Новости за 30.03.2016

PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida - Ryan Zimmerman, Jayson Werth and Stephen Drew homered as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 12-1 on Wednesday in the final spring training game for both teams.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted improperly when it allowed tens of thousands of migratory aquatic birds to be shot each year to protect farmed and sport fish populations, a federal judge has ruled.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's second-largest city faces a federal lawsuit alleging that it is violating homeless residents' constitutional rights by destroying tents, coats, blankets and other property seized during sweeps of homeless camps.

GAINESVILLE, Georgia - Police say actor Katt Williams has turned himself in at a Georgia jail to face charges following a fight with a teenager.

HELENA, Montana - Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is trying to knock opponent John Kasich off Montana's primary by questioning signatures the Ohio governor's campaign submitted to qualify for the ballot - another subplot in the unfolding political drama to derail Donald Trump's presidential bid.

NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen two games without pay for what the league called a "vicious" blindside check on San Jose Sharks defenseman Roman Polak.

BOSTON - A few months ago, Gabriella Papadakis could only skate slowly around the rink.

DALLAS - The owner of a Dallas-area hospice ordered nurses to increase drug dosages for patients to speed their deaths and maximize profits, according to an FBI affidavit.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - South Carolina receiver Pharoh Cooper put on a show for NFL teams on Wednesday, including sessions as a punt returner and throwing passes out of a wildcat formation.

LOS ANGELES - Brandy is suing a record label that she says has refused to allow her to release new music.

OAKLAND, California - The Latest on a new federal law that would mark the passports of some sex offenders (all times local):

GREAT BEND, Kansas - An initial investigation has found evidence of a sexual assault during a school bus ride last month involving members of a central Kansas high school swim team, one of two separate assault allegations that have been levied against team members, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

CHULA VISTA, California - Police in Southern California are searching for a pair of thieves who stole Easter eggs meant for a toddler with Down syndrome from a family's front yard.

JOHANNESBURG - South African judicial authorities say sentencing hearings for Oscar Pistorius, who murdered girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will be held in June.

NEW ORLEANS - A suburban New Orleans court discriminates against Latinos by charging them for inadequate English interpreters and making them attend overpriced, ineffective English classes as a condition of probation, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday in a letter to the U.S. Justice Department.

INDIANAPOLIS - A central Indiana pastor has admitted to using his congregation as a virtual employment agency for a large synthetic drug operation.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is looking to shore up the support of the parties that make up her governing coalition, news reports said Wednesday, a day after the country's largest party decamped in a move that will make it harder for Rousseff to fight impeachment proceedings against her.

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday defended offering Dallas help from state police as the nation's ninth-largest city grapples with a dramatic spike in homicides and local officers balk at reassigned shifts to get violent crimes under control.

GOODYEAR, Arizona - Trevor Bauer lost his grip on a starting job.

LOS ANGELES - Bill Cosby will not have to answer more questions under oath in a lawsuit from a woman who says the comedian forced her into a sex act at the Playboy Mansion, giving him time to resolve a separate criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday.

HONOLULU - Maui prosecutors are moving to dismiss a domestic abuse charge against suspended Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes because his wife isn't cooperating.

WASHINGTON - Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients, a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing.

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Chargers plan to ask voters in November to approve an increase in the city's hotel tax to build a combined stadium and convention center annex downtown.

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith has been offered an in-person hearing for high-sticking Minnesota Wild forward Charlie Coyle during a game Tuesday.

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are rising Wednesday afternoon as banks and technology companies move higher. The market is making broad gains and building on a rally that started the day before. Stocks have reached a high mark for the year.