Новости за 07.12.2016

SALISBURY, N.C. — Before he was charged with firing an assault rifle inside a Washington restaurant, where he had been drawn by an online hoax, Edgar Maddison Welch was known as a well-meaning father of two girls who unnerved some with his religious fervor and sometimes had trouble detaching himself from the internet.

JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State defensive lineman Ja’Von Rolland-Jones is the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year.

PHOENIX — A second wild jaguar may have been spotted in the United States.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly has returned to the practice field for the first time since suffering a frightening concussion in the team’s Nov. 17 win against the New Orleans Saints.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania environmental regulators have fined a natural-gas driller more than $3.5 million for violations at 10 well sites and six pipeline locations.

CINCINNATI — Whoever starts at quarterback for the winless Browns will be facing a defense that’s among the best in the league at taking the ball away.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A child predator in Pennsylvania who vanished before his 2006 sentencing was convicted Wednesday in England of raping a 13-year-old girl.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama man convicted of killing a store clerk is scheduled to be executed Thursday, but lawyers for the former Eagle Scout are urging it be blocked because a judge overrode a jury recommendation in imposing the death sentence.

LOS ANGELES — “What an amazing year it’s been for women,” Tina Fey shouted out Wednesday morning before she buckled over with a sustained and slightly maniacal laugh. Speaking to a room of celebrities, Hollywood execs and reporters in Los Angeles at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment event, Fey, accepting the Sherry Lansing Award for Leadership with her usual wit and humor, also said she wondered “how we can proceed in dignity in this increasingly ugly, misogynistic time?”

BEREA, Ohio — Browns rookie safety Derrick Kindred broke his ankle during the team’s bye week and will miss the remainder of the season.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings in an iconic tourism spot at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor insists he’s not affected by questions about his performance or long-term future in Buffalo.

WASHINGTON — When Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, arrived to a recent meeting with Donald Trump, the president-elect greeted him with a blunt question.

NEW YORK — Playworld Systems Inc. is recalling 1,300 slides that are used in school and municipal playgrounds after a defect caused two finger amputations in children.

BENGHAZI, Libya — The Islamic State group this week lost the city of Sirte, its only foothold in Libya, essentially ending its ambition to expand its self-styled “caliphate” into the North African nation, at least for now.

NEW YORK — The former head of the Nicaraguan soccer federation has pleaded guilty in New York in the corruption scandal that has engulfed the sport’s governing body.

It’s been a rough year for the Idaho football program, but the Vandals are ending it on a high note.

WASHINGTON — A senior executive with Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has agreed to plead guilty in a price-fixing scheme, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing a continuing investigation into the packaged seafood industry.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts spent Wednesday adapting to the new reality that leading tackler D’Qwell Jackson will miss the last four games of the regular season.

NEW YORK — A former aide to a New York City Council member says the lawmaker and a senior member of his staff subjected him to cruel bullying that included decapitating the stuffed animals on his desk and locking him in a basement.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Police were searching for a shooter who wounded two people Wednesday inside a Wal-Mart store in a Phoenix suburb.

WASHINGTON — Consumers increased their borrowing in October at the slowest pace in four months as growth in credit card debt and the category that covers auto loans and student loans slowed.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not charge Russell Crowe with battery over a scuffle with rapper Azealia Banks in a Beverly Hills hotel room earlier this year.

ST. LOUIS — Eight Chicago residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for the smash-and-grab theft of $60,000 worth of handbags at a Saks Fifth Avenue in suburban St. Louis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

OXON HILL, Md. — Free agent outfielder Matt Holliday and the New York Yankees have finalized a $13 million, one-year contract.