Новости за 06.08.2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Latest on the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games opening ceremony (all times local): 9:35 p.m. After 18 gold medals and 22 medals overall in his storied Olympic career, Michael Phelps has finally entered an opening ceremony. The flagbearer for the U.S. has led the contingent of red, white and blue-clad

NEW YORK — A fashion model who cavorted naked in Times Square while shouting about Donald Trump is on track to get his public lewdness case dropped by completing psychiatric treatment. Krit McClean said after a court date Friday that his behavior June 30 capped “seven days of mania,” but he didn’t know it at

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh’s ways seem to be working with his target audience. Michigan’s coach has starred in a rap video, traveled the country for youth camps, taken his team to Florida for spring break, traded barbs on Twitter and even had sleepovers with recruits. He’s done all of that — and much

HOUSTON — A Houston woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the neglect-related death of her 9-year-old daughter, whose emaciated body was found in a refrigerator. Amber Keyes was sentenced Friday in state district court in Houston. The 36-year-old mother of Ayahna Comb could have gotten a life sentence for her Dec.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Health officials announced Friday that an elderly person infected with Zika has died in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory battles what federal authorities call a silent epidemic. The victim was a 75-year-old man who was hospitalized and died from health ailments unrelated to Zika, according to Health Secretary Ana

LOS ANGELES — Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was the breakout star of “Suicide Squad” before the movie was even finished. Audiences were captivated by this insane villain with the high-wattage smile, baseball bat, fishnets, pigtails and a T-shirt that read “Daddy’s Lil Monster.” But now that the film is out in theaters and being savaged

MIAMI — Federal authorities gave final approval Friday to a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida, but none of the insects will be immediately dispatched in the state’s fight against the spread of Zika. After considering thousands of public comments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine concluded the proposal

CARLSBAD, N.M. — Crews conducting archaeological excavations for an electrical transmission line project southeastern New Mexico have uncovered 26,000 artifacts. Xcel Energy said this week the team found ion Eddy County the American Indian items dating back 5,000 years. The historic finds are believed to include a rare shallow basin pit house which was a

LAS VEGAS — Two Republican congressmen are urging the Obama administration to expedite approval of an off-road race through Nevada’s newest national monument — a 643-mile competition that is opposed by environmentalists and still hasn’t received the necessary federal permit two weeks before it’s supposed to begin. The 20th annual “Best in the Desert Vegas