Новости за 06.12.2018

MOSCOW — Russia’s defense minister says the country’s aircraft and navy ships will make visits to Venezuela. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the statement during Thursday’s talks in Moscow with his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Padrino Lopez. Shoigu said Russia’s military aircraft would continue to make stopovers in Venezuela and its ships would calls at its

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Fired coach Mike McCarthy was welcomed back to bid farewell to the Packers players on Wednesday. “Mike came by the office, I think Tuesday we all saw him as a staff, which was great,” interim coach Joe Philbin said before Thursday’s practice. “Then we talked, and he wanted an opportunity to

DENVER — Frontier Airlines pilots will be voting on whether to accept a new contract proposal over the holidays. Union leaders on Wednesday unanimously backed sending the deal to a vote after over two years of contract negotiations with the Denver-based discount carrier. Union spokesman Capt. Alan Christie says voting will begin Dec. 20 and

UNITED NATIONS — A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the U.N. General Assembly. Before Thursday’s vote, the 193-member world body had narrowly voted to require a two-thirds majority which Arab nations pressed for

UNITED NATIONS — A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would condemn the militant Islamic group Hamas has sparked a Palestinian-backed amendment which condemns Israeli settlement building and strongly backs a two-state solution to their conflict. A rival resolution sponsored by Ireland is entitled a “Comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle

PHILADELPHIA — The poorest big city in the United States has passed legislation that will ensure fast-food, retail and hospitality workers will know when they’ll work and how much they’ll work. Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym introduced and championed the measure approved Thursday. She says it will affect about 130,000 hourly workers in retail, food service

SAN DIEGO — The Royal Malta Yacht Club has been accepted as the fourth challenger for the 36th America’s Cup in 2021, making the Mediterranean archipelago the smallest country to compete for the oldest trophy in international sports. Malta Altus Challenge was accepted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. It joins Challenger of Record

ATLANTA — Tata Martino’s love affair with Atlanta’s soccer fans didn’t have to last long to have meaning. On Thursday, Atlanta United’s coach expressed his appreciation for the fans’ record-breaking support as his team prepared for Saturday’s MLS Cup final against the Portland Timbers. “First I just want to say thank you to Atlanta for

LOS ANGELES — To say Andy Serkis has been through the ringer with his adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” is a bit of an understatement. It was always going to be an ambitious project for a first time director — dark, intense and more in the spirit of Kipling’s stories, with a big

HAMMOND, Ind. — The mother of a 4-month-old child has been charged with murder in the infant’s death. Hammond police say the child was brought to a hospital Tuesday with multiple injuries. The Post-Tribune reports that Lisa Marie Rodriguez of Hammond is in the Lake County jail after being charged with murder and other crimes.

CALGARY, Alberta — Olympic skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada been released from the hospital after breaking his leg during training at the season-opening World Cup men’s downhill at Lake Louise. The 34-year-old skier crashed Nov. 21 and underwent surgery in Calgary. He says in a statement that doctors are optimistic his top condition combined with

LOS ANGELES — Michael Avenatti has agreed to turn over to his estranged wife a corporate jet, Ferrari and other assets as part of their divorce settlement. Orange County Judge Carol Henson on Tuesday accepted the agreement stipulating that some of Avenatti’s assets be liquidated and sold for back child and spousal support. He also

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California judge has transferred assets including an airplane and a Ferrari from Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti as part of his divorce. In an order obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, Orange County Judge Carol Henson ordered some of Avenatti’s assets be liquidated and sold for back child and spousal

BERKELEY, Calif. — California coach Justin Wilcox has signed a new five-year deal to stay under contract with the school through the 2023 season. The deal signed Thursday adds two more years to the original contract signed in 2017. Wilcox also gets a raise and more money for his assistant coach pool. Wilcox went 7-5

HOUSTON — Lamar Miller was searching for ways to improve this offseason after what he calls a disappointing 2017. It was then that the Houston Texans running back decided to take the advice of two former Miami Hurricanes running backs with a combined 25 years of NFL experience. Edgerrin James, a four-time Pro Bowler who

NEW YORK — A former FIFA official from Guatemala has been sentenced in New York to time served in international soccer’s corruption scandal. Rafael Salguero was credited at his sentencing Thursday with cooperating in the sprawling U.S. case accusing several soccer officials of accepting more than $200 million dollars in bribes. The former head of

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb is aiming to preserve Indiana’s $1.8 billion state budget surplus over the next two years while not directing more money toward goals of increasing teacher pay or expanding the state-funded preschool program. The Republican governor announced Thursday his agenda priorities for the upcoming legislative session during which lawmakers will debate

INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb is aiming to preserve Indiana’s $1.8 billion state budget surplus while not directing more money toward goals of increasing teacher pay or expanding the state-funded preschool program. Holcomb announced Thursday his agenda priorities for the upcoming legislative session during which lawmakers will be debating a new two-year state spending

NEW YORK — A corporate executive has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for defrauding a New York state economic development program. Joseph Gerardi was sentenced Thursday in the case involving the Buffalo Billion project. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said the sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who wants to cheat

OKLAHOMA CITY — A winter storm packing freezing rain and snow is forecast to cut an icy path through the Southern Plains as a busy holiday shopping weekend unfolds. The National Weather Service says a storm system that caused heavy rain and flooding in southern California was forecast to produce freezing rain beginning Thursday in

Cassie Sharpe was name-dropped in a tweet by movie star Ryan Reynolds, saw a little girl dressed up as her for Halloween and even got her face on a pair of socks owned by the prime minister. These things can happen when you win Olympic gold. Sharpe won the halfpipe skiing competition in South Korea,

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are challenging how defense lawyers are being paid in the case against a self-improvement organization accused of branding female followers. Court papers say a trust funded by Seagram’s liquor fortune heiress Clare Bronfman is bankrolling the defense for her co-defendants in the sex-trafficking prosecution. They include the leader of the

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman of Bahrain will face at least one challenger for re-election, though not an expected opponent from Saudi Arabia. The United Arab Emirates soccer federation says Mohamed Khalfan Al Romaithi announced his presidential run for the April 6 vote by Thursday’s deadline. Al Romaithi

LOS ANGELES — California became the first state in the nation to require homes built in 2020 and later be solar powered, following a vote by the Building Standards Commission. The unanimous action on Wednesday finalizes a previous vote by the Energy Commission and fulfills a decade-old goal to make the state reliant on cleaner

ATHENS, Greece — Human rights and migrant welfare groups are urging Greece to scrap its part of a deal between the European Union and Turkey, designed to reduce unchecked migration to Europe from the east. In a statement Thursday, 20 groups sharply criticized the winter living conditions in Greece’s eastern Aegean island migrant camps, where