Новости за 16.01.2017

HOUSTON — Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died on Monday, his family said. He was 82. Cernan was with his relatives when he died at a Houston hospital following ongoing heath issues, family

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Jalen Ross scored 19 points, Jason Dunne added 10 and Hartford snapped a five-game losing streak with a 54-44 victory over Maine on Monday. Ross, who ranks second in the America East Conference with 20.9 points per game, had 11 points in Hartford’s 33-29 first half to finish in double figures

NEW YORK — Dennis Schroder gave the Hawks the lead and the New York Knicks had three chances to take it back. Derrick Rose, Carmelo Anthony and Joakim Noah, who they hoped would be the backbone of a contending team, all failed from inside a few feet. “When things are not going your way, sometimes

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Don’t fret, Atlanta Falcons fans. Julio Jones will be ready to go in the NFC championship game. Coach Dan Quinn insisted Monday that his All-Pro receiver will be in the lineup when the Falcons play for a spot in the Super Bowl against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, despite

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar is missing their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning due to an illness. The Kings made the announcement during warmups for the matinee game Monday. Kopitar has just 24 points in 38 games during his first season as Los Angeles’ captain. The Slovenian center has led

LOS ANGELES — Organizers trying to land the 2024 Summer Olympics for Los Angeles would include a new football stadium in the games’ ceremonies. The NFL stadium being built in Inglewood near Los Angeles International Airport would be used for ceremonies along with Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the committee’s concept to create

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans stood in long ATM lines Monday to take out new, larger-denominated bills that President Nicolas Maduro hopes will help stabilize the crisis-wracked economy. Maduro last month said he was scrapping circulation of the most used bill, the 100-bolivar note, and replacing it with new bills ranging from 500 to 20,000 bolivars.

ST. LOUIS — A year after St. Louis finished last in the National League in stolen bases, the Cardinals are putting an emphasis on becoming more athletic and aggressive on the base paths. The arrival of newly acquired outfielder Dexter Fowler is leading that push, though the rest of the Cardinals — including manager Mike

NEW YORK — Dennis Schroder scored 28 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 22 seconds left, to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 108-107 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday. The Knicks had three attempts at a desperately needed victory after, but Derrick Rose, Carmelo Anthony and Joakim Noah all couldn’t convert before

CINCINNATI — No. 7 Creighton lost point guard Maurice Watson Jr. to a knee injury in the first half against Xavier on Monday. Watson banged his left knee in a collision on the court midway through the first half, falling to his back. He hobbled off the court and put ice on the knee, then

BALTIMORE — David Nichols scored 18 points, Joe Cremo added 15 and Albany beat Maryland, Baltimore County 77-50 on Monday for its first conference win of the season. UMBC went scoreless for seven-plus minutes in the second half until Jairus Lyles completed a 3-point play and Albany had a 27-point lead with 9:32 to go.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ashley Wagner remembers being glued to her TV in the winter of 1998, when a sprightly young figure skater named Tara Lipinski was dazzling the judges on her way to gold at the Nagano Olympics. Wagner was 7 years old at the time. Lipinski was just 15. Nearly two decades later,

BOSTON — Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss definitely wanted to be back in net after a poor game. Playing in Boston again certainly added to his excitement. Greiss stopped 32 shots for his first shutout of the season — and the first by an Islanders’ goalie in a game in Boston — to lead New York

TRENTON, N.J. — The Latest on a Bruce Springsteen tribute band that had been scheduled to perform at a gala ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A Bruce Springsteen tribute band has canceled its plans to perform at a Washington gala before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. B Street Band leader Willie

GLENSIDE, Pa. — The Latest on the life of a teenage girl who authorities say was killed and dismembered by her adoptive mother and the mother’s boyfriend (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Friends of the 14-year-old girl allegedly killed by her adoptive mother and the woman’s boyfriend say the girl’s complaints had sounded like typical

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Officials say it’s not clear what killed three men working underground on a road project in the Florida Keys. According to Monroe County spokeswoman Cammy Clark, one of the men working for the county’s contractor went down a drainage manhole Monday morning to investigate why a newly paved Key Largo road

INDIANAPOLIS — An environmental group plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that rejected its bid to block a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs cemetery project that would fell a tract of old-growth forest in Indianapolis. U.S. District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson denied the Indiana Forest Alliance’s bid for a preliminary injunction Friday, writing in part

NEW YORK — Green Bay’s 34-31 win over Dallas was seen by an average of 48.5 million on Fox, the most-viewed NFL divisional playoff game ever. The game Sunday had a 26.1 rating and 46 share, the network said Monday, the highest-rated NFC divisional game since 1997. The rating is the percentage of television households

With a series of “I don’t know” responses, captain Claude Giroux was at a loss to explain what has happened to the Philadelphia Flyers lately. Eleven losses in 14 games have erased the positive vibes and good feelings from their recent 10-game winning streak. Things have gone sideways for the Flyers over the past month,

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Chanette Hicks scored a career-high 29 points and No. 17 Virginia Tech used big second and third quarters for a 72-70 win over Wake Forest on Monday to improve to 12-0 at home this season. Virginia Tech only scored seven points in the first quarter but used a 24-8 second-quarter spurt to

NEW YORK — The Piano Guys are saying their decision to perform at an event marking the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump is not a political endorsement. The Utah-based group, which first found fame on YouTube, is among the few acts to agree to play for the Republican’s inaugural celebration. Numerous musicians have said they

ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins have interviewed Rob Ryan for their defensive coordinator position. The team confirmed that the longtime NFL assistant interviewed on Monday. Ryan was most recently the Buffalo Bills’ assistant head coach/defense this past season under his brother Rex. Ryan has been defensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Dallas

INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence will use Ronald Reagan’s family Bible when he’s sworn in as Donald Trump’s vice president Friday, the first person to use the Bible during an inauguration ceremony since the former president himself. The former Indiana governor said in a statement that it is “humbling” to use the 40th president’s Bible when

BOISE, Idaho — A change in U.S. House rules making it easier to transfer millions of acres of federal public lands to states is worrying hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts across the West who fear losing access. Lawmakers earlier this month passed a rule eliminating a significant budget hurdle and written so broadly that it

GLENSIDE, Pa. — The smiles radiate from photos posted online by friends: Grace Packer sporting an impish grin as a toddler, floating happily in a pool as a young teen, leaning in to talk to a friend at her school lunch table. But the 14-year-old posted a more haunting picture, a forlorn selfie taken in