Новости за 02.09.2016

ITHACA, N.Y. — When he was 2, Jeremy Shuler was reading books in English and Korean. At 6, he was studying calculus. Now, at an age when most kids are attending middle school, the exuberant 12-year-old is a freshman at Cornell University, the youngest the Ivy League school has on record. “It’s risky to extrapolate,

NEW YORK — During player introductions before the night’s final match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the American received polite applause, the Argentine hearty cheers. Fact is, the U.S. Open faithful clearly consider 2009 champ Juan Martin del Potro an honorary New Yorker. And Steve Johnson is still establishing his credentials as the top men’s player

PINLEBU, Myanmar — The hills of northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the woods as a death sentence. Today illegal logging has left vast swaths of bare patches, with only a handful of old-growth stands. Despite a temporary ban on

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Teriyon Gipson scored on the first play from scrimmage and New Mexico continued to pile up yards and points against South Dakota in a 48-21 victory on Thursday night. Gipson finished with 181 yards on 10 carries and had touchdown runs of 84 and 75 yards on his first two touches. The

HAVANA — Six months after President Raul Castro declared war on the Zika virus in Cuba, a militarized nationwide campaign of intensive mosquito spraying, monitoring and quarantine appears to be working. Cuba is among the few countries in the Western Hemisphere that have so far prevented significant spread of the disease blamed for birth defects

MIAMI — A fourth-quarter deficit, on the road, in a season-opening game with a new quarterback wasn’t exactly the scenario Indiana would have chosen for itself. The Hoosiers made overcoming that challenge look easy. Richard Lagow passed for one score and ran for another in the fourth quarter, and Indiana returned two interceptions for touchdowns

BEIJING — China’s air force is developing a new type of strategic bomber, state media reported Friday, adding to recent progress in large aircraft production and further expanding the range of the country’s increasingly sophisticated military. Air Force chief Ma Xiaotian discussed the development at an open-day event on Thursday, saying the bomber would significantly

UNITED NATIONS — Nobel Peace Prize winner Wided Bouchamaoui urged people everywhere on Thursday not to “muddle up” terrorism with Islam. The Tunisian businesswoman, who co-founded the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet which won the 2015 peace prize, said Muslims who practice their faith calmly and respectfully are “victims of a semantic problem” when “terrorists” are

INDIANAPOLIS — Subway’s former pitchman imprisoned for child pornography and sex abuse argued in a Thursday court filing that the parents of one of his female victims are to blame for what he describes as her “destructive behaviors.” Jared Fogle’s motion filed in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis also argues that the parents may be

NEW YORK — Whatever Jacob deGrom meant, it didn’t look good. Pulled after another shaky start, deGrom was headed down the dugout tunnel toward the clubhouse when he signaled for Mets trainer Ray Ramirez to follow him. “Everything’s fine,” the shaggy-haired ace insisted Thursday night following New York’s 6-4 loss to Miami. “I was frustrated

NEW ORLEANS — The NFL and the New Orleans Saints say they’ll replace flood-damaged football equipment at Denham Springs High School and also provide the program with apparel and other resources the school needs to help rebuild its football program. The school, south of Baton Rouge, was in one of the areas hit hard by

MINNEAPOLIS — Rookie Jared Goff’s first start of the preseason for Los Angeles featured two turnovers and one touchdown, as the Minnesota reserve running backs led a 27-25 victory by the Vikings over the Rams on Thursday night. Goff played the whole first half, finishing 6 for 16 for 67 yards. The first overall pick

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Will Muschamp had no worries about sending Elliott Fry out for the longest field goal of his career. Even though this was the coach’s first game with South Carolina, he had seen the kicker connect repeatedly in clutch situations. Fry kicked a career-long 55-yard field goal with 35 seconds left, and the

MINNEAPOLIS — Byron Buxton’s trip back to Minnesota included an early morning wakeup, a flat tire on his rental car on the way to the airport, a three-mile walk and a changed flight, followed by the need to get his car out of security when he got back to the Twin Cities. The long, tiring

SALT LAKE CITY — Bittersweet is how Utah coach Kyle Whittingham described his Thursday night. He certainly wasn’t going to complain about a 24-0 shutout of Southern Utah, but the win certainly wasn’t as pretty as the 12th-year coach hoped for against the FCS program. “The degree of difficulty is going to get higher in

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Exactly nine years to the day after it pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, Appalachian State nearly did it again. A couple of missed kicks and an inability to recover an overtime fumble prevented the Mountaineers from getting it done. Jalen Hurd pounced on quarterback Joshua Dobbs’

NEW ORLEANS — Ravens defensive tackle Michael Pierce was a little-known undrafted rookie out Samford when the preseason began. He was among the stars of Baltimore’s preseason finale, sacking and stripping Saints backup quarterback Luke McCown, then recovering the loose ball for a touchdown in a 23-14 Ravens win on Thursday night. That it happened

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Packers coach Mike McCarthy got everything he wanted out of the preseason. Two series for Aaron Rodgers and a bunch of work for his backups. That includes rookie Joe Callahan, who capped a strong preseason by throwing for 143 yards and a touchdown as the Packers lost to the Kansas City

CHICAGO — It was a familiar feeling for Jeff Samardzija. He pitched before a charged crowd at Wrigley Field, and his team lost. Samardzija lasted just four innings in his first start as a visitor at the famed ballpark and the bullpen gave away the lead in the seventh, with Addison Russell hitting a two-run

CLEVELAND — Time’s up for the Browns, who look as if they could use another preseason game — or two — this summer. With the season opener against Philadelphia 10 days away, Cleveland played its offensive starters the entire first quarter, but only managed a short touchdown drive against Chicago’s backups in a 21-7 loss

ARLINGTON, Texas — Tom Savage made it through Houston’s preseason finale against Dallas unscathed despite getting slammed on his back while scrambling late in the third quarter. The third-year quarterback popped back up after a play that unfolded not far from where he sustained a season-ending shoulder injury on the same field in the same

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Stony Brook and North Dakota fought to a draw on offense, but Stony Brook’s defense and special teams won the day as the Seawolves beat the Fighting Hawks 13-9 Thursday in the FCS.  Stony Brook took the lead with 8:52 left when Gavin Heslop blocked a UND punt and Kyle Morgan

RALEIGH, N.C. — Ryan Finley looked at ease as North Carolina State’s starting quarterback. Of course, he didn’t need to do a lot of heavy lifting with Jaylen Samuels and Matt Dayes repeatedly getting to the end zone. Samuels and Dayes combined to score five touchdowns to help N.C. State beat William & Mary 48-14

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal agency that’s preparing to clean up lead-tainted soil around dozens of Indianapolis homes will brief residents on the project next week. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans a Thursday meeting at the Oasis of Hope Baptist Church to outline its estimated $5 million cleanup of up to 100 properties in the

WHITING, Ind. — BP plans to spend millions of dollars on pollution-reducing equipment at its refinery in northwest Indiana to help meet a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports (http://bit.ly/2cueAj6 ) BP Whiting Refinery plant manager Don Porter told the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday that construction will begin