Новости за 12.05.2017

MANAMA, Bahrain — Regardless of his intentions, Gianni Infantino’s rhetoric and actions at his second congress leading world soccer did little to signal a clean break from the discredited Sepp Blatter era. And that’s after having more than a year to re-shape the tainted FIFA presidency in his image and the chance to banish Blatter’s

INDIANAPOLIS — Will Power won his third pole of the season Friday after setting a qualifying record for the IndyCar Grand Prix. The Australian completed the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course in 1 minute, 7.7044 seconds to give Roger Penske his 250th pole win as an IndyCar owner. Penske’s drivers again dominated qualifying, taking four of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City-area man has pleaded guilty to duping dozens of women into having sex with him on camera by telling them they were rehearsing for roles in pornographic movies. The U.S. attorney’s office says 34-year-old Mario Antoine, of Raymore, pleaded guilty to one wire fraud count and will be sentenced

DELPHI, Ind. — The mother of one of two northern Indiana teenage girls slain during a hiking trip laments that she will not be able to experience her daughter’s wedding or other big moments but says she can hold onto her memories of her. Anna Williams of Delphi tells WLFI-TV (http://bit.ly/2r7ifWW ) says she remembers

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A mother who says she wasn’t allowed to breastfeed in public at a Rhode Island YMCA is suing. The American Civil Liberties Union said Friday it filed the lawsuit against the Ocean Community YMCA for Elizabeth Gooding, a mother of three who was a part-time employee and member there. Gooding alleges YMCA

NEW YORK — Ashley Graham may have curves, but she hates the term plus-size. “Does any woman really just come in and say, ‘I’m a plus-size woman’? Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but … I just think it’s divisive. I think labeling

CARACAS, Venezuela — Elderly Venezuelans frustrated with medical shortages and the flight of grandchildren from their troubled South American country joined anti-government street protests demanding elections Friday. Lines of police officers blocked thousands of protesters from advancing in the capital city of Caracas. White-haired demonstrators with raspy voices berated officers for not letting them through.

ATLANTA — The Latest on a legal challenge to the scheduled execution of a Georgia death row inmate (all times local): 2:15 p.m. State lawyers are disputing claims by attorneys for a Georgia inmate that a lethal injection drug will cause him unconstitutional suffering. J.W. Ledford Jr. is set to be executed Tuesday by injection

PARIS — Jean Todt will stand for a third term as president of motor sport’s governing body this year. Todt took up the position in 2009 when he replaced the outgoing Max Mosley and was re-elected on a four-year term in December 2013. The election will take place in Paris in December. The 71-year-old Frenchman

EASTHAM, Mass. — Former Green Bay Packers and Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman has stepped down as head coach of a Massachusetts high school. Sherman announced Thursday that he is stepping aside after two years at Nauset Regional in Eastham. Sherman said he never envisioned the job to be long-term and always maintained that the

INDIANAPOLIS — Anthem has ended its soured, $48 billion bid to buy rival Cigna, but the nation’s second-largest health insurer isn’t giving up a fight over whether Cigna deserves a termination fee for the scrapped deal. Anthem said Friday that Cigna sabotaged the merger agreement and caused “massive damages” for Anthem, which provides Blue Cross-Blue

ST. LOUIS — Christina Thompson was joking when she texted her dad last month after days of unrelenting thunderstorms near his rural southern Missouri home: “Are you getting washed away?” She didn’t realize that hours earlier, the 69-year-old retiree had been swept to his death as he tried to cross a flooded patch of road

CINCINNATI — The Latest on an 8-year-old who was bullied at school and then killed himself (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A Cincinnati school spokeswoman says an 8-year-old student who killed himself two days after he was knocked unconscious at school never told staff he’d been assaulted or bullied and instead said he had fainted.

DETROIT — Yale Lary, a Hall of Fame safety who helped the Detroit Lions win three NFL titles during the 1950s, has died. He was 86. The Pro Football Hall of Fame confirmed his death, citing information from the nine-time Pro Bowler’s family. The Lions say Lary died Friday at his home in Fort Worth,

LAS VEGAS — A 55-year-old man was declared unfit Friday to face criminal charges in the killing of a tourist from Montana and the wounding of another man in a March shooting on a double-decker bus on the Las Vegas Strip that prompted an hours-long standoff. Rolando Cardenas said nothing in court as a Nevada

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on education was conducted by NORC on April 20-23. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,036 adults who are members of NORC’s nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel. The original sample was drawn from respondents selected randomly from NORC’s National Frame based on address-based sampling

BEREA, Ohio — Jabrill Peppers only defended his reputation on the first day of the Cleveland Browns’ rookie mini-camp Covering wide receivers will happen soon enough. Under scrutiny after being placed in the NFL’s drug program for a diluted urine sample taken at the scouting combine, Peppers said he has no history using illegal recreational

HATFIELD, Pa. — A rare disorder isn’t stopping a Pennsylvania boy from living his best life. Kim Clemens tells The Intelligencer (http://bit.ly/2pFTH6w ) her 5-year-old son, Sudan, can run and play sports thanks to physical therapy, a special prosthetic and a great attitude. Sudan suffers from proximal femoral focal deficiency. The disease left his right

NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed forward Jesper Bratt to a three-year, entry-level contract. The Devils announced the signing of their 2016 sixth-round draft pick on Friday. The 18-year-old Bratt spent the last four seasons in Sweden with the AIK organization. He had six goals and 16 assists last season, and added

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors say six former Pennsylvania prison guards have been charged in connection with the assault of two inmates. The former correctional officers face charges including aggravated and simple assault in the alleged attacks in February at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville. District Attorney Kevin Steele says one of the inmates

More than 20,000 heat pumps are being recalled because a defect can cause the unit to overheat. Other recalled consumer products recalled this week include off-highway vehicles and nightlights. Here’s a more detailed look: HEAT PUMPS DETAILS: This recall involves 2, 3, 4, and 5-ton size heat pump units sold under the Carrier Greenspeed and

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by eight this week to 885. A year ago, only 406 rigs were active amid a slump in energy prices. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 712 rigs sought oil and 172 explored for natural

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A federal lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman against Indiana University has been dismissed after a financial settlement was reached. In her lawsuit, the woman alleged she was raped by a student who had been allowed to remain at the school after being accused of sexually assaulting someone else two years earlier,

Uber has had a rough year, much of it its own making. There have been lawsuits, allegations of sexual harassment and a federal investigation into claims that it has used a fake version of its app to thwart authorities. Now, a federal judge in San Francisco has referred allegations of trade secret theft to the

BATON ROUGE, La. — Authorities say at least one person has been injured after a tornado touched down in Louisiana. Police Sgt. L’Jean Mckneely Jr. in Baton Rouge said a man was taken to a hospital after Friday morning’s storm flipped over his vehicle. Mckneely said his injuries weren’t considered life-threatening. National Weather Service meteorologist