Новости за 13.01.2017

CHICAGO — Third baseman Todd Frazier has agreed to a $12 million, one-year contract with the White Sox after a mixed first season in Chicago. The deal Friday, which avoided salary arbitration, gives Frazier a substantial raise from the $7.5 million he earned last year. He is eligible for free agency after this season. A

NEW YORK — ABC says “Quantico” star Priyanka Chopra is “home resting comfortably” after being injured on the set of the action-thriller series Thursday night. The network released no details on the injury, which it termed “a minor incident” during filming of the New York-based show. Chopra was examined by a doctor and released from

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Several hundred people have rallied outside a St. Petersburg landmark cathedral to protest plans to give it to the Russian Orthodox Church. The local governor this week announced the city was transferring the iconic St. Isaac’s Cathedral to the Orthodox Church, a move that rattled residents and museum experts alike in

DETROIT — Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a years-long scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air bag inflators. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit announced the plea deal on Friday, the same day it unsealed

PHOENIX — The Latest on the shooting of an Arizona state trooper (all times local): 11:35 a.m. An Arizona man who helped a wounded state trooper says he was afraid and confused when he saw three bodies and pulled over on a freeway. Authorities say another motorist had just shot and killed a man who

HOUSTON — Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros avoided salary arbitration when the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner agreed Friday to a $9.15 million, one-year contract following a subpar season. The left-hander, who turned 29 on New Year’s Day, was 9-12 with a 4.55 ERA in 26 starts last year and won his third

CORSICA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to six to 12 months in prison for starving horses. WJAC reports (http://bit.ly/2jfjZMi) 44-year-old Leonard Hughes, of Corsica, was also ordered Monday to pay fines and restitution. Thirteen of the 29 horses in his field in western Pennsylvania were seized by Jefferson County humane control in

HOUSTON — A Houston-area middle school English teacher was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for having a long-term sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student who impregnated her. Alexandria Vera, 24, pleaded guilty last year to aggravated sexual assault of a child and was hoping to avoid prison and just get probation. State District

PASADENA, Calif. — Between a dialect coach who told him to exaggerate the accent and recent experience in a London play that required him to loudly project his voice onstage, Matthew Perry was a little over-the-top when he began filming his role as Sen. Edward Kennedy in a new television miniseries. “I sounded like Foghorn

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sporting Kansas City has signed Spanish midfielder Ilie Sanchez to a two-year contract that includes an option for the 2019 season, pending the receipt of his international transfer certificate. The Major League Soccer club announced the deal Friday. Sanchez is a product of Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy and has

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Dylan DeMelo is expected to miss eight weeks after breaking his right wrist. DeMelo got hurt Tuesday night when he was hit by Edmonton forward Zack Kassian. General manager Doug Wilson said Friday that DeMelo’s wrist was broken on the play and he underwent surgery. DeMelo has

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama’s top blocker, cornerback and receiver are skipping their final seasons to enter the NFL draft. Outland Trophy-winning left tackle Cam Robinson, cornerback Marlon Humphrey and wide receiver ArDarius Stewart announced their decisions on Friday, four days after the Crimson Tide lost to Clemson in the national championship game. Robinson and Humphrey

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke and Grayson Allen are about to embark on another tough road trip. For the second time this week, the seventh-ranked Blue Devils and Allen head to another opponent’s home arena when they visit No. 14 Louisville (14-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) on Saturday to face a hostile crowd with a long

BARCELONA, Spain — A Barcelona official has been dismissed from an institutional-relations role after he said Lionel Messi would not be as good if he didn’t have great teammates, the club announced on Friday. Barcelona said it relieved Pere Gratacos from his responsibilities because “he publicly expressed a personal opinion that did not coincide with

PARIS — Hailing the “remarkable work” of French police, Paris prosecutors on Friday announced preliminary charges against six more suspects in the armed jewelry heist of Kim Kardashian West. That brings the total number of people charged so far in the probe to 10. All but one of the suspects are men, including at least

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers interviewed Arizona vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough for their general manager’s job on Friday. Team CEO Jed York met with McDonough as part of his search for replacements for fired coach Chip Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke following a 2-14 season that tied the

UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power is urging the Trump administration not to cut funding to the United Nations, warning it would be “extremely detrimental” to U.S. interests and only benefit countries like China and Russia. In her final press conference Friday, Power said “we lead the world, in part, by leading at the

INDIANAPOLIS — Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly says he’ll push President-elect Donald Trump to follow through on his campaign pledges and take action to retain American manufacturing jobs. Donnelly was joined at a Friday news conference by workers from three Indiana plants where jobs are set to be shipped out of the country, including the

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal prosecutors won’t charge a deputy who was recorded tossing a student out of a desk at a South Carolina high school after she refused to give up her cellphone. The U.S. Justice Department pursues civil rights charges when someone with authority intentionally violates civil rights, not when they use poor judgment

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is making clear Pope Francis supports letting divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion under certain conditions by publishing a set of new guidelines in the pope’s own newspaper that go beyond even what he has said. The Catholic Church in Malta issued the guidelines Friday on applying the divisive

TRENTON, N.J. — The medical examiner on Friday overturned a ruling that a hospital president found dead along with his wife killed himself, the first step in their children’s quest to prove that their parents were slain by someone other than their father. Medical Examiner Andrew Falzon said the injuries that 72-year-old John Sheridan suffered

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators have acquired Cody McLeod from Colorado in exchange for forward Felix Girard. McLeod, 32, has played in 28 games for Colorado this season and has recorded one goal and 52 penalty minutes. He has 1,359 penalty minutes, 66 goals and 51 games in 659 career games over 10 NHL

Stolen hours after her birth in a Florida hospital 18 years ago, a young woman who came to suspect she didn’t belong with the people who raised her has been found in South Carolina, and police charged the woman she long believed was her mother with kidnapping. Thanks to DNA analysis, the young woman now

ARLINGTON, Texas — Closer Sam Dyson avoided salary arbitration by agreeing with the Texas Rangers on a $3.52 million contract for next season. Texas also agreed Friday with right-hander A.J. Griffin ($2 million), catcher Robinson Chirinos ($1.95 million) and reliever Tanner Scheppers ($975,000). Dyson went 3-2 with a 2.43 ERA and 38 saves in 73

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Not even a year ago they were riding firetrucks through downtown Denver with the players to celebrate their Super Bowl 50 victory. Now, the Broncos’ coaching staff is undergoing a major overhaul. They’ll have new offensive, defensive and special teams coordinators in 2017 to go with their new coach, Vance Joseph. The