Новости за 22.11.2016

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Dejan Vasiljevic is a native of Canada with Serbian roots who grew up in Australia and has now found a home as a shooting guard for the Miami Hurricanes.

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons have officially announced their move downtown, with owner Tom Gores appearing at a news conference Tuesday with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Ilitch Holdings President and CEO Christopher Ilitch and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on Kanye West’s hospitalization (all times local):

CHCIAGO — A proposed settlement has been announced in a 2012 pollution lawsuit brought by the federal government, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan against U.S. Steel Corporation.

SAN ANTONIO — County records show that the man arrested in the fatal shooting of a San Antonio detective got married in the hours after the officer was killed.

RIO DE JANEIRO — More than 1,000 public workers protested in front of Rio de Janeiro’s state legislature Tuesday as lawmakers prepared to vote on steep austerity measures that many fear could exacerbate a deteriorating security situation and cause myriad other problems.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians was back at work on Tuesday after a brief hospital stay.

STORRS, Conn. — UConn football coach Bob Diaco says fixing what’s wrong with the Huskies will be easy and he’s the guy to do it.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is accusing JP Morgan of trying to sabotage Venezuela’s state oil company, and he’s threatening legal action.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah teenager accused of stabbing five random classmates in a high school locker room brought a martial arts stick and knives with him that day and planned to kill, authorities said in charging documents made public Tuesday.

NEW YORK — Looking for a cool tech gift for a kid in your life?

There’s no shortage of fun and fairly educational items these days. New toys for the holidays include little robot friends full of personality and magnetic blocks that snap together to teach the basics of computer programing.

Here are some toys designed to keep kids entertained without sacrificing on education:

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NEW YORK — Toys that teach aren’t a new thing, but a growing number are calling for kids to build with blocks, circuits or everyday items before reaching for a tablet screen.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has won four of its past five games in a second-half revival of its season. Left guard Zack Bailey doesn’t see why that has to end against No. 4 Clemson.

LOS ANGELES — Two distinctly American odysseys, Andrea Arnold’s teens-on-the-road film “American Honey” and Barry Jenkins’ coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” led the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations Tuesday with six nods each, including best feature and best director.

MOSCOW — Bayer Leverkusen qualified for the Champions League knockout stages after a 1-1 draw away to CSKA Moscow on Tuesday, but the German club had a nervous wait before knowing it had advanced.

LANSING, Mich. — The Latest on a former USA Gymnastics doctor being charged with criminal sexual conduct (all times local):

NEW YORK — Some 10,000 New York City children will start kindergarten with $100 in a college savings account thanks to a public-private partnership intended to boost the number of students attending college.

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Latest on the protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline (all times local):

QAYARA, Iraq — For months, residents of the Iraqi town of Qayara have lived under a dark cloud of toxic fumes released by oil well fires lit by retreating Islamic State fighters.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pawn shop that sold a gun to a mentally ill Missouri woman who used it to fatally shoot her father settled Tuesday in a wrongful death case for $2.2 million, which the plaintiff’s lawyer says is the largest settlement since a 2005 federal law that shields gun manufacturers from most similar lawsuits.

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average surpassed 19,000 for the first time Tuesday as a post-election rally drove indexes further into record territory. Discount store chains made large gains, but health care companies tumbled.

NEW YORK — Bruce Arena is returning to coach the U.S. national soccer team, a decade after he was fired.

STOCKHOLM — Thirty-three people were evacuated from a drilling rig in the Norwegian Sea on Tuesday after a fire broke out in the engine room, oil and gas company Statoil said.

SAN ANTONIO — A slain San Antonio police detective was a genuine and generous man who took seriously his job of protecting the community both on duty and off, his friends said.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station.