Новости за 22.03.2017

BERKELEY, Calif. — California star Ivan Rabb will declare for the NBA draft, a move that has been expected since the season began. The sophomore star announced his decision Wednesday through the school. He says, “After careful consideration and discussion with my family, I have decided to forego my remaining NCAA eligibility and enter the

BERLIN — Germany’s media regulator has revised its code of conduct on reporting whether crime suspects belong to an ethnic or religious minority after complaints the previous guidance was unclear. The German Press Council — a voluntary, industry-run body — says information about a person’s ethnicity shouldn’t be published “unless there is a justified public

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A woman was arrested after she backed a sport utility vehicle over her young granddaughter, killing her, police said Wednesday. Gwinnett County police arrested Gilma J. Ordonez-Guevara, 44, of Lawrenceville, on charges including vehicular homicide, hit and run, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and no license. Online jail records show she

JUPITER, Fla. — The St. Louis Cardinals have picked Carlos Martinez to start on opening night against the World Series champion Chicago Cubs. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny told Martinez about the choice before he pitched Wednesday in an exhibition game against Washington. “He was excited,” Matheny said. The Cardinals host the NL Central rival Cubs

NEW YORK — A white man from Baltimore bent on making a racist attack took a bus to New York City, the “media capital of the world,” randomly picked out a black man who was collecting bottles on the street and fatally wounded him with a sword, police said Wednesday. James Harris Jackson, 28, turned

LINCOLN, Neb. — Activists who want to derail the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska are again mobilizing to try to make their case to a small state commission that will decide the project’s fate. Opponents on Wednesday will ask the Nebraska Public Service Commission to let them intervene in the case, allowing them to file

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A guilty plea has resolved the cold-case mystery of a man who was killed and had his ring finger amputated in a Chattanooga motel room nearly 30 years ago. Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston’s office says 49-year-old Samuel E. Reeves of Bryant, Alabama, pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter in the

CHARDON, Ohio — Authorities say a woman confessed to burglaries against the Amish in northeast Ohio after detectives arrested her and found jars of loose change, cash and other items in her vehicle. The Geauga (jee-AW’-guh) County sheriff says detectives stopped the vehicle last week after a burglary victim reported the license plate information. Investigators

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell squirms and shakes his head slightly the Gamecocks are referred to as a one-man team. He might as well get comfortable with the description. Thornwell has become the Jadeveon Clowney for men’s basketball, the face of a basketball program the way the former No. 1 NFL draft pick

MADISON, Wis. — Nigel Hayes didn’t have to say a word to make his loudest statement in the NCAA Tournament. The verbose forward’s reverse layup with 12 seconds left to help beat top overall seed Villanova sent a resounding message to any doubters. The Badgers are back in the Sweet 16 again. “We tried to

STANFORD, Ky. — Authorities say a 19-year-old Kentucky high school student is facing charges, accused sexually assaulting two younger students on a school bus. Local news organizations report 19-year-old Ryan Rayburn was arrested Friday on two counts of sodomy involving a 14-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy on a bus in Stanford. Authorities say a March

RICHMOND, Va. — Mike Rhoades received what felt like a hero’s welcome when he returned to Virginia to be introduced Wednesday as VCU’s next men’s basketball coach. The popular former assistant was re-introduced to Rams fans Wednesday at the Siegel Center, where his work over five years with Shaka Smart endeared him to the VCU

WAREGEM, Belgium — Belgium’s Yves Lampaert won the Dwars door Vlaanderen race on Wednesday ahead of former world champion Philippe Gilbert as the Quick-Step Floors team secured a 1-2 finish in the cobbled road event. The Belgian team rode a perfect tactical race, with Gilbert triggering the decisive breakaway before the 25-year-old Lampaert, a former

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has described Europe’s refugee and migrant crisis as the biggest tragedy since World War II. Francis urged tourists and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square Wednesday during his weekly public audience “not to forget” the problem but instead welcome and help refugees. He also encouraged efforts to integrate them in society.

LAS VEGAS — An employee driving instructor who has refused to sign a declaration that a tourist-oriented exotic auto racing track near Las Vegas is safe has filed a lawsuit in state court asking a judge to close the course so it can be redesigned. Francisco Durban’s attorney, Dominic Gentile, said Wednesday his client fears

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenian authorities have arrested a former top Nagorno-Karabakh military official on charges of smuggling an air defense missile into the country. Armenia’s National Security Service said Samvel Babaian, who once served as the defense minister in Nagorno-Karabakh’s self-proclaimed government, was arrested Wednesday along with two other men. The agency said it had

RICHMOND, Va. — The Latest on a case in front of a federal appeals court examining a North Carolina county commission’s practice of opening meetings with Christian prayer (all times local): 1 p.m. A federal appeals court is wrestling with whether it matters if a prayer opening a government meeting is led by local clergy

NEW YORK — Think your home furnishings are a dust magnet? New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine just spent 16 years cleaning and conserving its rare, supersize wall hangings. Now the historic house of worship is inviting the public to enjoy the fruits of its labor — “The Barberini Tapestries, Scenes from the

CHICAGO — The Latest on the apparent sexual assault of a Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A Chicago police official says investigators are looking into a mother’s claims that her daughter has been the target of online threats since being sexually assaulted in an attack streamed live

CHICAGO — Workers dreaming of early retirement are getting the jitters as Washington debates replacing the Obama-era health care law with a system that could be a lot more expensive for many older Americans. The uncertainty over the cost of coverage in the individual market has caused some in their 50s and early 60s to

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Agence France-Presse says a former photographer for the French news agency has been arrested upon his return home to Bahrain. The news agency and the Bahrain Press Association reported on Wednesday that photographer Mohammed al-Shaikh was taken into custody at Bahrain International Airport following a trip abroad. AFP expressed serious

LISBON, Portugal — Imposing luxury taxes and limiting squad sizes are back on UEFA’s agenda eight years after they were rejected as a way to curb top European clubs’ spending power. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has suggested the ideas, which were previously considered when the body drafted “Financial Fair Play” rules. That signature policy of

PORTO, Portugal — I was lost, looking for port wine caves dug into hills across the bridge from Porto. I trudged up a hill and rounded a blind corner, sidling against a stone wall to avoid tour buses flying toward me, when I stumbled on the highlight of my day: a nearly empty tasting room

LONDON — Britain has been targeted anew by what authorities are calling a terrorist incident. A look at other attacks on the country in recent years: MARCH 22, 2017 An attacker stabbed a police officer at Britain’s Parliament before being shot by police, while a vehicle ran over pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge at around

CALGARY, Alberta — Enbridge Inc. says it is cutting about 1,000 jobs or 6 percent of its workforce following the takeover of Houston-based Spectra Energy. The Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge said Wednesday it is laying off people to address overlaps in the combined company’s organizational structure after acquiring Spectra late last month. Both operate pipelines that