Новости за 31.05.2017

LOS ANGELES — The Memorial Day weekend box office was as creaky as an old pirate ship, with the lowest total industry grosses since 1999. Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” topped the charts with $78.5 million for the holiday weekend, making it the second-lowest debut for the five-film franchise. Paramount’s

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government oil commission says the country’s probable and possible oil and natural gas reserves dropped again in 2016, but the pace of decline appears to have slowed. Unproven but probable reserves known as “2P” decreased 5.7 percent to 16.8 billion barrels of crude equivalent. Unproven but possible reserves known as “3P”

PARIS — A French tennis player’s French Open credential was revoked because he grabbed a reporter and kissed her on the neck during a live TV interview at the tournament. The French Tennis Federation announced Tuesday it was punishing 21-year-old qualifier Maxime Hamou “following his inappropriate behaviour towards a female journalist” a day earlier, when

DALLAS — The Kellogg Co. has confirmed plans to close distribution centers in Fort Worth and Houston and lay off 421 workers permanently. The Battle Creek, Michigan-based breakfast and snack food giant notified the Texas Workforce Commission of its plans in letters dated Friday. The workers’ last day on the job is scheduled to be

SHANGHAI — A man investigating working conditions at a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes has been arrested and two others are missing, the arrested man’s wife and an advocacy group said Tuesday. Hua Haifeng was accused of illegal surveillance, according to his wife, Deng Guilian, who said the police called her Tuesday afternoon.

A quick look at the French Open: TUESDAY’S WINNERS Seeded winners in the men’s first round: No. 1 Andy Murray, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, No. 8 Kei Nishikori, No. 13 Tomas Berdych, No. 15 Gael Monfils, No. 18 Nick Kyrgios, No. 21 John Isner, No. 29 Juan Martin del Potro. Seeded winners in the women’s

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in the trial of a Pennsylvania man accused of having sexually assaulted six girls in the same family. A jury was selected Tuesday in Bucks County for the trial of 52-year-old Lee Donald Kaplan on numerous charges of rape and sexual assault. Authorities allege that the

AUSTIN, Texas — A former contestant on “The Bachelorette” has died after police found him unresponsive at a South Austin residence. An Austin Police Department spokeswoman says officers were sent to the residence at 2:10 a.m. Monday in reference to a reported unresponsive man and found 31-year-old Michael Nance unconscious. He was pronounced dead shortly

SEATTLE — The man who married his former sixth-grade teacher after she was jailed for raping him has filed for legal separation from her. King County court records show 33-year-old Vili Fualaau asked the court for a legal separation from 55-year-old Mary Kay Letourneau on May 9. Letourneau is a former suburban Seattle teacher who

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Prosecutors in El Salvador have charged the head of the Central American country’s prisons with embezzling $5.6 million. The Attorney General’s Office for specialized areas says prisons chief Rodil Hernandez was arrested Monday. Officials said at a news conference Tuesday that the investigation focuses on misuse of proceeds from stores

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Hess Corp., down $1.47 to $46.67 Energy companies stumbled as oil prices fell again Tuesday. CardConnect Corp., up $1.40 to $15.05 The payment processing company agreed to be bought by First Data for $15 a share, or about $468 million. Atwood Oceanics Corp., up

MUNCIE, Ind. — The Latest on fight that led to crash that killed 6-year-old Indiana girl (all times local): 5:15 p.m. A woman who crashed a van on an Indiana road after being punched by her boyfriend has been charged in connection with the death of her 6-year-old daughter who was thrown from the vehicle.

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the arrest of a man suspected of killing a teenage girl and a young woman in Los Angeles County in 2011 (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Los Angeles police identified a man suspected of killing a 17-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman by using a controversial DNA testing method.

NEW YORK — The Latest on rail delays at New York’s Penn Station (all times local): 5:10 p.m. Amtrak has announced service changes and cutbacks for this summer, when it plans to make extensive repairs at New York’s Penn Station. Among the changes are reductions to service between New York and Washington, D.C., and between

WASHINGTON — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Tuesday’s auction to their highest levels since the fall of 2008. The Treasury Department auctioned $39 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.960 percent, up from 0.920 percent last week. Another $33 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The top two officials for a judicial ethics panel removed themselves Tuesday from investigations involving an Arkansas judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration the same day he effectively blocked executions in the state. David Sachar, executive director of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, and Emily White, the commission’s

NEW YORK — There is no rest for Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato, and that’s OK. Still ecstatic on Tuesday at his new place in history as the first Japanese driver to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” Sato posed for photos atop the Empire State Building, rang the Nasdaq opening bell in New York

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Jury selection starts Wednesday in a more than $1 billion defamation case over ABC news reports on a South Dakota meat producer’s lean, finely textured beef product, which critics have dubbed “pink slime.” The trial in state court is scheduled to last until late July. A look at the case: WHAT’S

PARIS — Andy Murray joined other current players in rejecting tennis great Margaret Court’s recent public stance against same-sex marriage. The topic has generated discussion at the French Open — including about whether the Australian Open stadium that honors Court should have its name changed. There was also talk about whether a protest of some

CLEVELAND — LeBron James will one day take his final bow, the brightest spotlight moving on to someone else. There will come a time when his legs lose some explosiveness and those vicious dunks will be rendered ordinary. Someday, his jumper won’t fall as often, and that astonishing court vision, the key to his game,

SLIDELL, La. — A skydiving instructor died of heart disease before hitting the ground in a tandem jump that injured his student. The coroner in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/2sbcGr0 ) that 58-year-old Benjamin Leroy Crowell died in the air over Royal Golf Course near Slidell. His student told authorities that Crowell

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will allow a football recruit whose felony drug charge was reduced to a misdemeanor in a plea deal to join the team. Athletic director Mike Perrin said Tuesday he met with Reese Leitao and his parents and gave the decision to let him play “considerable reflection.” Perrin said he found Leitao

The arrest itself may be little more than an historical footnote as years go by, even if it was the event that finally buried any remaining mythology surrounding Tiger Woods. The picture will live on a lot longer. There was Woods as we’ve never seen him, his sad eyes drooping as he stares vacantly into