Новости за 04.05.2017

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A United Nations rights expert visiting Saudi Arabia as part of an unprecedented invitation by the government to assess the country’s legislation and actions in fighting terrorism says he was not given access to imprisoned bloggers and activists. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson says he was, however, given rare access to

CLEVELAND — For LeBron James, traveling isn’t a violation, but rather a delight. After showing his passport at the Canadian border, James will settle in and take inventory of his new surroundings in Toronto on Friday. The Cleveland Cavaliers star will look into the crowd at Air Canada Centre, read a few of those hand-painted

PORTLAND, Maine — An environmental group is suing President Donald Trump’s administration for better protection of a threatened species of shark. Oceana filed the lawsuit Thursday against the secretary of the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The lawsuit says the administration’s recent moves to protect

LONDON — When there’s an Olympic bid to be won, Casey Wasserman can’t risk putting off any voters as Los Angeles challenges Paris for the 2024 Games. That means continuing to engage with a high-profile Olympic powerbroker accused of bribery in soccer politics and not publicly condemning Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait. The Asian

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Point guard Jordan Walker of the Patrick School has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall. Pirates coach Kevin Willard announced the decision Thursday. Walker helped the Patrick School win the 2017 New Jersey Tournament of Champions, averaging 11.9 points and 4.8 assists for the season. He

PJ Morton, “Gumbo” (Morton Records) PJ Morton may be the keyboardist for pop-rock band Maroon 5, but he returns to his New Orleans musical roots on his new solo album. Morton, who joined Adam Levine and friends in 2012, meshes an easy-flowing sound of contemporary soul with gospel elements on “Gumbo.” It’s a musical approach

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz starting point guard George Hill will not play against the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 due to left big toe soreness. The injury has lingered throughout the season and kept the ninth-year veteran from 16 regular-season games. Hill has averaged 15.6 points, 3.6 assists and 4.1 rebounds in

WASHINGTON — The call of the wild is getting harder to hear. A new study says peaceful, natural sounds are sometimes being drowned out by noise caused by people in many of America’s protected parks, forests and wilderness areas. Researchers measured sounds at 500 spots — from city parks to federal wilderness. They calculated that

NEW YORK — A U.S. judge has rejected a bid by Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (wah-KEEN’ ehl CHAH-pho gooz-MAHN’) to get out of solitary confinement. Guzman’s lawyers had asked Judge Brian Cogan to order him released from an ultrahigh-security wing of a New York jail that’s housed terrorism and mob suspects. They

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Latest on Oklahoma City firefighters removing riders from a stuck roller coaster (all times local): 1 p.m. Riders who are stuck atop an Oklahoma City roller coaster are slowly being helped to a catwalk down from a peak on the ride. Oklahoma City fire Lt. Ray Lujan says crews with expertise

WASHINGTON — New documents released by a conservative group show two of President Donald Trump’s recent weekend trips cost taxpayers more than $1.2 million. The documents released Thursday by Judicial Watch are some of the first to put a price tag on Trump’s frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach, Florida, club. The numbers reflect

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A New York couple has been sentenced to prison for giving their emaciated and disabled 5-year-old son a lethal overdose of the opioid painkiller oxycodone through his feeding tube. Broome County Court Judge Kevin Dooley sentenced 46-year-old Charles Burks to 13 years and 40-year-old Jennifer Burks to nine years in prison on

TORONTO — All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors missed practice Thursday because of his sprained left ankle, and the team says more tests are scheduled to determine the severity of the injury. Toronto coach Dwane Casey says Lowry is being listed as questionable to play in Friday’s Game 3 of the Raptors’

AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration has paid more than $385,000 since 2014 to a couple of private law firms representing him in court when the Democratic attorney general declined to represent him or when he requested private lawyers, according to a state-maintained database of government finances reviewed by The Associated Press. LePage

AUSTIN, Texas — An arrest affidavit says the University of Texas student accused of stabbing four students, one fatally, told police he didn’t remember attacking anyone. Kendrex J. White, who authorities have said suffered from mental health troubles, was charged with murder in Monday’s campus attack. He remained in jail Thursday on $1 million bond.

SOUTH PARIS, Maine — A Maine sheriff says a TV weatherman who took his life was the sole suspect in a rape reported days earlier. Officials say the assault happened hours after Tom Johnston served as a celebrity judge at a margarita mix-off, part of Springfest at the Sunday River ski resort April 1. The

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson has announced she’ll seek re-election in 2018. The Republican was first appointed to the position in 2012 by then-Gov. Mitch Daniels. She won a four-year term in 2014, defeating Democratic and Libertarian challengers. Lawson says in a video announcement posted Thursday that during her time in office

NEW YORK — Laura Poitras announces early in her Julian Assange documentary “Risk”: “This is not the film I thought I was making.” “I thought I could ignore the contradictions,” the Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” filmmaker says in a voiceover. “I thought they were not part of the story. I was so wrong. They are becoming the

NEW YORK — Calorie counts are popping up on some restaurant menus and for prepared foods at supermarkets, whether you want to see them or not. A federal regulation requiring food sellers to post the nutrition numbers by Friday was postponed again this week until next year, after years of delays amid opposition from pizza

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Authorities say a man has been arrested in Florida in a fatal Vermont shooting believed to be the first slaying in nearly a century in the nation’s smallest capital city. Authorities in Deltona arrested 29-year-old Jayveon Caballero on Thursday. Police say extradition proceedings are underway to return Caballero to Vermont to face

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rosie Napravnik steers Girvin off the track at Churchill Downs under the watchful eyes of trainer Joe Sharp. They head back to the barn together, with Napravnik in the saddle and Sharp walking alongside the horse. Napravnik was once one of the top jockeys in North America before retiring. Now she works

DALLAS — A California family says they were forced off a Delta plane and threatened with jail after refusing to give up one of their children’s seats on a crowded flight. A video of the April 23 incident was uploaded to Facebook on Wednesday and adds to the list of recent encounters on airlines that

BAYONNE, N.J. — Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Chuck Wepner’s business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ. For the New Jersey boxer, it gave him brief hope that he could win. For Ali, it led him to

PRAGUE — Third-seeded Barbora Strycova overcame a second set scare on the way to beating eighth-seeded Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech quarterfinal at the Prague Open on Thursday. Siniakova was treated for an apparent right thigh muscle problem at 3-4 in the second set before breaking Strycova twice and converting her fourth

OKLAHOMA CITY — Firefighters are helping to remove riders from roller coaster cars that got stuck on the tracks at an Oklahoma City amusement park. The Oklahoma City Fire Department says no one is hurt. The department tweeted about its emergency response shortly before noon Thursday. The cars are stuck atop a peak on the