Новости за 20.09.2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with your child’s meal at a California restaurant, you’ll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the first state to bar full-service restaurants from automatically giving out single-use plastic straws.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres vice president of scouting Don Welke has died. He was 75. The team says he died Wednesday night in San Diego surrounded by family. No cause was given. Welke worked in baseball for more than 50 years. He joined the Padres in 2014, following general manager A.J. Preller from

PORTLAND, Maine — This was a sub worth diving into. Eleven sandwich shops in Maine combined forces to create a 160-foot-long (49-meter-long) Italian sandwich. The ginormous sandwich disappeared as quickly as it was created Thursday, devoured by hungry passersby in Portland’s Monument Square. Organizer Jim Britt said details will be sent to Guinness World Records,

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Upon further review, a New Jersey man will get his full $82,000 payout on a disputed $110 sports bet. And several other gamblers who made similar bets at wildly inflated odds will also be paid in full, FanDuel said Thursday. The online sports betting company said it will pay Anthony Prince

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Under Armour Inc., up $1.24 to $20 The athletic gear maker raised its profit forecast and said it will cut 400 jobs. Thor Industries Inc., down $13.69 to $91.95 The RV maker’s quarterly profit fell short of analysts’ estimates. Vonage Holdings Corp., up 27

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a shooting near a Los Angeles school (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Los Angeles police say a shooting near a charter high school wounded a male student and a female school employee. Sgt. Barry Montgomery said he doesn’t know yet if the victims were targeted in the shooting Thursday

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a shooting near a Los Angeles school (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Police have arrested one man and are searching for a second male suspect in a shooting that wounded two people across the street from a Los Angeles charter school. Officer Ray Brown says CHAMPS Charter High remains

WASHINGTON — The White House is warning foreign adversaries that the U.S. is preparing to step up its offensive cyber capabilities as part of a new government-wide strategy. President Donald Trump on Tuesday is signing a National Cyber Strategy that furthers his lifting of Obama-era constraints on offensive actions. National Security Adviser John Bolton says,

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Latest on calls for changes at Colorado State University after two Native American teens were pulled from a tour last spring (all times local): 2 p.m. The mother of two Native American teens pulled from a Colorado State University tour last spring says she’s disappointed the school hasn’t taken more steps

WASHINGTON — Defending court approval of its huge merger with Time Warner, AT&T is arguing the Trump Justice Department failed to show that the merger will raise wholesale prices for pay-TV programming and for consumers. AT&T’s $81 billion takeover of Time Warner, completed this spring soon after a federal judge approved it, is under challenge

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl underwent reconstructive surgery on his right elbow and will miss the entire 2019 season. The team says Kuhl had the surgery Wednesday in New York. Kuhl went 5-5 with a 4.55 ERA in 16 starts for Pittsburgh this season. The Pirates initially placed him on the disabled

MASONTOWN, Pa. — The Latest on the shooting at a Pennsylvania court building (all times local): 3:55 p.m. The wife of a gunman who opened fire at a Pennsylvania municipal building says she is OK and that police had taken her phone as evidence. Thirty-nine-year-old Crystal Dowdell made the post on her Facebook page late

TORONTO — Quincy Jones holds out his hands. Like Jones, an easy raconteur, they tell stories. There’s a small scar from when he, as a youngster in 1930s Chicago, accidently wandered into a gang’s territory. “They nailed my hand to a fence with a switchblade, man,” he says. Jones points to a ring on his

The IRS will soon update the W-4 form used by employees at their workplace to better reflect the recent changes to federal tax law. The U.S. Treasury said Thursday that the IRS will update the form in the coming weeks for use for the 2019 tax year. That version is expected to be fairly similar

NEW YORK — Wells Fargo is planning to cut up to 10 percent of its workforce over the next three years, which will result in tens of thousands of job losses for employees of the nation’s third-largest bank. Wells Fargo Chief Executive Tim Sloan made the announcement to employees on Thursday. The bank currently employs

LOS ANGELES — Police say two people were shot near a Los Angeles charter school in a business district. Officer Rosario Herrera says police responded to a call Thursday in the Van Nuys area. TV news footage showed two people sitting up on gurneys being wheeled into ambulances. Officer Ray Brown says there were two

BISMARCK, N.D. — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline says environmental group Greenpeace should be held legally accountable for violating federal racketeering laws. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners sued Greenpeace and two other groups for up to $1 billion last year. The company alleges the groups worked to undermine the $3.8 billion pipeline that’s

Chelsea maintained its perfect start to the campaign when Brazil forward Willian scored in a 1-0 Europa League victory at PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday. Sitting atop the Premier League with five wins from five games, the London club rested Eden Hazard for its opening game in Europe this season after the Belgium playmaker claimed a

NEW YORK — Kristaps Porzingis is back with his teammates, though the New York Knicks don’t know when he’ll be back on the court. Joakim Noah won’t be back, though the terms of his departure still are being negotiated. So while there are questions, the Knicks also feel they have certainty with the way they

ISTANBUL — The United States has called for the immediate release of a NASA scientist who was arrested in southern Turkey for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Islamic cleric the Turkish government blames for a failed 2016 coup attempt. The U.S. State Department said in a written statement Thursday that it will continue

TENERIFE, Spain — It’s been a whirlwind week for Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird and Jewell Loyd. The trio won a WNBA championship with the Seattle Storm and then dashed off to play for USA Basketball in the FIBA Women’s World Cup. “It’s been busy, now we are turning the page,” said Stewart, the WNBA MVP

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. is sick of losing and frustrated with seemingly being asked to take tests every other week by the NFL for performance-enhancers. Beckham tweeted about the tests Thursday before the Giants (0-2) practiced for Sunday’s game in Houston against the Texans (0-2). “It’s actually funny how I ‘randomly’ get

KAMPALA, Uganda — The Latest on capsized ferry in Tanzania (all times local): 10:25 p.m. A regional official in Tanzania says 44 people are confirmed dead after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria.  John Mongella, the commissioner of Mwanza, says 37 people have been rescued after Thursday’s capsizing.  He cannot say how many people were

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Nathan Elliott hasn’t had the accurate start North Carolina needs from its starting quarterback. The junior has been frequently off target, prone to mistakes and unable to get the Tar Heels’ offense consistently moving through the first two games. It’s a big reason why UNC sits at 0-2 for the second

BOULDER, Colo. — Nate Landman is wrangling honors just like he is ball carriers. The Colorado Buffaloes’ star inside linebacker was named the Pac-12’s defensive player of the week after he collected 16 tackles and an interception in a 45-13 rout of Colorado State in his first career start last month. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound sophomore