Новости за 11.08.2016

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s interior minister is presenting a package of measures meant to beef up security in the country following a recent string of attacks. Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged last month to do “everything humanly possible” to keep Germany safe. That came after several attacks rattled the country, including two carried out by asylum-seekers […]

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time Alex Rodriguez collects his last payment as a player from the Yankees next year, he will have received $317,368,852 from New York, according to a review of his contracts by The Associated Press. Luxury tax caused by his deal totaled another $132 million through this year, although the […]

LONDON (AP) — Ecuador says it’s ready to set a date for Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the South American country’s embassy in London for four years. Assange is wanted for questioning by Swedish police over sexual offenses stemming from his visit to the country in […]

A look at what’s happening all around the majors today: ___ ONE BIG, LOUD BOO Alex Rodriguez will make his penultimate start for the Yankees in a game at Fenway Park. The 41-year-old slugger started on the bench for New York’s first two games at Boston this week, and Red Sox fans started “We want […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic roommates Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte maintain a relaxed vibe at the athletes’ village. There’s an ongoing card game in their suite and they amuse themselves with endless Snapchat sessions. It’ll be all business on Thursday night. They’ll race against each other for the final time in the 200-meter […]

Postgame notes, quotes, boxscore and video of Scott Servais and Felix Hernandez discussing the Mariners' 3-1 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night at Safeco Field.

KERANIGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — Mohammad Jamal last saw his now-4-month-old daughter when she was 2 days old. He doesn’t know when he will see her next. For most of his adult life, the 33-year-old has worked menial and risky jobs far from his home and family. He is among millions of impoverished Bangladeshis forced to […]

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has gone off near a vehicle escorting a judge in the country’s southwest and 10 people were wounded. Sarfraz Bugti, the head of the interior ministry in southwestern Baluchistan province, says the judge was unharmed in Thursday’s explosion, which took place on a main road […]

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Fire officials say at least 20 to 25 people, including two firefighters, have been injured in a large fire at an apartment building in a Maryland suburb of Washington. According to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, first responders were dispatched to the scene in Silver Spring just before […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s first attempt to conduct a census online resumed Thursday almost two days after it shut down due to what an angry prime minister described as system failures that left it vulnerable to cyberattack. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull blamed failures of the Australian Bureau of Statics and systems provider IBM after […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Supporters of a voter initiative legalizing marijuana in Arizona say they’ve been told the measure has made the November ballot. Secretary of State’s office spokesman Matt Roberts say it appears the initiative has more than enough signatures but the determination isn’t yet official. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol said Wednesday […]

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who shot his wife and sister in what police said were mercy killings has been sentenced to 100 years to life in prison. Lance Anderson was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say the 63-year-old Anderson shot his 68-year-old wife at their Canyon Country […]

Here are five takeaways from Seahawks defensive coordinator Kris Richard's meeting with the media Wednesday.

Mariners' left-hander Charlie Furbush will undergo surgery to repair his partially torn rotator cuff next week. He will be out 12-18 months.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s Union Station was briefly evacuated after a fire alarm went off. Local media outlets report that the station was evacuated about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday after the alarm sounded. People were allowed back in after about 15 minutes. Officials say there was no fire. This is the second time in two weeks […]

Last month, LeBlanc’s “Top Gear” co-host, Chris Evans, quit the show, following three other hosts. LeBlanc said his favorite part about appearing on "Top Gear” was “probably the travel.”

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isadora Cerullo has become a celebrity around Rio, more for what happened on the sidelines of the Olympic rugby stadium than for her performances on the pitch. The stadium was largely empty after the women’s rugby sevens tournament — the first in Olympic history — when venue manager Marjorie Enya […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s national police force says it has halted a possible terrorist threat, but it is providing few other details. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they received credible information of a potential terrorist threat earlier Wednesday. They say a suspect was identified and the “proper course of action has been taken” […]

Protests and federal investigations are leading the fight for overdue justice.

Twenty-four-year-old Christy Karefa-Johnson, who goes by the name DoNormaal, is carving out a special space in the male-dominated world of rap. She performs at Chop Suey Tuesday, Aug. 16.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Entrusted with cleaning up a sport mired in sleaze and doping deceptions has proved far trickier for Sebastian Coe than the pursuit of gold on the track. It’s a year since Coe’s misguided pronouncement that Lamine Diack, his predecessor as president of the International Association of Athletics Federation, was the […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The collaboration between April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings goes beyond the Copacabana beach volleyball venue, beyond the California beaches where they trained for the Olympics and beyond the far-flung airports and hotel rooms they visited to qualify for the Summer Games. The Americans also worked together with pen and […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — One of the hallmarks of the 1980s series “MacGyver,” starring Richard Dean Anderson, is he avoided guns and relied on his wits to disarm or keep the bad guys at bay. MacGyver hasn’t changed his outlook in the CBS reboot starring Lucas Till, but that doesn’t mean it will be […]

After earlier revelations of mistakes that led to incorrect prison sentences or community-supervision time, the state Department of Corrections is undertaking a sweeping review of sentencing information.