Новости за 23.02.2017

MESA, Ariz. — A change in his catching stance has Josh Phegley feeling fine and ready to resume his role as part of the Oakland Athletics’ platoon at the position. Phegley, after taking some cuts in the batting cage early at spring training Thursday, leaned back and slightly to the side to demonstrate his previous

OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton basketball player Maurice Watson Jr. is a suspect in an alleged sexual assault in Omaha, police said Thursday. According to an incident report, a 19-year-old woman said Watson had nonconsensual sexual intercourse with her in the bathroom of a midtown residence about 3 a.m. on Feb. 4. Officer Michael Pecha said

Bills to curtail transgender people’s access to public restrooms are pending in about a dozen states, but even in conservative bastions such as Texas and Arkansas they may be doomed by high-powered opposition. The bills have taken on a new significance this week following the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke an Obama-era

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder have added some help for Russell Westbrook acquiring Chicago Bulls forwards Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott just before the NBA trade deadline. Mark Bartelstein, the agent for Gibson and McDermott, confirmed the deal in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday. He said the Thunder sent Cameron

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Byung Ho Park reported to Minnesota a year ago with a $12 million, four-year contract after the Twins agreed to pay $12.85 million to his South Korean club. After hitting .191 with 12 homers, 24 RBIs and 80 strikeouts in 62 games as a rookie and getting demoted to Triple-A on

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Michigan man accused of poisoning unpackaged food at grocery stores has been ruled competent to stand trial. The Ann Arbor News reports (http://bit.ly/2mhzqTr ) that 30-year-old Kyle Bessemer was bound over Thursday for trial in circuit court in Washtenaw County. The FBI has said Bessemer admitted he sprayed a mixture

NEW YORK — San Diego Padres first baseman Wil Myers landed the biggest raise of all the hefty salary increases in arbitration. The 168 players eligible for arbitration as of mid-December averaged a 113 percent raise, according to a study by The Associated Press on Thursday. Myers received a 26-fold increase from $523,900 to an

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Latest on an off-duty California police officer’s fight with teens (all times local): 1:40 p.m. The police chief of Anaheim says videos are being reviewed in the investigation of a confrontation in which an off-duty Los Angeles officer struggling with teens fired a handgun. Two teens were arrested after Tuesday’s incident

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State defensive back Mike Johnson has been suspended from the team following his arrest on a domestic assault charge involving his live-in girlfriend. A criminal complaint filed by a university police officer says Johnson was arrested early Thursday following an argument with his girlfriend over social media posts and the music

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — When the Mets and Yoenis Cespedes agreed just after Thanksgiving to a $110 million, four-year contract, Mets fans rejoiced that the Cuban slugger was returning to Citi Field. “He’s a very friendly human being, easily approachable,” said pitcher Jerry Blevins, who will play his fifth season with Cespedes. “That’s rare

NEW YORK — A Yale University history professor’s suggestions for resisting Donald Trump’s presidency and his warnings about the demise of democracy, a list widely shared on social media, have been expanded into a book. Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” will be published next Tuesday, according to the Penguin Random

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder has given Michigan’s School Reform Office more time before deciding which of 38 chronically underperforming schools will be closed. Snyder said Thursday that he’s asked the reform office and state education officials to review and decide on the schools’ fates by May. The reform office said in January that

VIENNA — Austria’s Heath Ministry says the country’s health minister, Sabine Oberhauser, has died at age 53. The ministry said Oberhauser died Thursday. She had been battling cancer for two years and relinquished her government duties a week ago to enter the hospital. Oberhauser, a physician, took office in 2014 after holding various posts for

NEW YORK — Tax time means many mutual-fund investors are paying the bill for their funds’ past successes, even ones that predate their own investment. Anyone with a fund in a taxable account is now sitting down with their 1099 forms, or will be by April 18. That’s because funds paid out capital-gains distributions to

The search for a teacher and former beauty queen who vanished from her south Georgia home nearly 12 years ago finally yielded some answers Thursday as authorities charged a former student with her murder. Tara Grinstead was last seen on Oct. 22, 2005, a day she spent helping contestants in a Miss Sweet Potato pageant

DELPHI, Ind. — The FBI is using electronic billboards across Indiana to seek information in the killings of two teenage girls slain during a hiking trip, a federal agent said Thursday. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Robert Ramsey said several companies are working with the agency to use their digital billboards to solicit tips in the

Masterminding one of the greatest upsets in sporting history wasn’t enough for Claudio Ranieri to keep his job at Leicester. Ranieri was fired by Leicester on Thursday, nine months after the 65-year-old Italian manager guided the club to the English Premier League title at preseason odds of 5,000-1. Leicester’s Thai owners took the drastic measure

In the latest show of strength in French soccer, Lyon powered into the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday by handing AZ Alkmaar a second heavy beating in a week. Lyon displayed its attacking talent by following up a 4-1 victory in the first leg with a 7-1 thrashing at home, with Nabil

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — One reason Martin Kaymer enjoys the Honda Classic is because he doesn’t feel as though he has to make a bunch of birdies. On such a serene Thursday at PGA National, that was required to keep pace. A pair of PGA Tour rookies who last played this course at Q-school

Bills to curtail transgender people’s access to public restrooms are pending in a dozen states, but even in conservative bastions such as Texas and Arkansas they may be doomed by high-powered opposition. The bills took on a new significance this week following the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke an Obama-era directive instructing

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One night in November, Chad Bettis found a lump in the wrong place before going to sleep. The Colorado Rockies pitcher then gave himself an ultimatum: “If I found it again in the morning, I needed to step up and say anything.” He followed through and received a diagnosis of testicular cancer.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Bryan Bickell is taking the next step toward his goal of returning to the Carolina Hurricanes while fighting multiple sclerosis. The Hurricanes announced Thursday that they’ve placed the forward on waivers with the purpose of assigning him to their AHL affiliate in Charlotte. The minor-league team begins a six-game homestand with games

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee and BYU have agreed to a home-and-home series that includes games in 2019 and 2023. The two schools announced the agreement Thursday. This will mark the first two times that Tennessee and BYU have ever faced each other. BYU will play at Tennessee on Sept. 7, 2019. The two teams will

LOS ANGELES — “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves has stepped in to direct “The Batman” for Warner Bros. just a few weeks after star Ben Affleck left the post. Warner Bros. said Thursday that Reeves would also produce the stand-alone film. Reeves, also known for directing “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” said he’s loved

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. traded in his T-shirt, jeans and sneakers for a head-to-toe pilot uniform, climbed up the portable stairs and slipped into the cockpit of the iconic Goodyear Blimp. He kept his head down and turned away from a 65-year-old military veteran who thought he was onboard for a once-in-a-lifetime