Новости за 03.04.2018

TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury hurt a hip in his comeback from an oblique injury, a setback that means Aaron Hicks is likely to return from the disabled list first. New York manager Aaron Boone disclosed Ellsbury’s latest malady on Tuesday. The 34-year-old outfielder did not play in any exhibition games from March

MIAMI — Matthew Morrison, Rachel Bloom, Deborah Cox and Wayne Brady will lead several Broadway and TV stars at a benefit later this month to aid victims of the Florida high school shooting that killed 17. The show called “From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Parkland, USA” is set for April 16 at

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt (all times local): 1:20 p.m. President Donald Trump is offering support for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, but declining to publicly reiterate his private praise for the embattled Cabinet member. Pruitt is at the center of swirling ethics questions over

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s former governor is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn a decision blocking a 780-mile power line that would carry wind energy across the Midwest. Former Gov. Jay Nixon led arguments Tuesday before the high court on behalf Clean Line Energy Partners. The Houston-based company wants to build a $2.3

DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel has been suspended for the final five games of the season for a violation of the NBA’s anti-drug program. The NBA announced the suspension Tuesday, ending a lost season for a player trying to earn a long-term contract after failed negotiations last offseason resulted in him signing the

The 2018 Associated Press All-State teams for Minnesota high school boys basketball: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Tre Jones, Apple Valley FIRST TEAM Tre Jones, senior, Apple Valley Daniel Oturu, senior, Cretin-Derham Hall Jalen Suggs, sophomore, Minnehaha Academy Matthew Hurt, junior, Rochester John Marshall Calvin Wishart, senior, Delano SECOND TEAM Gabe Kalscheur, senior, DeLaSalle Owen King,

SAN FRANCISCO — The Seattle Mariners have placed designated hitter Nelson Cruz on the 10-day disabled list after he suffered a sprained right ankle in the season-opening series against Cleveland. Seattle made the move Tuesday before beginning a two-game series in San Francisco where Cruz was unlikely to play. The move was retroactive to April

Recent winners of the Associated Press Player of the Year award for Minnesota high school boys basketball: 2018_Tre Jones, G, Apple Valley 2017_Tre Jones, G, Apple Valley 2016_Amir Coffey, G, Hopkins 2015_Sacar Anim, F, DeLaSalle 2014_Tyus Jones, G, Apple Valley and JP Macura, F, Lakeville North 2013_Tyus Jones, G, Apple Valley and Reid Travis, F,

MINNEAPOLIS — Just like his older brother, Tre Jones has closed his high school basketball career at Apple Valley as a repeat Associated Press Player of the Year award winner. Jones topped the AP’s Minnesota all-state team for the 2017-18 season, announced Tuesday. The senior point guard bound for Duke averaged 22.7 points, 8.2 rebounds

“Nightmare bacteria” with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times in the United States last year in a first-of-a-kind hunt to see how much of a threat these rare cases are becoming, health officials said Tuesday. That’s more than they had expected to find, and the true number is

UNITED NATIONS — Mostly Christian militia fighters attacked a U.N. peacekeeping base in the Central African Republic early Tuesday, and one peacekeeper was killed and 11 others were injured in a gunbattle that lasted several hours, the United Nations said. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the attack by the anti-Balaka militias took place at a

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson will miss at least six months on the ice after surgery to repair a torn ALC in his left knee. The Blues say the 31-year-old Gunnarsson was hurt during the first period of the Blues’ 4-1 win over Vancouver on March 23. In 63 games this

DES MOINES, Iowa — Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, will host the USA Track and Field outdoor championships in 2019. Catch Des Moines, the city’s chamber of commerce, announced on Tuesday that the city has added the event to next year’s calendar. Drake is hosting the national outdoor championships in June for the third

“Look Alive Out There: Essays” (MCD/FSG), by Sloane Crosley Established writer and best-selling author Sloane Crosley is back with a second book of essays. Ten years after the debut of “I Was Told There’d Be Cake,” Crosley delivers 16 new stories with her trademark sense of humor and wit. “Look Alive Out There” is a

“Digging In: a Novel” (Lake Union Publishing), by Loretta Nyhan For the majority of her life, Paige depended on one person. Her husband was her rock, her equal and the one she could always count on. Sadly, Paige’s husband dies in a car wreck, leaving a devastated widow trying to raise an adolescent son. Author

GOLD COAST, Australia — An Indian team doctor has been reprimanded for breaching the “No Needle” policy at the Commonwealth Games, ending an investigation that began when syringes were found in the athletes village. The Commonwealth Games Federation’s court on Tuesday ruled that a “strong written reprimand” was adequate for Dr. Amol Patil, who admitted

INDIANAPOLIS — The Latest on heavy rainfall that has spurred flooding in central Indiana (all times local): 5:22 p.m. Flood waters have washed away a portion of an eastern Indiana road. The Richmond Palladium-Item water flowing under East Kitchel Road northeast of the town of Liberty, Indiana, undermined it and washed away a section of

INDIANAPOLIS — The Latest on heavy rainfall that has spurred flooding in central Indiana (all times local): 12:25 p.m. Heavy rainfall that’s spawned flooding across central Indiana has set new April rainfall records in the city of Indianapolis. The National Weather Service says Tuesday’s deluge initially broke a rainfall record for the date when thunderstorms

SAN ANTONIO — A year ago at this time, Villanova faced the question of whether it could keep rolling after two seasons of key player losses from its 2016 national championship team. The Wildcats offered an emphatic answer with Monday night’s win against Michigan, the finale for a dominating run through the NCAA Tournament that

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Latest on the Masters (all times local): 1:45 p.m. Tiger Wood calls his comeback “a miracle.” Woods is playing the Masters for the first time since 2015, after going through spinal fusion surgery to relieve chronic back pain. The four-time Augusta champion says he doesn’t “know anybody who had lower back

MOSCOW — China’s new defense minister says his visit to Russia is a signal to the United States about the increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing. The unusually bold statement Tuesday by Gen. Wei Fenghe reflected the growing military cooperation between the two former Communist rivals. Speaking in Moscow at the start of

RALEIGH, N.C. — A search warrant says a North Carolina mother confessed to letting her 1-year-old child smoke pot in a social media video that went viral. The warrant released Monday allows police to take pictures of the Raleigh apartment where investigators say 20-year-old Brianna Ashanti Lofton helped her daughter inhale marijuana. A version of

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Justin Thomas no longer gets questions about when he’s going to capture his first major title. He took care of that last year at the PGA Championship, which made his news conference Tuesday at Augusta National a lot more pleasant. “Not getting questions on a day like today: When do you feel

HONOLULU — A Hawaii Senate committee on Tuesday voted for a bill that would force landowners into mediation before they are allowed to file lawsuits to acquire small parcels awarded to Hawaiian commoners during mid-19th century land reforms. The bill was introduced after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in late 2016 filed lawsuits to identify owners

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on Spotify’s Wall Street debut (all times local): 11:15 a.m. Spotify is hovering around $29 billion in market value on its first day of trading as the streaming music service hopes to gain ground in a growing industry. The company’s key competitor, Pandora, is worth about $1.2 billion, based on