Новости за 10.03.2017

NEW YORK — The Latest on the sudden death of Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations (all times local): 3:55 p.m. A senior New York City official briefed by the medical examiner’s office says Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations died last month from a heart attack and no foul play was suspected. The official

SAN FRANCISCO — A self-driving car company founded by Google is presenting new evidence to support allegations that a former manager stole technology sold to Uber to help the ride-hailing service build its own robot-powered vehicles. Waymo, a project hatched by Google eight years ago, wove its tale of deceit in sworn statements filed Friday

PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A Florida man has pleaded guilty of setting a cross on fire in an interracial couple’s yard. Federal authorities said in a news release Friday that 45-year-old Thomas Herris Sigler III of Port Richey pleaded to one count of conspiring with others to threaten, intimidate and interfere with an interracial couple’s

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A southern Indiana county has proposed settling a federal class action lawsuit alleging inhuman conditions at its jail for $1.23 million. The agreement reached last month between Floyd County and six former inmates is pending a judge’s approval, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal reported (http://cjky.it/2msrY8D ). The lawsuit filed in 2014 alleges

INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier Lottery officials say the winner of last month’s $435.3 million Powerball drawing has come forward to claim the winnings. Lottery spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says a Monday news conference will be held in Indianapolis. He says lottery officials can’t say until then whether the person who purchased the winning ticket for the Feb.

MOLINE, Ill. — Lizzy Wendell scored 17 points and No. 20 Drake beat Illinois State 64-40 on Friday in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals, tying an MVC record with its 20th consecutive victory. The Bulldogs (26-4) play No. 5 seed Wichita State, a 73-60 winner over Southern Illinois on Friday, in a Saturday semifinal.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities say they stopped three separate travelers from bringing loaded handguns onto planes at a North Carolina airport. In a statement Friday, the Transportation Security Administration said authorities don’t believe the three incidents at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Thursday were related. The statement said TSA officers staffing the X-ray machines at

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — IndyCar has signed multi-year extensions with all four of its major partners, including engine makers Chevrolet and Honda. Also extended were tire supplier Firestone and chassis maker Dallara, which said in January it would stay in IndyCar through 2020. Firestone, Chevrolet and Honda would not discuss the length of their extensions.

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions have signed offensive tackle Ricky Wagner, defensive tackle Akeem Spence and defensive end Cornelius Washington. Wagner gives Detroit an experienced replacement after tackle Riley Reiff signed with Minnesota. Wagner is entering his fifth NFL season, and he started 14 games in 2016 for the Baltimore Ravens. He made 47 starts

NEW YORK — The brazen killing of a rhinoceros at a wildlife park near Paris by assailants who removed a horn valued at nearly triple the price of gold has put zookeepers on notice that poaching could be spreading beyond the killing fields of Africa and Asia. Demand for the horns is skyrocketing in Asia,

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A judge in Alaska dealt a legal blow Friday to opponents of the new Inupiat Eskimo name approved by voters for the northernmost town in the U.S. Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman denied a request to halt implementation of the transition from the old name of Barrow to Utqiagvik until a lawsuit

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo has called again on a canine to play the role of nanny for other animals’ babies. The latest assignment for Blakely the Australian shepherd is to be a companion for three Malayan tiger cubs. Their mother’s maternal instincts didn’t kick in after their Feb. 3 birth, and zoo staffers have

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After recently struggling to start or sometimes finish games effectively, No. 8 Kentucky opened tournament play by taking control and maintaining it against one of its toughest foes. Isaiah Briscoe and De’Aaron Fox each scored 20 points, Bam Adebayo added 13 and the Wildcats led Georgia throughout for a 71-60 victory on

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A Kentucky jail employee has been cleared of charges brought after a fight with a sheriff’s deputy. The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown (http://bit.ly/2mspEOR ) reports charges were dropped Friday during a hearing for 28-year-old Joseph Funk. Funk had been charged with menacing, resisting arrest and third-degree assault of a police officer. Special prosecutor

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A woman accused in the deaths of four women in a bloody rampage in two states that ended in a third has pleaded not guilty in Florida to charges of murder and accessory to murder. Local media outlets report 37-year-old Mary Rice’s attorney entered the plea Friday in Escambia County Court. She

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police in Kentucky have arrested a man who they say walked into the office of his wife’s naturopathic caregiver and shot him dead. Omer Ahmetovic of Bowling Green has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge and was being held in the local jail Friday. The citation for his arrest on Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — Cars with no steering wheel, no pedals and nobody at all inside could be driving themselves on California roads by the end of the year, under proposed state rules that would give a powerful boost to the fast-developing technology. For the past several years, tech companies and automakers have been testing self-driving

BOSTON — The Latest on the decision by the organizers of Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade to bar a group of gay veterans from participating (all times local): 5:50 p.m. A lawyer for a group of gay veterans initially barred from marching in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade says the group has received a letter

NEW ORLEANS — Conference player of the year Kevin Hervey scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead top seed UT Arlington to a 74-51 victory over No. 8 seed Coastal Carolina on Friday in the Sun Belt Tournament quarterfinals. The Mavericks (25-7) will play No. 4 seed Texas State, a 63-51 winner over

WASHINGTON — Republicans hate “Obamacare,” so House GOP leaders freak out whenever their health care bill is compared to President Barack Obama’s law. But one reason some conservatives are branding the bill “Obamacare Lite” comes down to the tax credits to help consumers buy insurance. Both tax credits target people who don’t get health insurance

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is embracing government numbers he once maligned as “phony” as he tries to take credit for the latest U.S. jobs report. The new administration on Friday promoted Labor Department statistics that show U.S. employers added 235,000 jobs in February. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent. “Great

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida police officer shot and wounded a man while responding to a call at a bank. News outlets quote Fort Lauderdale Interim Police Chief Richard Maglione as saying that employees at a TD Bank branch called police just before 10 a.m. Friday to report a man carrying a

TAMPA, Fla. — Before taking some cuts Friday, Clint Frazier took a cut. Frazier’s flowing locks of red hair are gone, replaced by a short, curly look after a barber visited the Yankees spring training clubhouse at around 7:15 a.m. The touted prospect made the decision after meeting Thursday with manager Joe Girardi. “I just

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — American standout Mikaela Shiffrin leads after the first run of a giant slalom race as the World Cup returned to Squaw Valley for the first time since 1969. Shiffrin finished in 1 minute, 8.75 seconds on a warm Friday. Tessa Worley of France was second, 0.20 seconds behind, and remains in

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Reggie Upshaw scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers, with eight rebounds, Giddy Potts had 14 points and five steals and No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee beat UTEP 82-56 on Friday in the Conference USA Tournament semifinals. JaCorey Williams added 13 points and Antwain Johnson scored 11 for Middle Tennessee (29-4), which will