Новости за 18.07.2017

GREENWICH, Conn. — Hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones said Tuesday his firm plans to relocate to a new office in the state and sell its current property to a prep school. Tudor Investment Corp. has been considering a move to a location closer to the commuter rail line to make it easier to travel

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE — The international date line is an imaginary border that runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean and marks the boundary between calendar dates, effectively making it the zero-line for the planet’s time zones. While such a concept had existed for centuries, it wasn’t until 1884 that the line was formally

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed former second-round pick Cedi Osman. The Cavaliers announced the move Tuesday. Osman has played the last five seasons for Anadolu Efes in the Turkish Basketball League. He gets a three-year deal worth $8.3 million. Last season, Osman averaged 13.2 points and 4.1 rebounds in 35 games. In Euroleague

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks were divided Tuesday as health insurers declined after the failure of the latest Republican health care bills while a big jump in subscribers for Netflix gave technology and consumer-focused companies a lift. On Tuesday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index added 1.47 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,460.61. The Dow

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville Predators forward Pontus Aberg has signed a two-year contract worth $1.3 million. According to terms of the deal announced Tuesday, Aberg will make $650,000 each of the next two seasons. Aberg, 23, had two goals and three assists in the 2017 playoffs while helping Nashville advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

WASHINGTON — Consumers would feel the impact immediately if Republicans repeal “Obamacare” with no replacement. Problems could start this fall for customers buying individual health policies, say independent experts, with more insurers likely to exit state markets around the country, and those remaining seeking higher rates. Low-income people who qualified for expanded Medicaid expansion under

NEW YORK — Harvey Atkin, the Canadian actor who played the summer camp director Morty in “Meatballs,” has died. He was 74. Atkin’s longtime agent Larry Goldhar said Tuesday that Atkin died Monday night following a battle with cancer. Atkin appeared in more than 90 episodes of “Cagney & Lacey” as Sgt. Ronald Coleman, and

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Netflix Inc., up $21.90 to $183.60 The streaming video service said it gained a better-than-expected 5.2 million subscribers in the second quarter. Harley-Davidson Inc., down $3.05 to $48.95 The motorcycle maker disclosed weak sales and cut its forecast for shipments in 2017. LM Ericsson

Thirteen players including Toronto’s Jozy Altidore and Portland’s Diego Valeri have been added to Major League Soccer’s All-Star team for the Aug. 2 game against Real Madrid in Chicago. Two commissioner’s picks and 11 players named by All-Star coach Veljko Paunovic were added Tuesday to the fan selections to represent the league at the game

HOUSTON — All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa of the AL West-leading Houston Astros is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of a torn ligament in his left thumb. The Astros put Correa on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday, a day after he hurt himself taking a swing against Seattle. They expect to have him

NEW YORK — Sugar Rodgers is heading to the WNBA All-Star Game to compete in the 3-point contest. The Liberty shooting guard is happy for the chance to compete against Seattle’s Sue Bird, Connecticut’s Jasmine Thomas, Chicago’s Allie Quigley and Minnesota’s Maya Moore on Saturday in Seattle. “If I win, I win, if I don’t,

LOS ANGELES — Baseball’s breezier All-Star game scored a turn-around in viewership from last year’s record low. The game drew 9.3 million viewers to rank as the last week’s No. 2 program, the Nielsen company said Tuesday. That compares to 8.7 million for 2016’s game. HBO fielded the other big standout: The season seven premiere

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A young Saudi man who was accepted to college in Michigan and 13 other minority Shiites are facing possible execution in the kingdom in a case that has drawn the attention of a major U.S. teachers’ union. The American Federation of Teachers said in a statement that Mujtaba al-Sweikat was

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana State Police say two young children have died and a third has been critically injured after a semitrailer struck their family’s van on Interstate 70 in western Indiana. Sgt. Joe Watts tells WTHI-TV (http://bit.ly/2vfn8Q3 ) a 1-year-old and a 5-year-old were killed in the crash Tuesday afternoon about 60 miles

ATLANTA — Tiffany Hayes scored 25 points and Brittney Sykes added a career-best 20 to lead the Atlanta Dream to an 88-75 win over the San Antonio Stars on Tuesday. Atlanta trailed by 10 after one quarter before rallying behind Hayes. She had 12 of her points in the second quarter as the Dream (9-10)

LOS ANGELES — The former director of South Korea’s earthquake research center was convicted in federal court of laundering more than $1 million in bribes, prosecutors said Tuesday. Heon-Cheol Chi, 59, was convicted Monday of taking more than $1 million in bribes from companies in Pasadena and England and funneling proceeds through U.S. banks. Chi

MOSUL, Iraq — Hundreds of suspected Islamic State members swept up by Iraqi forces in Mosul are being held in a cramped and stifling prison just outside the city. Associated Press reporters visiting the facility saw more than 100 prisoners packed into a dark room, lined up shoulder to shoulder on the floor. There was

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai was greeted with cheers Tuesday by dozens of young women in northeastern Nigeria, where she spoke out for the many girls abducted under Boko Haram’s deadly insurgency. The 20-year-old Pakistani activist told The Associated Press she was excited by the courage of the young women who are

BELGRADE, Serbia — Workers from Fiat’s factory in Serbia have agreed to end their strike and return to work after more than two weeks, Serbia’s prime minister said Tuesday. Ana Brnabic met with the striking workers in the central town of Kragujevac, where the Fiat factory is located. She said the government will organize talks

FRISCO, Texas — When Tom Herman first met with Texas players after becoming their coach, he asked who had been part of a winning season with the Longhorns. Only three raised their hands. Then there are the high school players the Longhorns are recruiting now, 16- and 17-year-old kids that Herman points out have seen

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s education secretary says an audit of the nation’s teaching payroll found more than 44,000 teachers who were getting paid, but not in the classroom. Aurelio Nuno says that more than 17,000 of those teachers were allegedly diverted into union work and still receiving pay without teaching. Nearly 15,000 teachers were in

NEW YORK — Amazon has begun selling ready-to-cook meal packages for busy households in a bid to expand its groceries business. Amazon-branded meal kits come with raw ingredients needed to prepare such meals as chicken tikka masala and falafel patties. They can help households save time; a kit for salmon with soba noodles can be

“The Library of Light and Shadow” (Atria), by M.J. Rose M.J. Rose takes readers on a journey to 1925, where a post-war environment invoked a sense of heightened passion and new opportunities in “The Library of Light and Shadow.” Delphine Duplessi has left Paris and the man she loves due to a vision she cannot

ARNOLD, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man says he was attacked by a raccoon as he worked on his car outside his home, and killed the animal with the only weapon he had: a hammer. Dan Waldenville tells the Tribune Review (http://bit.ly/2vyRcFx ) he was underneath his Jeep on Monday when the seemingly rabid raccoon ran

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will have at least three players unavailable for its exhibition games in Europe as they recover from injuries. Guard Jalen Johnson underwent surgery Tuesday for a stress fracture in his left shin. Forward John Fulkerson is recovering from a torn labrum. Guard Jordan Bowden had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee