Новости за 30.05.2018

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sioux Falls Stampede CEO and President Tom Garrity has been named president and commissioner of the United States Hockey League. Garrity had been serving as interim commissioner of the Chicago-based junior hockey league since November. Garrity since 2012 has led the Sioux Falls Stampede and Sioux Falls Sports LLC, which also

HOLLY HILLS, Fla. — Police have identified a masked man who was fatally shot by Florida pizza store worker he attacked with a wooden pole. Holly Hill Police Chief Steve Aldrich said Tuesday that 53-year-old Jesse L. Coggins of Greenville, North Carolina, had no local police record and it was unknown how long he had

Steve Clifford was there the last time the Orlando Magic were a playoff contender. He’s being asked to make them one again. Clifford was announced Wednesday as the new coach of the Magic, a team that’s missed the playoffs in each of the last six years. Clifford — who spent the last five seasons as

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky fire official says about a dozen people received medical attention after an explosion damaged a UPS freight hub in Lexington. Lexington fire department spokeswoman Jessica Bowman told news outlets that two people were taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries Wednesday morning and 10 more were taken to the

LOS ANGELES — Weezer has released a cover of Toto’s “Africa” after a teenage fan pressed the group for months on social media to record the song. The teen, known as @weezerafrica, jokingly started lobbying the 1990s band on Twitter in December. The campaign gained followers. Weezer released a cover of Toto’s “Rosanna” on May

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Akira Nishino made his debut as Japan coach on Wednesday in a 2-0 loss to Ghana. In steady rain at Nissan Stadium, Thomas Partey gave Ghana a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute with free kick from the top of the area. Emmanuel Boateng doubled the advantage from the penalty spot in

LAS VEGAS — After just one game, it’s already clear this Stanley Cup Final is on thin ice. Thin, patchy, slushy, rut-riddled ice. The Vegas Golden Knights have shocked the sporting world by playing for a championship in their inaugural season. But their incredible playoff run has taken them straight into summer in the Mojave

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses added 178,000 jobs in May, according to a survey, a solid total but below the average monthly gains accumulated over the winter. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that hiring was strong in construction, education and health care, and professional and business services, which includes accounting, engineering and legal services. Retailers cut

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida guard Jalen Hudson, the team’s leading scorer last season, will return to school for his senior year. Coach Mike White says the 22-year-old Hudson delivered the news Tuesday after talking with his family. Hudson declared for the NBA draft in late March, but didn’t hire an agent and left open the

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — Dick’s Sporting Goods’ fiscal first-quarter performance topped Wall Street’s view, bolstered partly by strong online sales. The sporting goods retailer also boosted its full-year earnings outlook. Shares surged more than 24 percent before the market open on Wednesday. For the period ended May 5, Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. earned $60.1 million, or

LONDON — Real Madrid teammates Marcelo and Casemiro have arrived at Tottenham’s training center to complete Brazil’s 23-men World Cup squad. The left back and midfielder missed the first week of training in Teresopolis, outside Rio de Janeiro, and the first two days of practice in London because they were helping Madrid win the Champions

LONDON — There will be no stairway to basement heaven just yet for British singer Robbie Williams. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, Williams’ next-door neighbor, has persuaded local authorities to postpone a decision on the pop star’s plan for an underground gym and swimming pool. Page and the former member of boy band Take That

“Good evening. The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game.” Those were the words of BBC commentator David Coleman as he introduced the British broadcaster’s coverage of a group match between host Chile and Italy at the 1962

MOSCOW — The brazen killing of exiled Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Tuesday evening has highlighted the dangers of working as a journalist in Russia. Dozens of Russian journalists have been killed or brutally beaten in recent years, in clear retribution for their work. In most cases, their attackers walked

MADRID — American political philosopher Michael J. Sandel has won Spain’s Princess of Asturias award for social sciences for his studies on democracy, justice and ethics. The prize organizers say Sandel has produced “exemplary works” on liberal democracy, becoming an influential figure around the world. The announcement Wednesday said Sandel has taken political philosophy beyond

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s police say they have arrested a Nigerian man who is wanted in the United States for alleged cyberfraud and extortion done over the internet totaling an estimated $7 million. The Police Central Bureau of Investigation said in a communique Wednesday that the 27-year-old Nigerian was tracked down in the southwestern city

BEIJING — The former head of China’s sprawling Anbang Insurance Group is appealing his sentence of 18 years in prison for fraud. A lawyer for Wu Xiaohui told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his client would seek to have the charges against him dismissed. Lawyer Chen Youxi said the charges were not supported by

GENEVA — Switzerland’s new foreign minister says the international community should decide whether the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians has become a “state within a state,” questioning whether the Swiss should continue to help funding it. In what critics call a break from vaunted Swiss neutrality, Ignazio Cassis doubled-down on his recent comments that UNRWA

JOHANNESBURG — Police in Mozambique say 10 people have been beheaded in the country’s north amid concerns that the machete-wielding attackers have links to Islamic extremism. The Portuguese news agency Lusa cites police as saying Sunday’s attack occurred near the rural community of Olumbi and that the suspects are being pursued. The dead include two

Subaru is well-known for offering cars that can handle themselves when the going gets rough, and its Outback lies squarely in that tradition. Essentially a wagon with extra ground clearance and a capable all-wheel-drive system, the Outback is a model alternative to an SUV. It’s been popular with American car shoppers since its debut in

ROME — The Latest on Italy’s political crisis (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Italy’s Premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli says “new possibilities” have emerged to form a government based on the outcome of March 4 elections. Efforts by two populist parties to create a coalition government failed over the weekend after President Sergio Mattarella vetoed the proposed

MANILA, Philippines — Officials say the Philippine government has quietly protested after Chinese ships deployed a helicopter that flew close to a Philippine navy boat carrying supplies to Filipino marines at a disputed shoal this month. Two Philippine officials said Wednesday that the navy personnel on board the rubber boat were unharmed in the May

PARIS — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Former French Open champion Novak Djokovic posted another straight-set win to reach the third round of the clay-court tournament. Facing Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar, the Serb delivered a solid display to prevail 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4 and move into the third round

PARIS — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Marco Trungelliti’s long, strange trip as a French Open “lucky loser” has come to an end with a second-round exit. Trungelliti is the 190th-ranked Argentine who headed home to Barcelona after losing in qualifying at Roland Garros, then drew headlines for making

PARIS — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 12:50 p.m. Top-ranked Simona Halep put aside a terrible start and came back to claim 12 of the last 14 games, beating 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the second round of the French Open. It was the