Новости за 03.09.2017

SEATTLE — Triple-A Nashville’s season ends Monday, so Oakland’s next batch of September callups are expected to join the club Tuesday. Among them: slugger Renato Nuñez, who is second in the minors with 32 homers, and several pitchers. Daniel Mengden is likely to be one - the A’s have a doubleheader Saturday and need another starter - and long reliever Josh Smith also is a good bet. “We’re still kind of talking about it a little bit, depending on how much pitching we need,” manager Bob Melvin said. Читать дальше...

A day after releasing Quinton Dial, placing Chris Jones on injured reserve, and acknowledging Ronald Blair won’t be ready for the start of the season, the 49ers addressed their interior defensive line depth by claiming Xavier Cooper off waivers from the Browns, a source said. Cooper, 25, was a 2015 third-round pick of the Browns, who waived him Saturday. He will likely fill the spot of Blair, who made the initial 53-man roster but is expected to be placed on short-term injured reserve with a thumb injury. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES — Smoke filled the sky and ash rained down across Los Angeles on Sunday from a destructive wildfire — one of several blazes that sent thousands fleeing homes across the U.S. West during a blistering holiday heat wave. In Oregon, crews were rescuing about 140 hikers forced to spend the night in the woods after fire broke out along the popular Columbia River Gorge trail. Search and rescue crews air-dropped supplies on Saturday as flames prevented the hikers’ escape.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Records show a 2015 lawsuit accusing Hartford school officials of negligence in the alleged sexual assault of a special education student has been settled for $235,000. The suit says the Hartford Public High School student was raped by another student in an unsupervised school stairwell in 2013. It says that on the day of the alleged attack, a paraprofessional who worked with the victim was absent and a teacher allowed the plaintiff to leave the classroom unsupervised. The... Читать дальше...

It cooled off to a sensible 105 degrees in Pleasanton Sunday, which made wearing a woolen kilt downright comfortable, almost. Hundreds of men were wearing them, and thousands more were staring at the men who were. That seems to be one of the main things to do at the annual Scottish Highland Gathering and Games at the Pleasanton fairgrounds, in addition to having contests to see who can throw tree trunks, hammers and giant rocks the farthest. Kilts are big business at Scottish games. Читать дальше...

CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine lobstermen Alex Todd has hauled in blue lobsters and even some lobsters that were half blue, or half orange. But he says those don't compare on the scale of weirdness to the translucent crustacean that he recently pulled up in a trap. The lobster that Todd caught on Aug. 24 is a ghostly, pale blue. It almost looks to be transparent. Todd, from Chebeague Island, said he knew when he saw the translucent lobster in his trap alongside mottled green and brown lobsters that... Читать дальше...

A Nevada sheriff says the man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festival's signature burning ceremony has died. Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen identified the man as Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, who died Sunday morning at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California. Allen said the man ran through two-layers of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counterculture festival. The sheriff says Mitchell was rescued by firefighters and then airlifted to the hospital. Читать дальше...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The University of Nevada, Reno community is supporting a unifying campaign as the campus roils in racial tension stemming from a white nationalist student whose viral photo has become a defining image of the deadly Charlottesville protests. Students returned to class Monday after the institution made national headlines when student Peter Cytanovic became the poster child of the white nationalist rally. Students lined up Tuesday for "I am the real Nevada" T-shirts. The marketing... Читать дальше...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — Two busloads of hikers in Oregon were reunited with their friends and family Sunday morning after they were forced to spend the night in the mountains east of Portland when a wildfire closed their trail and they were trapped between two blazes. Mountain Wave Search and Rescue president Russ Gubele said about 104 people have made their way down a different trail to safety by about noon and about 42 more were expected to arrive at Wahtum Lake by early Sunday afternoon. They would then take a bus to meet their families.

XIAMEN, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for the world to reject protectionism even as American and European pressure mounts on Beijing to lower market barriers, speaking at the start of a Chinese-led summit of five large emerging economies now overshadowed by North Korea’s sixth nuclear test. Lamenting that “protectionism and an inward-looking mentality are on the rise,” Xi said that “only openness delivers progress and only inclusiveness sustains such progress.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronaut Peggy Whitson has returned to Earth, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance. Whitson’s 665 days off the planet — 288 days on this mission alone — exceeds that of any other American and any other woman worldwide. She checked out of the International Space Station just hours earlier, along with another American and a Russian. Their Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan shortly after sunrise Sunday. Читать дальше...

SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh — Relief camps were reaching full capacity as thousands of Rohingya refugees continued to pour into Bangladesh on Sunday fleeing violence in western Myanmar, aid officials said. Some 73,000 people have crossed the border since violence erupted Aug. 25 in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokeswoman Vivian Tan. The violence and the exodus began after Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary... Читать дальше...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Opposition leader Raila Odinga said Sunday he will not share power, speaking days after the Supreme Court’s decision to annul President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election and order a fresh presidential vote in 60 days. Odinga, speaking at a church service in Nairobi, said his party cannot accept to share power with “thieves.” President Uhuru Kenyatta similarly ruled out a power-sharing arrangement when addressing members of county assemblies from his Jubilee Party on Saturday. Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO — Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A. Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more, with the homeless population hit hardest since the outbreak started last November. The Union-Tribune reported that the emergency declaration helps the county request state assistance and provides legal protection for new sanitation measures. Those measures... Читать дальше...

Apple chief executive Tim Cook tweeted Sunday morning that he stands by the 250 Apple employees who have DACA status. The message was the first time that Apple publicly disclosed how many employees with DACA status work at the technology behemoth. Cook’s remarks come as he and hundreds of business executives from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and many other technology companies are calling upon President Trump to preserve an Obama-era program that allows immigrants... Читать дальше...

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on the man who died at the Burning Man festival (all times local): 12:30 p.m. A Nevada sheriff says the man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festival's signature burning ceremony has died. Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen says the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival. The sheriff says the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California. Читать дальше...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian authorities arrested the leader of the main opposition party on Sunday, accusing him of conspiring with the United States to topple the government. The move sharply escalates political tensions in the Southeast Asian nation and raises questions over whether elections due next year can be free or fair. The party of Kem Sokha, whom police detained during a midnight raid on his Phnom Penh home, denied the allegations and said the charges were politically motivated. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says it may be "past time" to subpoena the White House after his panel was not provided a draft letter by President Donald Trump on reasons for firing FBI Director James Comey. Congressman Adam Schiff tells CNN that his committee had requested relevant White House documents addressing conversations with Comey, but that officials claimed none existed. The Associated Press last week reported that special counsel Robert Mueller's... Читать дальше...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University is holding a dedication ceremony for a residential college that's being renamed in honor of a pioneering mathematician. The university announced the change earlier this year to drop the name of John C. Calhoun, a 19th century Yale alumnus and former U.S. vice president who was an ardent slavery supporter. The Calhoun College name had been the target of protests for years and Yale's president said Calhoun's principal legacy was at odds with the university's values and mission. Читать дальше...

Labor Day Transit schedules and other services Monday.

Corporations across America have flocked to a new management theory: Focus on core competence and outsource the rest. The approach has made companies more nimble and more productive, and delivered huge profits for shareholders. It has also fueled inequality and helps explain why many working-class Americans are struggling even in an ostensibly healthy economy.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Members of unions representing Cleveland police officers and paramedics have said they won't hold a large U.S. flag during pregame ceremonies prior to next Sunday's Cleveland Browns season opener after a group of Browns players knelt during the national anthem before a preseason game last month. Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, cited his service in the U.S. Navy when he told WKYC-TV he was astounded that Browns management knew of the protests but allowed it to occur. Читать дальше...

Though there were no new wide releases this Labor Day weekend, the limited release slate was still full, with a list that included IFC Films’ “Viceroy’s House,” The Weinstein Company’s “Tulip Fever” and the PBS documentary “Dolores.” Directed by Peter Bratt and produced by rock guitarist Carlos Santana, “Dolores” tells the story of activist Dolores Huerta and had the highest per screen average from its single screen release with $14,125. Also Read: Box Office Woes: This Could Be the Worst Labor... Читать дальше...

Should J. J. Watt be honored for his humanitarian efforts by renaming 99, otherwise known as the Grand Parkway, after him.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of racial discrimination claims by a former Indiana University South Bend professor. The South Bend Tribune reports that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago published its opinion this week and determined that Otis Grant was not able to prove a lower court erred when granting the school's motion for summary judgment last year in the case. Grant was a tenured associate professor of law and society. He was fired in 2011. Читать дальше...