Новости за 07.05.2017

CAGLIARI, Sardinia — Fernando Gaviria won a bunch sprint at the end of the third stage of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday to claim his first Grand Tour victory and take the leader’s pink jersey from Andre Greipel. Gaviria edged out Rudiger Selig after great work from his Quick-Step team inside the final 10 kilometers

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will start a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state’s southern red rock region should be scaled down or even rescinded. The re-evaluation of the new Bears Ears National Monument on sacred tribal lands and the Grand

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials have identified the pilot and co-pilot killed in the crash of a propeller plane carrying UPS cargo at a West Virginia airport. The Air Cargo Carriers plane made a hard landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston and went off the edge of a steep, wooded hillside on Friday. Officials said it

FOLKSTON, Ga. — The Latest on wildfires spreading in the Okefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Firefighters in southern Georgia are battling to keep a fire in a wildlife refuge from spreading amid unfavorable weather conditions. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge says more than 500 personnel are working to contain the

LOS ANGELES — After volunteering at her children’s Los Angeles middle school for nearly a decade, Carol Convey was told the number of teachers suddenly would be cut. The problem? The school now had too many white students. To Convey, the diverse, multiethnic community looked no different from before, so she began to wonder whether

CHICAGO — Chicago police say four people in a car have been killed in a head-on collision with a city bus. Police spokeswoman Officer Michelle Tannehill says the accident occurred about 5:50 a.m. Sunday on the city’s west side. She says the car was speeding and hit a parked car. She says the car’s driver

NEW ORLEANS — The seven-day New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival wraps up with hometown favorites Trombone Shorty and The Meters. Trombone Shorty and his Orleans Avenue band close out the venue’s Acura Stage Sunday while The Meters will be closing out the Gentilly Stage. Trombone Shorty, whose real name is Troy Andrews, just released

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — Federal scientists at a research facility near Seattle are studying ways to make it easier and more efficient to commercially grow a fish prized for its buttery flavor. The project to grow sablefish is part of a larger effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support marine aquaculture to

LIVERPOOL, England — James Milner’s perfect record from the penalty spot ended at a crucial time in the Premier League season for Liverpool in a 0-0 draw against Southampton on Sunday, damaging his team’s quest for Champions League qualification. The left back scored from his first seven spot kicks this season but his eighth attempt

BRANCHBURG, N.J. — The Latest on health care legislation (all times local): 10:15 a.m. The White House is disputing the argument by congressional Democrats that House Republicans could face election losses in 2018 due to the health care bill they pushed through last week. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff says that after the Senate

RALEIGH, N.C. — Worn out after an away game, a former NFL player was informed by a bank teller that suspicious withdrawals were siphoning away his money. Another was persuaded to try to rescue a losing investment with an additional $700,000. A third player spent years in court trying to claw back $500,000 from a

ROME — Italy’s national broadcasting company denied on Sunday that one of its employees made a racist insult toward Juventus defender Medhi Benatia. Benatia was being interviewed on a Rai television show after Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Torino and the Morocco international was connected to the studio through an earpiece when he heard the insult.

BEIRUT — Syrian activists say government forces have taken a village on the edge of a large cease-fire zone encompassing rebel-held territory in northwest Syria. A local media activist who goes by the name Obeida Hamawi says the government pushed opposition fighters out of the village of Zalaqiyat on Saturday, in Hama province, following days

BRANCHBURG, N.J. — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid would give states freedom to tailor the program to fit their needs. Price is defending a bill narrowly passed by the House last week to undo parts of the health care law enacted under President Barack Obama. Price

HELSINKI — Danish police say they suspect reckless driving by jet skiers in a Copenhagen harbor caused them to crash into a small boat, killing two people. Copenhagen police said in a statement they went to check out reports Saturday evening about “crazy jet skiing” in the harbor and have detained eight people suspected of

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers are bailing out the state’s former governor, Vice President Mike Pence, after the Republican’s efforts to pay for now-completed projects celebrating the state’s bicentennial foundered. A provision tucked into Indiana’s next two-year budget sets aside $5.5 million to pay for an elaborate plaza built outside the Statehouse in Indianapolis and upgrades

LONDON — Police in Ireland are refusing to comment on a blasphemy complaint and investigation involving British comedian Stephen Fry. The inquiry came to light when the Irish Independent newspaper reported Saturday that a member of the public had contacted police about remarks Fry made in 2015 to Irish broadcaster RTE. The individual told the

PITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors and an attorney representing a fired Pittsburgh police sergeant accused of punching a drunken man outside a football stadium are sparring over whether other officers should be allowed to wear uniforms while attending the trial. Defense attorney Tina Miller accused prosecutors late Friday of trying “to hijack” former sergeant Stephen Matakovich’s

INDIANAPOLIS — Two new Indiana laws are aimed at helping foster children who age out of the system without finding a permanent home or being reunited with their families. The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2pJOI7a ) that one of the new laws allows these 18-year-olds to automatically remain on Medicaid until age 26. That measure requires

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida authorities say an alligator bit a 10-year-old girl on the leg as she sat in shallow water in a lake at a park. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Chad Weber said the girl was with her family at Moss Park in Orange County when she was bitten Saturday. Weber

MADRID — Maria Sharapova recovered from a shaky opening to defeat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of the Madrid Open on Sunday, getting off to a good start in her second tournament since returning from a doping ban. Sharapova took control of the match after struggling early against the

RAMALLAH, West Bank — An activist says hundreds of Palestinians participating in a hunger strike in Israeli prisons have begun taking vitamin supplements. The strike entered its 21st day Sunday. Israel says 890 prisoners are participating. Qadoura Fares, head of an advocacy group for Palestinian prisoners, says the hunger strikers began taking supplements on day

MANAMA, Bahrain — FIFA has signed up Qatar Airways as a sponsor through 2022 when the World Cup is staged in the Gulf nation. The airline is filling the sponsorship category vacated by Dubai-based carrier Emirates after the 2014 World Cup. FIFA recently announced losses of $369 million in 2016 as the fallout from corruption

BOSTON — Police have identified the two people found dead this weekend inside the penthouse of a Boston luxury condominium building. The Boston Police Department website identified the victims as 38-year-old Lina Bolanos and 49-year-old Richard Field. Media outlets are reporting the two were doctors. The couple apparently lived at the Macallen Building in South

CAIRO — Archaeologists and conservation experts are meeting in Cairo to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun’s throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one being built on the other side of the city. Sunday’s gathering brought together experts from Egypt, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and