Новости за 26.02.2016

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia - A Virginia prosecutor announced Friday that the fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old Newport News man who was carrying a sawed-off shotgun was justified.

PITTSBURGH - A former Pennsylvania high school baseball coach who stole from the fund he created in honor of a terminally ill player is going to prison.

FORT MYERS, Florida - Joe Mauer has always been a big hit in Minnesota - from local prep sensation to six-time major league All-Star, a three-time batting champion and an AL MVP during a playoff season. Plus, fittingly, he and his wife are parents of twins.

SYRACUSE, New York - With only three games left in the regular season, Syracuse is in a skid.

Alabama coach Avery Johnson finally addressed the NCAA Tournament possibilities with his players this week.

LOS ANGELES - Tony Burton, a veteran character actor best known for brief but memorable turns as a tough, no-nonsense trainer and cornerman in Sylvester Stallone's first six "Rocky" films, has died at age 78.

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are failing to refer serious safety violations involving freight rail shipments of crude oil and other hazardous cargo for criminal prosecution, and are going lightly on civil fines, according to a report released Friday by a government watchdog.

KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries clinched the women's bobsled World Cup title after coming second to Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States in the final race of the season on Friday.

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - The National Park Service is looking at using sharpshooters, capture and other methods to reduce the number of bison that are roaming the far northern reaches of the Grand Canyon and damaging resources, officials said.

MALIBU, California - A 22-year-old inmate firefighter died a day after a large rock struck her as she battled a brush fire in Southern California, corrections officials said Friday.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Paul Goldschmidt, depending on one's perspective, is either among baseball's biggest bargains or one of its most underpaid players.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida - Mohaymen's spot in the Kentucky Derby is already nearly assured, assuming he stays healthy.

METAIRIE, Louisiana - Pelicans guard Eric Gordon, who has missed 16 games with a fractured right ring finger, will return to the lineup against Minnesota on Saturday night, New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry said.

SURPRISE, Arizona - Drew Stubbs has agreed to a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers, and the outfielder is expected to be in their major league camp Saturday.

DUBLIN - Ireland is voting for a new government Friday, but the country might not know the full official results until Monday - and the government won't take shape until next month, if one can even be formed. The AP explains some of the peculiarities of Ireland's democracy and its slow dance with election results.

CHICAGO - A bid for freedom by a convicted Somali pirate depicted in a Hollywood movie has been scuttled by a federal appellate court in Chicago, which rejected his argument that he was just 16 during the 2009 hijacking of a U.S.-flagged merchant ship and so should not have been prosecuted as an adult.

VICTORIA, British Columbia - The mother and uncle of a Canadian woman who was the victim of an alleged "honor killing" have had their extradition order to India overturned by British Columbia's appeal court over concerns they will be tortured.

HAMPTON, Georgia - Kevin Harvick, who has spent his entire Sprint Cup career driving a Chevrolet, said Friday this week's announcement that Stewart-Haas Racing is moving to Ford won't force him to look for a new team.

SAN FRANCISCO - Ten terrorist attack victims who won financial claims against Iran can seize a $2.8 million judgment owed to that country's defense ministry, a federal appeals court said Friday.

LOS ANGELES - On Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio and Alicia Vikander are expected to win Academy Awards. On Monday, DiCaprio's career might not look that different, but Vikander's probably will.

PITTSBURGH - Olli Maatta felt like a Pittsburgher from the moment the Penguins took the talented teenager with the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, the one held on the floor of the Consol Energy Center.

ATLANTA - State investigators looking into the fatal shooting of a man by a Georgia sheriff's deputy have turned over their files to the local prosecutor.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Militants forced their way into a hotel and a nearby public garden in the Somali capital on Friday night, exchanging fire with hotel guards in attacks that left at least 14 dead and many others wounded.

BRADENTON, Florida - There was no excited buzz around Pittsburgh in December when the Pirates signed pitcher Ryan Vogelsong.

CONCORD, New Hampshire - Michael Casey, a veteran journalist who has broken global news on beats including terrorism, climate change, science and sports, is returning to The Associated Press as administrative correspondent for northern New England.