Новости за 13.07.2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The federal judge overseeing the NHL concussion case has denied class-action status for the former players suing the league over head injuries. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson issued her 46-page order on Friday, the first significant victory for the league in a landmark lawsuit that was filed almost five years

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — Two people have suffered minor injuries after part of a ceiling collapsed in a southern Indiana restaurant. The collapse occurred Friday afternoon at a McAlister’s Deli in Clarksville, which is located across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Clarksville Fire Chief Brandon Skaggs says one of the people injured was transported to

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Latest on the arrest of porn star Stormy Daniels at a strip club in Ohio (all times local): 3 p.m. The head of the union representing police officers in Ohio’s capital city is strongly denying politics played any part in the arrest of a porn actress. Stormy Daniels was arrested after

GULLANE, Scotland — Robert Rock was already heading to Carnoustie next week to work at the British Open in a coaching capacity. He might now have to take his clubs. Rock, ranked No. 244, set the record for the lowest 36-hole total since the Scottish Open was launched by the European Tour in 1972, adding

INDIANAPOLIS — Duke athletic director Kevin White will serve as the chairman of the NCAA Tournament selection committee in 2020. The NCAA announced White’s role Friday. White will serve as vice chairman this season for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee headed by Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir, then take over for the 2019-20

MOSCOW — The Kremlin firmly denied meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election Friday just hours before a dozen Russian military intelligence officers were indicted for alleged election-related hacking, a development that could cloud the upcoming U.S.-Russian summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser reaffirmed Moscow’s insistence that it did not try to influence

WINDSOR, England — And then, after all the diplomatic tumult, it was time to sip tea with the queen. President Donald Trump took a break from his sparring with U.S. allies and the press on Friday to enjoy one of diplomacy’s oldest traditions. The president and first lady Melania Trump were delivered by chauffeured Range

CHARTRES, France — Macaroons will be an appropriate treat to try in the birthplace of French president Emmanuel Macron when the Tour de France arrives in Amiens at the end of Stage 8 on Saturday. Made of sugar, honey, almonds and egg whites, macaroons have been a specialty of the northern city since the 16th

ELLESBOROUGH, England — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Europe (all times local): 7:50 p.m. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold their summit Monday at the presidential palace in Helsinki. The Finnish government says the two leaders will be greeted by President Sauli Niinistö (SAW-lee KNEE-nes-tuh) at approximately 1

Cowboy Junkies, “All That Reckoning” (Latent Recordings) Cowboy Junkies return from a yearslong recording sojourn with “All That Reckoning,” one of the best albums of their extended career. Occasionally ramping up the quiet, haunting sounds of “The Trinity Sessions,” their 1988 classic, with doses of tougher arrangements and topical themes, the three Timmins siblings and

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts: NOT REAL: Mexico Reduces Legal Age Of Sexual Consent To 12 THE FACTS: Mexico

Colombian tennis player Robert Farah has been banned for three months and fined $5,000 for facilitating betting by promoting a gambling website on social media. The Tennis Integrity Unit said in a news release on Friday that Farah posted a tweet in February which contravened a regulation stating no one “shall, directly or indirectly, solicit

CHARTRES, France — Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen beat favorites Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan in a sprint to win the longest stage of the Tour de France on Friday. Four-time champion Chris Froome and the other favorites finished in the main pack on Stage 7, which — unlike earlier sprinting legs — was without serious

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge hearing a case about alleged voter suppression has ordered county officials in central Indiana to open several locations for voters to cast early ballots for November’s general election. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that Judge Sarah Evans Barker’s ruling this week comes after she issued an injunction three months ago

ATLANTA — U.S. military officials say a South Carolina soldier assigned to a Georgia Army base has been killed during combat in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense on Friday identified him as 32-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Andrew Celiz of Summerville, South Carolina. Officials said Celiz died Thursday of wounds from enemy small arms fire.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas police said Friday a death row inmate whose execution was halted last year was taken to the hospital after prison officials told investigators he had attempted suicide. An Arkansas State Police spokesman said investigators responded Thursday afternoon to a report of an attempted suicide by convicted murderer Don Davis. State

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is leading a new innovation hub that’ll focus on autonomous vehicles and issues surrounding the growing technology. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that the Innovation Hub for Connected and Autonomous Transportation Technologies will be part of the university’s Discovery Park. The 40-acre (16.2-hectare) complex is used by the school’s

BELGRADE, Serbia — In the Balkans, soccer is so political that it has created bitter divisions about Croatia’s surprising success at the World Cup. The team will face France in the tournament final in Moscow on Sunday, provoking mixed reactions and strong emotions in the region scarred by war. From Montenegro and Serbia in the

WYATT, Ind. — Larry Enders estimates that he’s already lost about $23,000 on the value of last year’s harvest since the tariff battle between the United States and several of its trading partners got underway several months ago. And Enders operates a relatively modest 700-acre farm just south of Wyatt in southeastern St. Joseph County.

INDIANAPOLIS — The first time Tim Elliott saw Winx, the pit bull was whimpering in the corner of a north-side post office, shot in the face. Now, several months — and surgeries — later, the dog has been officially adopted by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer and his wife. Elliott was flagged down along

PORTAGE, Ind. — As she stared at a caricature portrait on her wall, of her and her husband, Dawn Anderson began to cry. It wasn’t all that long ago she was able to go on a Caribbean cruise, where that picture was drawn. Now Anderson, who uses a wheelchair because she has two amputated legs,

PERU, Ind. — When Joan and Bob Johnson bought 28 acres of land along the Wabash River in 2011, the property was used to grow corn and soybeans. Today, the property is still used as farm ground, but the Johnson’s are growing way more than corn. These days, the land — used as a ditch

GARDEN CITY, Ind. — Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the “front row of the American dream.” The collapse of Kiel Bros. Oil Co. in 2004

INDIANAPOLIS — State officials say Indiana closed out the fiscal year that ended in June with about $1.8 billion in its reserves even though the state again collected less corporate income taxes than the previous fiscal year. State Auditor Tera Klutz praised Indiana’s fiscal condition during Thursday’s announcement, saying the state continues “to live within

SHEFFIELD, Iowa — Eugene Sukup (SOO’-kuhp), who founded a grain bin and dryer company in northern Iowa, has died at the age of 89. Retz Funeral Home in Sheffield says Sukup died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City. Services are scheduled Tuesday in Hampton. Sukup Manufacturing Co. says Sukup “will be remembered by