Новости за 04.04.2016

NEW YORK - Twenty-three Cubans were on opening day major league rosters following a series of high-profile defections, an increase of five over last year and the most since the commissioner's office began releasing data in 1995.

WASHINGTON - Medicare says private insurance plans serving as an alternative for 17 million beneficiaries will get a modest payment increase next year.

CINCINNATI - Former WBA super lightweight champion Adrien Broner, accused of assault and robbery, has surrendered to authorities in Ohio.

COLUMBUS, Indiana - A former deputy town marshal in southern Indiana has pleaded guilty to felony attempted dissemination of material harmful to minors.

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

NEW YORK - HBO's John Oliver is selling premium Yankee tickets for 25 cents. But buyer beware: You must dress like you don't belong there.

BUFFALO, New York - The Buffalo Bills have signed three free agents, including linebacker Zach Brown to a one-year contract.

NEW YORK - The New York Jets have signed free-agent linebacker Bruce Carter to a one-year contract.

WHITE PLAINS, New York - A former fugitive has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1996 stabbing death of a fellow caddy at a suburban New York country club.

Mississippi State coach John Cohen said talented right-hander Dakota Hudson was raw when he arrived on campus.

LONDON - Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood says the band is planning to release a new album, possibly this year.

PHILADELPHIA - Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy won't be charged over a Philadelphia nightclub brawl that left two off-duty police officers injured.

SAN FRANCISCO - The Latest on the California Supreme Court's attempt to clarify the state's rules for determining when employers must provide their employees with a place to sit (all times local):

SAUSALITO, California - A wayward sea lion snarled Monday morning traffic on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway before it was caught and taken to a marine center for a check-up.

NEW YORK - Stock indexes are ending mostly lower in a relatively quiet day of trading on Wall Street.

NEW YORK - A man who repeatedly punched a transgender woman on a New York City street in a case that prompted protests pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Monday.

AUGUSTA, Georgia - Jack Nicklaus II tried to keep it as simple as possible as a caddie: Keep the clubs clean, get the right yardage and let his father do the rest.

ALAMEDA, California - The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent pass rusher Aldon Smith to a two-year contract to return to the team after his yearlong suspension ends next November.

NEW YORK - A new single by Phife Dawg, who died last month, is coming out Tuesday, with portions of the proceeds going to charity.

NASHUA, New Hampshire - Police say a New Hampshire woman stole more than $5,000 from a GoFundMe account she created to cover funeral costs for a family whose daughter died.

NEW YORK - Soprano Tamara Wilson has won the award dubbed the Heisman Trophy for singers.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The claps and cheers as Zach LaVine walked into the room were loud, audible to everyone in the school as the Minnesota Timberwolves guard arrived and waved to the crowd.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - Suspended South Carolina players Jamall Gregory and Eric Cobb have been dismissed from the Gamecocks men's basketball program.

CLEVELAND - A small group of protesters withstood freezing temperatures to protest the Cleveland Indians' use of the Chief Wahoo logo before Monday's opener against Boston was postponed by cold weather.

KATOWICE, Poland - Unseeded Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland upset sixth-seeded Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-0 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Katowice Open.