Новости за 10.05.2017

DICKINSON, N.D. — Dickinson State University is eliminating its baseball and golf programs as part of campus cost-cutting measures. DSU is facing nearly $5 million in needed cuts during the next two years. The school says $400,000 of those cuts will come from athletics. The baseball and golf programs will be discontinued after the 2017-18

The kitchen is my happy place, which is a good thing, because I spend a lot of time in it. It seems I’m always either developing recipes, or cooking them for a camera. And then there’s the not-so-small matter of cooking for my husband and four daughters every day. Truly, I love it. But today

McKINNEY, Texas — A judge has determined a Dallas-area man is guilty of murder in the death of his girlfriend whose lifeless body was displayed on social media. State District Judge Scott Becker found 46-year-old Kenneth Amyx guilty Wednesday on just the second day of the nonjury trial. The Dallas Morning News reports Amyx’s defense

JOHANNESBURG — A South African rhino orphanage that closed after being attacked by poachers will be turned into a wildlife rehabilitation center. Christiaan DuBuson, the anti-poaching head at Thula Thula wildlife reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province, said Wednesday that the old rhino facility will be used to care for antelope, birds and other wildlife in need.

PENDLETON, Ind. — Authorities say an employee at a central Indiana prison was arrested after more than 100 cellphones were found concealed in his car. Indiana State Police say the phones were discovered inside the car at the Pendleton Correctional Facility. Police say 23-year-old correctional officer Taylor Hardesty of Indianapolis had dropped the car off

NEW YORK — In the opening days of the Trump administration, Democrats are far more interested than Republicans in seeing the news media assume the traditional role of watchdogs to people in power, a survey released on Wednesday found. The Pew Research Center poll found that 89 percent of Democrats judged media criticism worth it

GENEVA — Switzerland’s government says it will temporarily limit the number of workers from European Union member states Bulgaria and Romania who can access Swiss jobs, after an influx from the countries in recent months. The Federal Council’s decision Wednesday invokes rules of a deal between Switzerland and the EU that generally allows for open-access

LOS ANGELES — Global luxury home sales cooled off in 2016 for the second consecutive year, even with a record number of homes selling for more than $100 million. A report released Wednesday by Christie’s International Real Estate shows that sales of homes priced at $1 million or more edged up about 1 percent worldwide

PARIS — Shareholders of Peugeot’s parent company PSA Group have agreed to the financial plans for buying General Motors’ European operations, including the Opel and Vauxhall brands. The French carmaker said in a statement that shareholders Wednesday “approved the measures of proposed financing” for the $2.3 billion acquisition announced in March. PSA chief Carlos Tavares

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street after several big U.S. companies reported disappointing first-quarter results. Disney was down 3 percent in early trading Wednesday after its revenue fell short of forecasts. Priceline slumped 4.8 percent after its revenue also

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police searching a barn in the southern Netherlands have discovered a large quantity of a synthetic drug that is popular in the Arab world. In a statement, police say they are investigating whether the pills bearing the logo “captagon” were destined for the Middle East. They pills were discovered last month

TURIN, Italy — Monaco still has much to learn. Juventus was a class apart in both legs of the Champions League semifinals, with its veteran defense stifling the French league club’s much-vaunted attack. Even more, it was the 34-year-old Dani Alves who inspired the Bianconeri to reach its second final in three years. “We are

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri sheriff who was arrested last month on assault and other charges has been suspended from office after he was involved in a jail altercation last week in which an inmate died, the state’s top prosecutor said. Attorney General Josh Hawley said in a news release Wednesday that a Mississippi

NEW YORK — The NFL has promoted Alberto Riveron to its head of officiating. Riveron was the senior director of officiating under Dean Blandino, who left the NFL last month. A nine-year game official and former referee, Riveron was born in Cuba. He moved with his family to Miami at age 5, began as an

HOUSTON — At the 40-yard line, as he made the catch, Eric Charles’s gold helmet muffled the roar of the crowd. The Sharpstown High School senior shifted into a new gear to outrun the defenders on his tail, the cheers propelling him forward. He pushed over the 30-yard line. The 20. At the 10-yard line,

NEW YORK — Timothy Snyder would have preferred a different path to the best-seller lists. The Yale University professor and scholar of European history, whose books include “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin,” was so alarmed by the election of Donald Trump last fall that soon after he posted a list on Facebook of “20

CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian senator has made history by breastfeeding her infant daughter on the floor of the country’s Parliament. The Sydney Morning Herald reports Sen. Larissa Waters returned to Parliament on Tuesday for the first time since giving birth. She breastfed baby Alia during a vote on the floor of the chamber in

When my daughter Grace was little, she collected tiny objects, sometimes pilfered from her sister and squirreled away in her bedroom. Among the 4-year-old’s prized collection of teeny-tiny items were a Barbie suitcase, Hello Kitty erasers, a 1-inch plastic baby and animal figurines. “It’s special to me,” she explained when an item of her sister’s

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania day care worker charged with coaxing 3- and 4-year-old children to use obscenities on camera has died while awaiting trial. An attorney for 25-year-old Rashanna Gyles tells The (Easton) Express-Times (http://bit.ly/2r1lMGc ) that Gyles died April 28 from unspecified health problems. She’d been awaiting trial on a misdemeanor count of

MUNICH — Bayern Munich midfielder Javi Martinez will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his collarbone while walking in the mountains in Spain. The club says the 28-year-old Martinez was injured Sunday and underwent an operation in Munich on Tuesday. Bayern, which already wrapped up the Bundesliga title with three games to spare,

BUNNELL, Fla. — Authorities say a 52-year-old Florida woman fatally shot her legally blind husband and used moth balls to cover up the smell of his decomposing body, hidden under a jon boat in their backyard. The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/2pw1TW4 ) reports Dorothy Singer is charged with the first-degree murder of 48-year-old William “Butch”

JERUSALEM — A lawyer says Israel canceled his scheduled prison visit with Palestinian hunger strike leader Marwan Barghouti who has been kept in isolation since the protest by hundreds of inmates began 24 days earlier. Khader Shkirat says the Israel Prison Service initially informed him he could visit the 58-year-old Barghouti on Thursday but abruptly

ABUJA, Nigeria — Parents of the 82 Nigerian schoolgirls released over the weekend from Boko Haram captivity said Wednesday they still were awaiting word from the government on when they will be able to see their daughters. One father said he was thrilled to find out his daughter was among those released in exchange for

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says its board has approved its involvement in building up the economy of the West Bank and Gaza over the next five years. Board Chairman Pierre Gramegna said Wednesday the bank will channel investments through a trust fund. He did not specify the sum. He

WOODBURY, Conn. — The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman died in a traffic crash in Connecticut, the sports network’s president confirmed Wednesday. Katherine Ann Berman, 67, of Cheshire, was one of two victims in the two-vehicle crash at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in Woodbury, state police said. The other victim was identified by