Новости за 18.08.2016

NEW YORK — Comedy Central says Jon Stewart will pay a visit to Larry Wilmore on his last show Thursday to bid him “good nightly.” Then “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” will end its 19-month run. Stewart, a producer of “The Nightly Show,” in past seasons featured Wilmore as “Senior Black Correspondent” when he

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma residents have agreed to dismiss two lawsuits claiming several drilling companies triggered earthquakes that damaged homes. Brenda Lene and Jon Darryn Lene filed a lawsuit against multiple companies in February. The couple alleged that wastewater disposal wells caused earthquakes that damaged their home. Lisa Griggs and April Marler filed a lawsuit

RIO DE JANEIRO — A weightlifter from Kyrgyzstan became the first athlete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to be stripped of a medal after failing a drug test, while a Chinese swimmer and Brazilian cyclist were also disqualified Thursday and a Moldovan canoeist was suspended and could lose his bronze medal. Weightlifter Izzat Artykov

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Vigo County Health Department official says volunteers have counted 84 bats flying out of a Terre Haute school where the flying mammals have hit a custodian in the head and another worker in the chest. Health Department Administrator Joni Wise says the bats were counted Wednesday night coming out of

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida has named journeyman Luke Del Rio its starting quarterback for the Sept. 3 season opener against UMass. Coach Jim McElwain made the announcement Thursday, a day before the team’s second scrimmage. He gave Del Rio the nod over former Purdue starter Austin Appleby. “Luke is going to work as the starter

RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt and Ryan Lochte commanded the Olympic spotlight Thursday for drastically different reasons. Bolt is going for an unprecedented third consecutive sweep of the 100- and 200-meter sprints Thursday in an accomplishment that would further elevate his status as the most decorated male sprinter in Olympic history. But for most

JOPLIN, Mo. — The father of a southwest Missouri man charged in weekend shootings that left six people and two dogs wounded said his son has had mental health issues and that he believes he was suffering a psychotic episode. Tom Mourning Sr. said his son, 26-year-old Tom Mourning II, was having “a schizophrenic- or

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama basketball coach Avery Johnson has donated a truckload of supplies to help flood victims in Louisiana. The New Orleans native and Southern University graduate filled a rented 18-wheeler with items such as soap, towels, clothes and water to help flood victims. The truck departed Tuscaloosa on Thursday for Baton Rouge. Johnson

NEW YORK — It was the most searing racial clash in a generation in the nation’s biggest city, spiraling out of the deaths of a black child and a Jewish doctoral student. Yet the 25th anniversary of the Crown Heights riot is being marked with games, rides and “fun for all ages.” It’s meant to

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants kicker Josh Brown says an arrest on a domestic violence charge in May 2015 led to his one-game suspension by the NFL for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Speaking after practice on Thursday, the 37-year-old Brown said the woman whose wrist he grabbed in Woodinville, Wash. during

MASON, Ohio — Right from the start, Rafael Nadal was running on empty. Nadal showed the effects of his long layoff from a wrist injury Thursday, losing to Croatia’s Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 at the Western & Southern Open. The 30-year-old Spaniard has a lot of work to do before the U.S. Open. He was

NEW YORK — United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz has made his first major management changes, appointing two new people to top leadership positions. The airline said Thursday that Andrew Levy will serve as the new chief financial officer of United Continental Holdings Inc. and Julia Haywood as the new chief commercial officer. Gerry Laderman, who

RIO DE JANEIRO — The taekwondo competition at the Rio Games on Thursday morning was sold out. Not a single seat was left for grabs at the 10,000-capacity arena, where fans spent between $21 and $43 to gain access. But the arena never totally filled. The crowds, or lack thereof, will unquestionably be part of

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man is in custody after police say he refused to stop for a police officer, crashed his car and fled, leaving behind his 7-year-old daughter. The Leaf-Chronicle (http://leafne.ws/2bAJEKs) reports the incident happened Wednesday in Clarksville. According to an arrest warrant, an officer pulled Wilfredo Valcarcel Ortiz over for a brake

LOS ANGELES — Fresh off a divisive turn as the Joker in “Suicide Squad,” Jared Leto is set to take off on new adventure in the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 dystopian cult classic “Blade Runner.” The Oscar-winning actor will play a never-before-seen character, according to an announcement from Alcon Entertainment Thursday. He’ll star alongside

SAO PAULO — It’s a 60-minute flight from the Olympic host city, but worlds apart in spirit and style. If Rio de Janeiro is more like a chilled-out, sun-worshipping Los Angeles, Sao Paulo is all New York City — the intense financial nerve center of Brazil. Long rivals, the nation’s two most-populous places once competed

JONESBORO, Ark. — The Arkansas State University system’s president says the school will look for a long-term interim chancellor to replace former chancellor Tim Hudson, who resigned after internal audits criticized the school’s study abroad program run by his wife. Another audit showed that Hudson may have violated a state law in his efforts to

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Authorities say a storm that dumped more than 8 inches of rain in less than 24 hours in South Bend earlier this week collapsed two houses and the foundations of seven more, and the Red Cross has classified another 13 houses as destroyed. More than 700 people have contacted the city’s

FIFE, Wash. — A section of a major freeway in Washington state has reopened state after a tanker truck rolled over and spilled fuel near the Port of Tacoma. The News Tribune reports (http://goo.gl/kfaVOq ) that at least some of the 7,700 gallons of fuel the tanker was hauling spilled in the crash, which happened

HOUSTON — The running back position for the New Orleans Saints appears loaded. With veterans Mark Ingram, C.J. Spiller and Tim Hightower anchoring the effort and rookie Daniel Lasco proving himself in camp, the Saints have options behind quarterback Drew Brews. “I think we have a special group of guys, a real talented room,” Ingram

RIO DE JANEIRO — It’s a bitter grudge that has lasted for years: Aaron Cook vs. Britain. Born and raised in the U.K., Cook is now a citizen of Moldova and will be fighting for that country in the men’s 80-kilogram competition in what his British opponent Lutalo Muhammad describes as “probably the biggest rivalry

Ohio’s two big amusement parks are mixing a little surf and snow into their new plans for the coming year. Cedar Point in Sandusky announced Thursday that its Soak City water park is getting a makeover complete with new slides and a new name. The renovated water park will open next year as Cedar Point

RIO DE JANEIRO — The International Boxing Association has reassigned its executive director in the middle of the Olympics after an examination of the judging and refereeing at the games. AIBA assigned Karim Bouzidi to a new role within the organization Thursday, but declined to elaborate on the reason. Boudizi has been AIBA’s executive director

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Clark County officials have decided that a cement plant in southern Indiana that wants to burn hazardous waste for fuel will have to apply for rezoning. The Clark County Board of Zoning Appeals chose to uphold a letter that deemed an earlier decision to allow the Essroc to burn alternative fuel as

RIO DE JANEIRO — Barred from competing in Rio de Janeiro, Yelena Isinbayeva was elected as an athletes’ representative on the International Olympic Committee on Thursday. The Russian pole vaulter saw her election as a sign she retains the trust of her fellow athletes despite being part of a doping-tainted track and field team. Isinbayeva