Новости за 31.01.2017

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sporting Kansas City has signed forward Soony Saad to a two-year contract, reuniting the Lebanese forward with the Major League Soccer club. The deal includes an option for the 2019 season and was announced Monday by the team. Saad played for Sporting KC from 2011-14 before spending the past two seasons

INDIANAPOLIS — One lawmaker is continuing her cursive writing crusade, hoping the Legislature will finally sign off this year on mandating that schools teach it. The measure has passed the Senate many times, as it did Monday in a 35-14 vote. It consistently dies in the House, where the education chairman believes the decision is

U.S. stocks fell Monday as investors grew nervous following President Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Energy companies, which have surged over the last year, took the biggest losses. On Monday: The Dow Jones industrial average sank 122.65 points, or 0.6 percent, to 19,971.13. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gave up 13.79

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The top Republican in the Rhode Island House of Representatives is asking President Donald Trump to rekindle a stalled pipeline project that would bring more natural gas to New England from shale fields in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan said Monday she’s sent a letter to the president asking

NEW YORK — RushCard, the prepaid debit card company founded by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, is being bought by rival Green Dot for $147 million. Green Dot said Monday it will buy UniRush, the parent company of RushCard as well as the Rapid! payroll debit card. Simmons started RushCard in 2003 as one of the

WASHINGTON — In the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump has staunchly defended his order temporarily banning refugees and nearly all citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. But in a statement Sunday and tweets Monday, Trump misstated the facts multiple times. What Trump said and how it compares with the facts: TRUMP: In a Twitter

CLEVELAND — The Indians have acquired right-hander Carlos Frias in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash. Frias has gone 6-6 with a 4.50 ERA in 33 games over the past three seasons for the Dodgers, who signed the Dominican Republic native as an amateur free agent in 2007. The 27-year-old was limited

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the U.S. under a program created by former President Barack Obama. Wells Fargo said it was disappointed the plaintiffs sued instead of

SANAA, Yemen — Saudi Arabia said Monday that a “suicide gunboat” belonging to Yemen’s Iranian-backed Shiite rebels rammed one of its frigates in the Red Sea, killing two crew members and injuring three. The official Saudi Press Agency said the gunboat was one of three that attacked the frigate which was patrolling off the Yemeni

VIENNA — Austria’s governing coalition has agreed to prohibit full-face veils in courts, schools and other “public places” as part of a package of reforms drawn up after more than a week of negotiations. The coalition of Social Democrats and the centrist People’s party also agreed Monday to ban police officers, judges and magistrates and

LOS ANGELES — From Dubai to Los Angeles, President Donald Trump’s order barring travelers from seven Muslim countries from entering the U.S. has thrown the lives of thousands into limbo. Middle Eastern scholars who have been studying in the U.S., foreigners planning to visit loved ones living in this country, and others who were outside

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Ever since watching John Elway step into an NFL front office in Denver and build a Super Bowl champion, John Lynch was intrigued about leaving the broadcast booth for a management job. That process sped up rapidly a few weeks ago when Lynch called up Atlanta offensive coordinator and the presumptive