Новости за 27.08.2016

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Dalvin Cook was one of the college football’s most explosive players last season. But as the Florida State running back prepares for the upcoming season, he wants to be just as potent without the ball. “The game plan is going to come in, they are going to want to stop Dalvin,” Cook

RYE HARBOR, N.H. — A rare sighting of two blue whales has been made in New England. Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conversation co-founder Dianna Schulte tells WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/2bWLSnt ) she was working aboard the Granite State off the coast of Rye Harbor, New Hampshire, on Friday when she spotted the whales. The group’s executive

TORONTO — Twins manager Paul Molitor would prefer his team play aggressively rather than worrying about making mistakes. That assertive attitude didn’t pay off Saturday. Melvin Upton Jr. hit an RBI triple past diving outfielder Max Kepler and continued home on a misplay in the eighth inning, completing Toronto’s rally from a five-run deficit and

CHICAGO — Alex Smith looked sharp in leading three scoring drives in the first half and the Kansas City Chiefs got a 23-7 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears on Saturday. Smith completed 20 of 30 passes for 181 yards before Nick Foles came in to start the third quarter. The defense strangled Chicago’s offense,

PARIS — Alexandre Lacazette’s sixth goal in three games was not enough as Lyon lost at Dijon 4-2 in the French league on Saturday, allowing Guingamp to move provisionally top after winning at promoted Nancy 2-0. Guingamp scored in the second half through midfielders Moustapha Diallo and veteran Thibault Giresse. The win moved the Brittany

BARCELONA, Spain — Toni Kroos’ late score ensured Real Madrid won its home opener over a feisty Celta Vigo 2-1 on Saturday, while Atletico Madrid stumbled in a second straight round of the Spanish league. Atletico was frustrated by a newly promoted side for the second time in a week after Diego Simeone’s bunch drew

SEATTLE — Hunting and fishing licenses are on sale again in Washington state, after someone hacked or attempted to hack into an outside vendor’s system, exposing several million records containing the personal information of hunters and anglers throughout the Northwest. Washington halted all license sales after the intrusion was discovered early last week, but resumed

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — Sheriff’s deputies say the family members of a North Carolina man who disappeared days before he was to begin his first year as a teacher found his body in a lake. The Winston-Salem Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2bYrXng) about 50 family and friends had come to Kernersville Park in Forsyth County to help search

Hope Solo has taken an indefinite leave from the Seattle Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League, less than a week after being suspended for six months by the U.S. national team for disparaging remarks about Sweden. The move was announced Saturday by the Reign, saying that the Olympic goaltender has been granted personal leave.

An attack submarine that is sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama and will be named for her home state has been delivered to the U.S. Navy. Submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat, based in Groton, Connecticut, delivered the submarine that will become the USS Illinois to the Navy on Saturday after nearly five and a

PARIS — Olympic champion Ruth Jebet broke the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase world record by six seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Saturday. The 19-year-old Jebet, born in Kenya but running for Bahrain, clocked 8 minutes, 52.78 seconds at Stade de France. The previous record was 8:58.81 by Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia at

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Butch Jones has a different kind of team this season. According to some players, that’s allowing him to be a different type of coach. Jones spent the first few years of his Tennessee tenure attempting to restock the talent base and instill a winning culture. He has handled those assignments

NEW ORLEANS — A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing Saturday morning due to a major problem with one of its two engines. Flight 3472 from New Orleans diverted the airplane to Pensacola, Florida, after the pilot detected something had gone wrong with an engine, according to a Southwest statement.

NEW YORK — Nate Parker, the actor-director dealing with a 17-year-old rape case casting a storm over his new film and career, opened up about the incident in a new interview. Parker spoke about understanding his male privilege and the definition of consent in a lengthy interview Friday with Ebony magazine in Los Angeles. Earlier

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami threw two defensive starters off its football team Saturday for NCAA violations, after a months-long probe into whether players had access to luxury rental cars. Defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad and linebacker Jermaine Grace were “permanently dismissed” from the team, though the school is offering to continue providing financial aid until

MANCHESTER, England — With Zlatan Ibrahimovic having an off day, Manchester United turned to a striker at the opposite end of his career to keep its winning run going in the English Premier League on Saturday. Marcus Rashford came off the bench and scored two minutes into injury time to give United a 1-0 victory

BOGOTA, Colombia — A prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has been jailed again after intelligence agents picked him up at his home before dawn, a brazen move that the government said was necessary to prevent acts of violence but which has alarmed the opposition and human rights groups. Patricia Gutierrez said that the agents from the

CHICAGO — The Latest on the fatal shooting of NBA star Dwyane Wade’s cousin in Chicago (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Police are investigating whether NBA star Dwyane Wade’s cousin was hit by a stray bullet during a robbery on a Chicago street. Nykea Aldridge was killed Friday afternoon while pushing her baby in a

FRISCO, Texas — Tony Romo is out with yet another back injury and it’s unknown when he will return, although Dallas coach Jason Garrett says he expects his star quarterback to play this season. Garrett said Saturday that Romo sustained a broken bone in his back when he was hit from behind by Seattle’s Cliff

TRENTON, N.J. — A woman who videotaped herself sexually assaulting a 4-year-old relative and then sold the footage is headed to prison. Pamela Dziminski received a 25-year sentence Friday. The 30-year-old Ewing, New Jersey, woman had pleaded guilty last year to aggravated sexual assault after authorities discovered the videos online. Authorities say Dziminski admitted performing

CHICAGO — The fatal shooting of NBA star Dwyane Wade’s cousin in Chicago is part of a sharp uptick in gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city this year. Among the other innocent people caught in crossfire have been young children playing outside and a father paying bills at his kitchen table. Wade’s cousin, Nykea

BOGOTA, Colombia — Top commanders from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are preparing to gather one final time in mid-September to ratify a peace accord reached this week with government negotiators and map out the group’s political strategy without weapons. “The historic importance of this event merits that the people of Colombia and the

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons gave a workout to veteran free-agent safety Dashon Goldson on Saturday and are in talks with the former Redskins starter about a backup role. The Falcons will be without rookie starting strong safety Keanu Neal, the first-round pick, for at least the first two regular-season games with a right knee

SEARCY, Ark. — Officer Terri Lee closed her eyes and turned away, hurriedly wiping away tears as she talked about Malik Drummond. Over the course of a year, the investigation into the child’s disappearance consumed hundreds of man-hours and involved 25 officers from the Searcy Police Department. Three officers recounted the effect the missing child

TULSA, Okla. — Spring break of 2015, Mason Rudolph was going about his business with the 19 or so other Oklahoma State Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners sharing a Destin, Florida, Bedlam beach house . when a late arrival barged in. “He jumped right into the pool,” Rudolph recalled to the Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2bRpVoB ). “I