Новости за 10.05.2017

DUESSELDORF, Germany — The nationalist Alternative for Germany party says it wasn’t informed in advance that a group of benefactors planned to support its election campaign with free ads reportedly worth millions of euros. Posters supporting the party, known as AfD, have appeared across North Rhine-Westphalia days before Sunday’s election in Germany’s most populous state.

PHILADELPHIA — Just like the old days, Carlos Ruiz soaked in the adoring cheers after another clutch hit. It didn’t matter he was a visiting player. Ruiz hit a three-run double against his old team, Robinson Cano and Danny Valencia homered and the Seattle Mariners beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-6 Wednesday. Ruiz earned another standing

SOUTHAMPTON, England — Alexis Sanchez produced a clinical finish to set Arsenal on its way to a 2-0 win at Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday, keeping alive the team’s ambitions of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. Sanchez moved onto 20 league goals for the season when he collected Mesut Ozil’s first-time through-ball

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have claimed left-hander Adam Wilk off waivers from the New York Mets. The Twins announced the move on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Wilk was the Mets’ emergency starter on Sunday when Matt Harvey was suspended. He started six games for Triple-A Las Vegas this season, going 2-3 with a 5.91 ERA.

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: The Walt Disney Co., down $2.41 to $109.66 The entertainment company reported weak revenue as struggles persisted at its ESPN cable channel. Fossil Group Inc., down $3.71 to $14.44 The watch and accessories maker cut its forecasts as watch and jewelry sales keep falling.

MADRID — Defending champion Real Madrid withstood an early onslaught by Atletico Madrid to reach a third Champions League final in four years despite a 2-1 loss to its city rival on Wednesday. Atletico, which trailed 3-0 after the first leg, scored twice in the first 16 minutes at the Vicente Calderon Stadium to move

CLEVELAND — The brother of a victim in a quintuple homicide had to be wrestled out of a Cleveland courtroom on Wednesday after he tried to attack a defendant who had just pleaded guilty to the fatal shootings to avoid a possible death sentence. The trial for James Sparks-Henderson, 21, was supposed to begin this

NEW YORK — Right-hander Chad Green was optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees on Wednesday, a day after he pitched a scoreless inning at Cincinnati in his season debut. Green was brought up Monday when the Yankees’ bullpen was short-handed after an 18-inning win at Chicago on Sunday night. New York

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sergio Garcia, finally a major champion, already wants to change his equipment. It’s a tiny change, and a most appropriate one. Standing on the 15th green Wednesday at The Players Championship, the Masters champion turned to TaylorMade tour manager Keith Sbarbaro and said, “What’s the ETA on the golf ball?”

Energy companies jumped with the price of oil Wednesday, but overall, stocks finished only slightly higher as a quiet week of trading continued. On Wednesday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index added 2.71 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,399.63. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 32.67 points, or 0.2 percent, to 20,943.11. The Nasdaq composite

SEATTLE — Breanna Stewart decided this offseason that she wanted a home base even given the nomadic nature of her professional basketball career. After making the decision to buy her own place and have Seattle be that stable place, there was no question who Stewart was going to lean on for some help getting settled.

NEW YORK — Snap, the company behind the Snapchat app popular with young people, says revenue grew sharply, but it had a large net loss related to its initial public offering of stock. The owner of Snapchat reports a net loss of $2.2 billion in the January-March period. About $2 billion of it was for

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Chinese textile company announced plans Wednesday to transform a former television factory in east Arkansas into its first North American facility, a $410 million project that’s expected to create up to 800 new jobs in the struggling Mississippi Delta region. Shandong Ruyi Technology Group said it would begin renovating the

BILLERICA, Mass. — The sudden acceleration and crash of an SUV at a Massachusetts indoor auto auction last week has claimed the life of a fourth person. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and police confirm 50-year-old Elliott Rowlands Jr. died Wednesday of injuries sustained in the May 3 crash at LynnWay Auto Auction in Billerica

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is moving forward on seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean, the first step toward offshore drilling in a region where it has been blocked for decades. The Interior Department said it is reviewing six applications by energy companies that were rejected by the Obama administration. Environmental groups

PHOENIX — An oldies country music radio station serving a rural Arizona area that aired a public service announcement for two years telling people how to hide potential evidence in child pornography cases has stopped doing so after advertisers received threats, the station’s owner said Wednesday KAVV-FM owner Paul Lotsof said in an interview that

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Democratic-controlled Illinois Senate voted Wednesday to expand public financing for abortions and ensure legal access to the procedure across the state, although the measure likely awaits a veto by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Senators voted along party lines, 33-22, in favor of the plan, which would permit abortion coverage by state

NEW YORK — Whole Foods announced a board shake-up and cost-cutting plan as it fights to appease investors and hold onto shoppers who have more choices about where to buy organic foods. The company, which has seen sales at established stores fall for seven straight quarters, is under pressure from activist investor Jana Partners. The

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The crew chief for Aric Almirola is the latest to earn a NASCAR suspension for a failed inspection. Drew Blickensderfer was suspended three races because Almirola’s fourth-place car at Talladega Superspeedway had too much rear skew. He was also fined $65,000 and Almirola was docked 35 points. It is the same penalty

MINNEAPOLIS — The fresh start for wide receiver Michael Floyd’s sidetracked career will come at home in Minnesota. Floyd agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Vikings on Wednesday. Floyd finished last season with Super Bowl champion New England after a drunken driving arrest led to his departure from the Arizona Cardinals. “Happy

PHILADELPHIA — A starving and abandoned miniature donkey rescued from a Pennsylvania farm had a little secret for animal welfare workers: She was pregnant. Sadie and a male mini-donkey named Romeo were rescued from a Huntingdon County farm in January, along with a cow, two beagles, chickens and roosters. Workers at the Pennsylvania Society for

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Kansas City Royals have promoted Seth Maness from Triple-A Omaha, less than nine months after the right-hander had ligament surgery on his pitching elbow. Maness had what is called “primary repair” surgery on his ulnar collateral ligament Aug. 18 and signed a minor league deal with the Royals on Feb.

WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton has undergone surgery to repair his torn left anterior cruciate ligament and started a rehabilitation program Wednesday that is expected to last six to nine months. The injury occurred April 28 in a game against the New York Mets, when Eaton stepped on first base awkwardly while beating

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Authorities searching a marsh in South Carolina after a human foot was found inside a shoe last week have found what they think are more human remains. Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis said that what appears to be skeletal remains were found Wednesday morning after an hourlong search in a marsh on

ATHENS, Ga. — Jenna Staiti, a 6-foot-6 center, is transferring to Georgia following one season at Maryland. Staiti, from Cumming, Georgia, was the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year and Miss Georgia Basketball in 2016. She will sit out the 2017-18 season as a transfer and will be a sophomore for the 2018-19 season. Georgia