Новости за 15.08.2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Center Ryan Kelly needed one play to get in sync last weekend. Safety T.J. Green wasted no time making a big splash in his NFL debut. Two days after winning their preseason opener, the Colts pored through videotape and gave their rookie class solid grades. “I think we’re heading in the right direction

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. — Construction on the nation’s first offshore wind farm is in its final phases. Deepwater Wind’s five-turbine wind farm off Block Island, Rhode Island, is expected to be making electricity this fall. Crews at the site are working on the tower sections for the fourth turbine this week. They’ll begin working on

Buffalo Sabres forward Jimmy Vesey is sticking with his plan to become an NHL free agent on Tuesday. And Vesey’s agent, Peter Fish, told The Associated Press on Monday that college hockey’s top player is in no rush to sign his first contract. “It’s certainly not going to be tomorrow,” Fish said. “I would say

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Second-year offensive lineman Bobby Hart is somewhat of the unknown on the New York Giants’ offensive line. The seventh-round draft pick from Florida in 2015 is a lineman with versatility. He can play tackle. He can play guard. He can perform on either side of the line. The problem is that

CLEVELAND — David Ortiz bid farewell to Progressive Field with a game-changing home run Monday. Ortiz hit a go-ahead, two-run drive in a three-run sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-2 to extend their winning streak to four. Ortiz’s 27th home run this season, the 530th of his big league

WASHINGTON — Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA. Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change, July burst global temperature records. NASA calculated that July 2016 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1950-1980

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Jalin Marshall anxiously waited three days to hear his name called at the NFL draft. The first day came and went. So did the second. The former Ohio State wide receiver figured a team would grab him in one of the last four rounds. Nope. A total of 253 players were

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Transocean Ltd., up 53 cents to $10.43 Energy companies rose as the price of oil continued to recover. LyondellBassell Industries NV, up $2.16 to $77.49 Materials companies including chemicals makers logged the biggest gains on the market Monday. Badger Meter Inc., down 94

WASHINGTON — Black social media users are nearly twice as likely to see posts about race and race relations as whites, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center. According to a survey of more than 2,000 social media users, 65 percent of black users say that they encounter posts about race

ENID, Okla. — The Oklahoma Geological Survey is studying the relationship between seismic activity and wastewater injection wells with a survey in the Arbuckle formation. Sensors will be placed into several injection wells in the Arbuckle group to take various measurements. The Enid News & Eagle (http://bit.ly/2aYBI4Z ) reports that each sensor will gather information

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tottered higher Monday behind gains for chemical and machinery companies. Energy companies rose as the price of oil continued its recent recovery. On Monday: The Dow Jones industrial average gained 59.58 points or 0.3 percent, to 18,636.05. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed 6.10 points, or 0.3 percent, to

CLEVELAND — A judge on Monday tossed out murder convictions for three men who spent 20 years in prison in a case that started unraveling when attorneys learned a top county prosecutor deliberately hid witness statements casting doubt on their guilt. The men, Laurese Glover, Derrick Wheatt and Eugene Johnson, were convicted as teenagers in

NEW YORK — NFL and Pepsi said Monday they have had several conversations with artists about performing at the Super Bowl, but said they haven’t formally asked Adele or any other musicians to appear. At a concert in Los Angeles on Saturday, Adele said that she turned down performing at the big game. In a

RIO DE JANEIRO — Seven people were injured Monday when an elevated television camera plummeted more than 60 feet to the ground Monday in the Olympic park outside the basketball venue in the latest in a string of mishaps at the Rio Games. The large camera is one of several suspended on cables to provide

WASHINGTON — Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose in June after falling in the two previous months. The Treasury Department reported Monday that total foreign holdings climbed 1.1 percent in June to $6.28 trillion after declining 0.5 percent in May and 0.8 percent in April. Japan, the second-biggest foreign owner of Treasury securities, increased

BEREA, Ohio — After he was suspended from the NFL for a year, Josh Gordon didn’t know if he’d ever take the practice field for the Cleveland Browns again. On Monday, Gordon put on his pads beneath a brown No. 12 uniform for the first time in nearly two years, following his activation from the

RIO DE JANEIRO — An Egyptian athlete who refused to shake his Israeli opponent’s hand after their judo bout has been reprimanded and sent home from the Rio Olympics, officials said Monday. The International Olympic Committee said Islam El Shehaby received a “severe reprimand” for his behavior following his first-round heavyweight bout loss to Or

RIO DE JANEIRO — New Zealand will have a shot at its first Olympic medal in women’s field hockey after beating Australia 4-2 in the quarterfinals on Monday. Also, one-time champion Germany scored early and held on to beat the United States 2-1 for its best result since 2012, before the last Olympics. In the

RIO DE JANEIRO — A canoe slalom coach from Germany died Monday after sustaining head injuries last week in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, the country’s Olympic team said. Stefan Henze, who was 35 and won a silver medal in canoe slalom at the 2004 Athens Games, died surrounded by his family, the

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Italian restaurant in New Mexico is drawing criticism on social media for making merchandise with a slogan mimicking the Black Lives Matter movement. News station KOAT-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://goo.gl/zz1CgU ) that Paisano’s in Albuquerque is selling “black olives matter” shirts and hats after making national headlines for putting the phrase

DENVER — A puzzling concentration of the greenhouse gas methane over the Southwestern United States appears to come mostly from leaks in natural gas production, scientists said Monday. Researchers identified more than 250 sources of a methane hot spot over the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. They include gas wells,

RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles felt her right foot slip. Then her left. As she reached down to steady herself on the balance beam — her first visible misstep during an astonishing Olympics that includes three gold medals and some of the most boundary pushing gymnastics ever — one thought ran through her head.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Germany is a step closer to claiming another medal in women’s Olympic field hockey. The U.S. once again will leave empty-handed. The Germans held off a late surge by the U.S. to advance to the semifinals with a 2-1 victory, putting them in position to return to the medal podium in

NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez says he won’t play again this season. The three-time AL MVP was released Saturday by the New York Yankees, who owed him about $27 million for the rest of his contract, which runs through 2017. Any team could sign A-Rod for a prorated share of the major league minimum of

OKLAHOMA CITY — Supporters and opponents of a proposed sales tax increase, with the majority of funds going toward teacher salaries, are looking ahead to the general election. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2b6N1Kf ) reports that State Question 779 seeks to raise the state sales tax rate by one cent per dollar. Nearly 70 percent of revenue