Новости за 12.08.2016

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas’ athletic department required female rowers to attend games and encouraged them to socialize with football recruits, according to an amended lawsuit by a former rower who says she was raped by a football player. The allegations were made in an amended lawsuit filed Tuesday by Dan Curry, an

The games go back to ancient Greece, Where city-states would keep the peace: No fighting in this interlude While men would wrestle in the nude. We might no longer honor Zeus But, yes, there’s an Olympic Truce Decrying violence, war and death. Good luck with that; don’t hold your breath. In Rio now, where tourists

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel founder Rupert Murdoch on Friday appointed two longtime Fox executives as the new co-presidents of the news network as it restructures after last month’s departure of Roger Ailes following sexual harassment allegations. Both Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine were with Fox News when it started in 1996. Shine, who

RIO DE JANEIRO — Judo is a Japanese martial art that was developed in the 19th century based on principles of self-defense. Its creator, Jigoro Kano, combined elements of jiu jitsu, wrestling and karate with other styles of fighting. The combat sport typically uses the opponent’s force against him, forbids striking and is not intended

SCRANTON, Pa. — A former Pennsylvania judge serving a 28-year prison term for a scandal that became known as “kids for cash” is trying to have some of his convictions overturned. Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella (shih-vuh-REHL’-uh) Jr. says in Thursday’s court filings that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision established a new rule

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — One season was enough for Tyrod Taylor to convince the Buffalo Bills he has the potential to be their franchise quarterback. Now he has the contract to start proving it. The Bills signed Taylor to a six-year contract Friday, a day before Buffalo opens the preseason by hosting Indianapolis. The Bills

RIO DE JANEIRO — Take a glance at the Olympic roster for the United States women’s field hockey team, and you’ll notice a recurring theme — 12 of the 25 players on the undefeated squad are from Pennsylvania. The state’s success in the sport goes back decades. Beth Anders, the leading overall women’s scorer at

BOSTON — Set. Baseball. To. Stun. William Shatner is throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park. Shatner, reprising his “Star Trek” role as Capt. James Tiberius Kirk, is in town for this weekend’s Boston Comic Con. His Friday evening appearance as the Red Sox take on the Arizona Diamondbacks is one of a series

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Former Wyoming thrower Mason Finley has qualified for the final round of the men’s discus throw at the Olympic Games in Rio. Finley throw of 208 feet, 11 inches on his final attempt was the sixth-best mark in the qualifying round. He is one of 12 throwers to advance to Saturday’s finals.

LAS VEGAS — Olympic pride was in the air when officials at a museum in Las Vegas went fishing for names for three newly hatched banded bamboo sharks. They came up with Phelps, King and Miller — after American gold medal swimmers Michael Phelps and Lilly King, and Las Vegas resident and bronze-medalist Cody Miller.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A man charged in connection to the beating death of a 24-year-old woman in Fayetteville has asked a judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. Attorneys for 46-year-old Mark Chumley filed several motions Thursday, including one asking the judge to prohibit the selection of a jury comprised of people who say they

RIO DE JANEIRO — Nico Hernandez had a gnarly gash over his left eye that left him bloodied, with blurred vision and in need of stitches. He has a better look in mind for Sunday. Hernandez will leave the Rio Games with a bronze medal in the light flyweight division, ending a medal drought for

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors say the majority of terrorism defendants in the U.S. who have been sentenced in cases related to the Islamic State group have received the maximum 15 years in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota says in a summary filed Friday that it examined Islamic State-related cases nationwide over the last

EDGARTOWN, Mass. — The White House released President Barack Obama’s summer reading list on Friday as the first family vacationed in Martha’s Vineyard. It’s a mix of prize-winning novels and the memoir of a surfer who spent much of his childhood in Hawaii, something the president can appreciate. The five books are “Barbarian Days: A

WASHINGTON — Police in Washington, D.C., say a man was shot near the Verizon Center. Spokeswoman Rachel Schaerr said officers responding to a call about noon Friday found a man suffering from a wound to an “upper extremity.” She didn’t elaborate, but The Washington Post cited police as saying he’d been shot in the face.

MARIETTA, Ga. — A Georgia man has been sentenced to four years in prison for setting his brother’s dog on fire while the pet was trapped inside a dog house in suburban Atlanta. A Cobb County jury convicted Caleb Lanier, 23, of felony animal cruelty and another charge for intentionally burning his brother’s female pit

ALBANY, Ore. — Police say a man in Oregon who was compacted with recycled material after falling asleep in a bin has survived with just a leg fracture. The Albany Democrat-Herald reports (https://is.gd/OWYlRj ) the 23-year-old was listed in good condition at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Corvallis. Albany police Capt. Eric Carter says the

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said Friday that he wants the state to review its regulation of amusement rides following a 10-year-old boy’s death at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas. Brownback told reporters that he’s hoping state legislators spend significant time examining the state’s law on amusement parks. “I think that

RIO DE JANEIRO — He’s had no home for most of his life. Yet in a cavernous, mostly-empty stadium in Brazil, a world away from where he came from, Yiech Pur Biel felt as if he’d found one. Unseen and alone no more, the refugee runner heard the cheers washing over him. One of 10

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Latest on a JetBlue flight that hit bad turbulence while traveling from Massachusetts to California, leaving more than 20 people injured and forcing a diversion to Rapid City, South Dakota (all times local): 11:15 a.m. A woman who was among the 146 passengers on a JetBlue flight that was diverted

BERLIN — Most flight attendants have a tale to tell of long-distance relationships, but this one has a happy ending that’s enchanted legions of social media users worldwide. It all began in February, when a Lufthansa employee flew to Argentina and encountered a stray dog outside her hotel. “I stroked him, gave him some food

WASHINGTON — It’s the early bird that gets the Cheetos. But it’s the bigger bird that steals it away. Behavioral ecologist Rhea Esposito used the snack food to see how two types of smart birds— smaller magpies and bigger crows — interact and compete for food. Birds, like many of us when we’re forced to

DOVER, Del. — A fishing crew apparently pulled up unexploded ordnance while clamming, leading to a fisherman being hospitalized with second-degree burns and the destruction of more than 700 cases of chowder, officials said. It’s unclear what the ordnance was, but fishing vessels along the Atlantic Coast routinely dredge up munitions, including mustard agent, that

PHILADELPHIA — A chance ride, an hourlong conversation, and the generosity of strangers are making it possible for a Philadelphia Uber driver to go to Rio to see his son compete in the Olympics. Retired bus driver Ellis Hill didn’t have the money to fly to Brazil to watch his son, shot putter Darrell Hill.

RIO DE JANEIRO — The IAAF suspended the Kenyan track team’s manager on Friday and one of the country’s runners was being investigated by the IOC after both became involved in doping scandals at the Olympics. Michael Rotich, the track team manager who had already been sent home from Rio de Janeiro, was suspended from