Новости за 17.02.2017

LAS VEGAS — It’s a different kind of opening night for Greg Maddux — his first as a college baseball coach. The Hall of Famer has joined UNLV’s staff as a volunteer assistant coach and his first game comes Friday night when the Rebels host Omaha. UNLV says Maddux joined Stan Stolte’s staff last fall

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR driver Greg Biffle won’t race full time this season. Biffle announced Friday via Twitter that he has accepted a recurring role as a guest analyst on NBC Sports’ “NASCAR America” show. He says his debut is March 1. He adds that “if the right opportunity arises, I may return to

KHAZER CAMP, Iraq — Umm Mohammed decided to flee western Mosul after her husband told her the alternative was that they starve. Their family — six boys and a girl — had been eating little for the last three months as money ran out and supplies became harder to get a hold of in the

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump’s administration says his travel ban didn’t affect a Syrian asylum seeker’s attempts to bring his family to Wisconsin. The asylum seeker filed a lawsuit Monday alleging Trump’s executive order halted the man’s applications for his wife and daughter. The U.S. Department of Justice responded Friday saying processing of the

NASCAR driver Kurt Busch is being sued for nearly $1.5 million by his former sports management company after he terminated their relationship last March. Sports Management Network is seeking $1.47 million in damages in the federal lawsuit filed this month in Michigan. It accuses Busch of breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation and unjust enrichment. Alan

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia will ask the United Nation’s top court to reconsider its 2007 ruling that cleared Serbia of genocide during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Bakir Izetbegovic, Muslim Bosniak member of the county’s tripartite presidency, announced Friday the request will be submitted before Feb. 26, when the deadline for appealing expires. The appeal will be

LONDON — Bournemouth is the latest target of the English Football Association’s anti-doping crackdown after being charged with breaching regulations. The Premier League club is accused of failing to keep the governing body informed on the location of their players in order to facilitate drug-testing. Manchester City was fined 35,000 pounds ($44,000) on Thursday for

ANKARA, Turkey — A car bomb attack targeted government lodgings in southeastern Turkey on Friday, killing a 3-year-old child and wounding 15 other people, an official said. The bomb exploded near the homes of judges and prosecutors in the mainly-Kurdish town of Viransehir, in Sanliurfa province, which borders Syria. Sanliurfa governor Gungor Azim Tuna told

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Bud Black called on young pitcher Rayan Gonzalez and put the Puerto Rican right-hander on the spot in front of everybody. Colorado’s new manager inquired about what Gonzalez likes to do away from the field? Gonzalez shared that he and wife, Alexa, regularly do salsa dancing. Cue the salsa music — well,

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister has been released from a hospital in Warsaw where she was treated for a week after suffering minor injuries in a car crash. Prime Minister Beata Szydlo spoke briefly to reporters as she left the military hospital on Friday evening. She said she still needs a few more days

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson defensive tackle Scott Pagano is leaving the program. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said the 6-foot-3, 295-pound native of Hawaii wants to play his final season closer to his home, probably somewhere on the West Coast. Swinney said Pagano, a part-time starter, told him he had accomplished his goals at Clemson of

BURKE, Vt. — The gods have answered the call of skiers, snowmobilers and dog mushers, dumping mounds of snow in northern New England following little snow last season during the warmest winter on record in some spots. The biggest snowstorms of this season, followed by days of flurries, have unloaded more than 2 feet of

NEW YORK — U.S. food giant Kraft Heinz Co. said that its bid to acquire Europe’s Unilever had been rejected, but that it would still try to hammer out a deal. Here’s a look at the companies and some of the many brands they own. Kraft Heinz Headquarters: Pittsburgh Employees: 42,000 in 40 countries Sales:

OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi’s Terence Davis has made the leap from solid role player to go-to scorer. The 6-foot-4 sophomore’s emergence is a big reason the Rebels find themselves in a familiar February position: Sliding around on the NCAA Tournament bubble, desperate for a few big wins to prove they’re worthy of a spot in

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Shifting attention from his troubled White House, President Donald Trump hit the road Friday for a campaign-style rally, resurrecting the buoyant jobs promises that powered his election victory and pledging to “unleash the power of the American spirit.” “We love our workers and we are going to protect our workers,” Trump

OAKLAND, Calif. — Officials say a gunman who fired numerous shots Friday morning in east Oakland near the zoo has been disarmed and is in police custody. Officers were called to a neighborhood near the Oakland Zoo for a report of a man armed with a rifle and shooting in the neighborhood, police spokeswoman Officer

FRANKFURT, Germany — A German newspaper correspondent in Turkey has been taken into police custody in connection with his reporting on a hacker attack on the email account of Turkey’s energy minister, his employer said Friday. The Welt daily said on its website that Deniz Yucel, who has both Turkish and German citizenship, went to

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia and defending champion Martin Klizan of Slovakia both lost in the quarterfinals of the World Tennis Tournament on Friday. Cilic was beaten 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) by sixth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat the former U.S. Open champion for only the second time in seven meetings. Tsonga

CHICAGO — An Amtrak police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed Minneapolis man outside Chicago’s Union Station was ordered held on $250,000 bail Friday. LaRoyce Tankson, 31, is charged in the Feb. 8 shooting of 25-year-old Chad Robertson, who died Wednesday, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said. Robertson was taking a

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry called it strange not to see David Ortiz at the team’s first full-squad workout this year and knows only one achievement will satisfy the team’s management, players and fans. “We really are focused on that fourth ring like we were that first,” Henry said

NEW YORK — Columbia University says it’s strengthening its procedures after it accidentally sent acceptance notices to 277 prospective students and then recalled them. Columbia says the emails, sent Wednesday, “incorrectly implied” that the applicants had been accepted into its School of Public Health’s Master’s program. The university said Friday that it immediately discovered its

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When Syracuse coach Quentin Hillsman makes out his lineup, he smiles every time he writes the names of Alexis Peterson and Brittney Sykes. “They can score from multiple spots on the floor,” Hillsman said. “When you have players that are that multi-dimensional, you have a big luxury.” While fourth-ranked Florida State has

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The launch pad used to send Americans to the moon and shuttle astronauts into orbit is roaring back into action. Dormant for nearly six years, NASA’s Launch Complex 39A should see its first commercial flight this weekend. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will use it to hoist supplies to the International

WEST LIBERTY, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy who was shot at his school last month says a positive attitude has helped him cope as he continues a remarkable recovery from critical wounds. Logan Cole discussed his recovery in an interview this week with radio station WBLL in Bellefontaine, The Springfield News-Sun (http://bit.ly/2lqCTS7) reported. He was

MONTICELLO, Ky. — A Kentucky man has been charged after deputies say he shot at a school bus with a BB gun. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports (http://bit.ly/2m2fbby) that Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron says in a statement that 19-year-old Jonathan Gregory was arrested Wednesday on charges of wanton endangerment and criminal mischief. County school officials