Новости за 02.04.2019

BISMARCK, N.D. — Some Republican North Dakota House members have abstained from an opening floor session prayer by a Hindu cleric. Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, offered prayer as the guest chaplain in the House on Tuesday. He delivered the prayer in the Senate on Monday without incident. Lutheran pastor and

BERLIN — A 24-hour transport strike in Berlin has proved a golden opportunity for the German capital’s graffiti scene. The publicly owned BVG transport company says about 140 subway cars were spray-painted during Monday’s strike — about 10 percent of its underground rolling stock — despite “all security measures.” In a statement Tuesday, the company

WATFORD, England — Three managers, 24 losses and around $130 million later, Fulham has been relegated from the Premier League. The London club’s return to the English top flight will last just one season after its demotion was confirmed with a 4-1 loss at Watford on Tuesday. With Huddersfield relegated this past weekend with a

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Longtime coach Lute Olson and the late Rick Majerus headline the 2019 class of six former players and three influential coaches selected Tuesday for the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Joining them during the induction ceremony this November are former Indiana star Calbert Cheaney, Duke’s Shane Battier, Purdue’s Terry Dischinger, Ernie

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge says he will closely monitor Pacific Gas & Electric’s tree-trimming this year and barred the utility from paying out dividends to shareholders as part of a new, court-ordered wildfire prevention plan. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the new plan Tuesday during a court hearing in San Francisco to

ALFRED, Maine — A Maine woman who drove onto a baseball field and killed a man with her car was not criminally responsible for her actions because of mental illness, a judge ruled Tuesday. The judge’s conclusion after testimony from two psychologists means Carol Sharrow, 52, of Sanford, will be committed to the Riverview Psychiatric

BALTIMORE — Baltimore already faced daunting challenges: soaring violent crime, a thriving drug economy and poverty so intense that some derelict neighborhoods look like they were hit by a plague. Now, Mayor Catherine Pugh is embroiled in a strange scandal, sucking attention away from those core issues while embarrassing Maryland’s biggest city on a national

NEW YORK — When there’s a blowout in the normally tight race for cable news supremacy between Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, it’s best to check the political headlines to learn why. Hannity crushed MSNBC’s Maddow last week, with the Fox News Channel personality averaging 3.78 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. Maddow had 2.46

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — William & Mary has named George Mason assistant coach Dane Fischer as its new men’s basketball coach. Athletic director Samantha Huge made the announcement Tuesday. Fischer has coached for 16 years, the last four as the top assistant to Dave Paulsen at George Mason. He has never been a head coach and

NEW YORK — With key federal funding nowhere in sight for a new $13 billion rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, project organizers said Tuesday they are taking a hard look at whether to shift focus to performing major electrical repairs to the 108-year-old tube. It’s an approach similar to the one taken

BOSTON — The Latest on hearings in Massachusetts on sexual misconduct allegations at Wynn Resorts (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Steve Wynn is again denying accusations of sexual misconduct after gambling regulators in Massachusetts released a report on how his former company responded to the allegations. The casino mogul wasn’t in attendance Tuesday when the

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned President Donald Trump to hold off action in Congress to replace the Affordable Care Act, telling him to instead take it on the road as a 2020 campaign issue. The two spoke Monday ahead of Trump’s evening tweets suggesting he had moved off his push for a

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Authorities in North Macedonia say a small private plane has crashed into a mountain in a central region of the country and all four Bulgarian nationals on board are feared dead. National Commission for Air Accidents head Zoran Ilievski told The Associated Press police helicopters have located the plane’s wreckage and

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Nearly two years after a deadly hurricane season, tourists are visiting Puerto Rico in record numbers as the U.S. territory continues to rebuild from Hurricane Maria. A record 1.7 million cruise ship passengers are expected to visit this fiscal year, new hotels have opened, additional flights have been added and

MILAN — Krzysztof Piatek scored again for AC Milan but his team had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Udinese in Serie A on Tuesday, denting its hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Piatek, who joined from Genoa in January, netted his 20th goal of the season shortly before halftime but Kevin Lasagna

VERO BEACH, Fla. — The former Dodgertown spring training camp will be named the Jackie Robinson Training Complex and be used for Major League Baseball’s amateur development initiatives. Then based in Brooklyn, the Dodgers started training in Vero Beach in 1948. The franchise moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 but kept spring training at

LAS VEGAS — STX Films has kicked off the 2019 CinemaCon convention with celebrity appearances from Chadwick Boseman, Kelly Clarkson, Diane Keaton and more Tuesday in Las Vegas. The studio and distributor told the audience of theater owners that its slate of upcoming films provides an antidote to the big-budget tent pole films that dominate

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian media are reporting that veteran film and theater actor Jamshid Mashayekhi has died at age 84. A Tuesday report by the semi-official ISNA news agency says Mashayekhi died in a hospital in Tehran after a lengthy illness. He had been occasionally hospitalized in recent years. Mashayekhi appeared in nearly 100 films

NEW YORK — The U.S. government has returned a painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II to the heirs of a renowned Jewish art collector. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced Tuesday that the 1639 work by Salomon Koninck was returned to two heirs of Jewish art collector Adolphe Schloss. The painting titled “A

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee says it’s investigating whistleblower complaints about the training and credentials of federal inspectors who evaluated a Boeing jet involved in two deadly crashes. Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker asked the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday for documents and other information. Wicker says multiple whistleblowers say “numerous” FAA inspectors who evaluated

AUSTIN, Texas — The Masters can’t get here soon enough. Not because Tiger Woods is only six months removed from a victory in Georgia (East Lake) as he tries to end 11 years without a major and 14 years since he last won a green jacket. Or because Rory McIlroy won The Players Championship, hasn’t

LINDEN, N.J. — Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra has pleaded guilty to illegally renting out rooms in a New Jersey house owned by his corporation. Dykstra admitted in municipal court Tuesday to violating city housing codes in Linden by running a rooming house without permission. NJ.com reports the former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies

FARMINGTON, Minn. — The parents of a 2-year-old Minnesota boy who needed an expensive power wheelchair turned to an unlikely source for help — a high school robotics team. Farmington High School’s robotics team created a functioning wheelchair for Cillian Jackson by retrofitting a Power Wheels riding toy. Cillian’s father, Tyler Jackson, tells KARE-TV his

WASHINGTON — Ernie Grunfeld has been fired as president of the Washington Wizards after 16 seasons in charge of the team. The Wizards announced his dismissal on Tuesday with four games left in a disappointing, no-playoffs season. Washington is 32-46 and in 11th place in the 15-team Eastern Conference. The club went 568-724 during Grunfeld’s

SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni lawyer says 36 defendants charged with espionage by the Houthi rebels are alleging they have been tortured. Abdel-Majeed Sabra, a Yemeni lawyer representing one of the detainees, made the claim to The Associated Press on Tuesday. He said his client appeared in court Tuesday but the hearing was adjourned until