Новости за 10.07.2017

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets’ plan to build a helicopter landing pad at their New Jersey training facility has drawn objections from some who question the need since an airport is just a couple of miles away. The borough of Madison has lodged objections to the Jets’ application, NJ.com (http://bit.ly/2tGs67O ) reported.

BOISE, Idaho — A lost Boise dog is back home after nine months and a brutal winter alone in the Idaho mountains. Mo, an elderly Chesapeake Bay Retriever, wandered away from her owners during a hunting trip last September. Darwin and Cindy Cameron stayed near the tiny hamlet of Horseshoe Bend about 30 miles (48

HOUSTON — Three people have been charged with human smuggling after a dozen more people, believed from Latin America, were rescued from the locked cargo area of a box truck where they had been left to swelter in the Houston summer heat. Harris County prosecutors say the trapped people banged on the truck walls to

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a temporary restraining order court hearing in an ongoing dispute between reality star Rob Kardashian and his ex-fiancee Blac Chyna (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Blac Chyna says Rob Kardashian hit her in the thigh earlier this year, knocking her down and leaving her bruised. Chyna, whose real name

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel has signed former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer to a contributor role. The network announced Monday that Fleischer will provide “strategic communications and political analysis” for both Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Fleischer served as White House press secretary to former President George W. Bush from

WASHINGTON — From the North comes an army of ice zombies. From the East, an armada led by the “Mother of Dragons.” In the South, an evil queen plots world domination. The world of Game of Thrones may not sound much like our own. But after watching HBO’s hit series for six seasons, we’ve found

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — East Tennessee State has hired longtime Stony Brook assistant Joe Pennucci as its baseball coach. Pennucci replaces Tony Skole, who left ETSU after 18 seasons to take over The Citadel’s program. Pennucci spent 12 years at Stony Brook and was associate head coach the last six seasons. He also was Stony

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Federal immigration authorities twice missed chances to detain a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally before he allegedly killed four men in Kansas and one in Missouri, according to a lawsuit filed by relatives of two of his victims. The lawsuit filed in Kansas City, Kansas, says Immigration and Customs Enforcement

LACONIA, N.H. — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is investigating a complaint from the Freedom from Religion Foundation that participants in an agency-sponsored hunter safety class held at a church were given religious flyers. Laura Ryder, the department’s hunter education supervisor, tells The Laconia Daily Sun (http://bit.ly/2sHLoIU) it’s not clear who handed out

LONDON — What is Ostapenko’s first name? The French Open champion made it clear at Wimbledon on Monday, and it’s not what most people think. The 20-year-old Latvian, listed by the WTA as Jelena Ostapenko, has frequently been called Alona during Wimbledon. That has caused a slight amount of confusion around the All England Club.

MANCHESTER, England — Romelu Lukaku joined Manchester United from Everton for 75 million pounds ($97 million) on Monday after the striker rejected a late bid by former club Chelsea. The 24-year-old Belgium international signed a five-year deal and became the second most expensive player in United’s history after close friend Paul Pogba, who joined last

UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday authorizing a new U.N. political mission in Colombia to focus on reintegrating leftist rebels into society after more than 50 years of war — a task the United Nations calls the most urgent challenge following the rebels’ handover of their last weapons. A British-drafted

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The president of France spoke of a world needing Olympic values. The mayor of Los Angeles said his home could again be the “ideal Olympic city.” Emmanuel Macron and Eric Garcetti offered a vision on Monday at the Olympic Museum of why Paris and LA should host the Summer Games. Both want

NEW YORK — Conductor Andris Nelsons has followed his wife in departing from the Metropolitan Opera’s winter production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The Met said Monday that Nelsons will be replaced on the podium by Met music director emeritus James Levine. Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is married to soprano Kristine Opolais, who

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The liquor license of a Little Rock nightclub where a shooting during a rap concert left 28 people injured will remain suspended pending an investigation of possible violations, the Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Control Board said Monday. Power Ultra Lounge’s liquor license was suspended soon after the July 1 shooting during a

RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion Energy announced Monday it is partnering with a Danish energy company to build two wind turbines off the Virginia coast, an effort years in the making that the utility said could lead to the development of a much larger wind farm. DONG Energy will immediately begin design and engineering work on

SALT LAKE CITY — A polygamous leader who was captured nearly a year after escaping home confinement on federal food-stamp fraud allegations pleaded not guilty Monday to new charges from his time on the run. Lyle Jeffs faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on a felony charge connected to being a fugitive.

BUCHAREST, Romania — A court has given a former Romanian mayor a four-year suspended prison sentence for illegally selling state-owned beaches. The Bucharest Court of Appeal convicted and sentenced former Constanta mayor Radu Mazare on Monday after one of Romania’s longest-running corruption trials. Mazare served as mayor of the Black Sea port from 2000-2015. His

“Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee” (Harper), by Wayne Flynt Nelle Harper Lee wrote a novel published in the early 1960s. Her next novel was published more than 50 years later. She had no use for email, Facebook and Twitter (which she considered as ways of invading someone’s privacy) and only used a cellphone

Television viewers haven’t heard the last of Johnny Miller just yet. Miller says he thought this might be his final year in the broadcast booth for NBC Sports so he could spend more time with his 23 grandchildren. But in a telephone interview Monday, he said he will stick around for at least another year.

NEW YORK — Eric Pardinho, a 16-year-old pitcher who agreed last week to a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, will receive a $1.4 million signing bonus as part of his deal. The bonus is payable within 45 days of the agreement’s approval by the commissioner’s office and is contingent on Pardinho obtaining

WABASH, Ind. — A state trooper is being credited for quick action in rescuing a man from a car submerged by floodwaters in northern Indiana. State police say Trooper Dustin Rutledge went into the rushing water with a life jacket for the motorist shortly before midnight Friday along a road in Wabash County. Only the

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen has been named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, which recognizes the nation’s top college player. The Maxwell Football Club announced the watch list on Monday. The award is presented at the end of the year. Allen is one of the highest rated college quarterbacks in

MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer who has been thrust into the spotlight following reports of her meeting with President Donald Trump’s eldest son was a largely unknown figure until she began to represent the son of a Russian official in a major money-laundering trial. Natalia Veselnitskaya’s name has not been linked to government officials, the

AUGUSTA, Maine — Officials say Maine’s capital city has been the target of misguided furor after a restaurant owner posted a widely viewed video erroneously claiming that she was being fined for hosting a fundraiser for veterans. In a Facebook video viewed more than 1 million times, Laura Benedict tearfully says her Augusta restaurant, The