Новости за 11.03.2016

PHOENIX - Attorneys are scheduled to make closing arguments Friday at the trial of an Arizona man charged with plotting an attack at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas.

CHICAGO - As Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump attempts to unify a fractured GOP around his candidacy, images of his supporters attacking protesters and allegations that he's inciting violence are casting new attention on the divisive nature of his candidacy.

TOKYO - Japan's Olympics minister says he hopes Fukushima prefecture can host preliminary rounds of baseball and softball at the 2020 Games.

SANTA FE, New Mexico - The prisoners - both felons with violent criminal backgrounds - made their escape somewhere along a New Mexico highway, clad in white jumpsuits and last accounted for in the back of a state corrections van where authorities said they were bound by shackles.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida's winner-take-all Republican presidential primary was supposed to help former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio.

SAN DIEGO - Tarla Makaeff has fought Donald Trump in court for six years. Now, as the Republican presidential front-runner and his lawyers try to portray the Southern California yoga instructor as the face of a federal class-action lawsuit against Trump University, she wants out.

PALM HARBOR, Florida - Jordan Spieth should have a good idea what it will take to make the cut in the Valspar Championship.

NEW DELHI - India's government has been accused of "criminal conspiracy" for allowing Formula One team boss and flamboyant businessman Vijay Mallya to leave the country while being pursued over massive debts.

LAS VEGAS - Michigan could not afford a loss in its opening game of the Big Ten Tournament and expect to get an NCAA Tournament invite.

WAIANAE, Hawaii - Allison Alterman likes to swim in the ocean for exercise near her home on Hawaii's Big Island. Sometimes her swimming group will see spinner dolphins gliding or jumping near their course.

SIMI VALLEY, California - Nancy Reagan called her husband's presidential library "the shining city on the hill," using a phrase that President Reagan had borrowed from history to describe his aspirations for the nation.

LOS ANGELES - Receiver Brian Quick has re-signed with the Los Angeles Rams.

CROWN POINT, Indiana - A man accused of fatally shooting another man at a northwestern Indiana business has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

MAGDEBURG, Germany - A rising nationalist party is expected to ride unease about Chancellor Angela Merkel's migrant policy to perform strongly in three German state elections this weekend, the first significant political test since last year's massive influx of people seeking safety and a better life.

LAS VEGAS - Every time California tried to pull away from Oregon State, the Beavers clawed their way back.

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota - The University of North Dakota men's hockey team is beginning what it hopes will be another march to the NCAA Frozen Four.

ANAHEIM, California - Nick Faust scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and third-seeded Long Beach State defeated No. 6 seed UC Riverside 82-74 in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament on Thursday night.

LAS VEGAS - Antwan Scott scored 23 points, including the go-ahead basket, and sixth-seeded Colorado State defeated No. 3 seed Boise State 88-81 in a Mountain West Conference tournament semifinal Thursday night.

NEWARK, New Jersey - Negotiations between New Jersey Transit and its rail workers unions are heading into the final days before a weekend strike deadline, and the possibility of havoc on the region's already congested roadways.

SYDNEY - An Australian court has sentenced a Chinese former executive to more than eight years in prison for insider trading in 2011 when his privately-owned energy conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group subsidiary was preparing takeover bids for two Australian mining companies.

Statistical profiles of teams and drivers for the 2016 Formula One championship.

RENO, Nevada - Nate Sherwood scored 19 points, Victor Sanders 17 and third-seeded Idaho beat sixth-seeded Eastern Washington 77-73 in a Big Sky tournament quarterfinal Thursday night.

WILKINSBURG, Pennsylvania - Police were seeking to identify suspects in a deadly ambush attack by two men who methodically shot and killed five people, including a pregnant woman, at a backyard cookout.

SAN JOSE, California - Keith Kinkaid made 30 saves for his second career shutout and Travis Zajac scored two goals to lead the New Jersey Devils past the San Jose Sharks 3-0 on Thursday night.

LOS ANGELES - LeBron James scored 24 points while sharing a court with Kobe Bryant for the final time, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 120-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.