Новости за 20.02.2016

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The large number of free agents still looking for jobs with spring training under way is due to supply and demand, according to baseball commissioner Rob Manfred.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who stayed at an Oregon wildlife refuge until the last day of an armed occupation there will be allowed to return home as her case goes through the courts.

Longview police were victimized by an alleged drunk driving suspect Thursday evening when a man smashed into a parked patrol vehicle.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Jeff Banister's contract to manage the Texas Rangers has been guaranteed through 2018 after his division-winning debut.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of a Northern Arizona University student will remain jailed, but a judge left open the possibility of home confinement.

Kelso police surrounded an apartment at 903 Mill St. Wednesday night and used a battering ram to open the door and arrest a man accused of assaulting his girlfriend.

A bystander pinned down an alleged liquor thief and held him until police arrived Thursday night.

Suzanne Bierlein’s history with Longview goes back before there was a Suzanne Bierlein. Or a Longview, for that matter.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Tourist Shawn Winrich was taking photos of Pearl Harbor when he saw a helicopter "essentially coming straight at us" at the popular tourist destination.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Oregon food distribution company has halted some shipments of canned green beans after a Utah woman said she found a severed snake head in a can.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The latest on the lead contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan (all times local):

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The salary-cap purge for the Los Angeles Rams has begun with the release of veterans James Laurinaitis, Chris Long, and Jared Cook on Friday.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of an international group monitoring South Sudan's peace process said Friday he will propose security arrangements to spur the return of rebel leader Riek Machar…

CHICAGO (AP) — Powerful winds buffeted the Chicago area Friday damaging buildings, forcing flight delays, knocking out power and resulting in the shutdown of rapid transit service due to falli…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliever Louis Coleman and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed Friday to a $725,000, one-year contract.

More Major League Baseball teams started spring training workouts in Florida and Arizona with pitchers and catchers going through their first formal sessions following the offseason.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Randy Gregory, the Dallas defensive end who failed a marijuana test at the NFL combine last year and slid to the second round in the draft, will miss the first four games …

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police unions are criticizing Beyonce in the wake of her Super Bowl halftime act and new video, calling for a boycott because they think her work contains "anti-police" messages.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle asked a federal appeals court on Friday to shorten the more than 15-year prison sentence he received for possessing child pornography and…

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday dismissed criticism from Donald Trump, saying that if he responded to every comment from the Republican presidential candidate, "I'd l…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee is moving forward on legislation that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday pledged Britain will never become part of a "European superstate" thanks to a hard-fought deal for a less intrusive European Union which …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Firefighters across several southern Plains states battled grass fires, with the largest blazes Friday consuming more than 80 square miles in Oklahoma and forcing some res…

PHOENIX (AP) — A former roommate of a man charged with orchestrating a foiled attack on an anti-Islam cartoon contest in Texas testified Friday about the defendant's increasingly radicalized s…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks inched lower Friday as the price of oil slipped and investors worried again about the health of the global economy. Chemicals companies fell the most. Despite the l…