Новости за 06.03.2017

Long after his two-inning stint in Oakland’s 5-4 victory over the Mariners, Cotton was at his Peoria Stadium locker breaking down his pitch sequences with veteran catcher Stephen Vogt. Cotton said his relationship with the two-time All-Star will go a long way in his development. Cotton threw a scoreless first inning but admitted to losing focus the next inning, issuing consecutive two-out walks, before Vogt calmed him down. Cotton struck out Daniel Vogelbach on a 3-2 changeup to end the first inning, stranding a runner at second. Читать дальше...

A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that the FBI has asked the Justice Department to dispute allegations made on Twitter by President Donald Trump that Barack Obama as president ordered the tapping of Trump's phones during the presidential campaign The New York Times is reporting that the director of the FBI has asked the Justice Department to publicly reject President Donald Trump's assertion that Barack Obama as president ordered the tapping of Trump's phones during the presidential campaign. Читать дальше...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea was been shaken by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on Monday but no destructive tsunami was expected, officials said. The quake struck the South Pacific nation near New Britain island at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles), U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Deputy Director Stuart Weinstein said he did not anticipate a destructive tsunami. Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where earthquakes and volcanoes are common.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea: North Korea fired several banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 km into ocean off its east coast.

LONDON (AP) — British security forces have thwarted 13 terrorist attacks in less than four years, mostly thanks to information provided by the public, the country's most senior anti-terrorism official said Monday. The country's last Islamist terrorist attack was in May 2013, when British Army soldier Lee Rigby was killed by two British converts to Islam who were known to security services for their extremist views.

A 21-year-old woman died Sunday morning after a tree fell on her at Half Dome Village in Yosemite National Park, a park spokesperson said.

Bay Area residents experienced a rollercoaster of weather conditions Sunday, as blue skies were replaced by rain clouds, which turned to hailstorms- all within a matter of minutes.

Eastern Conference East Division Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Friday's results Medicine Hat 6 Regina 4 Lethbridge 5 Prince Albert 2 Saturday's results Prince Albert 8 Kootenay 0 Moose Jaw 5 Medicine Hat 3 Sunday's results Kootenay at Moose Jaw, 4 p.m. Tuesday's games Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Wednesday's games Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. Friday's games Moose Jaw at Regina... Читать дальше...

Shortstop Brandon Crawford reached into his locker and produced a red, white and blue baseball glove with his name stitched on. The tournament became a star-spangled reality for Crawford and Buster Posey on Sunday, when they played their final Cactus League game for the Giants before departing. Manager Bruce Bochy was relieved, too, not to see Posey depart for as long as 18 days, but to see him physically ready after being slowed by a stiff neck. Posey played three consecutive games, one as the designated hitter... Читать дальше...

Helping fuel that message is a voracious fundraising machine that has turned the Massachusetts Democrat into a powerhouse in her party as she looks ahead to a 2018 re-election campaign and what supporters hope is a 2020 presidential bid. Warren started 2017 with $4.8 million in her campaign account, the biggest piggy bank of any Senate Democrat facing voters next year, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records. Almost all her contributions came from individual supporters... Читать дальше...

More than a decade after his harrowing escape from Cuba, the Los Angeles Angels’ third baseman has passed his naturalization test to become a U.S. citizen. Escobar said the toughest part of the process was studying for the test, but enjoyed learning about the Civil War and World War II. Mexico’s greatest golfer is returning to LPGA Tour competition for the first time in five years, but only for her own tournament. “I know I’m going to play, so I’ve been practicing a couple of days a week,” said Ochoa... Читать дальше...

BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) — Two 97-year-old twin sisters apparently froze to death Saturday after they fell outside and were stranded overnight just steps from one of their Rhode Island homes. Police Chief John LaCross called the deaths a "tragic loss."

BEIRUT — Five months of clashes in Syria’s crowded northern battlefield have displaced about 66,000 people, a U.N. humanitarian agency said Sunday, a day after the U.S. bolstered Kurdish-led forces with a deployment of armored vehicles amid preparations for a push toward the Islamic State group’s de facto capital. Besides the autonomous Kurdish-led forces, Turkish, Syrian government and Syrian opposition fighters have all been jostling for territory formerly held by the Islamic State group near the Turkish-Syrian frontier. Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine — Republican leaders in Maine and Utah are asking President Trump to step into uncharted territory and rescind national monument designations made by his predecessor. In Utah, the former president created Bears Ears National Monument on 1.3 million acres of land that’s sacred to Native Americans and is home to tens of thousands of archaeological sites, including ancient cliff dwellings. Trump’s staff is now reviewing those decisions by the Obama administration to determine economic impacts... Читать дальше...

The highway was opened in both directions to passenger vehicles only around 2 p.m. It's unclear when big rigs will be allowed on the roadway again.

The interior minister proudly touts figures showing Austria as the European Union’s per-capita leader in expelling those rejected. In Germany, where during the height of the influx Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted “we will manage,” the government now considers some areas of Afghanistan safe and has started returning failed asylum-seekers to those regions. Additional tough measures have followed Berlin’s deadly Christmas market attack by rejected Tunisian asylum-seeker Anis Amri and gains by the nationalist Alternative for Germany party. Читать дальше...

Giants coach Alguacil, hit in face by ball, remains in hospital First-base coach Jose Alguacil joked with manager Bruce Bochy when they spoke on the phone Sunday morning, a day after Alguacil was seriously injured by a foul ball to his face. Alguacil also texted Bochy a photo of the damage, some of which was repaired surgically Saturday evening: a broken nose, his left eye swollen shut, a deep laceration and small fractures to the eye socket. Neither team's coaches sat in folding chairs near the dugout. Читать дальше...

President Trump turned to Congress on Sunday for help finding evidence to support his unsubstantiated claim that former President Barack Obama had Trump’s telephones tapped during the election. Republican leaders of Congress appeared willing to honor the president’s request, but the move has potential risks for the president, particularly if the House and Senate intelligence committees unearth damaging information about Trump, his aides or his associates. Trump claimed in a series of tweets without... Читать дальше...

Louisiana state government must maneuver through a labyrinth of federal regulations, state constitutional restrictions, retirement obligations, court judgments and self-inflicted complications that limit how the state can make cuts and often dictate where it must spend. Understanding the restrictions — and which constraints can be changed — could be critical to achieving the stabilization of state finances and reform of budgetary tactics that lawmakers say they want in the upcoming legislative session that begins in April. Читать дальше...

PARIS — With the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop, French conservative François Fillon clung tenaciously to his presidential candidacy Sunday, emboldened by thousands of supporters at a high-stakes rally aimed at quashing pressure on him to step aside because of impending corruption charges. Crowds of flag-waving voters chanting “Fillon, President!” appeared to give him the confidence he needs to keep up the fight. Fillon, a former prime minister, apologized to voters for errors in judgment but insisted... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Deadly encounters between police officers and motorists have lawmakers across the country thinking driver’s education should require students to be taught what to do in a traffic stop. Many lawmakers want to make police interactions more transparent and improve community relations, in particular with people who feel unjustly targeted or mistreated because of their skin color. Most don’t pretend to legislate exactly how drivers should react, leaving the details to be worked out by... Читать дальше...

Matchups for the 2017 PIAA girls' basketball tournament Matchups for the 2017 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association girls' basketball tournament, including all of the opening-round games. First number is district and place, second is season record. FIRST ROUND Boyertown (1-6, 23-4) at Spartan Center, Milton Hershey School, 5 Central Bucks West (1-3, 23-5) vs. Central Bucks East (1-10, 16-10) at Bethlehem Freedom HS, 8 Souderton (1-11, 19-7) at Spartan Center, Milton Hershey School... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Afghan family of five who obtained special visas to relocate to the U.S. were detained by immigration officials when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday and have been in custody ever since, according to court records and their attorneys. The mother, father and their three children, including a baby, arrived at LAX for a connecting flight to Washington state, where they planned to resettle. [...] they were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Читать дальше...

The film received negative reviews from critics, scoring just 20 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. In other limited releases, Israeli film “The Women’s Balcony” grossed just over $18,000 from two theaters, while Bleecker Street’s “The Last Word” grossed $35,000 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. [...] GKIDS’ “My Life as a Zucchini,” which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, expanded to 29 theaters and grossed $44,728 for an average of $1,542 per screen.

NEWARK, N.J. — He once was New Jersey’s highest-ranking law enforcement official, a mentor to Republican Gov. Chris Christie and the head of one of the nation’s most powerful transportation agencies. Samson faces sentencing for using his position as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 2012 to pressure United Airlines to revive a money-losing flight from Newark to Columbia, S.C., so he could have easier access to a weekend home in Aiken — which saved him an hour’s driving time, as it turned out. Читать дальше...