Новости за 21.07.2016

NEW YORK — May 15, 1940: Roger Ailes born in Warren, Ohio. 1962: After graduation from Ohio University, Ailes lands an entry-level position on a Cleveland TV station’s local talk and music program starring Mike Douglas, a former big-band singer. Ailes rises to executive producer as “The Mike Douglas Show” relocates to Philadelphia and gains

BOSTON — Two men who made online threats against the Pokemon World Championships and took guns and ammunition to the event last August pleaded guilty on Thursday and were each sentenced to two years in prison. James Stumbo, of Boone, Iowa, and Kevin Norton, of Ames, Iowa, were arrested while trying to register for the

OXFORD, Miss. — A former University of Mississippi student was sentenced Thursday to a year’s probation plus 50 hours of community service for placing a noose on the statue of the school’s first black student. U.S. District Judge Mike Mills sentenced Austin Reed Edenfield, 21, of the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia, and ordered Edenfield

NEW YORK — Here are the key events leading up to Roger Ailes’ resignation from Fox News Channel, the cable-news juggernaut he built from scratch two decades ago: June 23: Fox News Channel anchor and former “Fox & Friends” co-host Gretchen Carlson is quietly let go after 11 years with the network upon the expiration

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Intel Corp., down $1.42 to $34.27 The chipmaker reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit and its sales fell short of analyst projections. Joy Global Inc., up $4.65 to $28.20 The mining equipment company agreed to be bought by Japanese machinery maker Komatsu

GURNEE, Ill. — For the United States and Taiwan, the first session of the UL International Crown was a repeat of the first day of the inaugural event two years ago. Each country is hoping for a better weekend. The U.S. lost both of its four-ball matches to England, and Yani Tseng helped Taiwan sweep

NEW YORK — Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Channel, his career at the network he built from scratch and ran with an iron hand for nearly 20 years over with stunning swiftness following allegations that he forced out a former anchor after she spurned his sexual advances. Network parent 21st

ST. LOUIS — A proposal to open a 24-hour homeless shelter north of downtown St. Louis has unexpectedly stalled. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2ac0FtZ ) reports that the plan stalled Wednesday after city leaders debated whether nearby residents had enough time to weigh in on the proposal. Plans called for the $2.5 million Biddle House

WASHINGTON — A hot streak and a home run earlier in the afternoon earned Justin Turner the green light on Stephen Strasburg. He made the most of it. Turner homered twice and drove in five runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over Strasburg and the Washington Nationals on Thursday. The

NEW YORK — Starbucks trimmed its sales forecast Thursday after revenue came in lighter than expected in the most recent quarter. The Seattle-based company said global sales rose 4 percent at established locations, including in its flagship U.S. market, for its fiscal third quarter. It now expects the figure to increase in the mid-single digit

NEW YORK — Worn down and banged up, the Baltimore Orioles found the perfect remedy for all their ailments — a well-pitched game. Chris Tillman tied for the major league lead with his 14th win, throwing four-hit ball for seven innings and helping the depleted Orioles avert a four-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, beating New

LONDON — UK authorities say they are searching for two people in the attempted abduction of a serviceman at a Royal Air Force base in eastern England. Police said Thursday that two men, one of whom had a knife, approached the serviceman while he was jogging. One of the men shouted at the serviceman and

NEW YORK — Battle lines over a proposed new, $10 billion bus terminal in Manhattan were drawn in ink Thursday as city, state and federal lawmakers charged the project has ignored them and the needs of local residents, and called for a halt to an international competition scheduled to produce a winning design in two

LOS ANGELES — A man who admitted hacking hundreds of email accounts and stealing explicit photos from several unidentified celebrities was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Andrew Helton of Astoria, Oregon, to the prison term and two years of supervised release on Thursday. Helton pleaded

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed No. 1 overall draft pick Auston Matthews to a three-year, entry-level contract Thursday with the maximum bonuses allowed. Matthews had 24 goals and 22 assists in 36 games last season for the Zurich Lions in Switzerland and had nine points for the United States at the world hockey

CHICAGO — The Midwest’s first dangerous bout of heat and humidity this summer is partly to blame on the moisture piped out of the ground and into the atmosphere by the increasing acreage of corn crops reaching peak maturity, meteorologists and atmospheric researchers say. That muggy mist, jokingly called “corn sweat,” gets blown around the

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Lynx are on the move, temporarily. The Lynx have announced that they will play their home games next summer in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. The move is necessary so their current home — Target Center in Minneapolis — can be fully renovated in time for the NBA’s Timberwolves

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers would like to host the NFL Draft in the league’s smallest market. Team President Mark Murphy told stockholders at their annual meeting Thursday that the Packers have applied to host the draft in 2019, 2020 or 2021. The last two drafts have been held in Chicago after

NEW YORK — A Texas man who acted as a secret agent for the Russian government and illegally exported cutting-edge military technology to Russia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Alexander Fishenko learned his punishment Thursday in federal court in New York. He pleaded guilty in September to crimes including acting as a

DAKAR, Senegal — Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of the West African country. A spokesman for the rebel coalition, Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, told The Associated Press on Thursday that fighting was under way in the city of Kidal. There

UMAG, Croatia — Gastao Elias won a dramatic tiebreaker to upset top-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay in the second round of the Croatia Open on Thursday. The 72nd-ranked Portuguese rallied to beat 2014 champion Cuevas 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) and reach his third quarterfinal this year after a grueling battle from the baseline. Cuevas was

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado bed and breakfast owner armed with just a length of rope helped save a black bear with a giant plastic container stuck on its head. Jim Hawkins got his lasso around the animal’s midsection on the first throw. He said Thursday that he and the bear “did a rodeo

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Latest on a sewage spill in Los Angeles (all times local): 11:50 a.m. A mile of Southern California shoreline that was closed amid fears involving a sewage spill 20 miles away has reopened after two consecutive tests came back clean. However, officials said Thursday a longer stretch of neighboring beach

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The parent company of Golden Flake Snack Foods Inc. — a longtime Alabama maker of potato chips and other snack foods — is being acquired by Utz Quality Foods Inc. of Hanover, Pennsylvania. Birmingham-based Golden Enterprises and Utz Quality Foods announced this week they’ve entered into a merger agreement. Golden Enterprises CEO

CHICAGO — Former investigative reporter William Gaines, who twice shared a Pulitzer Prize while at the Chicago Tribune, has died. Gaines’ daughter, Michelle, says the 82-year-old Gaines died in hospice care in Munster, Indiana, on Wednesday. She said he suffered from Parkinson’s disease for 15 years. Gaines was a member of teams of reporters that