Новости за 27.07.2016

TORONTO — R.A. Dickey is in a rut, which is bad news for the Blue Jays. Adam Rosales hit a two-run home run, Alex Dickerson and Brett Wallace each hit solo shots and the San Diego Padres beat Toronto 8-4 on Wednesday, avoiding a three-game sweep. Dickey (7-12) allowed seven runs, six earned, and four

CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco needed to be nearly perfect against Stephen Strasburg. One badly flawed inning doomed him and the Indians. Carrasco walked three Washington hitters in the second inning, when Cleveland’s infield also failed to turn a double play, and the Indians couldn’t get anything going against Strasburg in a 4-1 loss to the

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams released quarterback Nick Foles on Wednesday after failing to find a trade destination for the disgruntled veteran. The Rams announced the move one day before their veterans report to training camp for their homecoming season in Southern California. Foles hasn’t been around the Rams since they traded up

KEY WEST, Fla. — The United States Coast Guard rescued four boaters a day after they failed to return home from a snorkeling trip off Key West. The Coast Guard reports on social media that a rescue crew reached the missing vessel around 5 p.m. Wednesday, about 40 miles northwest of Key West. All four

NEW YORK — Jack Davis, the prolific Mad magazine illustrator, cartoonist and movie poster artist, has died. He died Wednesday morning, according to his son-in-law, Chris Lloyd. He passed away in St. Simons, Georgia, of natural causes. He was 91. As a struggling young artist in New York, Davis was “about ready to give up,

NEW YORK — Shares of drug developer Kadmon Holdings tumbled Wednesday after its initial public offering priced far below the company’s estimates. Kadmon said its offering of 6.25 million shares priced at $12 a share, raising $75 million in total. The company originally planned to sell 5.6 million shares for $16 to $20 each, which

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — A resettled former Guantanamo prisoner who disappeared last month in Uruguay, setting off alarm bells in neighboring countries and recriminations in Washington, has reappeared in Venezuela, an official said Wednesday. Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa told The Associated Press that Syrian native Abu Wa’el Dhiab showed up at his country’s consulate

BLACKBURN, Mo. — Blackburn residents say they’re frustrated with a company that won’t maintain the pond it built next to the railroad tracks in the town. Property owner Kansas City Southern tells The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2aKLneO ) that it no longer needs the reserve of water next to its tracks in Blackburn, and that

INDIANAPOLIS — Carrier Corp. and United Steelworkers Local 1999 have agreed on a severance package paying 1,400 employees being displaced in Indianapolis the equivalent of one week for every year of service and providing six months of medical insurance. The agreement released Wednesday also allows employees to be reimbursed for education and technical training, and

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox limped into a tough West Coast trip after their worst series this season. Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning that bounced off the top of the wall and into Boston’s bullpen, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox on

BOSTON — Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning that bounced off the top of the wall and into Boston’s bullpen, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday for a three-game series sweep. James McCann also hit a solo homer, and Victor Martinez had

OMAHA, Neb. — An explosion that leveled an Omaha house and killed one person this week was an accident, fire officials said Wednesday. Property inspector Clara Bender, 30, died from injuries she received in the Monday afternoon blast that also heavily damaged four adjacent homes and injured two other people. In a report released Wednesday,

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Planned Parenthood branch won’t hand out condom packages printed with a symbol associated with Mormon youth teachings after an image of the wrappers on its Facebook page generated backlash. The wrappers stamped with a popular design symbolizing the phrase “Choose the Right” were a limited run intended to spark open

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Apple Inc., up $6.28 to $102.95 The tech giant’s results were better than expected and investors were pleased with its third-quarter guidance. Twitter Inc., down $2.68 to $15.77 The messaging company’s user growth remained weak, and demand from advertisers wasn’t as good as

BOSTON — It’s shark season on the East Coast. Shark sightings have prompted authorities to temporarily close popular beaches in New England, New York and elsewhere this month. And 13 people have been bitten by sharks in Florida this year. The Associated Press checked in with shark experts to see what’s going on: ARE SHARK

NEW YORK — Whole Foods saw a key sales figure fall for the fourth straight quarter as it fights to distinguish itself from a growing number of competitors that it says may offer “good enough” alternatives that are more convenient. The Austin, Texas-based company said Wednesday that sales declined 2.6 percent at established locations for

UNITED NATIONS — Boko Haram is engaged in “almost unimaginable” violence and brutality that has forced massive numbers of people to flee their homes and led to unprecedented numbers of people in need, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday. Stephen O’Brien said the U.N. estimates that over nine million people across the Lake Chad Basin

LONDON — SABMiller has suspended work on integrating its operations with those of Anheuser-Busch InBev while it reviews AB InBev’s sweetened bid, raising concern about completion of the 79 billion pound ($104 billion) takeover. The suspension, announced by SABMiller CEO Alan Clark in a memo to employees on Tuesday, came soon after AB InBev increased

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Claressa Shields won a gold medal as the most dominant fighter in London at the first Olympic women’s boxing tournament. After reigning atop the amateur sport for the ensuing three years, the ferocious American middleweight was favored to win gold again in Rio de Janeiro. And here came this Irish boxing

NEW YORK — Stocks ended Wednesday’s trading slightly lower as shares of energy companies and consumer goods makers outweighed gains in technology companies like Apple. On Wednesday: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.58 points, or 0.01 percent, to 18,472.17. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 2.60 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,166.58. The

NEW YORK — Boeing, absorbing billions in write-downs related to two of its newest commercial jets and a military fuel tanker, reported its first quarterly loss in nearly seven years. Yet revenue for the Chicago aerospace giant rose 1 percent to $24.8 billion, and company shares rose steadily before the opening bell Wednesday. Charges totaling

PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia church official imprisoned over his handling of abuse complaints is seeking bail after Pennsylvania’s highest court granted him a new trial. Monsignor William Lynn has served nearly three years of his three- to six-year sentence for child endangerment. He’s due to be paroled in October. But defense lawyer Thomas Bergstrom

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Earls of Leicester are nominated for eight awards individually and as a group, including entertainers of the year, at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Awards. The Grammy-winning musical group is the reigning entertainer of the year and leads the nominations announced Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Del McCoury Band follows with

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City is likely to default on $3.4 million worth of debt — and become more likely to go bankrupt — if a loan promised by the state isn’t received by Monday, a Wall Street firm said. Moody’s Investors Service issued a report Wednesday saying the nearly broke city is likely

NEWBURGH, Ind. — A southwestern Indiana police chief has resigned following a five-day suspension without pay. The Newburgh Police Merit Commission announced the resignation of Chief Brett Sprinkle during a public meeting Wednesday following a closed executive session. Commission President Tonya McGuire told the Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/2anw8LP ) the panel received “work performance