Новости за 17.10.2017

LOS ANGELES — Driven by younger audiences, the small-budget horror thriller “Happy Death Day” opened this weekend in the top spot at the box office with $26 million, while “Blade Runner 2049” slid into second place in its second weekend in theaters with $15.5 million. Jackie Chan’s “The Foreigner” debuted in third place with a

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City is forming an exploratory committee to decide if the city will bid to host another Winter Olympics in either 2026 or 2030. The group said Monday that it will decide by Feb. 1. The city hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. The bidding process for the 2026 Winter Olympics

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ben McAdoo and the New York Giants finally rediscovered the secret to winning a football game. With all their playmaking receivers lost for the season with injuries, the Giants (1-5) took a page from their past. They played smash-mouth football. They ran the ball. They stopped the run. They didn’t turn

NEW YORK — Silvery confetti has rained down on the stage at New York City Ballet for dancer Robert Fairchild, who ended his ballet career by handing out roses to each of his fellow dancers. The Tony nominee for “An American in Paris” will now focus full-time on theater and film. For his final ballet

Syracuse coach Dino Babers spoke in low tones. His voice was noticeably hoarse in the aftermath of one memorable night. “I’m just kind of going through the motions,” Babers said Monday at his weekly press conference, back in town after a whirlwind round of recruiting in the New York City metro area. A year ago,

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Senate’s consideration of Callista Gingrich to be U.S. ambassador to the Vatican (all times local): 6 p.m. The GOP-led Senate has confirmed Callista Gingrich’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Senators voted overwhelmingly, 70-23, to approve her for the post. President Donald Trump had announced in May

DAVIE, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins’ season suddenly seems headed in the right direction, their backup center leading the way. Jake Brendel replaced injured Pro Bowl center Mike Pouncey and played the entire second half as the Dolphins rallied from a 17-point deficit to win at Atlanta. With the 20-17 win the Dolphins are 3-2,

WASHINGTON — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday’s auction with rates on six-month bills climbing to their highest level in nine years. The Treasury Department auctioned $42 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.090 percent, up from 1.085 percent last week. Another $36 billion in six-month bills was auctioned

The San Antonio Spurs have reached an agreement with LaMarcus Aldridge on an extension that will keep him under contract for an additional three years. A person with knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press that Aldridge will exercise the $22 million player option on his contract for the 2018-19 season. He will also

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville’s defense turned in a performance good enough to win against the Los Angeles Rams. The unit allowed 249 yards, 12 first downs and 10 points in a 27-17 loss Sunday. The defenders made it clear Monday they expect more from everyone else and won’t let teammates off the hook for mistakes.

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been subpoenaed for records related to past sexual assault allegations against Trump — charges the president on Monday dismissed as “made-up stuff.” Lawyers for Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” asked the campaign in March to preserve any records in its possession concerning Zervos

MADRID — Iago Aspas got his first goals of the season in a hat trick in Celta Vigo’s 5-2 win over struggling Las Palmas in the Spanish league on Monday. After eight matches without a goal for club or country, the Spain international found the net once in the first half and twice in the

PRAGUE — Prague’s Jewish Museum has launched a new project to honor the victims of the Holocaust. Starting on Monday, the faces of some Czech Jews who were killed by the Nazis during World War II are being projected on the outer wall of a Jewish bath at the Pinkas Synagogue after it gets dark.

The University of Mississippi and former football coach Houston Nutt say they have reached an agreement to resolve Nutt’s lawsuit against the school. The parties released a joint statement on Monday afternoon. The Rebels’ former coach — who led the program from 2008 to ’11 — was alleging a breach of his severance agreement because

PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi is intent on creating a competitive atmosphere at every position on his team. Especially quarterback. So the Pittsburgh coach is hardly apologetic about his unusual approach for handling a carousel that shows no signs of slowing even as Halloween approaches. “I guess we’re odd,” Narduzzi said Monday. At the beginning of

The NFL season has been filled with critical calls from players, coaches, front offices and broadcasters. In Week 6, the officials joined the fray. Tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins’ touchdown-turned-touchback sparked a debate about whether it was a good call, a bad rule — or even if it was too close for the suits in New

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The fatal cleaver stabbing of a man’s wife and the wounding of his mother-in-law at his Vermont house has drawn comparisons to another cleaver attack at the house nearly two decades ago. The Burlington Free Press reports Aita Gurung is accused of killing his wife and wounding her mother in the Thursday

NEW YORK — Shares of Sears Holdings Corp. have tumbled after the ailing retailer announced that an executive of the company’s second largest shareholder was resigning from is board. The Hoffman Estates, Illinois, company said Monday that Bruce R. Berkowitz is stepping down from its board, effective Oct. 31. Berkowitz joined the board in February

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks say point guard Dennis Schroder is facing undisclosed discipline for his role in an incident that led to his arrest last month on misdemeanor battery charges. Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk says in a statement released by the team the investigation of the Sept. 29 fight outside a late-night restaurant

SAN ANTONIO — The driver of a semitrailer packed with at least 39 immigrants, 10 of whom died, has pleaded guilty to making the deadly smuggling run. James Matthew Bradley Jr. pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in San Antonio to one conspiracy count and a count of transporting the immigrants resulting in death. He

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At first there was no hint of distress in the 911 calls, no sense of panic. But newly released emergency calls from a sweltering South Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning to Hurricane Irma showed staffers becoming increasing agitated by an unfolding disaster that would ultimately claim 14 elderly

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A North Carolina high school football player is in a medically induced coma after suffering a head injury during a game. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports officials say Orange High School 14-year-old football player Thys Oldenburg was hurt when he was tackled during a junior varsity game last Thursday. Although the teen

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Through OTAs, minicamp and training camp, Dan Quinn did his best to deflect questions about the big collapse. This week, there’s no avoiding the painful memories for the coach and his Falcons. Atlanta will visit the Patriots on Sunday in a game that brings up old questions about the biggest meltdown

MERIDEN, Conn. — A woman accused of suffocating her 8-year-old son before using tiki torch oil to set her Connecticut home on fire last year has had her bond set at $1 million in a North Carolina court. Karin Ziolkowski was arrested Friday in North Carolina, where she’s now living. She appeared before a judge

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders have agreed with linebacker NaVorro Bowman on a one-year, $3 million contract. A person familiar with the deal says Bowman agreed to it after visiting with the Raiders on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the signing had not been announced. Bowman was released on his