Новости за 09.12.2016

PALM BEACH, Fla. — As the primary target of opponents over his Hall of Fame career, Wayne Gretzky can certainly empathize with the frustration of Oilers star Connor McDavid.

MARSEILLE, France — Defending champion Evgenia Medvedeva began the defense of her Grand Prix Final title in emphatic style, thrilling the crowd with a world record score in the short program on Friday.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Standout safety Harrison Smith and starting center Joe Berger will not be on the field with the Minnesota Vikings when they play at Jacksonville on Sunday.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — A county commissioner says Montgomery County is getting help with snow plowing after a fire has destroyed most of the trucks used by the Highway Department.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary was among U.S. military officials who the FBI concluded received anonymous emails from the woman whose affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus led to his downfall, The Associated Press has learned.

RENO, Nev. — Nevada has hired Arizona State assistant Jay Norvell as the new head coach for the Wolf Pack.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is planning to wear its “Smokey grey” alternate uniforms for the Music City Bowl as a way to honor victims of the Gatlinburg wildfires.

BELGRADE, Serbia — Police have asked a former Serbian foreign minister who was a candidate to be the United Nations’ next secretary-general to give a statement in connection with the unresolved killings of two army conscripts in 2004.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Bill Snyder recalled this week arguably the lowest point of his coaching career.

Before the season, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim veered from form and praised his team and its depth.

Since Texas became the first state to use lethal injection as its execution method on Dec. 7, 1982, some problems have been reported during the process nationwide. Those include delays in finding suitable veins and needles becoming clogged or disengaged. Some past examples:

SAN FRANCISCO — Feral Pines proved to be as complex in death as she was in life as friends and family struggled this week to settle on the correct name to remember the victim of the Oakland warehouse party fire killed along with 35 others.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Suspended Oakland Raiders pass rusher Aldon Smith met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday in hopes of being reinstated from his substance-abuse ban.

ATLANTA — Josh Mays scored on a 1-yard run in the second overtime to give defending champion and No. 1-ranked Eagle’s Landing Christian a 34-27 victory over No. 4 Fellowship Christian in the Georgia High School Association’s Class A Private football championship Friday at the Georgia Dome.

MEXICO CITY — The charred remains of three federal detectives were found Friday in the bed of a burning pickup truck in the southern Mexico resort of Zihuatanejo.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Wayne Gretzky applauded the use of centralized concussion spotters as part of the NHL’s effort to better protect players.

WASHINGTON — The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas in July, killing 16 people, was taking medications that should have precluded him from flying, medical experts testified at a federal hearing on Friday.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Things just keep getting better for rookie Malcolm Mitchell.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Gary Cohn, the No. 2 executive at the powerhouse Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, to a prominent White House economic post.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The deadliest building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade ripped through a warehouse in Oakland, California during a dance party on the night of Dec. 2, killing 36 people. The warehouse had been turned into artists’ studios and illegal living spaces. Here’s what is known about the blaze, the victims, the warehouse and the investigation.

JUNEAU, Alaska — Plans for managing the nation’s largest national forest call for changes in timber harvests that one critic says will be “the demise of the timber industry as we know it right now.”

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is asking Energy Department employees for information about the agency’s operations and personnel, including a list of employees and contractors who attended international meetings on climate change over the past five years.

NEW YORK — The title of Lee Daniels’ latest venture, “Star,” might very well identify this celebrated producer-director-writer. His films include “Monster’s Ball,” ”Precious” and “The Butler,” while two seasons ago he roared into series TV with Fox’s smash music drama “Empire.”

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn to an influential White House economic post, two people informed of the decision said Friday.

NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge has approved a settlement between “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Teresa Giudice (JOO’-dys) and her creditors.