Новости за 16.07.2017

NEW YORK — After seeing his team struggle to score lately, Liberty coach Bill Laimbeer wanted to try and get a more uptempo offense. So he inserted Bria Hartley back into the starting lineup for Sugar Rodgers. The move worked. Hartley scored 15 points to help New York beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 85-55 on

BOSTON — The New York Yankees are on their first winning streak in over a month. CC Sabathia allowed two hits over six innings, Didi Gregorius hit a solo home run and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 Sunday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. The Yankees won their second straight against

BALTIMORE — Jose Quintana is well aware of the lofty expectations that came with his trade to the Chicago Cubs. He certainly dazzled his new teammates in his debut. Quintana struck out a season-high 12 in seven sharp innings and the Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep. “It was my

NEW YORK — The roar of the engine was replaced by a furious whirring as the future of motorsports came to Brooklyn. Formula E took over part of the waterfront neighborhood of Red Hook on Sunday, the second of two race days for the Qualcomm New York City ePrix. The Formula One-style, open-wheel cars reach

SILVERTON, Colo. — Kilian Jornet of Spain overcame a has won the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run in Colorado for the fourth consecutive year despite suffering a dislocated left shoulder. Jornet finished the 100-mile (161-kilometer) course Saturday in 24 hours, 32 minutes, 19 seconds. The Durango Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2usO3K2 ) that Caroline Chaverot of France was

WASHINGTON — A robotics team of six girls from Afghanistan is attending an international competition in Washington, after clearing visa obstacles that prompted intervention from President Donald Trump. The team was the first to be introduced at an opening ceremony Sunday for the three-day high school competition. They will compete against entrants from more than

MIAMI — The Los Angeles Dodgers had all three Miami Marlins outfielders leaping for the ball at the wall, and only Justin Turner managed to clear it. Turner homered and also singled to increase his batting average to .374, and the Dodgers extended their winning streak to nine games Sunday by beating Miami 3-2. It

ATLANTA — For the first time in three months, the Atlanta Braves are a .500 team. They know more work must be done to join Arizona in the NL wild-card race. Matt Kemp hit a three-run homer and Brandon Phillips doubled three times, leading Atlanta over the reeling Diamondbacks 7-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame has added three underground geothermal fields in an effort to lower the campus’ carbon dioxide emissions. The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2v0xwej ) one of the fields is currently operating and the two others are expected to come online in 2018 and 2019. The geothermal fields

HONOLULU — The Latest on a deadly high-rise apartment building fire in Honolulu (all times local): 1:50 p.m. A man whose brother and mother were killed when fire swept through their high-rise apartment building in Honolulu says the building’s management company should have installed fire sprinklers, even though it wasn’t required by law. Phil Reller

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. — Three adults and a small child are getting emergency treatment after lightning struck near their getaway on the South Carolina coast. It happened Sunday afternoon on Isle of Palms, a coastal city about 40 miles east of Charleston. Isle of Palms Fire Chief Ann Graham says none of the injuries

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The bassist for the metal band Adrenaline Mob was killed in a three-car accident on a Florida highway that injured seven others. The Florida Highway Patrol says David Zablidowsky died when a tractor-trailer veered off the highway on Friday into the band’s RV, which had pulled over to repair a flat tire.

WASHINGTON — Technology companies and civil liberties groups have joined Facebook in a fight over government access to social media accounts. The Washington Post reports that the timing of the government’s request and other references in court documents suggest the search warrants relate to demonstrations during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, when more than 200 people

BOONVILLE, Ind. — Authorities have recovered the body of a man who vanished while swimming with his wife in a southwestern Indiana lake. Divers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources retrieved the body of 41-year-old Jeremy D. Bunker early Sunday after an underwater mobile device located it in the Warrick County lake. The Evansville

A quick look at Wimbledon: SUNDAY’S WEATHER Cloudy. High of 73 degrees (23 Celsius). SUNDAY’S RESULTS Men’s singles final: No. 3 Roger Federer beat No. 7 Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for his record eighth Wimbledon championship and 19th Grand Slam trophy overall. Mixed doubles final: No. 1 Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray beat Henri

IRVINE, Scotland — Rafa Cabrera Bello birdied the first hole of a playoff with Callum Shinkwin to win the Scottish Open on Sunday, securing his first title in 5 1/2 years. The 405th-ranked Shinkwin left short a 4-foot par putt for victory on his 72nd hole to shoot a 4-under 68 in his final round

LONDON — It’s not a good idea to turn down Martina Hingis. Jamie Murray is glad he didn’t. Hingis and Murray won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title on Sunday, beating Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court. Murray hadn’t played mixed doubles since the 2016 French Open, but when Hingis contacted him

PAYSON, Ariz. — A rural fire chief says at least four people were found dead and about a dozen more are missing after flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area inside the Tonto National Forest in central Arizona. Water Wheel Fire and Medical District Fire Chief Ron Sattelmaier said more than a hundred people

AUSTIN, Texas — Houston Texans rookie running back D’Onta Foreman has been arrested on drug and weapons charges. A statement from the University of Texas Police Department in Austin said officers answered a report of the smell of marijuana outside a campus dormitory about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. They found three occupied vehicles with marijuana in

MIAMI — Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton lost his glove over the wall Sunday while trying unsuccessfully to catch a triple by the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor. When Stanton made a running leap and stretched his left arm above the wall in the fourth inning, his glove came off and fell to the

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have designated second baseman Danny Espinosa for assignment Sunday. Espinosa was hitting .162 with just 14 extra-base hits and 19 RBIs in 77 games for the Angels this season, with his woes exacerbating team-wide struggles to generate offense. The Angels rank third-to-last among American League teams in runs

LONDON — In pain and in tears, Marin Cilic never really had a chance. The big-serving Croat played with a blister on his left foot in Sunday’s Wimbledon final against Roger Federer. Cilic looked good for a while, but the injury quickly got worse as Federer quickly got better and won 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. “It

MADRID — Spanish authorities say 33 people, including six children under 10 years old, have been injured in a roller coaster collision in Madrid. Emergency services say that 27 people needed hospital treatment for minor injuries when two roller coaster cars collided Sunday on the “Tren de la Mina” at Madrid’s Parque de Atracciones theme

NEW YORK — Ian Desmond was activated from the 10-day disabled list by the Colorado Rockies on Sunday and immediately reinserted into the starting lineup against the New York Mets. The versatile Desmond had been sidelined since July 3 with a strained right calf but returned without a minor league rehab assignment. He played left

LAS VEGAS — The former top federal prosecutor in Nevada has been cited for misconduct in an 8-year-old sex discrimination case. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined earlier this year that a former female prosecutor was subjected to sex discrimination and retaliation while Greg Brower was in charge of the U.S. attorney’s office in