Новости за 08.04.2018

NEW YORK — A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president’s namesake skyscraper. New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the cause of Saturday’s blaze is not yet known but the apartment was “virtually

SAO PAULO — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been arrested and will become the first current or former president in Brazil’s modern history to be incarcerated. However, he is not the first to be accused of criminal activity. Other leaders in Latin America’s largest nation have been accused of wrongdoing but managed to avoid

A look at what’s happening all around baseball Sunday: IT’S HIS SHO Shohei Ohtani makes his second start on the mound for the Los Angeles Angels, at home against Oakland. The two-way newcomer from Japan beat the Athletics last weekend in his pitching debut, holding them to three hits in six innings. The 23-year-old Ohtani

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Nemanja Nikolic scored after pouncing on a defensive miscue in the 27th minute to help the Chicago Fire beat the Columbus Crew 1-0 on Saturday night. Nikolic intercepted goalkeeper Zack Steffen’s pass at the top of the penalty arc and slipped it back around Steffen for the goal. It was Nikolic’s fourth

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Karson Kuhlman had a goal and an assist, and Minnesota Duluth beat Notre Dame 2-1 Saturday night to win the school’s second NCAA hockey championship. Jared Thomas also scored and Hunter Shepard stopped 19 shots for the Bulldogs (25-16-3). UMD also won the 2011 title at the Xcel Energy Center. Andrew

PITTSBURGH — Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-4 victory on Saturday night. Pittsburgh opened the season with six wins in seven games and then jumped out to a 4-0 lead against Cincinnati in the second. But the Reds

CHICAGO — Quincy Acy helped the Brooklyn Nets set a franchise record with 24 3-pointers in a 124-96 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. The Nets finished one 3-pointer shy of the NBA record set last season by Cleveland. Acy had career highs with six 3-pointers and 21 points, and Allen Crabbe added

FRISCO, Texas — Cristian Colman’s header tied it in the 89th minute and FC Dallas salvaged a 1-1 draw against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday. FC Dallas goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer made a diving save of Johan Blomberg’s shot in the 74th minute to keep the deficit at one, and Dallas (1-0-3) pressed forward in the

TORONTO — Frederik Andersen made 31 saves to set a franchise mark with his 38th win of the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs closed out their schedule with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Auston Matthews scored his 34th goal to match his jersey number and added an assist for

AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Latest on the IndyCar race Saturday night at ISM Raceway (all times local): 7:02 p.m. Will Power took the IndyCar lead at ISM Raceway when Sebastien Bourdais slid into a crew member in the pits and had a slow first stop. Power jumped from fourth to first during the stops to

Skip the concession stands. There were plenty of chilly dogs in the seats at Globe Life Park in Texas. All over the big leagues, players and fans and even pooches bundled up Saturday at icy stadiums. At least there wasn’t any snow — a wintry mix has blanketed the majors early this season, part of

NEW YORK — Eric Bledsoe had 22 points and 10 assists, and the Milwaukee Bucks moved into a tie for sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a 115-102 victory over the New York Knicks on Saturday night. Khris Middleton also scored 22 points for the Bucks, who joined Miami with a 43-37 record. The

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Sebastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud took the green flag on an all-French front row Saturday night at ISM Raceway. Bourdais is coming off a victory in the IndyCar opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, about nine months after the Dale Coyne Racing driver fractured his pelvis and right hip in a

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored twice to make it an NHL-leading 49 goals as the Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 Saturday night in each team’s regular-season finale. Serenaded by chants of “We want 50,” Ovechkin wrapped up his seventh Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the league’s top goal-scorer and came one short

INDIANAPOLIS — Basketball Hall of Famers George Gervin and George McGinnis see a lot of their old league in today’s NBA. Their former teammates notice it, too. Five decades ago, they were the guys running the floor, embracing the 3-pointers and welcoming underclassmen. They understood the entertainment value of high-scoring games, dunk contests and halftime

CHESTER, Pa. — Alejandro Bedoya tied it for Philadelphia in the 64th minute and the Union held on for a 1-1 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday. Bedoya found an open lane at the far post and got his head on the end of Fabrice-Jean Picault’s cross for the game-tying goal. It was

EAST LANSING, Mich. — LJ Scott is back. Beyond that, Michigan State’s running game has plenty of questions. Scott’s return for his senior season gave the Spartans some good news after they finished 2017 with a victory in the Holiday Bowl, but now he stands out even more in a backfield with little proven depth.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy was laughing and bouncing and swaggering all the way around Augusta National. After his final stroke on a soggy Saturday, he delivered an emphatic pump of the fist. No wonder he’s so excited. This is McIlroy’s best chance yet to join one of golf’s most exclusive clubs . Taking advantage

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jack Sock and Ryan Harrison put the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 2012 by beating Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3), 6-4 Saturday to finish off an American sweep. The United States now will play either Croatia or Kazakhstan in the

AUBURN, Ala. — Jarrett Stidham threw a few passes in 7-on-7 drills before Auburn’s spring game and then headed to the sideline as a spectator and “encourager”. Stidham’s role Saturday pretty much summed up his spring. The Tigers’ starting quarterback opened it with his left arm in a sling after surgery to repair a partially

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Adam Hadwin is one of those rare Canadians who never played hockey. Like all Canadians, he was rocked by a tragic bus crash that claimed 15 lives in his home country. Hadwin, a native of Saskatchewan who now lives near Vancouver, shot an even-par 72 Saturday in the third round of the

MILWAUKEE — Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking two-run single during Chicago’s four-run ninth, helping the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Saturday. Happ struck out three more times, running his team-high total to a whopping 17 in seven games, but he came up with a clutch hit in his final at-bat. With one out

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have re-signed defensive lineman John Jenkins to a one-year contract. Jenkins made one start and played in eight games for the Bears last season. He has 121 tackles in five seasons with New Orleans (2013-15), Seattle (2016) and Chicago (2017). The Bears announced the move on Saturday. For

DETROIT — Chris Ilitch is the first to admit that it hasn’t been business as usual for the Detroit Red Wings the past couple of seasons, but he’s confident the man to bring them back to the glory days is the man they currently have in charge. The Red Wings’ governor announced Saturday the club

CLEVELAND — Lucas Duda homered off Trevor Bauer for the game’s only run and Ian Kennedy pitched six shutout innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday in frigid, football-like weather conditions. Duda’s shot in the seventh off Bauer (0-1) was one of only three hits by