Новости за 24.03.2016

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys for Volkswagen are expected to reveal where the company stands on a fix to bring nearly 600,000 diesel cars into compliance following an emissions cheating scandal.

The NCAA Tournament started about as expected, the upsets, buzzer beaters and extraordinary performances coming at nearly every turn.

VCU: Vanquished.

OAKLAND, California - When Stephen Curry pulls out his mouth guard and lets it fly in the very way he shoots from anywhere on the court, you know the MVP is really mad.

PHOENIX - Kobe Bryant was the villain in Phoenix for many big games. Not so in his desert finale Wednesday night.

YANGON, Myanmar - Amnesty International on Thursday urged Aung San Suu Kyi and her party's new government to release all political prisoners when they take office next week, saying it is a historic opportunity for Myanmar to break away from the repression of the former junta rule.

PORTLAND, Oregon - Needing a win against the team chasing them in the Western Conference, the Portland Trail Blazers turned in one of their most balanced efforts of the season.

NEW YORK - A prosecutor will ask a judge not to give jail time to a New York City police officer convicted of accidentally firing a stray shot into a dark public housing stairwell that killed an unarmed man, a recommendation that the victim's family said "diminishes" his death.

DENVER - Emmanuel Mudiay's game-winning heave nearly didn't get off the ground.

SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Electronics says it will reform its authoritarian, top-down corporate culture in a bid to act like a lean startup.

LONDON - Financial markets barely registered this week's attacks in Brussels, which killed more than 30 people, a sign that investors think the economic impact on Belgium and across Europe as a whole will be limited. Recent history suggests they may be right.

SYDNEY - Two pieces of debris recently discovered along the coast of Mozambique are "highly likely" to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian and Malaysian officials said Thursday.

HOUSTON - The Utah Jazz didn't take much time to celebrate overtaking the Houston Rockets for the final spot in the Western Conference playoff standings.

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs nearly suffered a major misstep on their march to making league history.

BOSTON - A federally funded effort in Boston, Los Angeles and Minneapolis to combat extremist recruitment has been slow to start since it was announced a year and a half ago.

ATHENS, Ohio - Xavier Moon scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half, and Lyonell Gaines finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help Morehead State beat Ohio 77-72 Wednesday night in the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational Tournament.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A 23-year-old Ukrainian man accused of faking his way through a Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl is asking a judge to change his bail and faces a preliminary hearing on a charge he lied in applying to a citizens' police academy.

WASHINGTON - Tyler Cavanaugh scored 23, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute, and Kevin Larsen added 19 points with a season-high 13 rebounds to help George Washington beat Florida 82-77 Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the NIT.

RENO, Nevada - Cameron Oliver scored 23, on 9-of-16 shooting, with 11 rebounds, and D.J. Fenner had 21 points to lead Nevada to an 86-72 win over Vermont in the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational Tournament on Wednesday night.

CHICAGO - Kristaps Porzingis had no sense that he was in for a special night when he went up for his first dunk in the first quarter.

NEW YORK - The New York Rangers had one of those games where almost everything went right: The passes, the goals, the officials' calls, the video replays and, of course, Henrik Lundqvist in goal.

NEW YORK - After a sluggish start, the New York Islanders picked up their intensity in the second period and got a needed victory.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Thursday that it had successfully conducted a solid-fuel rocket engine test, which if confirmed would be a major step forward in boosting its missile attack capability against South Korea and the United States.

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Timberwolves had their Wildcat center. The Sacramento Kings were missing theirs.

SAN DIEGO - Trey Kell made a career-high tying four 3-poiners and finished with 18 points to help No. 2 seed San Diego State beat Georgia Tech 72-56 Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the NIT.