Новости за 26.07.2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police said one officer was shot and another suffered minor injuries when a suspect in a car chase opened fire on them. The suspect was later killed in an exchange of gunfire with police. The officer was shot through his right ankle and suffered a likely graze wound to the back of

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ryan Madson felt good facing Adrian Beltre with two outs in the ninth inning Monday night. Perhaps too good. Beltre hit Madson’s first pitch into the left-center field bullpen, turning the Oakland Athletics’ one-run lead into a 7-6 loss to the Texas Rangers. “A good fastball-hitting guy, sitting fastball,” Madson said. “Maybe

SAN FRANCISCO — A $15 billion settlement over Volkswagen’s diesel emissions cheating scandal faced a critical test, as a federal judge decided whether to grant it preliminary approval. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer was scheduled to consider the settlement during a hearing on Tuesday and appeared inclined to approve it. He has kept close

RANDOM LAKE, Wis. — Cone heads, zombies, beards, bananas — they are some of the creative beer tap handles that have become a big business as the number of craft breweries has skyrocketed. There were 2,033 craft breweries in 2011 compared to 4,144 last year, according to the Brewers Association. AJS Tap Handles’ business has

MILWAUKEE — An ill-timed curveball spoiled the major league debut of Arizona Diamondbacks pitching prospect Braden Shipley. With his team trailing by one run in the sixth inning Monday night, Shipley threw a breaking pitch that Milwaukee Brewers backup catcher Martin Maldonado belted for a three-run homer, ending the right-hander’s outing. “I was just trying

RAMTHA, Jordan — Syrian refugee Fawaz al-Jasem used to drop his tools and run when he saw police approaching the farm in northern Jordan where he has been picking vegetables for the past three years. Now he works without fear of arrest. He is among some 23,000 Syrians given work permits this year as part

MEETEETSE, Wyo. — Long gone from these parts, black-footed ferrets still appear on Meeteetse’s town logo, in a bronze sculpture downtown and even on coffee mugs from a downtown restaurant, remembered for when the nocturnal weasels made their last stand in the nearby sagebrush hills. They’re set to make a triumphant return. On Tuesday, following

HOUSTON — Dallas Keuchel had another strong outing for the Houston Astros on Monday night. He just needed more help than George Springer’s leadoff homer. Austin Romine hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning to make a winner of Michael Pineda, and the New York Yankees’ bullpen did just fine without star closer Aroldis

PRINEVILLE, Oregon — It was not long ago that Crook County had five major lumber mills. Timber was king, and the rural Oregon county was the nation’s top producer of ponderosa lumber. But amid restrictions on harvesting from federal lands, logging started to freefall around 1990. The county’s mills began closing. The global recession hit

BEIJING — Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as oil prices extended losses that are weighing on energy company shares. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC-40 lost 0.6 percent to 4,360.78 and Germany’s DAX shed 0.1 percent to 10,171.85. London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.1 percent to 6,720.30. On Wall Street, Standard & Poor’s 500 futures rose 0.1

HOUSTON — Austin Romine hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning to make a winner of Michael Pineda, and the New York Yankees’ bullpen did just fine Monday night without star closer Aroldis Chapman in a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros. Hours after New York traded Chapman to the Chicago Cubs, All-Star relievers

SAN FRANCISCO — With the trade deadline less than a week away, Jay Bruce isn’t sure how much longer he’ll be in Cincinnati. If he does wind up with another team — Bruce has been the topic of trade speculation — the veteran outfielder is ending his run with the Reds on a memorable note.

TORONTO — In their first visit to Toronto, the San Diego Padres hit yet another home run but didn’t manage much else against the Blue Jays. Aaron Sanchez pitched seven shutout innings to win his 10th straight decision, Kevin Pillar had three hits and Toronto beat the Padres 4-2 on Monday night. Playing their first

BERLIN — Turkey’s president has accused the European Union of failing to uphold its side of a deal to stop migrants from entering Europe. Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the EU has transferred only up to 2 million of the 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) promised to Ankara as part of the agreement. In an interview

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history on Tuesday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) journey that began more than a year ago. Since its March 2015 take off, the Swiss-engineered

DURANGO, Colo. — A United Airlines flight carrying 56 people landed safely at a Colorado airport after the pilot reported a problem with the forward landing gear. Tony Vicari, interim director of aviation for the Durango airport, tells The Durango Herald (http://goo.gl/f7hWqe ) the pilot of United Airlines Flight 5849 out of Denver International Airport

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs definitely could have used Aroldis Chapman on Monday night. Mike Montgomery yielded a game-ending RBI single to Tyler Saladino in the ninth, sending the Cubs to a 5-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox hours after they acquired Chapman in a trade with the New York Yankees. “Just pitch selection

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — By the time Ian Kennedy made the necessary adjustments, the Kansas City Royals were down four runs. Albert Pujols drove in four runs, Hector Santiago won his fifth consecutive start and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Royals 6-2 on Monday night. The Angels batted around in a four-run first against

PORTLAND, Maine — American fishermen are digging in for a fight over a proposal to shut down the vestiges of the U.S. harvest of shark fins, prized for soup and traditional medicine in Asia, and send a message to the rest of the world. The traditional “finning” of sharks — in which they are pulled

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man sentenced to death by lethal injection for the killings of a woman and her two daughters during a 2007 home invasion is expected to be resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole because the state abolished the death penalty. A state judge in New Haven

ATHENS, Greece — Even before Turkey was thrown into crisis by a coup attempt, its deal with the European Union to stop migration westward was under strain: Turks did not get the visa-free travel they were promised, and Greece was overwhelmed with asylum claims that have halted deportations for weeks. Now critics of the agreement

BOSTON — Drew Pomeranz felt a lot more comfortable in his second start for the Red Sox. It just wasn’t enough for him to earn his first victory in a Boston uniform. Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, Justin Verlander pitched six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Red

TORONTO — Denis Shapovalov upset Australia’s Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3 on Monday night in the first round of the Rogers Cup men’s tennis tournament. Shapovalov said afterward that he didn’t expect to win. Backed by a hometown crowd, the Richmond Hill, Ontario, native took advantage of world No. 19 Kyrgios’s unforced errors on

MIAMI — While the Marlins may be checking the trade market for starting pitching, Miami’s hitters are struggling to generate runs. Miami was shut out for the second straight game and dominated by Jeremy Hellickson for the second time in a week during a 4-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. “This is

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre got the fastball he wanted. Beltre’s second home run of the game was a two-run shot on the first pitch from Ryan Madson with two outs in the ninth inning, and it rallied the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night for their third straight win. “He’s a