Новости за 08.01.2017

DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler will add three new Jeeps to its lineup including a pickup truck as it invests $1 billion in two U.S. factories, furthering its effort to increase production of hot-selling SUVs and pickup trucks and get out of producing small and midsize cars. The expansion will create 2,000 new jobs. The Italian-American

PRINCETON, W.Va. — West Virginia state police say officers fatally shot a man who threatened them with a knife. State police spokesman Lt. Michael Baylous says in a news release that 25-year-old Daniel Scott Giberson of Bluefield was shot Saturday night. Baylous says troopers responding to a domestic disturbance in Princeton, about 90 miles south

ITHACA, N.Y. — Matt Morgan made five 3-pointers and scored 19 points, Stone Gettings had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Cornell cruised past NAIA’s Fisher College 100-72 on Sunday. Morgan, who leads Cornell with 18.7 points per game as a sophomore, was 7 of 12 from the floor, including 5 of 9 behind the

DETROIT — The third movie in Disney Pixar’s “Cars” animated series features an aggressive newcomer to the race circuit who challenges wily veteran Lightning McQueen. Pixar unveiled new character Jackson Storm and gave away some of the plot for “Cars 3” on Sunday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It also drove

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Packers receiver Randall Cobb is active for the wild-card game against the New York Giants, giving quarterback Aaron Rodgers a full complement of targets in the Packers’ potent passing attack. Cobb missed the last two games with an ankle injury. He had nine catches for a season-high 108 yards when the

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Shane Hammink scored 23 points and Tevonn Walker had 21 points and 10 rebounds to help Valparaiso hold off feisty Detroit Mercy 81-74 on Sunday. Hammink and Walker combined to shoot 26 for 29 from the free-throw line. Walker sealed it from the line shooting 5 for 6 to finish at 12

RENO, Nev. — Three former Nevada high school football players have filed a federal lawsuit that says they had to leave the team after they challenged bullying from their coach. The lawsuit names the coach, Galena High School principal and Washoe County School District, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported (http://on.rgj.com/2j8EKpD). Bullying by a coach runs afoul

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on winter storms in California (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded roads as heavy rains from a massive winter storm moved into Northern California. Authorities reported rescues in Marin and Sonoma counties, including an operation along U.S. 101 where several people were

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Justin Jackson scored 21 points and No. 14 North Carolina ran off a 20-0 first-half run to blow Sunday’s game open and beat North Carolina State 107-56. Joel Berry II added 19 points for the Tar Heels (14-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who beat the Wolfpack for the 20th time in

LOS ANGELES — Mariah Carey is blaming producers for her bungled performance on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” saying, “They foiled me.” Carey says on her Twitter page that the show’s production team had technical issues and her ear monitors didn’t work. Carey stopped singing during her live New Year’s Eve set as pre-recorded

WORCESTER, Mass. — Nana Foulland had 17 points and eight rebounds in leading Bucknell to a 68-49 victory over Holy Cross on Sunday, the fourth straight win for the Bison. Zach Thomas added 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Kimbal Mackenzie and Nate Sestina, who made all five of his shots, scored 10 points

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Jordan Fox scored 14 points, John Emezie had 13 and Army ended a three-game losing streak with a 66-57 win over Loyola Maryland on Sunday. Fox had two free throws to cap a 13-0 run to give Army a 20-6 lead with 7:49 left in the first half. The Black Knights

SEATTLE — It was the most obvious question in the aftermath of Thomas Rawls and the Seattle Seahawks running their way to another playoff victory. Where has that kind of a run game been hiding for most of the season? “I really had a sense it was going to happen,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State wide receiver Noah Brown says he will skip his final two years of eligibility to enter the NFL draft. A starter last season for the first time, Brown was second on the team to Curtis Samuel in receiving, catching 30 passes for 385 yards. He tied for the team lead

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For many flight passengers arriving Friday in Fort Lauderdale, it was supposed to be the start of an idyllic week cruising the Caribbean. Then, the deadly shooting in baggage claim happened. Cruises have gone forward — but not without delays, arrangements for traumatized travelers and some dampening of the usual atmosphere.

BALTIMORE — Nolan Gerrity scored 18 points on 9-for-9 shooting, Jairus Lyles had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Maryland, Baltimore County beat Maine 75-64 on Sunday. Maine cut a 17-point deficit to 62-55 with 5:13 left, but UMBC scored the next seven points for a 14-point lead. K.J. Maura had 13 points and 11

PARIS — French league leader Nice has only the title race to focus on for the rest of the season after going out of the French Cup on Sunday. Nice lost 2-1 away to Lorient, which is last in the first division, despite taking the lead through top scorer Alassane Plea near the end of

NEW YORK — Joel Embiid scored 20 points and the Philadelphia 76ers earned their 10th victory to match their total from all last season, beating the Brooklyn Nets 105-95 on Sunday. The 76ers broke it open with a 17-2 surge in the fourth quarter to win the matchup between the NBA’s two worst teams and

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A’ja Wilson and Alaina Coates had double-doubles as No. 5 South Carolina defeated Florida 81-62 on Sunday to remain perfect in Southeastern Conference play. Wilson scored 23 points and corralled 13 rebounds for her fourth double-double in six games. Coates had 14 points and 13 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the

WASHINGTON — T.J. Cline had 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to help Richmond beat George Washington 77-70 on Sunday. Richmond (9-6, 3-0 Atlantic 10) has started 3-0 in conference play for the first time since the 1997-98 season. Julius Johnson gave Richmond a 23-point lead with 13:19 left but George Washington pulled within

NEWTOWN, Pa. — The Latest on charges filed against an adoptive mother and her boyfriend in a teen dismemberment case (all times local): 2 p.m. A Pennsylvania woman whose dismembered 14-year-old adopted daughter’s remains were found in the woods last fall has been arraigned on charges she killed the girl as part of a “rape-murder

BERKELEY, Calif. — California has fired coach Sonny Dykes in a surprise after four seasons that produced just one bowl appearance. Dykes left Louisiana Tech to take over the struggling Cal program in 2013, but could never get the Bears turned around. They went 8-5 in 2015, but then slid back to 5-7 this season.

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s prime minister has warned that the Scandinavian country faces several security threats, including cyberattacks. Stefan Lofven says there are “primary” threats facing the country with a military buildup in the Baltic Sea region, especially “in light of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.” His article in the Dagens Nyheter daily on Sunday came

TAMPA, Fla. — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey is close to having full authority to reschedule league games. Sankey said Sunday that SEC athletic directors voted unanimously last month to approve a regulation that would give the commissioner unilateral control, something he didn’t have when LSU and Florida were in an acrimonious stalemate amid Hurricane

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana legislator says she plans to introduce a bill that would raise the age of consent to 18 from 16 years old. Indianapolis Democratic Rep. Karlee Macer says her bill would create a criminal offense called “indiscretion.” That charge could be filed against someone at least 23 years old who engages in