspicion […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The memorial site of Auschwitz-Birkenau is weighing in on the anti-Semitic and racially charged violence that has erupted in the United States, noting that hatred comes from people who promote it. The state museum, which preserves the site of the former Nazi German death camp, wrote Thursday on Twitter: “One of […]

When you’re training for a fitness goal, a workout buddy can be your best asset. She’s the one who cheers you on good days and pushes you on bad days. When you’re working to reach a financial goal, friends can be equally helpful. Peers can influence how much you save for retirement, determine when you […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages slipped to 3.89 percent from 3.90 percent last week. While historically low, that’s still above last year’s average of 3.65 percent. The benchmark rate stood at 3.43 percent a year ago. The rate […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African model’s claims of assault have drawn attention to Zimbabwe’s increasingly outspoken first lady Grace Mugabe, who is a possible successor to her 93-year-old husband. As President Robert Mugabe flew to neighboring South Africa in part to deal with the crisis, Zimbabwe’s government requested diplomatic immunity for the first lady […]