Новости за 07.10.2016

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Pacific walrus are beginning to come ashore near a remote community on Alaska’s northwest coast in what’s become an annual marine mammal phenomenon caused by a warming climate. The massive animals have gathered by the thousands each fall on a barrier island near the Inupiat Eskimo village of Point Lay in recent

ARLINGTON, Texas — Talk about a 1-2-3 punch for the Toronto Blue Jays in these playoffs. The wild-card Blue Jays have rediscovered their power stroke in October, and are going home with a chance to sweep the Texas Rangers in the AL Division Series after a 5-3 win Friday. Edwin Encarnacion capped a three-homer burst

ATHENS, Greece — All the injuries Belgium were worried about became irrelevant once its World Cup qualifier against Bosnia kicked off on Friday. Bosnia was beaten 4-0, and Belgium was two-for-two wins in Europe’s Group H. BELGIUM 4, BOSNIA 0 The European Championship quarterfinalist exposed weaknesses in a Bosnian defense that relied on heavy tackles

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have waived guard Tony Wroten after he played in one preseason game. General manager Chris Wallace announced the move Friday. The 6-foot-6, 205-pound guard played six minutes Thursday night in a 104-83 loss by Memphis to Atlanta. Memphis originally drafted Wroten at No. 25 overall in 2012 after his

THOMSON, Ill. — Tear gas drifting from a northern Illinois prison disrupted a middle school field trip to a farm, causing symptoms in about 30 seventh graders and school staff. Authorities say the tear gas was being used during a training exercise Thursday at the federal penitentiary in Thomson, about 130 miles west of Chicago

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Honeywell International Inc., down $8.67 to $106.94 The industrial conglomerate said shipments to businesses and aviation equipment makers are down and delays are hurting its military and space business. PPG Industries Inc., down $8.46 to $93.73 The paint and coating maker forecast weak quarterly

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police on Friday released data showing that a surveillance plane secretly flew over the city roughly 100 times, taking more than 1 million snapshots of the streets below. Police held a news conference where they released logs tracking flights of the plane owned and operated by Persistent Surveillance Systems, which is promoting

WASHINGTON — Never too early to start workin’ the umps, apparently. Before a single pitch was thrown in the NL Division Series between the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers, managers Dusty Baker and Dave Roberts stirred things up a bit Friday with some balk talk — indicating they might try to plant a seed

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne police say a young child has been shot while walking a dog, possibly in a drive-by shooting. WANE-TV and WPTA-TV report the shooting occurred Friday morning on the city’s southeast side. The child was reported hospitalized in serious condition. City Public Safety Director Rusty York says the child was

ARLINGTON, Texas — Toronto left-hander Francisco Liriano was hospitalized as a precaution after taking a line drive near the back of his head in the Blue Jays’ 5-3 win over Texas on Friday in Game 2 of the AL Division Series. Liriano turned away from the hit by Carlos Gomez with one out in the

BATON ROUGE, La. — Settlement talks that one attorney described as “fruitful” could resolve a lawsuit Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson and others filed against the city of Baton Rouge over their arrests during protests of a deadly police shooting. A court order says attorneys met with a federal magistrate judge Friday and reached

CHARDON, Ohio — A man accused of arranging a contract killing in which the hired attacker went to the wrong Ohio home and shot someone with the same name as the intended target has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Geauga (jee-‘AW-guh) County judge sentenced Joe Rosebrook on Thursday. He was convicted

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have activated Marcell Dareus even though the star defensive tackle is questionable to play Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams due to a hamstring injury. Dareus was formally added to Buffalo’s 53-player roster on Friday. He rejoined the team this week after serving a four-game suspension for violating

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Four days after declaring Trevor Siemian was still his starting quarterback, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak declined Friday to name Siemian the starter for the Broncos’ game against the Atlanta Falcons this weekend. Kubiak said he wants to see Siemian throw again Saturday to make sure he’s healthy enough to play again after

WASHINGTON — The U.S. bluntly accused Russia on Friday of hacking American political sites and email accounts in an effort to interfere with the upcoming presidential election. In a one-two punch, the United States also directly accused Russia of war crimes in Syria. Moscow dismissed the accusations, which significantly worsen U.S.-Russia relations that already had

Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath made his U.S. debut in Thursday’s exhibition game against Cuba in Havana. The 21-year-old from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, who plays for Molde in Norway, was part of the U.S. under-23 team that failed to qualify for this year’s Olympics. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann did not call in veterans Tim Howard and Brad

NORWAY HOUSE, Manitoba — Canada’s national police force said Friday that it is has started an investigation into two cases of babies who were allegedly switched at birth at a northern Manitoba hospital 41 years ago. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it has an obligation to the families and the public to determine if

CHICAGO — Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum have removed the right forelimb of the institution’s famous T. rex fossil named Sue. Sue’s bones are headed to the suburban Argonne National Laboratory to be part of research into the long-debated question of why T. rex had a forelimb, the Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/2dA2fav ) reported. “It’s been

UNITED NATIONS — The EU celebrated the Paris Agreement’s imminent entry into force with a ceremony at United Nations headquarters on Friday, claiming credit for pushing the treaty that seeks to curtail the emissions of greenhouse gases past its final hurdle. Poland, an EU member state, deposited the documents necessary for joining the treaty during

LOS ANGELES — In another change to the original plan, the press center for Los Angeles’ bid to host the 2024 Olympics would be relocated to the University of Southern California campus near the proposed media village. The Secret Service would take the lead role in Games security. LA2024 announced Friday that the Main Press

SALT LAKE CITY — Police say the deaths of two 13-year-old boys in the Utah ski-resort town of Park City could be connected to a new synthetic drug that was also found at the estate of entertainer Prince after he died. Park City police are waiting for toxicology results to confirm what killed Grant Seaver

“Ole, ole, ole, ole … Tite! Tite!” As the chant rolled around Arena das Dunas in sunny Natal on Thursday, the subject of adoration from 30,000 Brazil fans retreated from the sideline back to the bench. Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, universally known as Tite, isn’t yet comfortable in his position as coach of Brazil, but Brazilians

WASHINGTON — In its record-long week as a major hurricane, Matthew has threaded the needle with its track, staying over warm waters that provide fuel and avoiding land that could starve it. That’s been a bit of good news for Florida, but if does actually hit land farther up the coast — and that’s still

Sorry, Chicago Cubs, you’re not the only team in this year’s baseball playoffs that gets to play the misery card. The Curse of the Billy Goat is a good one. Extra credit, for sure, for going more than a century without winning the World Series. But the Cleveland Indians know a thing or two about

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Indiana coaches started looking for weaknesses in Ohio State’s game, someone noticed the Buckeyes’ punter Cameron Johnston wasn’t listed among the NCAA leaders at his position. So he must not be very good, right? Turned out that Johnston hadn’t punted enough this year to even be listed in the NCAA stats.