Новости за 28.01.2016

NEW YORK - Basking in the fanfare over its all-day breakfast menu, McDonald's is pushing its operational limits by testing the addition of another morning favorite to the lineup: the McGriddle.

NEW YORK - Nike co-founder Phil Knight's memoir will be called "Shoe Dog" and is coming out in April.

PHILADELPHIA - The former bassist for The Roots is suing members of the band and a manager, claiming he's owed money from a deal hatched before his cancer diagnosis forced him to quit.

MILAN - French far right leader Marine Le Pen is in Italy headlining a convention of European far-right parties, just weeks after her National Front suffered a stinging defeat in regional French elections.

Walgreens has told blood-testing startup Theranos to stop sending samples collected at the drugstore chain's stores to a testing facility that drew regulatory scrutiny over possible patient risks.

NEW YORK - Pitcher Ivan Nova and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $4.1 million, one-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida - An Alabama man has been convicted of numerous counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting and wounding of seven people at a Florida house party during spring break last year.

BRISTOL, Tennessee - East Tennessee State and Western Carolina will play a football game at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 17.

BERLIN - The findings of an investigation commissioned by the German football federation (DFB) into bribery allegations concerning the awarding of the 2006 World Cup will be published on March 4.

LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a new publisher recruited and hired by the family of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who secretly bought the newspaper last fall in a sale that has been heavily scrutinized over transparency concerns.

LUBBOCK, Texas - Walt Williams, an outfielder who played for four major league teams in the 1960s and '70s and was best known for his nickname "No Neck," has died.

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois - Abbott Laboratories' stock tumbled Thursday after the maker of infant formula, medical devices and drugs gave a disappointing earnings forecast, citing weakness in its Venezuelan business.

MOBILE, Alabama - Braxton Miller is in his element at the Senior Bowl, even if he's still mastering his position.

LESBOS, Greece - Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei said Thursday he decided to withdraw his works from two Danish museums out of deep anger at a new law allowing Denmark to seize valuables from migrants.

NEW YORK - After its upcoming Super Bowl halftime show, Coldplay expects to be accustomed to big stages.

NEW YORK - While the rest of the world scrambles to get out of the crumbling Chinese stock market, a trickle of investors is heading straight into the wreckage.

SAN FRANCISCO - Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts says the team has reached a naming-rights deal with JPMorgan Chase for a new arena to be built in San Francisco.

MANCHESTER, England - Northern-hemisphere rugby sank to a new low during the recent Rugby World Cup when Europe failed to get a single representative in the semifinals for the first time.

NEW YORK - Despite the best start in franchise history, the New York Rangers are in a fight to make the playoffs heading into the NHL All-Star break.

SAO PAULO - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is angry over a prosecutor saying a luxury apartment that he once thought of buying could be part of a scheme to launder money from the corruption scandal buffeting state-owned oil company Petrobras.

LOS ANGELES - The Latest on hearing on driverless cars in California (all times local):

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - In a dispute that's being played out in several historic cities, some would-be Charleston tour guides say their right to free speech is being violated by an ordinance requiring guides to pass written and oral exams.

COLUMBIA, Missouri - Missouri dismissed quarterback Maty Mauk from the football program Thursday after a series of missteps that included three suspensions over the past four months.

NEW YORK - A coffee with an edgy name and made by a small business is getting a commercial in Super Bowl 50.

NEW YORK - For years, men - and legacy acts - have dominated in the rock category at the Grammy Awards, leaving little room for female stars who rock as loud and hard as the guys and young bands hoping to breakthrough on the music scene.