Новости за 27.05.2017

NEW YORK — Take a seat, “Thor.” Scattered plans among Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas to host women-only screenings of the upcoming “Wonder Woman” movie have produced both support and some grumbling about gender discrimination. Various locations have taken to social media in response, including the operators of the Brooklyn theater promising on Twitter to funnel proceeds

STRASBOURG, France — Sam Stosur rallied past fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to win the Strasbourg International on Saturday and remain the top player in her country. Gavrilova, who was chasing her first WTA title at the French Open warmup, would also have dethroned Stosur as the Australian No. 1 player with a

NEW YORK — The Oakland Athletics have brought right-hander Jharel Cotton back from the minors to start at Yankee Stadium and put righty Jesse Hahn on the 10-day disabled list. The A’s recalled Cotton from Triple-A Nashville to pitch Saturday against New York. There had been speculation the Athletics might also put righty Kendall Graveman

ATLANTA — Authorities are offering a $10,000 reward in hopes of catching teenagers suspected of igniting a fireworks display inside a grocery store in Atlanta, sending shoppers fleeing and filling the store with smoke. Investigators tell WSB-TV (http://2wsb.tv/2qhRD91 ) that two teens were caught on surveillance video using a lighter to set fire to the

GLASGOW, Scotland — Celtic completed a trophy treble in Scottish soccer and finished the domestic season undefeated after beating Aberdeen 2-1 in the Scottish Cup final thanks to an injury-time goal on Saturday. Midfielder Tom Rogic scored from an acute angle in the second minute of stoppage time at Hampden Park to ensure Celtic added

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court may soon decide how courts are supposed to view presidential power in the age of Donald Trump. The administration has promised a high court appeal of a ruling blocking the president’s ban on visitors from six majority Muslim countries. The case could be a major test for the young administration

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis International Airport has hired the Indy Chamber to help fast-track its efforts to secure a transatlantic flight. The Indianapolis Business Journal (http://bit.ly/2qd4XGE) reported the Indianapolis Airport Authority approved a yearlong contract. The airport will pay the chamber up to $180,000 to provide market research and data for air service development and

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The woman in Newtown’s highest elected office announced she will step down, five years after she helped lead the community through the Sandy Hook school shooting. Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra said her decision was a difficult one and took half a year of contemplation. The 75-year-old Republican said her love of

PRAGUE — The children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton from Nazi death camps have unveiled a monument in Prague’s main train station to honor their parents. The Briton arranged eight trains to carry 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia through Germany to Britain at the outbreak of World War II in 1939. He

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police say a man who barricaded himself inside a home repeatedly fired at officers before one of them shot and killed him. KMOV-TV (http://bit.ly/2rZVggS ) reports police say 33-year-old Jamie J. Robinson was armed with a shotgun when he holed himself up inside a house late Friday, then talked of

CEDAR GROVE, N.J. — A New Jersey high school softball pitcher has pitched a true perfect game. Cedar Grove sophomore Mia Faieta struck out all 21 batters she faced in a state playoff game Thursday. The performance helped her team defeat North Warren 4-0. Lady Cougars coach Nicole Velardi tells The Record (https://njersy.co/2s1SFDd) she’s never

GENEVA — Stan Wawrinka warmed up for the French Open by retaining his home Geneva Open title on Saturday, beating Mischa Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. The top-seeded Wawrinka clinched by breaking serve with a fierce forehand crosscourt pass to beat left-hander Zverev’s advance to the net. Wawrinka’s first title in 2017 is the 16th of

John F. Kennedy was born 100 years ago Monday, and a new book recounts his brief but eventful presidency — and the style and wit with which he shaped the hopes of a generation — through day-by-day reports drawn from coverage at the time, right up to his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy’s 1,036 days

AUSTIN, Texas — Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft, which left Texas’s tech-savvy capital city a year ago over local fingerprint requirements for drivers, are set to return after state lawmakers intervened. Both companies say they’ll be rolling on Austin’s streets again Monday, when Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign into law a bill that

ASIAGO, Italy — Nairo Quintana held on to the pink jersey in the penultimate stage of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday but couldn’t be sure of victory. The 100th race will be decided on the last stage. Thibaut Pinot of France won the 20th stage in a sprint finish ahead of Ilnur Zakarin of Russia

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 35-year-old man identified by authorities in the fatal stabbing of two people on a Portland light-rail train has a criminal record that includes stints in prison. Court records show that Jeremy Joseph Christian was convicted of robbery, kidnapping and a weapons charge in 2002. Christian is being held in the Multnomah

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has told the Qatari Emir that Tehran is ready for talks with Arab nations to reach a “real agreement toward peace and brotherhood.” Rouhani’s website quoted him as saying in a phone conversation with Qatar’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, that the Muslim world is beset by

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — The Coast Guard says it has called off its search for three boaters missing off the coast of Georgia since Tuesday. The Coast Guard said in a statement that it suspended the search Friday evening after searching the ocean waters northeast of Georgia’s Tybee Island for more than 72 hours. The

ROME — The Italian news agency ANSA is reporting that two Syrians have been detained in Sicily on terrorism suspicions even as seven top world leaders were meeting elsewhere on the Italian island. ANSA reported Saturday that Italian anti-terrorism police detained the two Syrians after they arrived on a ferry from Malta in the port

LYON, France — Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France won his first title on clay when he defeated Tomas Berdych 7-6 (2), 7-5 in the Lyon Open final on Saturday. Tsonga dropped just three points behind his first serve, hit 13 aces, and saved all two break points to down his third-seeded Czech opponent. Tsonga’s victory

No one is totally healthy this late in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, certainly not the last two teams standing. The Pittsburgh Penguins knew they’d be without top defenseman Kris Letang for the entire playoffs because of neck surgery and winger Chris Kunitz for the start, and they lost starting goaltender Matt Murray in warmups before

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a story May 27 about (topic), The Associated Press reported erroneously that Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers 2,300 square miles (5,957 square kilometers.) The refuge covers about 30,000 square miles (about 78,000 square kilometers). A corrected version of the story is below: Correction: Trump Budget Arctic Refuse Q&A President Donald

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Donald Trump’s plan to help balance the federal budget features a new attempt to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to petroleum drilling. The effort is the latest chapter in a long-running political fight between two camps: environmentalists, who revere the plain as a maternity ward for

LONDON — Prince William laid a wreath on the Wembley Stadium pitch before a minute’s silence to honor the victims of the Manchester bomb ahead of the FA Cup final on Saturday. Policing was intensified at English soccer’s 90,000-capacity national stadium as part of a vast national security operation. Authorities are still unravelling the plot

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal agency has told a company building a high-pressure natural gas pipeline it cannot resume drilling beneath creeks in southeast Ohio and northern West Virginia. The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2qu1x2r ) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday rejected Texas-based Energy Transfers’ request to resume horizontal drilling. The $4.2 billion pipeline