Новости за 25.05.2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky grand jury declined to indict an escort and former Louisville men’s basketball staffer in a sex scandal that engulfed the program. The Jefferson County grand jury decided Thursday there wasn’t enough evidence for charges of prostitution and unlawful transactions with a minor against Katina Powell and Andre McGee. Powell wrote

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Authorities say a Pennsylvania woman under the influence of alcohol and marijuana rolled over on her 2-month-old son and passed out, smothering him to death. Arissa Ward, of Middletown, faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in the Dec. 30 death of her son. Court documents show

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Authorities in Central Texas say they’ve identified a new suspect in the molestation of a young boy for which a former high school football star was previously convicted. Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick told the Austin American-Statesman on Thursday that he’s reopening the case that led to the 2014 conviction of

STRASBOURG, France — Defending champion Caroline Garcia of France survived an early scare to beat Kristyna Pliskova in straight sets on Thursday and reach the semifinals of the Strasbourg International. The fifth-seeded Garcia fought back from a double-break down at 5-1 and saved six set points on her way to a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory.

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says he will undergo a medical procedure to remove a kidney stone. Netanyahu will be lightly sedated during the procedure Thursday evening, according to a statement. It said Zeev Elkin, a lawmaker from Netanyahu’s Likud party, will be filling in as acting premier. Netanyahu’s personal physician Zvi

AUSTIN, Texas — Cyclist Lance Armstrong has announced his engagement to longtime partner Anna Hansen. The couple has been together nearly a decade and have two children. Armstrong announced Wednesday on social media that he’d popped the question and posted a picture of the two of them on a boat on Lake Austin. Armstrong was

LONDON — Aerosmith’s Joe Perry says the band’s European dates will not be canceled in the wake of Monday’s deadly attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Perry said he initially thought the band should postpone the tour, but then decided that’s not what Aerosmith fans would want. “I don’t think I want

LYON, France — Top-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada eased into the semifinals of the Lyon Open with a straight sets victory over Portuguese qualifier Gastao Elias on Thursday. Elias had defeated Juan Martin del Potro the previous day, but Raonic was never in difficulty as he won 6-4, 6-3. He will next play third-seeded Tomas

CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival, with its late-night soirees and throngs of paparazzi, isn’t an ideal place for children. Few of its movies are PG-rated, nor is much of the nightlife. Yet at this year’s Cannes, kid actors have delivered many of the festival’s most memorable performances, often by not just equaling their

NEW YORK — A federal prison guard supervisor charged with repeatedly raping a female inmate who he knew spoke little English and would be turned over to immigration authorities was among three guards arrested Thursday in a prison sexual abuse scandal, authorities said. Carlos Richard Martinez, 47, of Brooklyn, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons lieutenant,

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that blocks the Republican’s administration from temporarily suspending new visas for

MADRID — A judge has ordered former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell to be held without bail as Spanish authorities continue to investigate his alleged involvement in a money-laundering scheme related to the television rights of Brazil’s national team. The judge made the ruling after questioning Rosell for nearly two hours on Thursday. The former Nike

MEXICO CITY — U.S. prosecutors say that authorities in Mexico City have captured two convicted cigarette smugglers who escaped a U.S. penitentiary in Virginia this month. The Department of Justice identifies the two as 35-year-old Salah Mohamed and 37-year-old Kamal Qazah of Columbia, South Carolina. The department said Thursday that “U.S. Marshals worked closely with

PHILADELPHIA — A Drexel University fraternity under investigation for three reported sexual assaults has been suspended by the Philadelphia school for five years for alcohol violations. Tau Kappa Epsilon already was on interim suspension as the university investigated reports of assaults at the fraternity’s house between April 28 and May 18. However, the university’s statement

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Citadel baseball coach Fred Jordan, the Southern Conference’s all-time wins leader, is retiring after 26 years with the Bulldogs. Jordan announced his retirement from his alma mater Thursday. Jordan leaves with an 831-709 record (.540), 399 of those coming in the Southern Conference — 96 more than Georgia Southern coach Rodney Hennon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Monstrous cyclones are churning over Jupiter’s poles, until now a largely unexplored region. NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted the chaotic weather once it began skimming the giant gas planet’s cloud tops last year. Scientists released their first major findings Thursday. “What we’ve learned so far is earth-shattering. Or should I say, Jupiter-shattering,”

OKLAHOMA CITY — Ryan Long was 3 for 3 with an RBI double to help top-seeded Texas Tech bounce back from an opening loss at the Big 12 Conference tournament with a 4-1 win over Baylor on Thursday. Steven Gingery (9-1) earned the win for the Red Raiders (43-14), throwing six scoreless innings in the

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University has removed a shelter that was set up by graduate students protesting the school’s decision not to negotiate with their new union. Yale University workers Thursday morning dismantled and hauled away the structure, which was erected last month by the protesters. The school says the shelter, picnic tables, an

LAS VEGAS — At least 11 people were injured Thursday, including eight middle school students, their bus driver and a woman and an infant in a vehicle that collided with a school bus in Las Vegas, authorities said. The woman driving an SUV appeared to have been the most seriously hurt in the crash about

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — A wildfire burning at a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination is largely under control after burning for two days. Northwest Incident Management Team spokesman Brendan Cowan says the fire near the town of Leavenworth was 78 percent contained Thursday morning. No injuries have been reported and no structures have been

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan is assuring investors that Congress will meet a new deadline to increase the government’s borrowing authority and avert an economy-quaking default on U.S. obligations. Ryan said Thursday that “the debt ceiling issue will get resolved.” He spoke a day after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned lawmakers that Congress needs

MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the U.S. and forced to be “modern day sex slaves,” according to an indictment that charges 21 people in what authorities called a sophisticated sex-trafficking ring that used an elaborate money laundering scheme to conceal millions of dollars in earnings. The indictment, unsealed Thursday, builds

BEIRUT — The chief of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group is telling Saudi Arabia that dialogue with Iran is the only way forward, lashing out at the kingdom’s lavish royal welcome of U.S. president Donald Trump. In a speech Thursday, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says the U.S. president is ‘only interested in money’ and is the most ‘racist’

NEW YORK — Four NFL teams will carry an additional overseas player on their practice squads during the 2017 season. Three players are from Britain and one from Germany. The announcement by the NFL on Thursday is part of a new International Player Pathway program. The international players are: tight end Alex Gray with Atlanta,

NEW YORK — David Hallberg is working on a memoir about his rise from childhood bullying victim to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet. Hallberg’s “A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and Back” will be published Nov. 7, Touchstone announced Thursday. Hallberg said in a statement that his