Новости за 21.12.2016

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Officials say an eighth-grade basketball player in Oregon needed 10 stitches after he was punched in the face by an adult during a game.

BILLINGS, Mont. — President Barack Obama’s administration is expected to push through long-delayed safety measures for the nation’s sprawling network of oil pipelines in its final days, despite resistance from industry and concern that incoming president Donald Trump may scuttle them.

SAN DIEGO — Army Capt. Matthew Ball relied heavily on his Afghan interpreter during a yearlong mission in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous areas, entrusting him daily with his life.

Oregon running back Royce Freeman says he’ll return to the Ducks for his senior year.

WASHINGTON — Marion Pritchard, a woman credited with saving dozens of Jews in the Netherlands during the Holocaust, has died at 96. Her son, Arnold Pritchard, said Wednesday by telephone that his mother died Dec. 11 from cerebral arteriosclerosis in Washington.

WASHINGTON — Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht and major petrochemical company Braskem have agreed to pay a combined penalty of at least $3.5 billion to settle allegations that they bribed government officials in a dozen countries around the world, U.S. authorities said Wednesday.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Jaromir Jagr knows No. 2 is as high as he’ll go on the NHL career scoring list.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Police in suburban Phoenix say two men who stole a FedEx delivery truck from its driver at gunpoint remain at large and that the company is still working to find out how many packages are missing.

NEW YORK — ‘Tis the season to be jolly — but it’s also the season for identity theft, phishing and credit card fraud.

Mighty sequoias fell in sports in 2016, transformational figures who reshaped the games and the culture — from Muhammad Ali to Gordie Howe, from Arnold Palmer to Pat Summitt.

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers starting guard J.R. Smith will be out indefinitely with a broken right thumb, an injury that will test the depth of the defending NBA champions.

WASHINGTON — Democratic governors Wednesday warned top Republicans in Congress that repealing the Obama health care law would stick states with billions of dollars in costs for providing medical care to residents made newly uninsured.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — An agency that oversees a 6,000-acre business park in Clark County is tackling some major infrastructure improvements at the center to help attract an expected influx of new business related to the opening of the new Lewis and Clark Bridge over the Ohio River.

NEW YORK — At least 48 journalists worldwide have been killed on the job in 2016 as the year winds down, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. That is down from 72 journalists in 2015.

ATLANTA — A well-known Atlanta attorney has been charged in the shooting death of his business executive wife in a case that drew widespread public interest.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to raping an 18-year-old neighbor after finding and returning her lost dog.

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have put goaltender Jimmy Howard on seven-day injured reserve and called up Jared Coreau from the Grand Rapids Griffins to take his spot on the roster.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville mall is banning a woman caught on video screaming racist and vulgar insults at another holiday shopper.

NEW YORK — Minnesota United will play its Major League Soccer opener at Portland on March 3 in the first match of the 2017 season, and Atlanta United will make its debut two days later at home against the New York Red Bulls.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two suspects in a Mississippi pawn shop robbery in which three were fatally shot were captured in Kansas early Wednesday after an interstate chase, authorities said.

NEW YORK — Holiday shopping procrastinators can breathe easy. Yes, most online shipping deadlines have passed. But many retailers are offering other ways to get gifts at the last minute, whether it’s staying open through the wee hours of the night like Toys R Us, or offering Christmas Eve store pickup like Wal-Mart.

GREENACRES, Fla. — A man and woman are facing child neglect charges after a sheriff’s deputy found five malnourished children living in a car parked outside a Wal-Mart store.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Ikea, the leading home furnishings retailer, has warned that teenagers who have illegal sleepovers in their stores are guilty of trespassing.

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Police are investigating exactly what led to two people being killed and one man stabbed at the home of the late Country Music Hall of Fame artist Jean Shepard.

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb has appointed a man with a controversial history in state government to lead the Indiana Department of Corrections.