Новости за 29.01.2018

A Pennsylvania stockbroker who was kicked out of the securities industry for fleecing customers has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages. Wall Street’s regulator ruled last week that Anthony Diaz must pay damages to 19 former clients. Diaz earned millions of dollars by pushing high-fee, high-risk “alternative investments.” His smooth-talking tactics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes isn’t satisfied. While he is pleased the Volunteers have risen to their highest ranking since December 2010, Barnes sees plenty of room for improvement. Barnes wants to ensure his 18th-ranked Vols avoid another of those February fades that tainted the first two years of his Tennessee tenure. Barnes

PLANT CITY, Fla. — A Florida teen who doctors say is dying from a rare form of cancer has been granted one of his final wishes: he married his high school sweetheart. The Tampa Bay Times reports 19-year-old Dustin Snyder wed 21-year-old Sierra Siverio on Sunday at a venue in Plant City, near Tampa. Doctors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals have signed Alcides Escobar to a $2.5 million contract for next season, keeping their longtime shortstop on the roster after reaching free agency this offseason. The sides agreed to the framework of a deal last week, but it wasn’t announced until Monday. Escobar, who has spent the past seven

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president says there was no institutionalized participation by Poland or its people in the Holocaust, but acknowledges that individual Poles took “wicked” actions against Jewish neighbors. President Andrzej Duda said Monday that he would never allow Poland and Poles in general to be “vilified” though “false accusations.” Duda seemed to be

PARIS — The husband of a woman who was found burned and strangled near her usual jogging route in eastern France has confessed to killing her accidentally, a defense lawyer says. Attorney Randall Schwerdorffer told reporters Tuesday that 34-year-old Jonathann Daval “caused the death” of 29-year-old Alexia Daval in October. Schwerdorffer says his client told

PARIS — The husband of a slain jogger has been detained by French police three months after the killing in eastern France prompted marches and a wave of emotion across the country. Randall Schwerdorffer, a lawyer for Jonathann Daval, said Monday that his 34-year-old client denied any involvement in the killing of his 29-year-old wife,

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Maine’s collegiate Nordic ski championship had to take a detour around a bear den. Officials say the den with a hibernating mother bear and two cubs was discovered Saturday near the race course during the event in Presque Isle, Maine. Colby head coach Tracey Cote said the race had to be

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Social media postings show at least five women in Iran protesting the obligatory Muslim headscarf by taking theirs off and waving them on sticks. The videos and photos show individual women in separate locations in Tehran and Isfahan. Masoud Sarabi, who witnessed one of the protests, on Monday confirmed the

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — An 18-year-old southern Indiana man has been returned to jail after 22 additional child molesting counts were filed against him alleging he assaulted 17 young children while working at a YMCA and as an elementary school teaching assistant. Michael Begin Jr. was incarcerated Monday after a judge increased the Jeffersonville man’s bond

Used to be that Roger Federer simply could not win a match, let alone a championship, at major tournaments. That might be hard to imagine now that Federer owns 20 Grand Slam trophies. But you can look it up: He lost in the first round on three of his first four trips to Wimbledon, and

BOONE, N.C. — A white men’s college tennis player has been suspended after a black opponent tweeted that his on-court rival told him “at least I know my dad” during their weekend match. Appalachian State University in North Carolina issued a statement Monday saying Spencer Brown, who’s white, was suspended indefinitely after Sunday’s match with

NEW YORK — Snoop Dogg will be celebrating Super Bowl week with two of his favorite things: worship and women, headlining BET’s annual pre-Super Bowl gospel concert and the Playboy party. The busy week also features performances by Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Cardi B and the Chainsmokers. Super Bowl 52 will take place Sunday at the

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City says Leroy Sane sustained ankle ligament damage during its FA Cup win over Cardiff, leaving the English Premier League leader short of attacking options in a crucial part of the season. City gave the injury prognosis on Monday, without saying how long the club expected to be without the Germany

LONDON — Manchester City was drawn against Wigan in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday, for a repeat of the 2013 final won surprisingly by the current third-tier leader. The four biggest teams left in the draw — Man City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham — were kept apart in the last 16.

NEW YORK — Just under 20 million people watched Bruno Mars’ big night at the Grammy Awards, a steep decline from the 26.1 million viewers who tuned in to music’s biggest night a year earlier. The Nielsen company said the 19.8 million estimated viewers represented a 24 percent decline from 2017, and the awards show’s

MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest on police responding to a “public safety situation” at a University of Minnesota hotel (all times local): 1 p.m. Police say a man holed up in a Minneapolis hotel room on the University of Minnesota campus has two people with him. The school issued an alert Monday morning about a “public

“Killer Choice” (Berkley), by Tom Hunt Gary’s pregnant wife, Beth, has a brain tumor. It’s going to take $200,000 they don’t have to save her. Fittingly, that’s how much a drug dealer across town is willing to pay Gary for committing murder. Author Tom Hunt immediately thrusts readers into the conflict in “Killer Choice.” We

DEMOTTE, Ind. — An obituary written by a northwest Indiana woman has received thousands of shares on social media for its unique style. Jean Lahm honored her father’s memory with a bit of humor, because she says her father, Terry Ward, “lived to make other people laugh.” Lahm says she began writing the obituary Tuesday

All the top 2018 football prospects at St. Peter’s Prep in New Jersey took advantage of the new NCAA signing period and wrapped up their recruitments in December. Still, St. Peter’s coach Rich Hansen has been kept busy lately by college recruiters. “Duke just left. Syracuse was in this morning. Northwestern’s in tomorrow. Virginia,” Hansen

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wants Michigan State University to turn over all emails and text messages related to disgraced campus sports doctor Larry Nassar that were sent to or by 20 current and former school officials. In a letter to the university released Monday, Schuette asked for the communications of administrators

MOSCOW — Two men have been able to register their marriage in Russia, a first for the country that the Interior Ministry attributes to a bureaucratic error. Russia doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage and has a law banning the dissemination of gay “propaganda” to minors, so Pavel Stotzko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky’s claim that their marriage was

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Jamie Greubel Poser drives a bobsled for the United States. Her husband competes for Germany. And her sister hails from South Korea. That all intersects at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Greubel Poser is looking to add to her medal collection after winning a bronze at the Sochi Games four years ago. Her

UXBRIDGE, Mass. — A Massachusetts couple have finally gotten the church wedding they always wanted — 70 years after first tying the knot. The Telegram & Gazette reports 90-year-old Edward Gouin and 89-year-old Lena Gouin renewed their vows Saturday at the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Uxbridge thanks to some careful planning

ROME — Already in serious crisis following the Azzurri’s failure to qualify for the World Cup, the Italian football federation is facing emergency measures after three failed votes to elect a new president. The election assembly was dismantled on Monday when amateur leagues president Cosimo Sibilia ordered his supporters to leave their ballots empty. In