Новости за 15.04.2016

NEW YORK - Aretha Franklin was in the mood for celebrating, and not just because she had a birthday party.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Chris Tillman had some tough luck, and now the Orioles have a second straight loss following the best start since they moved to Baltimore 62 years ago.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An initial hearing is scheduled for a man charged with raping a 17-year-old girl while an 18-year-old woman allegedly livestreamed the assault with a social media app.

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - An Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three sons out of jealousy at the attention her husband gave them is asking a judge to toss her confession, split the case into three trials and remove the death penalty as a possibility.

KELOWNA, B.C. - Cole Linaker scored the go-ahead power-play goal 19:49 into the third period and the Kelowna Rockets edged the Victoria Royals 4-3 on Thursday to even their second-round Western Hockey League playoff series at two games apiece.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Supreme Court voted early Friday to reject a motion seeking to block an impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress against President Dilma Rousseff, sharply limiting the embattled leader's options to avoid a showdown with legislators who want to oust her.

PORTLAND, Maine - The Portland Sea Dogs are following the lead of Major League ballparks by installing metal detectors to screen fans entering the ballpark.

SUNRISE, Florida - Whenever the New York Islanders got behind, they fought their way out of trouble.

PHILADELPHIA - The accuser in Bill Cosby's criminal sexual assault case in Pennsylvania wants a judge to void the secrecy clause surrounding their 2006 settlement since each side accuses the other of violating the pact.

HOUSTON - Doug Fister settled down after a shaky first inning and cruised through the fifth for the Houston Astros on Thursday night.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Tain Gregory lost a friend in the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Jimmy Greene lost a daughter.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Rougned Odor had a tiebreaking two-run double as part of a Texas rally that preserved a career-best nine-game winning streak for ace Cole Hamels.

HONG KONG - China's economic growth slowed in the first quarter to 6.7 percent, largely in line with expectations, but its slowest pace since the global financial crisis.

BEIJING - Responding to what it says are provocative plans for stepped-up U.S.-Philippine military cooperation, China says it will "resolutely defend" its interests and accuses the two longstanding allies of militarizing the region and harboring a "Cold War mentality."

HOUSTON - Ian Kennedy was dominant in his first start with Kansas City.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have detained eight Cuban migrants and a small Pekingese dog found on an uninhabited island near the U.S. territory.

AUSTIN, Texas - A 17-year-old runaway who's been arrested in the campus killing of a University of Texas student claimed he left home in August because his grandmother's religious beliefs demanded that teenagers his age go "make their own way in the world," according to court records obtained by The Associated Press.

KINGSTON, Rhode Island - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') has been chosen to deliver a commencement speech at the University of Rhode Island.

LIVERPOOL, England - The Europa League quarterfinal had just entered stoppage time and fans at Anfield's famous Kop end were frantically yelling, willing a fourth goal to send Liverpool through.

TORONTO - Nathan Eovaldi saw his run of road success come to an end in Canada.

Whether in St. Louis or now back in Los Angeles, the Rams are all about big trades.

WASHINGTON - Going into the locker room at the first intermission, the Washington Capitals had no goals but all the momentum.

TOKYO - Chrysler's Jeep has been declared green by the Japanese government, becoming the first gasoline-engine American-made U.S.-brand vehicle to qualify for this nation's green-car tax incentive.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Two Fort Wayne businesses are helping to restore 61 headstones that were broken and tipped over at Fort Wayne's Jewish Cemetery.

TORONTO - Marcus Stroman's heavy sinker and Josh Donaldson's big bat helped the Toronto Blue Jays beat a division rival for their first series victory of the season.