Новости за 03.03.2017

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh freshman guard Justice Kithcart has been dismissed by coach Kevin Stallings for conduct detrimental to the team. Stallings said in a statement that it’s a privilege to play for the Panthers, and Kithcart “has been unable to hold that standard.” Kithcart averaged 1.3 points and 1.2 assists while playing about 13 minutes

OCILLA, Ga. — An attorney for Georgia media organizations says a judge acted too broadly by ordering lawyers, investigators, potential witnesses and family members to keep silent in the case of a teacher who vanished nearly 12 years ago. Superior Court Judge Melanie Cross issued a gag order Tuesday as investigators searched a south Georgia

PRETORIA, South Africa — Alexander Bjork kept a share of the lead and was joined on 10 under by Scott Jamieson on Friday after two rounds of the Tshwane Open. They lead James Morrison by one stroke, with three players a shot further back in a tie for fourth. Bjork (67) is playing in only

CAIRO — The spokesman for the Libyan coast guard says 115 migrants have been rescued off of Libyan shores, and 25 others have gone missing as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean. Ayoub Gassim told The Associated Press Friday that the migrants left the Tripoli’s Tajoura district at 1 a.m. on Friday and sent a

LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities on Friday released the names of two inmates who were killed in a riot at a Nebraska prison where a similar deadly incident occurred two years ago. Corrections officials said 39-year-old Damon Fitzgerald and 31-year-old Michael Galindo died in the Thursday revolt at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, but they didn’t

SAN ANTONIO — Freshman Abbie Orrick scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Martin’s Mill to a 58-50 win over defending Class 2A state champion Weimar on Friday in the girls’ Class 2A semifinals. Martin’s Mill, champions in 2015, avenged a loss to Weimar in the 2016 semifinals. Briley Moon scored all 10

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt beat Britain’s Jodie Stimpson by just an inch in their sprint finish to the Abu Dhabi world series event on Friday. Sara Vilic of Austria was seven seconds back in third for her maiden podium in the series. Hewitt dedicated her first series victory

ANDERSON, Ind. — A Japan-based company plans to spend $100 million on building a new auto-parts factory in central Indiana. State and local officials joined NTK Precision Axle Corp. executives in announcing the plans Friday in Anderson. The company says it expects to start construction this spring and begin production of drive-shaft components in October

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the country, is partnering with the flagship hospital of the Miami Children’s Health System to sequence the genes of nearly 1,000 Latinos and Hispanics in order to better understand the health needs of the populations. Philanthropist Denny Sanford and Sanford Health have

St. Patrick’s Day traditions in the United States run deep. We eat corned beef and cabbage, we drink green beer, and we shame our co-workers into wearing green sweaters to the office. If you’re looking for a change of pace this year (except for the sweaters, which are mandatory), maybe a menu swap is in

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota diocese filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, the 14th nationwide and third in the state to do so in the face of mounting claims of sexual abuse by clergy. The Diocese of New Ulm, which covers 15 counties in rural south and west-central Minnesota, said in a statement that filing for

CRANSTON, R.I. — An employee of a Rhode Island city wasn’t sleeping on the job — it appears he was sleeping at his job. WPRI-TV (http://bit.ly/2lHAaR2 ) reports that a Cranston Highway Department worker who had just sold his house set up a makeshift bedroom on the second-floor of the department’s building. A photo making

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities have released 911 audio from a victim in a three-state crime rampage that included the killings of the suspect’s girlfriend and a cleaning woman at a church. Law enforcement officers arrested 28-year-old Alex Deaton in Kansas on Wednesday after two Mississippi slayings, a New Mexico carjacking and the shooting

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Magda Linette of Poland knocked out the last remaining seed in the Malaysian Open when she beat No. 5 Duan Ying Ying of China 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1 in the quarterfinals on Friday. One match earlier, No. 6 Wang Qiang of China lost to compatriot Han Xinyun 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Television commentator Sylvana Simons is taking her campaign for equality in Dutch society into the country’s elections. Simons has for more than a year endured a stream of online racial abuse following some of her remarks on TV, including questioning a talk show guest about language he used to describe migrants

BERLIN — German authorities say they expect to have a cannabis-growing program up and running in 2019 after the country approved legislation allowing some patients to get the drug as a prescription medication. Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices said Friday that it’s setting up a “cannabis agency” to oversee the growing program.

BISMARCK, N.D. — U.S. and tribal officials are opposing an effort by the developer of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to keep some information shielded from the public amid a court battle over the project. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners last month asked a federal judge to shield details such as spill response plans

OCILLA, Ga. — The judge assigned to the case of a slain Georgia teacher who vanished nearly 12 years ago acted too broadly by ordering investigators, potential witnesses and family members to keep silent outside the courtroom and by sealing the court record from public view, said an attorney for Georgia news organizations. Superior Court

MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola sat with his arms folded, frustration clearly building inside him. The Manchester City manager was fielding another question about the seemingly uncertain future of Sergio Aguero and could not disguise his displeasure. “I spoke 10 times about that. Ten times. You know my opinion,” Guardiola said, snappily. “He is so

LONDON — Former Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks has turned himself over to the IOC ethics commission following a French newspaper report linking him to a payment from a man who has been banned for life from track and field for corruption. The payment of $299,300 to an offshore company linked to Fredericks came in 2009

PODGORICA, Montenegro — Pro-Russian opposition leaders in Montenegro have asked the White House chief strategist to help block the Balkan country’s NATO bid, saying the Obama administration has presented false facts about its readiness to join the Western military alliance. Two opposition officials, Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic, wrote in a letter to Steve Bannon,

GREENVILLE, S.C. — All-Southeastern Conference forward Alaina Coates will miss No. 5 South Carolina’s league tournament opener against Georgia because of a lingering ankle injury. Coates, a 6-foot-4 senior who averages 13 points and 11 rebounds, has received treatment on the right ankle all week. She sprained her ankle nearly two weeks ago at Missouri.

CARTHAGE, N.C. — The director of a county social services department in North Carolina has resigned following the death of a toddler who was under the agency’s supervision when he drowned in a pond. The Fayetteville Observer reports (Http://bit.ly/2m2i7ru) the Moore County Department of Social Services director resigned Thursday following an internal investigation into the

BANDARERO, Kenya — The U.N. humanitarian chief says he is confident the United States will step up and donate to aid appeals amid concerns of possible foreign aid cuts under President Donald Trump. The U.S., the world’s top humanitarian donor, pledged nothing last week at an Oslo conference on Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis. And U.S. officials

HESPERIA, Calif. — A woman and a child were killed, a second child was rescued and a third was missing Friday after a car plunged into the California Aqueduct in the high desert city of Hesperia. Divers searched unsuccessfully for the missing child in darkness after the Thursday night crash and returned to the canal