Новости за 17.05.2017

PITTSBURGH — Tests on tissue removed from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon last week confirmed he is dealing with testicular cancer. Pirates trainer Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday that Taillon will be re-evaluated next week before deciding the next course of treatment. The 25-year-old Taillon discovered an abnormality after going on the disabled list May 6.

CARTAGENA, Colombia — Colombian officials say two explosions have rocked an industrial shipyard in the coastal city of Cartagena, killing four people and injuring 22. Witnesses tell local media the Wednesday morning explosions were felt up to 5 kilometers (3 miles) away. Two large black plumes of smoke were seen rising above the shipyard. Adm.

ATLANTA — Authorities say an Indian man detained after arriving at Atlanta’s airport without required immigration documents has died at a hospital. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 58-year-old Atulkumar Babubhai Patel arrived May 10 on a flight from Ecuador. He was denied entry and detained by ICE. An initial medical screening identified high blood

NEW YORK — International air travelers might soon rediscover magazines, paperbacks and playing cards. Airline passengers have become hooked on their laptops and tablets to get work done or just kill time during long flights. But U.S. aviation-security officials appear determined to ban large electronic devices in the cabin of flights from Europe. Business travelers

BOISE, Idaho — Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he has settled a lawsuit filed by Greek yogurt giant Chobani, reversing course from previous claims that he would never back down in the defamation case. Jones read a brief statement at the end of his radio show Wednesday saying he had retracted

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Bank of America Corp., down $1.42 to $22.57 Bank stocks fell more than the rest of the market as bond yields dropped, which hurts banks by driving down interest rates on loans. Target Corp., up 51 cents to $55.04 The retailer’s profits jumped 8

MUNICH — Bayern Munich is looking to the future after presenting its new 70-million euro ($78 million) youth and women’s academy on Wednesday. Bayern president Uli Hoeness says, “It’s been our dream for many years to have our own academy, like many big clubs around the world, a Bayern Munich campus. Now it’s almost ready.”

SOUTHAMPTON, England — Sergio Romero showed Manchester United will be in safe hands in the Europa League final by saving an early penalty and producing many other great stops in a 0-0 draw at Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday. Filling in for the rested David de Gea, the Argentina goalkeeper tipped aside Manolo

NEW YORK — Google announced a lot of new bells and whistles Wednesday — several of which, it turns out, are already offered by rivals such as Amazon, Apple and Facebook. These days, it’s not unusual to find tech giants and their plucky startup rivals copying each other’s tools and features — sometimes improving on

CASPER, Wyo. — Predictions of cold and snow has prompted changes in this weekend’s Wyoming State High School Track and Field Championships schedule. Wyoming High School Activities Association director Ron Laird says the meet will be held Thursday through Saturday as scheduled but no field events will be held Thursday. The 18 field events will

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State will face the Miami Hurricanes and Boise State in a pair of home-and-home football series. The school announced schedule details Wednesday. The Spartans will host Miami in 2020 and will play the Hurricanes on the road the following season. Michigan State will begin its 2018 schedule at home against

Pokey LaFarge, “Manic Revelations” (Rounder Records) Modern troubadour Pokey LaFarge has an old-time band, out-of-time sounds and themes both ageless and current on “Manic Revelations.” LaFarge’s voice is high in the mix and it is as unaffected as it is clear. You won’t have to rely much on the lyric sheet to understand his stories,

BOSTWICK, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man leaned in to kiss a rattlesnake — but got bitten instead. News outlets report the unidentified man was bitten on the tongue Tuesday in the Bostwick area and had to be airlifted to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. WTLV in Jacksonville (https://goo.gl/QHRNTZ )

PIERRE, S.D. — Roughly two years after an American Indian tribe began an ambitious push to open the nation’s first marijuana resort in South Dakota, a consultant who helped pursue the stalled venture is heading to trial on drug charges. Jury selection starts Thursday in the case of Eric Hagen, a consultant who worked with

CHICAGO — Billionaire Ken Griffin has contributed $20 million to Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s re-election fund. Rauner’s campaign committee reported the donation from the CEO of the Chicago-based investment firm Citadel on Wednesday. The eye-popping contribution is the latest sign of how costly and competitive the 2018 race for Illinois governor will be. It

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas police officer used a stun gun seven times and a mixed martial arts chokehold to subdue an unarmed man who died after a foot chase through a casino over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Kenneth Lopera thought the man had tried to carjack a pickup truck with two

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man who authorities say conspired with a former NHL player in a scheme to illegally sell prescription painkillers is headed to federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 36-year-old Christopher Alonardo was sentenced Tuesday to more than a year behind bars. Alonardo pleaded guilty in December to oxycodone distribution charges. Federal

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are reaching out to Senate Democrats for help in crafting a tax overhaul package, a departure from the go-it-alone strategy Republicans have been taking on health care. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other administration officials met with Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday. Afterward, several Democrats

MEXICO CITY — Shouts of “justice” echoed from the press corps Wednesday moments after Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto called for a moment of silence for journalists who have been murdered at a frightening pace. The president’s hastily called meeting with his security cabinet and the country’s governors was meant to show a united response

DETROIT — A Detroit Fire Department official has been placed on administrative leave without pay after a civil rights organization said it found racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic social media posts purportedly written by him. Michigan’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says the writer of the posts boasted he is a captain in the

PROVO, Utah — BYU forward Eric Mika has announced he will remain in the NBA draft and hire an agent, ending his college playing career with two years of eligibility left. The 6-foot-10, 230-pounder averaged team-highs with 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game and was named first-team All-West Coast Conference last season.

WALLINGFORD, Conn. — A memorial service honoring the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has been held in Connecticut. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/2qtCwYU ) friends, colleagues and relatives of Berman and his wife gathered Wednesday at Seymour St. John Chapel at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. Sixty-seven-year-old Cheshire resident Katherine Ann Berman was

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A judge has sentenced a Lafayette man to 64 years in prison for 10 convictions of child molesting against three victims dating back to 2009. Tippecanoe Circuit Judge Thomas Busch sentenced 52-year-old James Ly Tran on Monday. A jury convicted Tran of the 10 counts in March after a three-day trial. The

WASHINGTON — Here are the questions from the championship rounds of Wednesday’s National Geographic Bee. The winner, 14-year-old Pranay Varada of Irving, Texas, answered all of them correctly. — Scientists are planning to reintroduce tigers to Central Asia 50 years after they became extinct in the region. One potential site for reintroduction is the Almaty

CLEVELAND — For the first time in a year, the Rays didn’t get run over on the road. Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer — his third homer in two days — and Alex Cobb controlled Cleveland over seven inning as Tampa Bay busted out the bats in a 7-4 win over the Indians on