Новости за 08.02.2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers have re-signed backup linebacker and versatile special teams player Ben Jacobs to a two-year contract. Financial terms were not released Wednesday. Jacobs, 28, would have been a restricted free agent had he not re-signed. He returned to Carolina late last season to play the final four games after being released

SAO PAULO — Brazil has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing Canada of providing unfair subsidies to aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that government subsidies to Bombardier have created distortions in the international aeronautical market that are incompatible with WTO rules and that negatively affect Brazil’s

NEW YORK — Mixed signals from the White House on gay rights and religious exemptions have put two constituencies on edge: LGBT advocates already wary of President Donald Trump and social conservatives determined to hold him to his campaign promises. Recent developments have left both groups anxious and uncertain. Last week, Trump pledged to maintain

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hornets backup point guard Ramon Sessions will miss four to six weeks after needing surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee. The team announced that Sessions had “successful” surgery in New York on Wednesday. The nine-year NBA veteran is averaging 6.2 points, 2.6 assists and 1.5 rebounds in

LONDON — Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star who had global success with a one-man show about the life of Jesus, has died. He was 91. The actor’s nephew, the Rev. Nigel Mumford, said Wednesday that McCowen died Monday at his London home. Born in Tunbridge Wells, south of London, on May 26,

MILAN — It was harder than Juventus would have liked, but Massimiliano Allegri’s side won 2-0 at relegation-threatened Crotone to restore its seven-point lead in Serie A on Wednesday. Juventus struggled to break Crotone down before goals from Mario Mandzukic and Gonzalo Higuain in the second half. “Seven points don’t mean anything. The season is

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tony Dews is returning to West Virginia as running backs coach. West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen announced Dews’ hiring Wednesday. Dews replaces Ja’Juan Seider, who was hired at Florida. Dews spent the past five years as wide receivers coach at Arizona. He spent one season as a wide receivers and special teams

MANHATTAN, Kan. — When Kansas State blew a late lead against Maryland and lost by a point, it was easy to chalk it up as a frustrating defeat that people would soon forget. Except that more frustrating defeats have followed. And that has made the loss to the Terrapins resonate even now, well into February.

BANGUI, Central African Republic — Militia members stormed a health center in Central African Republic’s capital seeking to kill the wounded after renewed violence left at least five people dead including a pastor, authorities said Wednesday. The fighting centered Tuesday around Bangui’s PK5 neighborhood, long a flashpoint for tensions between Muslim and Christian fighters even

TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka says he is not thinking about his opt-out provision. Tanaka’s $155 million, seven-year contract allows him to terminate the deal after this season, give up a $23 million annual salary from 2018-20 and become a free agent. “It’s something that I put aside going into the

DERIDDER, La. — Three people are dead and seven people injured after an explosion at a packaging plant in Beauregard Parish. Louisiana State Police Sgt. James Anderson says one person who was unaccounted for after the blast at the Packaging Corporation of America facility has been found. Anderson describes the injuries as moderate to minor.

NEW YORK — Broadway welcomed a new theater Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Jake Gyllenhaal. The “Brokeback Mountain” and “Nightcrawler” star was on hand with a pair of oversize golden scissors to reopen the Hudson Theatre with “Sunday in the Park with George,” the venue’s first theatrical production in nearly 50 years. “I

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit will meet a December 2018 federal deadline for installing an emergency braking system despite lagging other passenger railroads on progress, the agency’s executive director said Wednesday. Investigators are looking at the lack of the positive control braking system as a potential factor in a September 2016 crash in Hoboken

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have hired former Buffalo assistant David Lee as their quarterbacks coach. Lee spent the past two seasons with the Bills, where he helped develop Tyrod Taylor, whose future in Buffalo is unclear as the team holds an option on his $90 million, five-year contract. Lee, 63, also served as quarterbacks

PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for 19 people killed or injured in a Philadelphia building collapse reached a $227 million settlement with several defendants Wednesday during the damages phase of a five-month trial. Six people were killed and 13 injured when a towering brick wall left unbraced during a demolition project crushed an adjacent Salvation Army store

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek police say two more Turkish families have illegally entered the country across a border river and plan to request asylum, claiming they face persecution in Turkey. Authorities say more than 100 Turks have requested asylum in Greece since the failed July 15 coup in Turkey, including eight servicemen who fled in

PHOENIX — The Latest on the sentencing of a Phoenix man on terrorism charges related to an attempted attack in Texas in 2015 (all times local): 11:45 a.m. A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges that he provided support to Islamic State by masterminding a thwarted attack on an

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Authorities say the head football coach at Marshalltown High School has been accused of grabbing and pushing a student. Police say 62-year-old Don Knock was charged with assault this week. He’s due in court Friday. Knock didn’t immediately respond to messages left Wednesday by The Associated Press. Online court records don’t list

The lure of more Olympic medals has bobsledder Steven Langton rethinking his retirement. The two-time medalist from the 2014 Sochi Olympics said Wednesday he is planning a comeback, the timing of his announcement coming exactly one year before the start of the Pyeongchang Olympics. “Over the past few weeks I’ve realized that I still have

TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed law in Kansas would require that information given to women seeking an abortion also include details about the abortion provider’s medical credentials, malpractice insurance and past disciplinary action. And that it be printed in a specific 12-point font. Kansas law already requires that women receive printed information ahead of an

NEW YORK — Some 80 years ago, the Nazis forced prominent German Jewish art gallery owner Max Stern to sell his family’s roughly 400-piece collection before he was exiled from his country. FBI agents on Wednesday returned one of those works, a 17th century oil painting by a Dutch master, to representatives of the Dr.

BLUE RIDGE, Ga. — The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta says the FBI is investigating a Georgia man who drove himself to a hospital and said he’d been exposed to ricin, a deadly toxin. Ricin is found naturally in castor beans. When purified, even a very small amount of it can kill. But prosecutors say

CONCORD, N.H. — Scientists studying oysters along the Atlantic Coast have discovered a critical clue to understanding why more seafood lovers are getting sick from eating shellfish. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found a new strain of the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus, the world’s leading culprit of contamination in shellfish that, when eaten,

CHICAGO — Midfielder Megan Rapinoe has been left off the U.S. roster for a training camp ahead of the SheBelieves Cup tournament. Midfielder/forward Kealia Ohai also was not among the 25 players announced Wednesday by coach Jill Ellis. Ohai made her debut with the national team last year, appearing in three matches. The 31-year-old Rapinoe

“All Our Wrong Todays” (Dutton), by Elan Mastai What if the world we know today is actually a dystopian society? Could the reason we don’t live like the Jetsons be attributed to one person’s mistake that altered the evolution of technology? Elan Mastai explores this possibility in his novel, “All Our Wrong Todays.” It’s 2016