Новости за 24.08.2016

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach built on commanding first-leg advantages to cruise through the Champions League playoffs on Wednesday, while Russian side Rostov thrashed Ajax 4-1 to reach the group stage for the first time. City will play a sixth straight season in Europe’s elite competition after beating Steaua Bucharest 1-0 thanks

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As a pharmaceutical company run by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s daughter faces scrutiny for hiking prices on life-saving allergy injection pens, Manchin is remaining mum. The Democratic West Virginia senator’s daughter, Heather Bresch, is CEO of Mylan, which manufactures EpiPens. A two-dose package cost around $94 nine years ago. The cost averaged

NEW YORK — Stocks closed lower on Wednesday, led by sharp declines in health-care companies as outrage over the steep price hikes for Mylan’s EpiPens escalates. On Wednesday: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 65.82 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,481.48. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 11.46 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,175.44.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Former Sens. Nancy Kassebaum and Bob Dole are set to participate in a forum at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The forum will be held Sept. 17 at the Dole Institute of Politics and the two longtime Kansas Republicans will reflect on the current Congress compared to the Congress when they

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Express Inc., down $4.09 to $11.94 The maker of clothing for young adults slashed its full-year forecast. Intuit Inc., down $3.99 to $109.85 The marker of TurboTax and QuickBooks software released forecasts that fell below analysts’ expectations. Freeport-McMoRan Inc., down 90 cents to

NEW YORK — U.S. swimmer James Feigen apologized for the “serious distraction” he and three teammates caused at a gas station during the Rio Olympics, saying he omitted facts in his statement to police. “I omitted the facts that we urinated behind the building and that Ryan Lochte pulled a poster off the wall,” Feigen

NEW YORK — “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk has nabbed a book deal to write essays about his life and comic journey. Random House announced Wednesday that the still-untitled book will explore Odenkirk’s career working at Chicago’s Second City to writing and acting on “Saturday Night Live,” ”Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” ”Mr. Show,”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of pounds of meat that normally goes to a charity program run by state troopers. Two moose killed recently by cars or trucks were set to be picked up by the trooper-sponsored program that alerts the

MOSCOW — A man who claimed to have a bomb seized a bank in the center of Moscow and took four people hostage Wednesday evening, but he surrendered peacefully a few hours later, police said. Russian news organizations identified the man as a 55-year-old bankrupt businessman who in recent years had made numerous appeals to

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State lawmakers say they’ll hold a hearing to talk about damage caused from the illegal spraying of the dicamba herbicide on crops in southeastern Missouri. Republican state Rep. Don Rone requested that the House Select Committee on Agriculture hold the meeting, citing a recent report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jimmy Garoppolo entered training camp last month knowing that for the first time in his two-year career he was preparing for his first NFL regular-season start. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has repeated throughout the preseason that New England’s priority at quarterback is to get Garoppolo ready for it. As that clock winds,

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Latest on the legal proceedings against a Texas-based oil pipeline (all times local): 3:40 p.m. A federal judge did not immediately rule on a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to stop a four-state oil pipeline under construction near their reservation, which straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The tribe

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed legislation to increase the sales of smart guns, which can be fired only by authorized users. Christie conditionally vetoed the measure Wednesday, meaning it will be sent back to the Legislature for more work. It would have required New Jersey gun retailers to keep an

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Olympic gold medalist Lilly King won’t be signing autographs at a minor-league baseball game in Evansville on the recommendation of the Indiana University, where she is a sophomore. The Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/2bj5tf3 ) reports that the Evansville Otters weren’t supposed to make her signing autographs the focus of their news

UNITED NATIONS — France’s deputy U.N. ambassador says an international team is blaming the Syrian government and Islamic State militants for chemical weapons attacks in the conflict-wracked nation during 2014 and 2015. Alexis Lamek said the U.N. Security Council must take action against the perpetrators following Wednesday’s report by the Organization for the Prohibition of

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa prosecutor wants a judge to issue subpoenas for telephone and bank records of two Texas attorneys who he believes are connected to a former lottery computer security administrator who fixed lottery games in several states. Assistant Iowa Attorney General Rob Sand filed documents Tuesday in the cases of Eddie

LOS ANGELES — A strong earthquake rocks Italy, flattening towns and killing scores of people. An even bigger quake hits Myanmar the same day, killing a few people and shattering ancient Buddhist pagodas. How can a larger jolt cause far less damage? A quake’s destructive power depends not only on its strength, but also on

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — As if the series of headline-grabbing suspensions and injuries weren’t enough, Bills coach Rex Ryan couldn’t get through one of his final news conferences at training camp without distraction. Ryan was explaining what Buffalo needs to improve when he was drowned out by someone on the public address system announcing a fan

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Wednesday cleared its forces of wrongdoing in three deadly incidents that took place during the 2014 Gaza war — including an airstrike that killed 15 members of a single family. Israel’s investigative process is at the heart of a Palestinian case to press for war crimes charges against Israel

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — This is one time Rory McIlroy says he was happy to be mistaken. McIlroy was among the top four players in the world who chose not to play in the Olympics, and the four-time major champion didn’t help the cause when he said it was not his role to grow the game

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A visibly shaken Giants owner John Mara said Wednesday he was fine with the NFL’s suspension of placekicker Josh Brown for one game, despite allegations Brown abused his ex-wife as many as 20 times prior to the Giants signing Brown to a two-year extension last spring. “Based on the facts that

NEW YORK — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who have faced each other in eight major finals, plan to team up as doubles partners next year during the inaugural Laver Cup. With a combined 31 Grand Slam titles, Federer and Nadal have committed to the team event, which attempts to create a tennis version of

NEWARK, N.J. — Passenger traffic at New York’s three major airports plus Atlantic City is on a record-setting pace. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says more than 60 million travelers used Newark Liberty, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports in the first six months of 2016. Counting Atlantic City Airport, they say 62.4

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for a review of potential new information, including from South Africa, on the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. Ban recommended in a note to the U.N. General Assembly circulated Wednesday that either he or the 193-member world body should appoint “an eminent

INDIANAPOLIS — At least two tornadoes struck central Indiana on Wednesday, downing trees and at least one business, authorities said. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning saying a “confirmed large and destructive tornado was about 10 miles east of Kokomo,” or about 40 miles north of Indianapolis. Meteorologist Dave Tucek said a tornado