Новости за 12.04.2019

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis second-grade teacher accused of spanking and slapping his students has been banned from teaching in Minnesota. The Star Tribune reports that the Minnesota Professional Educator and Licensing Standard Board voted Friday to revoke Hernandez Cortez Evans’ teaching license. He had taught briefly at Bethune Community School in north Minneapolis […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have signed wide receiver Sterling Shepard to a four-year contract extension. The Giants announced the signing Friday just a month after general manager Dave Gettleman stunned many by trading offensive catalyst and fellow receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns. Details of the deal were […]

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 46-year-old Linn County Jail inmate died in an apparent suicide. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports attempts to save 46-year-old Albany resident Joseph William Hadley Thursday were unsuccessful, according to the county sheriff’s office. The agency didn’t say how Hadley died but said he was found alone in his cell during […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Holloway believes the path to recognition as the best pound-for-pound fighter in UFC goes through the lightweight division. That means a move up in weight class. Holloway says he will let his featherweight championship belt “bake a little bit longer” so he can face Dustin Poirier for the interim lightweight title […]

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of law enforcement personnel were searching Friday for a 15-year-old boy who was in the middle of a murder trial in the killing of his mother when he escaped a Southern California jail. Ike Souzer escaped the Orange County Juvenile Hall and jumped a perimeter fence just after midnight, said […]

Best-Selling Books Week Ended April 6. FICTION 1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 2. “Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) Most Read StoriesSeattle is in its longest rainy streak since last year. Here's when we might get a break.Historic or hysterical? Mariners' magical start borders on […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A Wake Forest assistant basketball coach has resigned eight months after police said he punched a New York City tourist who later died. Jamill Jones announced his resignation Friday, saying his decision “is in the best interest of both the team and me personally.” Jones had been on leave since Aug. […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has left forward Lionel Messi off his squad for this weekend’s Spanish league match, giving him more rest before the visit of Manchester United. Messi and Sergio Busquets were both dropped by Valverde for Saturday’s match at Huesca, which is in last place in La Liga. Messi […]

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is touring areas in Iowa and Nebraska devastated during last month’s flooding. Pence was joined by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst in touring an area around Pacific Junction, a community in southwest Iowa where floodwaters still prevent some residents […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state officials are investigating a doctor they say branded women with the initials of the spiritual leader of a cultlike group. The court documents containing the revelation stem from a legal fight pitting the state Department of Health against women it says are refusing to answer questions about Dr. […]

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jarrett Andretti will fulfill his father’s wish to see him race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he makes his Indy Lights debut in the Freedom 100 next month. The Indy Lights race is scheduled for “Carb Day,” two days before the Indianapolis 500. It is traditionally one of the most […]

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni government officials say President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has returned home from Saudi Arabia to attend a rare session of parliament and elect a speaker. The officials say Hadi’s presidential plane departed from Riyadh and landed in the eastern Yemeni city of Sayoun on Friday, where the House of Representatives […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists say a tiny group of whales in the Gulf of Mexico is endangered , with threats including oil and gas exploration and development. The Bryde’s (BROO-duhs) whales are the only filter-feeding whales living year-round in the Gulf. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries biologist said Friday there are […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say that a group of about 350 migrants broke the locks on a border gate and forced their way into southern Mexico. The National Immigration Institute did not identify the nationalities of the migrants, but they are usually from Central America. A similar confrontation occurred on the border bridge […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A state’s attorney in Chicago has asked the county’s inspector general to review how her office handled “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal case. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said in a statement Friday that she pledges her “full cooperation” and welcomes the investigation from Inspector General Patrick Blanchard. Foxx says “ensuring […]

Editor’s note: As part of an ongoing series, The Seattle Times is tracking a handful of the top prospects — among them, Justus Sheffield, Jarred Kelenic, Julio Rodriguez, Evan White and Kyle Lewis — whom the Mariners have identified as key figures in their “step-back” plan.  Lessons on arm slots and high leg kicks and […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — MotoGP has formally retired the No. 69 of former champion Nicky Hayden, who died in 2017 after a bicycling accident in Italy. Hayden used the number throughout his career from 2003-2016. He won the MotoGP championship in 2006. Hayden was known as the “Kentucky Kid,” born and raised in Owensboro, and […]

Baby Connor was born a tiny preemie in July, weighing just 11 ounces – about the size of a human heart and lighter than a can of soda. He went home to Connecticut this week in what doctors called a triumph of medicine and the human spirit. It was extremely rare, they said, for an […]

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday in an incident in which a 5-year-old child may have been pushed or thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America, police said. Bloomington Police Chief Jeffrey Potts said witnesses told police that the child may have been pushed or thrown from the mall’s […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Catholic diocese where the first widely reported case of clergy sex abuse became public in the 1980s is releasing a list of clery who face credible accusations of sexual abuse. Bishop Douglas Deshotel (DEZ-oh-tel) of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana has said he’ll release the list Friday. The […]

There must be a cultural shift, and I know my daughters will be part of making that shift happen, but it will take all women to move that needle.

Enjoy the unseasonable weather, but be concerned about long-term trends.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. and LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan will be a studio analyst for Fox’s coverage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup along with his national team and club coach Bruce Arena. Donovan also worked for Fox during the 2016 Copa America and the 2017 Gold Cup. Fox said Friday that Cobi […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who was among the first to arrive at the scene where a fellow officer had fatally shot an unarmed woman is explaining why he told his colleague to keep his mouth shut. Officer Jesse Lopez was recorded on body camera video telling Mohamed Noor to “keep your mouth […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon state lawmakers are questioning the state’s foster care agency about a report that a 9-year-old girl in the state’s care was sent to a Montana facility for six months and injected with Benadryl to control her behavior. A legislative hearing Thursday focused on a report this week by Oregon Public […]