Новости за 26.03.2016

OMAHA, Nebraska - ConAgra Foods has been found liable for $108.9 million in a civil lawsuit stemming from a fatal 2009 plant explosion in North Carolina.

OAKLAND, California - The authority that operates O.co Coliseum has approved a new lease extension for the Oakland Raiders that more than triples the team's rent to use the stadium and their training facility in nearby Alameda.

GOODYEAR, Arizona - Don't tell Tyler Naquin there's no crying in baseball. The 24-year-old on Friday got the news he's been waiting for since he was 3 or 4 years old and playing T-ball in a pasture behind his church.

CINCINNATI - Get in front of the goal and stay there. North Dakota's simple strategy turned its NCAA Tournament game into a rout.

BILOXI, Mississippi - Dead farm animals are washing ashore on a Mississippi beach, and a local police chief says he's at a loss to explain why they're floating in from the Gulf of Mexico.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Rhode Island-size ice field in the mountains behind Alaska's capital could disappear by 2200 if climate-warming trends continue, according to a University of Alaska Fairbanks study.

Few things better sum up the NFL's self-serving past efforts on concussion research than a scene from the movie "Thank You for Smoking."

NEW YORK - Even in an era of high-tech crime-fighting, the best line of defense against a Brussels-style attack on airports and subways has four legs and a tail.

DALLAS - Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons will miss the rest of the season after surgery on his right knee.

RENO, Nevada - A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the first fully autonomous urban drone delivery in the U.S.

SOUTH HAVEN, Indiana - A performance by Chicago rapper Twista at a concert venue in northwest Indiana was canceled after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession.

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor says he plans to keep general manager Milt Newton on through the draft and free agency to fully evaluate him.

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - The unit of Grand Canyon National Park that ran river trips has been dismantled following a report by a federal watchdog that found a longstanding pattern of sexual harassment there.

PRINCETON, New Jersey - Several colleges across the country are investigating after a rash of anti-Semitic fliers began printing from their network-connected printers or fax machines.

NEW YORK - Cincinnati pitcher Jose Veras has been suspended for 72 games under baseball's minor league drug program and free agent pitcher Tanner Kiest has been banned 50 games.

CINCINNATI - Northeastern's brought a 13-game winning streak into Friday's NCAA Midwest Regional hockey semifinal against third-ranked North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks limped in having lost and tied its two games at the postseason conference tournament.

FORT COLLINS, Colorado - The field at the new on-campus football stadium at Colorado State will remain named after one of the winningest coaches in school history courtesy of a $20 million donation.

FLINT, Michigan - A federal emergency declaration to help Flint and Genesee County residents during the city's lead-tainted water crisis has been extended.

PORTLAND, Maine - President Barack Obama will not to pursue a proposal to create the first underwater national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, a decision that thrilled commercial fisherman but frustrated environmentalists.

WASHINGTON - Ten U.S. states still have not regained all the jobs they lost in the Great Recession, even after six and a half years of recovery, while many more have seen only modest gains.

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida - Rafael Nadal says his return to the Miami Open brings back mostly good memories, even though he's 0-4 in finals.