Новости за 15.09.2017

ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin is ready to get the Olympics out of his head and prepare for what could be a very different Washington Capitals season. Gone are forwards Justin Williams, Marcus Johansson and Daniel Winnik and defensemen Karl Alzner, Nate Schmidt and Kevin Shattenkirk, and yet Ovechkin still considers the Capitals a good

MILWAUKEE — Health problems forced Brittany Bowe to step away from the speedskating oval, a decision that the former world champion described as one of the toughest that she’s had to make in her life. Concussion symptoms that started after a crash on the ice last summer are becoming less frequent. Bowe is happy and

The alleged mastermind of a whiskey theft ring in Kentucky appears to be ready to enter a plea in a case that has lasted as long as it takes whiskey to age into bourbon. Gilbert “Toby” Curtsinger, accused of being at the center of a scheme that authorities say siphoned tens of thousands of dollars’

HANNOVER, Germany — United States forward Bobby Wood was missing for Hamburger SV in its Bundesliga game at promoted Hannover on Friday due to a reported knee injury. Kicker magazine and local media report that Wood, who had one goal from Hamburg’s first three league games, has been bothered by a knee problem since the

NORMAN, Okla. — The Latest on the trial of an Oklahoma man accused of beheading a co-worker (all times local): 3 p.m. A manager at an Oklahoma food processing plant says he witnessed a former employee at the plant attack and behead a co-worker with a large butcher knife three years ago. Gary Hazelrigg was

CHICAGO — Cubs starter John Lackey and catcher Willson Contreras have been ejected from Chicago’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Both players were tossed after arguing with plate umpire Jordan Baker in the fifth inning Friday. The Cardinals had runners on first and second with two out when Lackey screamed at Baker after he

GENEVA — A U.N. human rights expert has taken the unusual step of publicly defending his use of a $50,000 donation from Russia to support his work before he reported on the impact of economic sanctions on the country. Idriss Jazairy said in a statement Friday he denies “accusations” that his findings following his April

DENVER — The U.S. government has fined Frontier Airlines $1.5 million for keeping passengers stuck on a dozen aircraft sitting on the tarmac for more than three hours during a snowstorm at the Denver airport last December. But the federal Department of Transportation said Friday it will forgive $900,000 of that because of compensation the

LOS ANGELES — Bob Newhart is looking forward to a TV marathon that will mark the 45th anniversary of his 1970s sitcom. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be binge-watching “The Bob Newhart Show” this weekend. As the droll comedian put it, he knows how most of the episodes end. At age 88, Newhart still plays

The United States’ final game in regional World Cup qualifying against Trinidad and Tobago will be played at 10,000-seat Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva rather than 27,000-capacity Hasely Crawford Stadium in the capital of Port-of-Spain. FIFA said Friday the Oct. 10 match will start at 8 p.m. EDT and will kick off simultaneously with the

ROCKVILLE, Md. — A Maryland woman who has refused to tell authorities where her two missing children are has been indicted in their deaths. Thirty-year-old Catherine Hoggle was indicted Thursday on two counts of murder. Her children, Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, were ages 3 and 2 respectively when they were last seen in September 2014.

SPIJK, Netherlands — Joel Stalter of France shot a 4-under 67 to take a one-stroke clubhouse lead at the KLM Open before bad light suspended play with nearly half the field still to complete their second rounds. Stalter followed up his opening-round 65 to move to 10 under par on Friday and stay in contention

A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agent says his agency made a mistake in failing to pursue leads on four men in the frantic days after nursing student Holly Bobo disappeared from her rural home. Brent Booth testified Friday in the trial of Zachary Adams in Savannah, Tennessee. Adams has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping,

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s president is angrily denouncing what he says is the discovery in his office of a hidden video camera that allegedly could be monitored on his predecessor’s cellphone. Lenin Moreno says in a televised appearance that the camera was discovered by chance a day earlier when staffers noticed that the wall in

EASTON, Pa. — The owner of a now-closed Pennsylvania day care has been sentenced to seven years’ probation over the death of a 3-month-old found unresponsive on her first day at the facility. The Morning Call of Allentown reports (http://bit.ly/2x7TYoX ) a judge on Friday followed the request of the baby’s mother in deciding Sharon

RALEIGH, N.C. — Justin Williams zipped up and down the ice with the Carolina Hurricanes — just like old times. For the player known as “Mr. Game 7,” mark down Practice 1 as a success. Williams went through his first practice with his new teammates — and his old club — Friday when the Hurricanes

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana school principal is accused of locking a kindergarten or first-grade student into a closet. Baton Rouge police say Shafeeq Syid Shamsid Deen, the principal at Laurel Oaks Charter School, turned himself in Friday and was arrested on charges of cruelty to a juvenile and false imprisonment. According to the

BERKELEY, Calif. — The Latest on a speech by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro at the University of California, Berkeley (all times local): 12:25 p.m. There is a price to pay for free speech. It cost the University of California, Berkeley an estimated $600,000 to put the campus on virtual lockdown as conservative commentator Ben Shapiro

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh defensive end Stephon Tuitt’s left biceps is healing and he may be ready to play against Minnesota on Sunday. While Tuitt went through some cardio work and hit tackling dummies, he didn’t participate during the team portion of practice on Friday and hasn’t been involved in contact of any kind since he

NEW YORK — Equifax says the potential impact of its massive data breach on U.K. residents is less severe than in the U.S., where 143 million Americans had their data exposed. The credit company said Friday that its U.K. systems were not affected by the breach. However, there was a batch of fewer than 400,000

BATON ROUGE, La. — Ascension Episcopal’s football team has a new title: 2016 Division IV state champions. In an executive committee meeting Thursday, Louisiana High School Athletics Association Executive Director Eddie Bonine said the school will be awarded the title that was vacated by Southern Lab. The LHSAA will retrieve the trophy from Southern Lab,

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is doing a little more at practice and apparently getting closer to playing on Monday night against the Detroit Lions. Coach Ben McAdoo said Friday that Beckham responded well Thursday to his first practice in more than three weeks, but the three-time Pro

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have signed restricted free agent defenseman Nikita Zadorov to a two-year deal. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Zadorov led the Avalanche with 153 hits last season before missing the final 25 games with an ankle injury. He finished with 10 assists. Zadorov was acquired by Colorado in 2015 as part of the

ROME — Italy’s Radical Party has filed a formal complaint with prosecutors over a deal with Libyan militias backed by Italy and the Libyan government to stop the flow of migrants to Europe. The complaint, a copy of which was obtained Friday by The Associated Press, alleges that the deal violates the European Convention on

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — Tim Stanton emerged from his ruined workshop off Highway 1 on Big Pine Key and collapsed to the ground, his sunburned, tear-covered face contorted in anguish. The skeleton-thin 58-year-old with long, stringy gray hair sat under an old gas station awning, overcome by his personal loss in this idyllic place