Новости за 12.05.2017

Harry Styles, “Harry Styles” (Columbia) When listening to Harry Styles’ solo debut, it will be hard to not think of David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Elton John and other rock icons who came decades before the former boy bander. The good thing for Styles, 23, is some of his fans might be too young to recognize

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield will promote an 11-fight card at Freedom Hall with a championship main event in the venue’s first professional bout since Danny Williams upset ex-champ Mike Tyson in July 2004. Matchups will be determined for the June 24 televised event featuring eight professional and three amateur bouts with

WEST BROMWICH, England — Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has had the golden touch in his first season in the English Premier League, all the way through to the title-clinching game. With Chelsea scoreless at West Bromwich Albion on Friday and looking like squandering the first of three opportunities to regain the trophy, Conte took the

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Legendary singer Tony Bennett has canceled a concert in Pennsylvania due to what his publicist calls a mild flu virus. Bennett was scheduled to perform at Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Saturday night. The venue announced Friday the show was postponed. The announcement says the 90-year-old Bennett has been advised not to

WASHINGTON — Heralding a new U.S.-China trade agreement, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross puffed a bit too hard in describing its greatness. “It was pretty much a Herculean accomplishment to get this done,” Ross said in describing a trade plan involving U.S. beef and liquefied natural gas exports to China. “This is more than has been

SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers representing aggrieved customers suing Wells Fargo have said the bank may have opened about 3.5 million unauthorized accounts, far more than bank and regulators disclosed last year. In a court filing late Thursday, lawyers representing customers told a federal judge in San Francisco that they believe bank workers created the unauthorized

HELSINKI — Mauno Koivisto, Finland’s last president during the Cold War who led the Nordic nation out of the shadow of its huge eastern neighbor, the Soviet Union, and into the European Union, died Friday at the age of 93. The Finnish president’s office said that Koivisto died in the evening in a Helsinki hospital.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The reward for information leading to whoever shot a rare white wolf found inside Yellowstone National Park rose to $10,000 on Friday after a wolf advocacy group matched a $5,000 reward offered earlier by the park. Yellowstone officials euthanized the severely injured wolf after hikers found the animal suffering in the northern

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Former baseball star Doug DeCinces was convicted Friday of insider trading for a stock buy that earned him more than $1 million. The former Baltimore Orioles and California Angels third baseman was convicted of 13 federal charges and could face decades in prison. DeCinces was tipped off in 2009 that a

MILWAUKEE — New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia had surgery Friday after being diagnosed with a blood clot near his right armpit, an injury that general manager Sandy Alderson said will sideline the reliever for several months. The Mets put Familia on the 10-day disabled list before their game Friday at the Milwaukee Brewers and

LAS VEGAS — Five of the contestants vying for the Miss USA title have a message to immigrant girls and women watching the pageant this weekend: Set goals, work hard and don’t stay in the shadows. The contestants know what they are talking about as they were all born in other countries and immigrated to

NEW YORK — During an interview Friday with Glenn Beck, another former Fox News Channel personality who was the subject of an advertiser boycott, Bill O’Reilly complained of a liberal “hit job” that did him in. “In the weeks to come we’re going to be able to explain all of it,” O’Reilly said in his

INDIANAPOLIS — A Statehouse tree dedication ceremony was the final official event marking Indiana’s 200th anniversary of becoming a state. The Friday event on the Statehouse lawn in Indianapolis came after the planting of 44 Indiana-native trees on the grounds. The Indiana Bicentennial Commission sponsored numerous events over the past year, including a five-week torch

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have signed eight of their nine draft picks, including first-rounder Taco Charlton. Dallas announced the signings Friday at the start of the team’s rookie minicamp. Along with the eight draft picks, the Cowboys also signed 13 undrafted rookie free agents. The 6-foot-6, 277-pound Charlton, a defensive end from Michigan,

PHILADELPHIA — The state’s attorney general has a wide range of options in responding to a judge’s order to arrest a speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a deadly 2015 crash, a law professor said Friday. Attorney General Josh Shapiro could arrest engineer Brandon Bostian, seek to dismiss the case, appeal or ask the city judge

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Quarterback Mitch Trubisky showed off some skills at the first day of rookie camp with the Chicago Bears and they had nothing to do with performance on the field. The Bears traded up to draft Trubisky second overall, less than two months after signing Mike Glennon as a free agent to

NEW YORK — Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies. It was believed to the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded. The malicious software behind the onslaught appeared to exploit a

MAYS LANDING, N.J. — A player on the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated 1972 team cited neurological problems he says he has from concussions during his career as he pleaded guilty Friday to punching a man in the face in New Jersey. In entering the plea, Henry Stuckey told the judge that concussions he suffered during a

CHICAGO — Authorities say a woman shot and wounded a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop but that a protective vest likely saved his life. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (goo-lee-EHL’-mee) says two officers observed suspicious activity by two people and stopped a vehicle in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. When officers approached on foot,

FOLKSTON, Ga. — A vast wildfire burning near the Georgia-Florida line may see rainfall this weekend, but officials say it won’t be enough to quench any flames. More than 230 square miles have burned since lightning sparked the fire April 6 in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Two small communities on the swamp’s southeastern edge

ATLANTA — A Georgia sheriff accused of exposing himself in a public park in Atlanta apologized Friday to his constituents but said he plans to remain in his job. DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann stood beside his attorney Noah Pines on Friday as Pines read a statement from Mann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/2pHlMKF). “I

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is celebrating a student model rocket named after … him. Trump asked the students from Victory Christian Center School in Charlotte, North Carolina, why the rocket was named for him. A student replied, “Simply because it conquers all.” Trump then said “they’re never going to put that on television,” referring

Pleased with recent changes that have boosted offense, the NCAA basketball rules committee chose not to propose any drastic moves for next season such as breaking the men’s game into four quarters, pushing back the 3-point line or widening the lane. The committee did encourage conferences and tournaments to experiment with some of those alterations

CAIRO — The International Monetary Fund has reached a staff-level agreement on a second payment that would make $1.25 billion available to Egypt and bring its total disbursements to about $4 billion. In a statement Friday, the IMF has said the agreement is “a vote of confidence” by its staff in support of Egypt’s economic

NEW YORK — As mid-career resumes go, this one’s a doozy: Bryant Neal Vinas tried to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, advised al-Qaida on potential bombing targets, then morphed into a prized informer for the U.S. government. After eight years in solitary confinement, the 34-year-old New Yorker is set to become a free man. Which