Новости за 06.10.2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Two Indiana-based emergency response teams are deploying for Hurricane Matthew. Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is sending a six-person team to Tallahassee, Florida, to help support Florida’s emergency operations center with operations, planning, logistics and incident command. The team will be deployed for two weeks or until

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts police chief who was honored by the White House for his pioneering approach to heroin addiction will be allowed to retire after misleading investigators looking into allegations of improper behavior with two women. Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken announced Thursday she’s reversed her Monday decision to begin termination proceedings against

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Latest on the trial of a group who took over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 1:50 p.m. The leader of the standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge has testified that he believed his life was in “extreme danger” when he was arrested during a traffic stop and

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Jim McElwain vowed his offense would be “dramatically better” this season. Through five games, it’s marginally improved. The No. 18 Gators rank 77th in the nation in total offense after playing a relatively soft early schedule against Massachusetts (75th in total defense), Kentucky (108th), North Texas (99th) and Vanderbilt (73rd).

CLAYTON, Mo. — The Latest on the shooting death of a St. Louis County, Missouri, police officer responding to a report of a disturbance (all times local): 3:30 p.m. An 18-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a St. Louis County, Missouri, police officer during an early hour exchange of gunfire that

PHILADELPHIA — Monica Mingo had sworn off watching slave movies after seeing the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave”: The horrifying depictions of black people being beaten, raped, and dehumanized became all too much. “That was the pinnacle of what it meant to be a slave — the feelings, the brutality. That one for me was

Goaltenders have gotten bigger, better and more athletic in recent years and hockey is trying to keep up. Under new NHL rules intended to boost scoring, goalies will have sleeker, more form-fitting pants beginning this season and will also get more compact chest protectors not long after. Those charged with keeping the puck out of

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Twitter Inc., down $5 to $19.87 Investors felt it is less likely the social network will be bought by another company. Zumiez Inc., up $2.88 to $21.15 The teen retailer said an important sales measure improved in September, a surprise to analysts. ICU

BOSTON — It’s official: Massachusetts has named a bridge in honor of retiring Red Sox slugger David Ortiz. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a spending bill Thursday that includes the provision designating the span over the Massachusetts Turnpike the David Ortiz “Big Papi” Bridge. The bridge runs along Brookline Avenue between Newbury Street

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame’s new defensive philosophy is to do less with more. After three seasons using a complicated scheme that depended heavily on a core of players under defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, coach Brian Kelly has changed things up after firing his long-time friend. He has simplified the defense, requiring fewer play

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Genre fiction readers: Your next potboiler will likely involve a hurricane. That’s because dozens of indie authors — writers who eschew the traditional publishing world and self-publish directly to sites like Amazon — are gathered at a Hilton hotel outside Orlando, riding out Hurricane Matthew this weekend. I’m one of those

ARLINGTON, Texas — Yu Darvish ended his first season with the Texas Rangers starting a postseason game. The right-hander from Japan hasn’t pitched in October since that wild-card game in 2012. After missing the 2015 season recovering from Tommy John surgery, Darvish will make his AL Division Series debut Friday when he starts Game 2

BOGOTA, Colombia — Former President Alvaro Uribe fanned widespread resentment of Colombia’s largest rebel group as he crisscrossed the country, campaigning for weeks against a peace deal he said would appease “terrorists” or lead the country down the path of communist Cuba. But Colombians now look to the conservative hardliner as a potential savior of

Airlines canceled hundreds of flights for Thursday and again Friday as Hurricane Matthew pelted the Florida coast with high winds and heavy rain. The Fort Lauderdale airport shut down on Thursday morning, and farther north the Orlando airport expected to do the same by nighttime. Before 2 p.m. Eastern time, flight-tracking service FlightAware.com reported that

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Authorities have identified a man suspected of fatally shooting a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant who responded to a burglary report. The Sheriff’s Department 27-year-old Trenton Trevon Lovell of Lancaster has been booked for

DENVER — Increasingly common tools that allow police to conduct real-time social media surveillance during protests are drawing criticism from civil liberties advocates, who oppose the way some departments have quietly unrolled the technology without community input and little public explanation. Police say services such as Geofeedia, which map, collect and store information from social

NEW YORK — Gold has gone gangbusters this year, rising with jitters about everything from a weak global economy to the possibility of a President Trump. After gold’s best first-half of a year since 1980, gold-related funds are piled atop the leaderboard for returns. The average fund that invests in stocks of gold miners has

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the Environmental Protection Agency was filed Thursday in Manhattan and has been joined by Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. They want a federal

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rescheduling the LSU-Florida game might not be as easy as it seems for the Southeastern Conference. The SEC postponed the game scheduled for Saturday because of Hurricane Matthew, which was bearing down Thursday on Florida’s east coast. The league said it will work with both universities to reschedule the game later in

NEWARK, N.J. — The Latest on the investigation into last week’s crash of a New Jersey Transit train at the Hoboken Terminal (all times local): 5:30 p.m. New Jersey Transit officials say the damaged commuter train that crashed into Hoboken’s terminal is ready to be removed. The train bound to Hoboken from Spring Valley, New

LOS ANGELES — A 16-year-old boy shot dead last weekend as he pointed a fake gun at police wanted to kill himself, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday. Before an officer shot him Sunday, Daniel Enrique Perez used his cellphone to call 911 to report “a man with a gun matching his own description” in

OTTAWA, Ontario — Star Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber tested positive for cocaine before the Rio Olympics following a tryst with a woman he met on Craigslist. The 2015 world champion was permitted to compete in Brazil after it was determined he inadvertently ingested trace amounts of the banned substance through kissing. Barber called the

SALT LAKE CITY — A former Utah State football player who was dropped by the Atlanta Falcons in August over multiple sexual assault allegations was charged Thursday with rape, assault and kidnapping. The Cache County Attorney’s Office filed charges against 22-year-old Torrey Green after spending several months re-reviewing allegations that multiple women made against Green

West Virginia is still looking for a solid game from start to finish. The Mountaineers (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) moved into the national rankings at No. 22 this week. The schedule says they’re unbeaten. The reality is that they have struggled at times, especially in their last two games. There are some kinks to work

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say a man and a woman have been arrested in connection with at least 15 church break-ins in five counties. The Charlotte Observer reports (http://bit.ly/2dvOKfC) Union County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tony Underwood said 28-year-old Justin Ray Patterson and 23-year-old Amanda Nicole Hickey face charges in seven Union County