Новости за 09.01.2017

NEW YORK — The son of a former Florida school board member pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy charges in a bitcoin case, acknowledging he participated in a money exchange business that used bitcoins to launder cash for cyber criminals. Anthony Murgio, of Tampa, Florida, faces a decade or more in prison at a June

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The meticulous rebuilding job in Oakland crashed as soon as quarterback Derek Carr broke his right leg in the penultimate game of the regular season. Instead of thoughts of a Super Bowl, the Raiders lost a chance at the division and then their first playoff game in 14 years with a 27-14

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is finally getting a single, nationwide emergency number like the U.S. has, and the number is 911. In Mexico’s previous system, people often reported police emergencies to one number, and medical or fire emergencies to another. And the public has long distrusted emergency numbers because authorities frequently fail to come when

TULSA, Okla. — Recent reports show that disposal well operators placed about 23 percent less saltwater into Oklahoma’s deepest geological formation within the earthquake zone in 2016 compared to the previous year. The year-end data reports about the Arbuckle formation come from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, according to the Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2j9UYzI ). Commission spokesman

NEW YORK — Dan Zhong’s two-story home in Livingston, New Jersey, is unremarkable by suburban standards, but the businessman’s lawyers have told a judge he is willing to pay $144,000 per month to turn the place into a private jail where he can comfortably await trial on charges he exploited immigrant Chinese laborers. His proposal

NEW YORK — A plug from Meryl Streep on Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast sparked a surge in contributions to the Committee to Protect Journalists. By mid-afternoon Monday, the CPJ had received about 700 online donations totaling $60,000, communications associate Mehdi Rahmati said. Ordinarily, only a handful of donations would have been received overnight, he said.

SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa — Polaris Industries is eliminating its unprofitable Victory Motorcycles brand to focus on its Indian Motorcycle brand and other products. Polaris announced the decision Monday to shut down Victory after 18 years. The motorcycles were produced at the Minneapolis-based company’s Spirit Lake, Iowa, plant. Polaris CEO Scott Wine says the company decided

NEW YORK — A judge has rejected the federal government’s request for anonymous jurors at the trial of an Arizona man charged with aiding the Islamic State by helping a New Yorker travel to Syria. Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Ahmed Mohammed el-Gammal (ehl-gahm-AHL’). The resident of the Phoenix suburb of Avondale

DALLAS — Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is recovering after suffering a mini-stroke last month. Jay Rosser, Pickens’ chief of staff, said in an email Monday the mini-stroke happened a few days before Christmas and Pickens was hospitalized for a few days. In a tweet he sent out on Monday, the 88-year-old Pickens said that

PASADENA, Calif. — The loud expletive coming from Christine Baranski’s lips during the trailer for the upcoming spinoff of “The Good Wife” makes you immediately realize you’re not on CBS anymore. The new show, “The Good Fight,” will air starting Feb. 19 on the CBS All Access streaming service. CBS executives hope the 10-episode original

NEW YORK — Lunar New Year begins Jan. 28, kicking off the year of the rooster. The holiday is observed in China, Vietnam and other Asian countries, but a number of U.S. destinations from New York to Las Vegas also host celebrations. Events include parades featuring lion dancers, special holiday menus at Asian restaurants, cultural

LONDON — Defending champion Manchester United has drawn 2013 winner Wigan at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Chelsea will face Championship side Brentford in a west London derby at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester City will go to Crystal Palace or Bolton. The winner of the replay between Liverpool and Plymouth

HARTFORD, Conn. — A witness expected to testify at the upcoming double murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a 2014 Connecticut bar shooting. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/2iWBC3C ) Alexander Bradley was sentenced Monday for illegally possessing a firearm

NEW YORK — The Nielsen company says Sunday’s Golden Globes show enjoyed a bump in its audience over last year’s. The awards broadcast, aired on NBC with Jimmy Fallon hosting, was seen by 20 million viewers. That’s a boost of 1.5 million over the 18.5 million viewers who watched in January 2016. It represents an

ROME — Italy is reopening its embassy in the Libyan capital after two years of unrest in what the Rome foreign ministry says is a show of support for Libya’s stabilization process. Italy’s new ambassador, Giuseppe Perrone, will present his credentials to Tripoli authorities on Tuesday. In a statement Monday, the Italian foreign ministry said

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Christian Volesky from Portland for a fourth-round draft pick and signed winger Latif Blessing from the Ghana Premier League during a series of moves Monday. The 24-year-old Volesky, who spent the past two seasons with Rochester in the United Soccer League, is on a one-year contract

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sporting Kansas City has acquired 20-year-old winger Latif Blessing from Liberty Professionals of the Ghana Premier League and signed him to a contract through the 2019 season. The deal announced Monday also includes an option for 2020. Blessing was born and raised in Ghana, and made his debut in the nation’s

NEW YORK — The Latest in a wealthy businessman’s attempt to pay for his own house arrest while awaiting a federal trial in New York 9all times EST): 3 p.m. A businessman who’s offered to cover the costs of his own house arrest has lost a round in his federal case in New York. Dan

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota has returned to The Associated Press rankings for the first time in nearly four years. The Gophers debuted in the AP poll on Monday at No. 24, their first appearance in the Top 25 under coach Richard Pitino. They were last ranked the week of Feb. 4, 2013. Minnesota improved to 15-2

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two major prescription drug distributors have agreed to pay $36 million to settle a West Virginia lawsuit alleging they fueled West Virginia’s opioid epidemic with excessively large shipments of painkillers into the state over several years. State officials on Monday say Cardinal Health will pay $20 million and AmerisourceBergen will pay $16

INDIANAPOLIS — In a Jan. 9 story about a case to be heard before the Indiana Appeals Court, The Associated Press erroneously reported the Indiana county involved in the appeal. Harrison County was appealing the $1.2 million judgment, not Hamilton County. The case involved a Harrison County sheriff’s deputy, not a Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy.

INDIANAPOLIS — Hamilton County is appealing a $1.2 million judgment awarded to the daughter of a woman who killed herself using a gun provided by her husband, a local sheriff’s deputy. The Indiana Appeals Court will hear arguments in the case Tuesday. Court documents say Deputy John Britton was arguing with his wife, Christine Britton,

ATHENS, Greece — Greek police say the head of the consular section at the Russian Embassy in Athens has been found dead in his apartment, but there are no immediate indications of foul play. A consular employee found the body of 54-year-old Consul Andrey Malanin at his apartment in the Greek capital on Monday. Police

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Roberto Cabanas, who was a top striker for various clubs and Paraguay, died on Monday in the capital Asuncion. He was 55. Valerio Cabanas, the brother of the deceased, said the cause of death was a heart attack. Cabanas played for local club Cerro Porteno, was a member of Paraguay’s 1986 World