Новости за 06.04.2017

MOSCOW — Evgeni Malkin wants to go to the Olympics next February and he hopes the Pittsburgh Penguins will allow him. Malkin told Russian sports daily Sovetsky Sport he was surprised by the NHL’s announcement Monday that it wouldn’t halt its season for players to go to South Korea. He says “there’s nothing good about

OMAHA, Neb. — A pair of well-known Canada geese has again built a nest near an Omaha hospital, but this time chose an especially busy locale: a flower pot near the emergency room doors. The geese, dubbed Ralph and Alice after the bickering TV couple on “The Honeymooners,” have nested near Lakeside Hospital every spring

ST. LOUIS — A fourth person has died from injuries suffered when a boiler exploded at a St. Louis business and crashed through the roof of a nearby business, the St. Louis medical examiner’s office said Thursday. Clifford Lee, 53, of St. Louis, died Wednesday at St. Louis University Hospital, the medical examiner said. Lee

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Senate approved their version of the state’s next two-year budget. The budget bill already passed the House, but the version the Senate approved on a 39-9 vote Thursday included significant changes. The two GOP-controlled chambers have two weeks left in the session to strike a final agreement. The $32.1 billion Senate

NEW YORK — The latest on sexual-harassment allegations at Fox News (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Bill O’Reilly’s latest book has a few words on how men should treat women. “Old School,” published last week and in the top 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list, includes a section titled “No means no” and urged those on

AKRON, Ohio — John Groce has been handed the keys to the gym at Akron. After previous coaching stops at Illinois and Ohio, Groce was introduced Thursday at Akron, where he’ll inherit a program that flourished over the past decade under Keith Dambrot. Following a recent loss in the NIT, Dambrot accepted an opening at

NEW YORK — Facebook is launching a resource to help you spot false news and misleading information that spreads on its service. The resource, similar to previous efforts around privacy and security, is basically a notification that pops up for a few days. Clicking on it takes you to tips and other information on how

NEW YORK — A portion of track that caused a derailment at Penn Station, creating major delays for commuters at the nation’s busiest rail hub, was identified as a potential problem in an earlier inspection but wasn’t thought to pose an imminent risk, Amtrak’s CEO said Thursday. Speaking to reporters at Penn Station, Wick Moorman

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to an Indiana Power & Light rate hike that’ll increase the monthly charge 68 percent for some customers. The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/2oHZATu ) reports the court ruled Wednesday that it didn’t have the authority to order the state Utility Regulatory Commission to reconsider the

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Thursday that Russia’s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, but that the country demands a full investigation of the suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held province in Syria before the United Nations takes any action. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s remarks came two days after the

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky guard Isaiah Briscoe says he will enter the NBA draft and hire an agent, the fourth Wildcats’ player to announce their intentions this week. Briscoe said Thursday in a statement through the school that he’s “ready for the next step and can’t wait to begin the next journey.” Last year, Briscoe

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence plans to travel to South Korea and Japan later this month amid simmering tensions along the Korean peninsula over North Korea’s attempts to advance its nuclear and missile programs. The White House said Thursday that Pence would depart April 15 on a 10-day, four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific region

INDIANAPOLIS — Both chambers of the Indiana Legislature have approved measures loosening restrictions on a marijuana-derived oil used to treat epilepsy. The House voted to pass the bill unanimously 95-0 Thursday. The Senate also advanced their measure 35-13 in a vote later in the day. The Legislature has long resisted efforts to allow the use

CHARLEROI, Belgium — Steve Darcis will face Paolo Lorenzi in Friday’s opening singles match when Belgium hosts Italy in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Darcis will be going for his 21st win in Davis Cup singles when play gets underway on indoor hard courts at the Spiroudome de Charleroi. But Lorenzi beat him in their only

LUMBERTON, Texas — Police say a wreck that sent about two-dozen elementary school students to hospitals began when a school bus struck two other vehicles and careered into a ditch in southeast Texas. Lumberton police say the bus struck the rear of a tractor-trailer then a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon, before traveling into the ditch

LUCKNOW, India — Indian police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify a girl who was found living in a forest with a group of monkeys. The girl, believed to be 10 to 12 years old, was unable to speak, was wearing no clothes and was emaciated when she discovered in January

VIENNA — Austria’s chancellor is offering the country as a new home for the Central European University in Budapest, after Hungarian lawmakers approved laws for tighter regulation of foreign universities. Chancellor Christian Kern’s office said Thursday that he is in contact with university founder George Soros about a possible move. The bill modifies rules regulating

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis museum devoted to novelist Kurt Vonnegut is searching again for a new location in his hometown. The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library was upgrading a building along Indianapolis’ trendy Massachusetts Avenue after signing a lease. But founder Julia Whitehead says significant structural problems have been found in the building and the

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The Latest on the bombing of the St. Petersburg subway in Russia (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Russia’s top investigative body says more people have been arrested in connection with the suicide bombing of a subway train in St. Petersburg that killed 13 passengers. The Investigative Committee said in a statement

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Authorities say two teenage girls fell to their deaths from the 18th-floor balcony of a beachfront hotel in South Carolina. Horry County Coroner Robert Edge says 16-year-old Daniela Flores fell to a 10th-floor parking deck, while 17-year-old Amber Franco’s body was found on the roof of a ground-level Dunkin’ Donuts. The

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Two teenage girls are dead after authorities say they fell from a balcony of a beachfront hotel in South Carolina. Myrtle Beach Police Lt. Joey Crosby tells news outlets police were called just before 4 p.m. Wednesday and found two bodies at the Camelot By the Sea Hotel. The teens’ names

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters began Thursday with two ceremonial tee shots and one empty chair. In a somber tribute to Arnold Palmer, who died in September, Augusta National chairman Billy Payne escorted Palmer’s widow to the first tee for the honorary start. Payne also carried Palmer’s green jacket and draped it over a chair

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s attorney general has questioned the constitutionality of current legislative proposals that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks. The opinion from Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, the top law enforcement official in a conservative Republican state, is the second this year to raise concerns over whether an abortion ban bill

ZURICH — The FIFA appeal committee says Saoud Al-Mohannadi of Qatar was wrongly barred as a FIFA Council election candidate last year. FIFA says its appeal panel lifted a one-year ban imposed on Al-Mohannadi last November for failing to cooperate with a previous, unspecified ethics investigation. His case emerged last September, days before Asian Football

INDIANAPOLIS — A measure overhauling Indiana’s problematic vaping regulations has cleared the Indiana House. A 2016 law created a monopoly in the vaping industry, sparking an FBI probe. The new proposal strips provisions that had allowed one security firm to play gatekeeper over the industry and set a deadline for manufacturer permits to be granted.