Новости за 14.02.2020

SUGAR LAND, Texas — Police are trying to determine why a former pastor from the Houston area fatally shot his wife and 11-year-old son, tried to strangle his daughter, then killed himself. Richard Logan, 53, killed 48-year-old Diana Logan and their son, Aaron, at their home in Sugar Land on Tuesday, police said. He then

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Count Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo among those not impressed or satisfied by the Houston Astros’ attempts to apologize for — and put behind them — their sign-stealing scandal. “They cheated. They were found guilty of it. And I haven’t heard it yet,” Rizzo said Friday after Washington’s second

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama lawmaker fed up with her colleagues’ attempts to outlaw abortion has filed legislation to require all men over 50 to get vasectomies. Democratic Rep. Rolanda Hollis said Friday that she introduced the bill to send “the message that men should not be legislating what women do with their bodies.” Alabama

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah authorities are investigating an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a possible hate crime. Two men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault, and charging documents show hate crime is under consideration. The NAACP expressed outrage about what allegedly happened and

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Timmy Hill needed to race into the Daytona 500 to keep his underfunded team off life support. Reed Sorenson might have spent his weekend working as a spotter instead of a driver had he had not qualified for the race. Both drivers are in the 40-car field, the latest little teams

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla — Joe Gibbs was trying to apologize. His driver won another checkered flag at Daytona — the same track where Gibbs’ eponymous race team is the defending Daytona 500 champion — and the 79-year-old wanted to make some things right. He was eight days removed from giving his NASCAR Hall of Fame

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Debbi Hixon was a bundle of nerves waiting to see the 10-day makeover that had transformed her home. She wasn’t concerned about the new kitchen counters or paint colors; the Parkland shooting widow was worried the fancy new decor would wipe away memories of her husband. Athletic director Chris Hixon was one

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and Chinese foreign ministers met Friday in the highest-level encounter between the two sides following the 2018 signing of a landmark accord on Catholic bishop nominations. The Vatican said Archbishop Paul Gallagher met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of a security meeting in Munich on Friday

MOSCOW — Russian pranksters claim they called U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pretending to be climate activist Greta Thunberg and offered Thunberg’s support to his campaign. Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who have fooled many high-profile victims around the world, posted a recording of the phone call on YouTube on Thursday. The call itself

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Stepping through the ropes and into the ring is where Caleb “Sweethands” Plant controls everything. From the pace of a bout to how quickly he finishes off an opponent. The ring is both sanctuary and escape for the Tennessee native who fought his way from growing up in a trailer in a

JACKSON, Miss. — The state of Mississippi gave more than $2.1 million in federal welfare money to a ministry run by former pro wrestler Ted DiBiase Sr., who was known in the ring as “The Million Dollar Man.” DiBiase is the father of a man recently indicted on charges of embezzling federal welfare money from

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman James Hurst has been suspended for the first four games of the 2020 season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancers. Hurst is eligible to participate in all preseason practices and games. He will be allowed to return to his team’s active roster on the Monday

WASHINGTON — A trophy-hunting group says it has launched an ethics investigation following the release of undercover video showing vendors at its recent convention promoting trips to shoot captive-bred lions in Africa. Safari Club International CEO W. Laird Hamberlin vowed swift action Friday to ensure exhibitors at the group’s annual convention “operate in full compliance

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — High wind delayed Northrop Grumman’s supply run to the International Space Station on Friday. The weather was OK at the launch pad on Wallops Island, Virginia, but upper-level winds exceeded safety limits. The company will try again Saturday at 3:21 p.m. — an easy-to-remember 3-2-1. It will be Northrop Grumman’s third

DURBAN. South Africa — England won the second Twenty20 against South Africa by two runs in another high-drama finish on Friday to level the series 1-1 and take it to a deciding final game. In a thrilling end to rival the first game, England secured its victory in Durban on the last ball when Tom

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles FC has signed veteran Major League Soccer striker Bradley Wright-Phillips. LAFC announced the move Friday. The defending Supporters’ Shield winners begin CONCACAF Champions League play next week. Wright-Phillips spent the past seven seasons with the New York Red Bulls, becoming the eighth-leading goal-scorer overall and the top European goal-scorer in

PARIS — Neymar is out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for the French league game at Amiens on Saturday as he continues his recovery from a rib injury ahead of a Champions League match. With PSG playing at German side Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday in the first leg of their last-16 game, the injury-prone Neymar has

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers announced Friday that fans seeking to attend the Feb. 24 memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, at Staples Center must register to purchase tickets and there will be no outside overflow areas. Tickets will be priced at $224 each, two for $224 and $24.02 each —

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The first four events leading into the Daytona 500 have produced four different winners. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. put his new team on the pole, while Erik Jones outlasted a crash-fest to win a qualifying race. Joey Logano and William Byron won the qualifying races. No clear favorite has emerged for “The

MILAN — Fiat Chrysler said Friday it is temporarily shutting down its plant in Serbia due to supplier issues linked to the new virus outbreak in China. Fiat Chrysler said it had rescheduled planned downtime at the Kragujevac plant in southern Serbia, where it builds the 500L passenger car, ‘’due to the availability of certain

MAGNOLIA, Miss. — Opening arguments are set for Saturday in the death penalty case of a Mississippi man accused of killing eight people. Jury selection took five days for the trial of Willie Cory Godbolt. Investigators said Godbolt went to his in-laws’ home in south Mississippi’s Lincoln County in May 2017 and argued with his

PEORIA, Ariz. — Seattle Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger is not likely to take the field anytime soon following his second surgery in less than a month. The Mariners said the 2018 All-Star had a lower back procedure Thursday that followed core surgery in January. Both are related to a ruptured testicle sustained in a game

LONDON — UEFA has banned Manchester City from the Champions League for two seasons for “serious breaches” of financial regulations. The English Premier League champion has also been fined 30 million euros ($33 million).

CHICAGO — United Airlines said Friday it is removing the grounded Boeing 737 Max from its schedule until early September, forcing it to cancel thousands more flights. United, Southwest and American are bracing for a second straight summer without their Max planes, which have been grounded since last March after two crashes killed 346 people.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a three-year deal with Missouri Western State University to host their training camp, keeping the Super Bowl champions as one of the last NFL teams to take their late-summer workouts on the road. Chiefs President Mark Donovan said Friday that the contract, which includes an