Новости за 01.08.2016

LOS ANGELES — Matt Damon came back strong after his nine-year hiatus from the Bourne series this weekend. “Jason Bourne” earned $59.2 million in its first days in theaters, according to studios Monday. It easily topped the charts and is a promising start for the film, which cost around $120 million to produce. STX Entertainment’s

CHICAGO — Chicago police say the body camera of an officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old last week was not recording at the time. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Monday an investigation is underway to determine why the equipment didn’t capture the shooting of Paul O’Neal of Chicago. Autopsy results show

MEXICO CITY — Officials in northern Mexico have denied an abortion to a 13-year-old girl who was raped by a family acquaintance, an advocacy group said Monday. Abortion is legal in Mexico in cases of rape. But Regina Tames, director of the Group for Information on Reproductive Choice, said officials in Sonora state are relying

SAN FRANCISCO — The NL West-leading San Francisco Giants had a great first half and started the second with a post-All-Star break flop. General manager Bobby Evans got serious at the trade deadline to improve his club, acquiring a pair of proven pitchers Monday to boost both his rotation and bullpen. San Francisco got left-hander

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University said Monday it will reconsider the decision to keep the name of a residential college named for John C. Calhoun, a 19th-century alumnus and ardent supporter of slavery. Yale President Peter Salovey announced in April that the university was preserving the name of Calhoun College, defying protesters who railed

CINCINNATI — Cedric Ogbuehi breaks the huddle with Cincinnati’s starting offense and heads for the right side of the line. He’s trying to make up for a year of lost time. The Bengals’ first pick in the 2015 draft has moved up to starting right tackle. Cincinnati’s decision to take Ogbuehi (oh-BWAY’-hee) with the 21st

ARLINGTON, Texas — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have acquired two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Jeremy Jeffress from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for two former first-round picks. Texas completed the deal Monday, a day after Lucroy blocked a trade that would have sent him to AL Central-leading Cleveland. The Rangers dealt

UPPER DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A 76-year-old man shot by a state trooper inside his New Jersey home after a 911 call sent officers to the wrong address was fired upon first, a friend of the man said. Gerald Sykes was in stable condition at a hospital in Camden with gunshot wounds after the shooting

ATLANTA — Matt Kemp says his trade to the Atlanta Braves gives him a fresh start with the team he cheered for as a child. In a letter on The Players’ Tribune website , Kemp wrote that he was “a huge Atlanta Braves fan” while growing up in Oklahoma because he followed the team on

PITTSBURGH — The New York Mets re-acquired Jon Niese from Pittsburgh on Monday, bringing the left-handed pitcher back to where he played his first eight seasons in a trade that sent reliever Antonio Bastardo to the Pirates. Traded from the Mets to Pittsburgh last December for second baseman Neil Walker, Niese struggled during his time

BOSTON — Three Massachusetts men have been indicted on charges they sold more than $200,000 worth of stolen razor blades on eBay. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz says 51-year-old Robert Liberatore, of Wakefield; 43-year-old Mark Girardin, of Randolph; and 62-year-old Joseph Evangelista, of Lowell, were arrested Monday. They are charged with conspiracy to transport stolen property

NEW YORK — The New York Mets have acquired All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce from the Cincinnati Reds for infielder Dilson Herrera and minor league left-hander Max Wotell. The 29-year-old Bruce is hitting .265 with 25 homers and a National League-leading 80 RBIs. He made the NL All-Star team for the third time. New York also

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Former Olympic sprint stars and civil activists Tommie Smith and John Carlos earned fame and scorn when they raised their gloved fists on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexico City Games and bowed their heads through the national anthem in protest during the heart of racial tension in the U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for a Northern California police department that dismissed a woman’s kidnapping as a hoax say investigators were skeptical because she refused an offer to reunite with her family. The lawyers say Vallejo police also found the account of Denise Huskins’ disappearance given by her boyfriend implausible. Among other things, Aaron Quinn

MIAMI, Okla. — Northeastern Oklahoman A&M College is set to lease about 1,600 acres of land in the Neosho River Bottom from the Grand River Dam Authority as part of an educational and business partnership. The partnership was announced Tuesday, according to The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2aDGqG6 ). College officials say the plan is to sublease

LONG POND, Pa. — Chris Buescher sat in his Ford, hoping that the fog would stick over Pocono and the cloud over the rookie’s middling season would start to lift. Buescher idled in his car, then stood with his arms folded on pit road. “I tried not to get my hopes up,” he said. Buescher

ATHENS, Ga. — Kirby Smart is inviting fans to a practice at Sanford Stadium in part because he wants to see how his players respond to the extra attention. The new Georgia coach won’t be watching as closely to see how fans respond to the players, including those in the quarterback competition. Smart, the former

CLEVELAND — The AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians acquired outfielder Brandon Guyer from Tampa Bay for two minor leaguers on Monday. Cleveland sent outfielder Nathan Lukes and right-hander Jhonleider Salinas to Tampa Bay. Guyer, a right-handed hitter, is batting .241 with seven home runs and 18 RBIs in 63 games. He has been hit by a

RIO DE JANEIRO — A launching ramp that collapsed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic sailing venue is to be back in service on Friday — the day the games open and three days before sailing begins. The head of World Sailing, the sport’s governing body, knows he’s cutting it close. “If it was absolutely

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Fred Ross is confident Mississippi State’s offense is going to be productive this season. Just don’t ask the senior receiver what it might look like. Truth is, he doesn’t know. That’s because the Bulldogs have an unorthodox four-man quarterback race when preseason practice opens on Tuesday. Even though much of Mississippi State’s

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri salary and benefits study has been released showing that state employees remain 4.6 percent below market when their base salary, incentives and benefits are combined. Benefits offered by the state are above market and improve the state’s overall market position. The Jefferson City News Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2aK8ha0 ) that

TOPEKA, Kan. — The high number of tornadoes seen in Kansas last month was unusual, according to a state official. Eight tornadoes touched down in the state in July, The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2apr4Ip ) reported. Three twisters occurred in Greenwood County on July 7, including and EF-2. An EF-3 tornado also hit the county earlier

SAN FRANCISCO — The NL West-leading San Francisco Giants acquired left-handed reliever Will Smith from the Brewers to bolster their bullpen for the stretch run, sending catcher Andrew Susac and pitching prospect Phil Bickford to Milwaukee on Monday. The Giants have struggled mightily since the All-Star break and had been looking to upgrade a relief

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s foreign minister said on Monday that his delegation is leaving Kuwait where the United Nations-mediated talks have been taking place for the past two months. Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi told reporters that his delegation is not quitting the talks and that his government has approved a U.N.-proposed deal. He gave a deadline of

WASHINGTON — Commercial hot air balloons like the one destroyed in a fireball in Texas this weekend often carry more passengers than airplane and helicopter tours, but have long received less government scrutiny, according to aviation experts. The Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of commercial balloon operations amounts to “essentially none,” said Mark Dombroff, a former