Новости за 10.04.2017

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have begun yet another early offseason. The owners of the NHL’s longest active playoff drought — now at eight years and counting — cleaned out their lockers Monday with a belief that they’re getting closer to finally getting back to the postseason. “Certainly I would think that anything but

DETROIT — Chris Sale pitched a little longer than Justin Verlander in a matchup of ace pitchers, and it might’ve cost the Boston Red Sox a chance to split their series with the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Castellanos chased Sale with a two-out, go-ahead single in the eighth inning and Ian Kinsler homered in the sixth,

NEW YORK — Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Monday’s announcement confirmed the book as the literary event of 2016, an Oprah Winfrey book club pick and critical favorite which last fall received the National

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A state worker has sued the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, alleging sex discrimination and claiming that someone defecated in her office and urinated on her chair. Sandy Sizemore Jackson is seeking compensation and punitive damages in the lawsuit she filed last week in the Franklin County Circuit Court. Jackson says she was overlooked

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Guard Markel Crawford is the latest player to announce that he’s transferring from Memphis. Crawford told Memphis radio station WMFS-92.9 FM on Monday that he’s leaving Memphis. Crawford said that he was on track to earn his degree in May and would be a graduate transfer, making him eligible to play for

LUBBOCK, Texas — Spike Dykes, the folksy West Texas native who led Texas Tech to its only Cotton Bowl when that game was reserved for the Southwest Conference champion, has died. He was 79. School spokesman Matt Dowdy said Dykes died Monday in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, near Austin. There was no immediate word on a

LOS ANGELES — UCLA starting center Thomas Welsh and top reserve Aaron Holiday are entering their names in the NBA draft, but neither will hire agents. A team spokesman announced their decisions Monday. By not hiring agents, both players retain their right to return to school next season. They have until May 24 to withdraw

MORGANTON, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say the mother of a 3-year-old boy found dead on a porch is facing charges in his death. The Burke County Sheriff’s Office said 23-year-old Jamie Lyn Basinger was indicted by a grand jury on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse. She’s jailed on

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Injured San Jose Sharks centers Joe Thornton and Logan Couture took part in practice as the team begins preparing for a first-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers. Coach Peter DeBoer said both players remain day to day heading into the opener Wednesday night in Edmonton. Couture missed the final seven

BOSTON — The Latest on the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez (all times local): 4:25 p.m. The jury in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez has finished a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Jurors were sent home late Monday afternoon after asking a Boston judge to clarify the

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Georgia jury has convicted a pastor of molesting two teenagers who attended his church in coastal Brunswick. Media outlets report 57-year-old Kenneth Adkins was found guilty Monday of eight criminal counts, including aggravated child molestation. Prosecutors said the pastor pressured two teenagers — a boy and girl, both 15 — to

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kelvin Herrera hitched up his pants and tucked in his crisp, white jersey inside the Kansas City clubhouse, the space beside him empty but for a framed jersey and memories to last a lifetime. The simple wooden locker is where his good friend, Yordano Ventura, once dressed for games. “It’s hard,”

MEXICO CITY — Argentine musician Abel Pintos says he found his calling as a child. “I was clear that music was going to become a language for me,” he told The Associated Press before a concert last week in Mexico City. “When I was a boy, I wasn’t very introspective emotionally, I didn’t have trouble

Mississippi State’s Brent Rooker leads the Southeastern Conference in nine offensive categories and is on track to have the greatest season by any player in the conference since new bat standards went into effect in 2011. The redshirt junior first baseman might look back at Saturday as his signature performance. He hit three homers, including

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon state lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would shield the names, birthdates and other identifying information of marijuana users from being accessed by federal drug agents amid worries of heightened enforcement. The bill was approved 53-5 by the Oregon House on Monday and is largely in response to

FLINT, Mich. — Former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves will face trial on sexual assault charges after a judge reversed a decision and reinstated the case Monday. Genesee County Judge Archie Hayman said he’s not judging whether Cleaves is innocent or guilty of assaulting a woman at a Flint-area motel in 2015. “This court

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have waived cornerback Tracy Porter. A nine-year veteran, Porter led the club with 35 pass breakups over two seasons with the Bears. He had 13 breakups and two interceptions to go with 48 tackles last season. The move announced Monday is the latest in an overhaul of the

LAWRENCE, Kan. — High-scoring swingman Dedric Lawson and his brother K.J. Lawson announced Monday they are heading to Kansas, giving coach Bill Self a pair of high-profile transfers beginning with the 2018-19 season. The former Memphis standouts will sit out next season under NCAA transfer rules. Dedric Lawson was one of the nation’s top transfers

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Alabama, Memphis and Pittsburgh will join Navy in the Veterans Classic to open next season. The annual event, which celebrates Veterans Day, is Friday, Nov. 10, at the U.S. Naval Academy. Alabama plays Memphis, followed by Pittsburgh vs. Navy. The visiting players will also get a look at life at the Naval

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame forward Bonzie Colson will return for his senior season with the men’s basketball team and not enter the NBA Draft. Colson averaged team-highs with 17.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game as a junior and was named first-team All-ACC. He was also named Associated Press third-team All-American and was

WASHINGTON — The Nationals have placed shortstop Trea Turner on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Washington made the move retroactive to Sunday ahead of its series opener Monday against the St. Louis Cardinals. It also recalled outfielder Michael Taylor from Triple-A Syracuse. Turner came up injured running the bases during the

WASHINGTON — “Fake news” is not limited to presidential politics and conspiracy theories. Investors also have to be on the alert for stock promotions masquerading as unbiased reports online. Federal regulators have brought civil fraud charges against 27 businesses and individuals for deceiving investors into believing they were reading independent, impartial analyses of stocks on

NEW YORK — Michael Pineda retired his first 20 batters before Evan Longoria lined a double down the left-field line, and he wound up pitching two-hit ball over 7 2/3 innings Monday in the New York Yankees’ home opener, an 8-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Pineda (1-1) dominated like the pitcher the Yankees

DENVER — Defenseman Erik Johnson neatly summed up the Colorado Avalanche’s dreary season. “Not fun,” he said. “Don’t want to go through it again.” Here’s how far the Avalanche tumbled: Their 48 points were the lowest in a full season since 1999-2000, when the expansion Atlanta Thrashers had 39. Colorado was pretty much out of

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Legislature approved a bill pushed by the state’s investor-owned utilities that would eliminate much of the current financial incentive for installing solar panels. The bill was approved Monday on a 37-11 vote and now goes to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb for consideration. Solar panel owners who feed surplus energy to the