Новости за 30.06.2017

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on the more than 15,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Mali to help the beleaguered country’s military re-establish security across Malian territory. The resolution adopted Thursday night extends the mandate for the U.N. force until June 30, 2018, and keeps its current ceiling

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — An industrial accident at a Florida power plant Thursday killed two people and seriously injured four others, officials said. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s spokesman Larry McKinnon said emergency workers responded to afternoon calls about an explosion at the Tampa Electric Co. plant in Apollo Beach. The accident’s cause wasn’t immediately known, but

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana wildlife officials say a bald eagle that’s believed to be one of the oldest in the U.S. has been spotted again at a southern Indiana reservoir. The 29-year-old female sighted last week at Monroe Lake is one of the original eagles brought to Indiana in the 1980s as part of a

Louisville’s Brendan McKay won USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Award on Thursday as the top amateur baseball player. The first Louisville player and fifth Atlantic Coast Conference player to win the award, McKay starred for the Cardinals as both a pitcher and hitter. As a pitcher this year, he was 8-3 with a 2.22 ERA and

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — There’s a new carousel ride at the Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Gardens in Evansville. The Engelbrecht Carousel features 30 endangered animals. It’s housed inside a heated pavilion with retractable windows to protect it from the elements so that it can be operated during cold weather. The Evansville Courier and Press reports

WASHINGTON — The Chicago Cubs caught a break this week when NL MVP Kris Bryant avoided serious injury, suffering only a sprained right ankle. With shortstop Trea Turner, the Washington Nationals were not nearly as lucky. Oh, and that bullpen is still troublesome, too. Jon Jay hit a go-ahead two-run double during a three-run ninth-inning

SUNRISE, Fla. — Jaromir Jagr wants to play at least one more season in the NHL. It’s unclear if any team wants him. The 45-year-old forward, not exactly a regular poster on social media, took to Twitter on Thursday to say that no team has shown any interest in signing him when the NHL’s free-agent

PHOENIX — Three weeks in the minor leagues improved Randal Grichuk’s swing. Grichuk hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning and drove in five runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 Thursday. In his fourth big league season, Grichuk was sent down May 29 and recalled from Triple-A Memphis

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ legislative leaders met twice Thursday but surrendered few details about how close they are to a budget pact with one day remaining before the start of a third consecutive fiscal year without a spending plan The relatively calm day in an otherwise cacophonous Capitol was interrupted by the announcement that the

LOS ANGELES — Actors Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore are set to announce nominations for the 69th annual Emmy Awards. The nominations will be released July 13 at the TV academy’s headquarters in Los Angeles. The event will stream live on Emmys.com. In announcing the presenters Thursday, TV academy CEO Hayma Washington said the television

WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump’s travel ban taking effect Thursday, the White House declared victory on the first major policy push of his presidency. But it could not have been the win Trump imagined. What was once described as a blanket ban on Muslims, then became a temporary ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration hardened its approach to China on Thursday, blacklisting a small Chinese bank over dealings with North Korea while approving more than a billion dollars in military sales to Taiwan. The twin moves, both expected to infuriate Beijing, came just days after President Donald Trump appeared to lose faith in his

PEABODY, Mass. — The witch on her broomstick that graces the Salem Country Club logo could hardly concoct a spell so scary as the blood-red scoreboard from the first round of the U.S. Senior Open. On a day that saw 40 players break par, Kirk Triplett matched the PGA Champions Tour major record with an

NEW YORK — Kendall and Kylie Jenner apologized Thursday for “vintage” T-shirts superimposing their images with those of famous musicians, including Ozzy Osbourne, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. The sisters began selling the shirts Wednesday online for $125 each as part of their Kendall + Kylie brand. Sales of the shirts were halted and

POTOMAC, Md. — David Lingmerth is one of a few players in the Quicken Loans National field with any memories to draw on at TPC Potomac — and they’re the best kind of memories. The winner of a 2012 Web.com Tour event on the tight, tricky layout near Washington, Lingmerth once again relied on his

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward is officially a free agent. The Utah Jazz forward has declined the player-option final year on his contract as expected and will now test the market as an unrestricted free agent, said a person with knowledge of the situation. Hayward, a seven-year veteran, is one of the marquee names

The head of world cycling acknowledges that “behavioral issues” existed within the British team during his leadership, but disputes claims of a culture of fear and bullying. Brian Cookson’s campaign to win re-election for a second four-year term as UCI president has been rocked by the findings of an investigation into inappropriate behavior that riders

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Florida strip club accused of hiring only women bartenders and refusing to hire a man is facing a federal lawsuit. A lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Sammy’s Gentlemen’s Club in Fort Walton Beach violated federal law by refusing to hire a male applicant because of

The blood booster at the heart of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal does not improve real-world cycling performance, according to the most rigorous study yet of how the protein EPO affects athletes. The results, published Thursday in the journal Lancet Haematology , may convince some to pay more attention to the harms of supposed performance-enhancing

CHICAGO — Officials say an intensive search so far has turned up no additional Asian carp in a Chicago-area waterway system where one of the invasive fish recently was found. The discovery of a live silver carp June 22 about 9 miles (14 kilometers) from Lake Michigan raised fears that Asian carp might be evading

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada man who insisted for 23 years that he didn’t kill a fast-food restaurant manager in Las Vegas is being freed from prison following a confession by a man imprisoned in California, authorities said Thursday. DeMarlo Berry, now 42, is due for release Friday after a state court judge in Las

NEW YORK — Chicago White Sox infielder Yoan Moncada and New York Mets infielder Ahmed Rosario are among 50 prospects on the rosters for the All-Star Futures Game at Miami on July 9. Moncada agreed to a $31.5 million signing bonus — the most for an international amateur — when he signed with Boston two

NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have re-signed backup goaltender Keith Kinkaid to a two-year contract. General manager Ray Shero announced the deal late Thursday, noting that Kinkaid will get $1.2 million this season and $1.3 million in 2018-19. The soon-to-be 28-year-old Kinkaid set career highs with 26 games played, 23 games started, and

SOCHI, Russia — Just how much Leon Goretzka wanted to seize his opportunity in an experimental Germany squad became clear after only eight minutes against Mexico. With two goals in the space of 109 seconds on Thursday, Goretzka put the defensively-ragged Mexicans on the back foot and set Germany on its way to the Confederations

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations and the European Union praised Iran on Thursday for implementing the landmark nuclear deal with six major powers, but U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Tehran of “destructive and destabilizing” actions from ballistic missile launches to arms smuggling. The speeches at a Security Council meeting on implementation of a U.N.