Новости за 23.07.2016

TORONTO — Mariners hitting coach Edgar Martinez is away from the team this weekend so he can watch friend and former teammate Ken Griffey Jr. be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday. Seattle’s batters seem be faring just fine without him. Hisashi Iwakuma pitched six innings to win his fifth straight start, Nelson

CARACAS, Venezuela — Jailed opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez angrily denounced Venezuela’s government on Saturday at an appeals hearing that his supporters are hopeful will overturn a nearly 14-year sentence for inciting violence. A decision is expected within 10 days, according to Lopez’s party, although government officials have yet to comment. Tension hung over the marathon

PRINCE ALBERT, Saskatchewan — Officials in Saskatchewan are preparing a city of more than 35,000 people to deal with the disruption of its water supply as oil from a pipeline leak makes it way along a major river in the province. Sam Ferris with Saskatchewan’s water security agency says Prince Albert gets most of its

SAN DIEGO — The eighth season of “The Vampire Diaries” will be the supernatural series’ final entry. The cast and crew of the CW show announced Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con International that the forthcoming season will be its last. “The Vampire Diaries” executive producer Julie Plec called the ending “bittersweet and emotional.” Plec was

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame has again revamped its veterans’ committees, attempting to increase consideration for more contemporary players, managers, umpires and executives. Under the change announced Saturday by the Hall’s board of directors, there will be separate committees for Today’s Game (1988-2016), Modern Baseball (1970-87), Golden Days (1950-69) and Early Baseball (1871-1949).

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials with regional carrier Compass Airlines say a flight from Seattle to San Diego landed in Portland because of an unverified threat. The Oregonian/OregonLive (http://bit.ly/29SdITD ) reports that the Minneapolis-based airline said in a prepared statement that the flight was diverted to Portland because of an unspecified security concern. The flight was

WASHINGTON — Ivo Karlovic’s big serve carried him to a second consecutive final at age 37, earning a 6-4, 6-4 victory over fifth-seeded American Steve Johnson at the Citi Open on Saturday. The 6-foot-11 Karlovic, a Croatian seeded 13th at the hard-court tournament, saved all five break points he faced in the semifinals. He has

MUNICH — It was the beginning of a typical Friday night out. Crowds streamed through Munich’s glass-and-concrete Olympia Shopping Mall, while across the street, a mostly young crowd relaxed in a McDonald’s restaurant. Then the first shots rang out. On Saturday, the buzz was replaced by silence. Instead of shoppers, kids hanging out or older

LAS VEGAS — Thousands of fans expecting to see the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team play against Argentina inside a Las Vegas arena were left outside because of a ticketing snafu. Box office staff at T-Mobile Arena were overwhelmed Friday night by the number of people picking up will call tickets or wanting to purchase

MILAN — The U.S. psychologist who wrote a book about school shootings that investigators found in the Munich gunman’s room says researching other mass killers can be a warning sign since young gunmen often are looking for role models — but it’s just one of many possible indicators. Peter Langman, author of two books about

NEW YORK — Johnny Cueto was set to start for San Francisco against the New York Yankees on Saturday and Jeff Samardzija in the series finale, which Giants manager Bruce Bochy said was his plan all long. Samardzija had been listed as Saturday’s starter, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he was not notified of

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Busch will try to defend his Brickyard 400 win from the pole Sunday. Busch posted a fast lap of 184.634 mph, just ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Carl Edwards at 184.547. Three-time Cup champion and two-time Brickyard winner Tony Stewart will start third in his final race at Indy after posting

SAO PAULO — Authorities have arrested another man suspected of belonging to a group that allegedly discussed carrying out attacks during the Olympics, Brazilian police said Saturday. The Federal Police Department said in a brief statement posted on its website that the man turned himself in Friday night in the central-western state of Mato Grosso.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The first organization authorized to dispense medical marijuana in Florida has made its first home delivery. Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve, said Saturday that the company has delivered low-THC medical cannabis to a patient in Hudson, Florida, who is suffering from dystonia, a condition characterized by chronic muscle spasms and seizures. Hudson

NEW YORK — Her computer, Karin Strauss says, contains her “digital attic” — a place where she stores that published math paper she wrote in high school, and computer science schoolwork from college. She’d like to preserve the stuff “as long as I live, at least,” says Strauss, 37. But computers must be replaced every

TORONTO — Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello has been reinstated from the restricted list after serving an 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. Colabello was suspended April 22 after the commissioner’s office said he tested positive for a drug that’s sold under the name Turinabol. He lost $227,891 of his $521,126 major league salary while

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral for a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain shot to death on duty. Kansas City, Kansas, police Capt. Robert Melton was fatally shot Tuesday by a suspect fleeing law enforcement. A 20-year-old man, Jamaal Lewis, is charged with capital murder in Melton’s death. Melton was

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — Authorities say a boat has crashed into a Lake Michigan break wall near the marina in East Chicago, Indiana, killing two people and injuring another. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ law enforcement division says in a news release that the crash happened early Saturday. It identified those killed as 62-year-old

PHOENIX — A 12-year-old boy has died after he was out hiking in north Phoenix amid triple-digit temperatures. Phoenix police say the boy was hiking with an adult male Friday afternoon in the Sonoran Desert Preserve when he became ill. Firefighters responded, and he was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition. The

MIAMI — Closing in on 3,000 hits, Ichiro Suzuki isn’t inclined to stop there. He’s 42, and for some time has said — in Japanese and English — he wants to play until at least 50. He’s joking, right? “Probably not,” says New York Mets manager Terry Collins, who managed in Japan and is a

LONDON — Mo Farah cruised to victory in the 5,000 meters and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce fell short in a sluggish sprint on Saturday in contrasting fortunes for the Olympic champions in their final races before heading to Rio de Janeiro. Back on the London track where he became a double Olympic champion four years ago, Farah

PARIS — French police say 15 British teenagers were injured when a bus taking them to Italy crashed into a ditch in eastern France. An official with the national gendarme service said the bus had been carrying about 50 people, mainly teenagers, when it crashed on the A39 highway near the town of Courlaoux, not

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A new Illinois law limits how police can use devices that cast a wide net in gathering cellphone data and are at the center of a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the legislation into law on Friday and drew immediate praise from civil libertarians. The technology, a

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande will reassess security measures once a week all summer amid fears of new violence after a deadly Bastille Day attack in Nice, and heightened French security checks were causing severe delays Saturday for those trying to cross the English Channel. Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said after French leadership

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman who was critically injured and whose stepdaughter died after lightning struck the personal watercraft they were riding in a Utah reservoir is improving. University of Utah Hospital spokeswoman Kathy Wilets says that Jayleen Reynolds had been upgraded to fair condition Saturday. Daggett County sheriff’s officials say the 49-year-old and