Новости за 03.04.2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with cornerback Demontre Hurst, who had spent the last four seasons with the Chicago Bears. Hurst played 10 games and made one start for the Bears last season. He had 14 tackles, one sack, one interception and a pair of special-teams stops. Titans general manager

NEW YORK — IFC Center, home to DOC NYC, the country’s largest independent documentary film festival, says it’s launching a new annual event that celebrates the art and cultural impact of television. Dubbed the Split Screens Festival, the weeklong event will showcase the best of the year’s scripted TV, with directors, producers, showrunners and cast

MILWAUKEE — Bud Selig can root openly for his favorite team now that he is no longer baseball commissioner. The Brewers’ former owner threw out the ceremonial first pitch Monday before Milwaukee’s opener against Colorado. Winding up from about 10 feet in front of the mound, the 82 year-old right-hander threw a ball high and

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella says defenseman Zach Werenski is “day to day” after leaving a game with an injury. The 19-year-old rookie apparently hurt his shoulder Sunday night when hit by Washington’s Alex Ovechkin in the third period of the Blue Jackets’ 3-2 loss. He crumpled to the ice, then

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a horse returning from a run to Taco Bell escaped serious injury after falling into a 5-foot-deep hole in Southern California. Fire officials say the saddled horse and its rider had just left a Taco Bell near downtown Riverside on Saturday when the cover on a utility vault collapsed. Battalion

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Second-seeded Johanna Konta has withdrawn from the Volvo Car Open because of a sore shoulder. The Australian-born Briton is coming off the biggest title of her 11-year career. She beat Caroline Wozniacki in the Miami Open final Saturday to move to No. 7 in the rankings. In first-round matches Monday, Alison Riske

WASHINGTON — A 10-state coalition led by New York and California is suing the Trump administration over the delay of energy-efficiency standards for consumer and commercial products. The states announced Monday they had filed notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York seeking review of a series of actions

CARACAS, Venezuela — Men wielding sticks and rocks have attacked a group of Venezuelan opposition lawmakers as they staged a demonstration to demand the removal of the Supreme Court judges who issued a ruling nullifying the country’s congress. The lawmakers were attacked by what appeared to be a pro-government group after releasing chickens outside the

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is donating the first three months of his salary to the National Park Service. White House press secretary Sean Spicer handed an oversized check for $78,333.32 to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during Monday’s briefing. The billionaire businessman turned president had promised to forgo his presidential salary. By law he must

GLENDALE, Ariz. — With the clock winding down on another edition of March Madness, CBS Sports producer Shawn Robbins went for a final shot in the waning seconds. No, not on the court. In the production truck. In 2013, Robbins was the producer of “One Shining Moment,” the definitive highlight reel set to a soft-rock

OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook has seemingly been a one-man wrecking crew, stacking up triple-doubles like no one in half a century and producing late in games like few players in recent memory. But the historical stats and heroics have somewhat overshadowed one other Westbrook transformation: The national perception he wasn’t a good teammate. He’s

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia and Belarus say they have settled an energy dispute that had tainted relations between the two neighbors and allies. Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks in St. Petersburg on Monday with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that they negotiated a settlement to the oil and gas disputes and government

I developed this recipe to take advantage of strawberry season. Some of you are naturally scratching your head. “Strawberry season? Name a time of year that isn’t strawberry season.” And it certainly can feel that way. Strawberries are grown in all 50 states and, depending on the state, the season can be as short as

MILFORD, Pa. — The Latest on a defense request to suppress the confession of barracks ambush suspect Eric Frein (all times local): 5 p.m. A judge will allow prosecutors to use the videotaped confession of a man charged in the 2014 ambush slaying of a Pennsylvania trooper. Pike County Judge Gregory Chelak on Monday denied

FRESNO, Calif. — Wildlife enthusiasts around the world can now follow the daily journey of Yosemite National Park’s black bears from their laptops and smartphones, tracking the iconic animals as they lope up steep canyons and cross vast distances in search of food and mates. Park rangers unveiled keepbearswild.org on Monday showing where select bears

ST. LOUIS — A day after St. Louis signed a legacy contract with one of its all-time greats, the Cardinals went back to work locking up their young nucleus of talent. Right fielder Stephen Piscotty became the latest St. Louis youngster to agree to a long-term contract, finalizing a $33.5 million, six-year deal Monday that

“The Devil’s Triangle: a Brit in the FBI Thriller” (Gallery Books), by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison “The Devil’s Triangle,” the latest book in Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison’s series featuring FBI Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine, starts with a bang and never lets up. An elusive thief known as the Fox has

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Latest on the leak of an underwater oil pipeline in Alaska’s Cook Inlet (all times local): 10:15 a.m. The owner of an underwater pipeline that leaked crude oil into Alaska’s Cook Inlet says the volume of the spill is estimated to be less than three gallons (11 liters) Hilcorp Alaska says

MARION, Ind. — A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to nearly four decades in prison for a drunken-driving wreck that killed three African students who were attending college in northern Indiana. Deangelo R. Evans was sentenced to 38 ½ years in prison on Monday. He pleaded guilty in September to several charges, including three

BOSTON — Tom Brady’s Super Bowl jersey was stolen again — this time by Rob Gronkowski in full view of 37,000 screaming Red Sox fans. The New England Patriots quarterback was showing off the recently re-acquired uniform top during the pregame ceremony on opening day at Fenway Park on Monday when Gronkowski ripped it out

MOSUL, Iraq — He first found the body of his nephew. Then as rescue workers pulled more and more bodies out of the pile of concrete that was once his sister’s home in western Mosul, it was too much for Mahmoud Salem Ismail. He collapsed next to the body bags on the ground. “Some people

BRISTOL, Conn. — Rex Ryan is taking his bluster to the TV studio. ESPN announced Monday the former Buffalo Bills and New York Jets coach is joining its “Sunday NFL Countdown” show as an analyst. He will also contribute to SportsCenter and ESPN Radio. He will make his debut Saturday as part of the network’s

PARIS — Protesters in French Guiana have rejected a 1 billion euro government aid offer as too paltry to solve their deep-seated economic and security problems. Protest spokesman Manuel Jean-Baptiste told French Guiana broadcaster Guyane 1ere that the South American territory needs 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) instead. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called that

LONDON — Family sagas from China and Kentucky and a sci-fi story of female empowerment are among six finalists for the international Women’s Prize for Fiction. Madeleine Thien’s Chinese-Canadian journey “Do Not Say We Have Nothing,” C.E. Morgan’s multigenerational Kentucky epic “The Sport of Kings” and Naomi Alderman’s gender role-reversal thriller “The Power” were all

STORRS, Conn. — Forward Juwan Durham has become the third UConn player to announce that he is leaving the basketball program. The 6-foot-11 freshman posted on Twitter on Monday that he made his decision after talking to his family, teammates and friends. Durham played 28 games this season, averaging 1.6 points and 1.5 rebounds. Durham