Новости за 18.04.2018

MOSCOW (AP) — The youth wing of Russia's dominant party says it will begin training groups of activists to mobilize quickly to conduct counterdemonstrations to opposition protests.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia held a private screening on Wednesday of the Hollywood blockbuster "Black Panther" to herald the launch of movie theaters in the kingdom, and tickets go on sale Thursday for public showings on Friday.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors at Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial on Wednesday heard his damaging testimony about giving a sedative to women before sex. Cosby, who was deposed in 2005 and 2006 as part of his chief accuser's civil…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — America's death row is graying, and that leaves courts increasingly likely to face questions of when it becomes unconstitutionality cruel to execute the elderly and infirm.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan caught Turkey off guard on Wednesday by calling early elections for June, in a move that could cement his grip on power a year ahead of schedule.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Joey Morgan hit a walk-off single in the eighth inning, as the West Michigan Whitecaps defeated the Bowling Green Hot Rods 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Cooper Hummel hit a three-run home run and scored three runs, as the Carolina Mudcats exploded for a season-high in runs in a 9-7 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Wednesday.

David Hogg, one of the high school students from Parkland, Fla. who have been pushing a mass-media gun-control campaign since a former student shot dead 17 high school classmates and staffers and wounded dozens more, urged investors Wednesday morning to…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky forward Wenyen Gabriel will enter the NBA draft pool but not hire an agent, remaining eligible to return for his third season with the Wildcats.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on jury deliberations in the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent on trial in a fatal cross-border shooting. (all times local):

The city of Tomah had plenty of salt and sand at the end of winter.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- Aaron Leasher threw six scoreless innings, leading the Fort Wayne TinCaps over the Great Lakes Loons in a 7-2 win on Wednesday.

New York State's rising minimum wage is having a greater impact on factories than on retailers and other service firms, according to polls released Tuesday. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that more than six in 10 manufacturers…

A La Crosse felon who shot another man before leading police on a standoff last year on the city’s South Side was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Domingo Robles struck out nine hitters over six innings, leading the West Virginia Power over the Charleston RiverDogs in a 5-4 win on Wednesday.

So much for the utopian idea of eco-friendly, electric scooters helping solve the Bay Area's urban transportation woes. A week after impounding 66 rentable scooters that were blocking sidewalks and doorways, the San Francisco city attorney this week declared them…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Emmanuel Tapia hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, leading the Lynchburg Hillcats to a 4-1 win over the Frederick Keys on Wednesday. The Hillcats swept the three-game series with the win.

SALEM, Va. (AP) -- Jake Noll hit a run-scoring single in the first inning, leading the Potomac Nationals to a 9-5 win over the Salem Red Sox on Wednesday.

Edge rushers like North Carolina State’s Bradley Chubb and Texas-San Antonio’s Marcus Davenport generate more excitement in the draft process because of their double-digit sack potential. But the big boys on the D-line are just as important – and som…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's finance committee is giving the Department of Corrections more money to cover prisoner health care.

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Construction crews are beginning demolition work at the former General Motors plant in southern Wisconsin.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Major League Baseball is planning to play the finale of the Minnesota-Cleveland series in Puerto Rico as scheduled Wednesday night, despite an island-wide blackout.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — People in the trucking and busing industries are meeting in St. Paul to learn how to spot and respond to suspected human trafficking.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Mason McCoy hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning, leading the Delmarva Shorebirds to an 8-4 win over the Hagerstown Suns on Wednesday. The Shorebirds swept the three-game series with the win.