Новости за 17.10.2017

RABAT, Morocco — The United Nations’ new special envoy for the disputed Western Sahara has met with Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and government ministers as part of his first tour of the region. Horst Kohler, A former president of Germany, is also expected to visit refugee camps in Algeria for Saharawi refugees who fled the

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University is putting some of its biggest basketball names in stone. Bob Knight didn’t make the cut yet. The athletic department announced Tuesday it will add five statues to the remodeled Assembly Hall this week as a tribute to the Hoosiers’ five national championships and its tradition-laden program. “Every Hoosier fan

CHICAGO — The Cubs have altered their lineup for Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, putting Kyle Schwarber in the No. 2 spot and benching struggling second baseman Javier Baez. Schwarber got the start in left field on Tuesday night against Dodgers right-hander Yu Darvish. With Schwarber batting second behind Ben Zobrist, NL MVP

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut bankruptcy attorney who swindled millions of dollars from his clients has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison. Seventy-year-old Woodbridge resident Peter Ressler pleaded guilty to wire fraud, embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate and bankruptcy fraud. The New Haven Register reports Ressler misappropriated $3.4 million from dozens

MARIBOR, Slovenia — Liverpool rediscovered its potency by thrashing Maribor 7-0 on Tuesday, matching the biggest away win in Champions League history and emphatically securing its first win in Group E. Mohamed Salah scored twice to follow up goals from Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho as Liverpool took a 4-0 lead at halftime. Firmino added

RICHMOND, Va. — Two Confederate monuments in two Virginia cities have been vandalized this week. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the word “racist” was found painted in red on the Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond on Tuesday. The Virginian-Pilot reports Norfolk police spokesman Daniel Hudson says a memorial to the Confederate dead was spray-painted with “#2

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Borussia Dortmund’s hopes of making the second round of the Champions League took a major blow when it was held to 1-1 at APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday. After losing its opening games in Group H to Tottenham and Real Madrid, Dortmund needed a win to kick-start its campaign in Europe’s premier club

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Brazil winger Bernard scored twice Tuesday to lead 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk to a 2-1 victory at Feyenoord that solidified the Ukrainian team’s grip on second place in Group F of the Champions League. Shakhtar’s second group stage win left Feyenoord without a point following three straight defeats. Manchester City stayed top of

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have re-signed rookie running back Brian Hill to their practice squad. Atlanta also signed defensive lineman Joey Ivie and quarterback Garrett Grayson to the practice squad. Grayson, a third-round draft pick by New Orleans in 2015, was unable to establish himself as Drew Brees’ primary backup. Grayson was

LONDON — The Latest on the awarding of the Man Booker Prize for fiction (all times local): 9:45 p.m. American author George Saunders has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction with “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a polyphonic symphony of a novel about restless souls adrift in the afterlife. The story of President Abraham

MOSCOW — Spartak Moscow sliced apart Sevilla with rapid counterattacks to beat the Spanish team 5-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Russian team is level with Liverpool on five points at the top of Group E. Sevilla dropped from first to third. Quincy Promes headed the Russian champion’s opening goal in the 18th

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City scored twice in the first 13 minutes before holding off a spirited fightback from Napoli to win 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, maintaining its 100 percent start to group play. Napoli could have snatched a draw if it had converted both of its penalties at Etihad Stadium after

MADRID — Tottenham held Real Madrid to 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, a result that kept both clubs at the top of Group H. Tottenham scored first with an own goal by Raphael Varane as the Madrid defender tried to clear a cross intended for Harry Kane, and Cristiano Ronaldo equalized for Madrid

The Auburn Tigers went from flying high to falling hard against LSU. Now, the 21st-ranked Tigers are trying to keep the season from taking a similar tumble. Losing a 20-0 lead in Baton Rouge left coach Gus Malzahn answering questions Tuesday about his job security and the offensive play calling and trying to reassure a

TULSA, Okla. — The Latest on a white former Oklahoma police officer on trial for a fourth time in the fatal shooting of his daughter’s black boyfriend. (all times local): 3 p.m. Jurors in the trial of a white former Oklahoma police officer have heard a 911 call in which his daughter screams to dispatchers

CLEVELAND — A suburban Cleveland man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his daughter while she slept, saying he believed she disrespected his rules by coming home late and not cleaning her room. Jamal Mansour, of Rocky River, pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault and has been sentenced to 22 years in

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech has trailed for all of four seconds in the second half. Yet somehow, the Yellow Jackets have two losses. In a season that could be so much better, coach Paul Johnson must walk a tightrope — yes, he wants his players to be ticked off at their inability to close out

SONOMA, Calif. — Outside one of the first shops to reopen for business on an empty central square in California wine country, clerk Rhiannon Lorenzini swept the sidewalks as the sky cleared of ash more than a week after the state’s deadliest group of wildfires ignited. In a wine region that normally draws more annual

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is rejecting opposition claims that regional elections for governors were shrouded in fraud. In a three-hour news conference Tuesday, Maduro defended Venezuela’s voting system as one of the most secure in the world. He provided an on-site demonstration of how the nation’s voting machines work and remarked that

The travel industry is ramping up efforts to get out the message that many Caribbean islands were unaffected by hurricanes and that their economies depend on tourism. Tourism agencies and travel companies are promoting deals, events and fundraising efforts while letting vacationers know that many destinations were unscathed by the storms or have already recovered.

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man is suing United Airlines, claiming a drunken fellow passenger urinated on him as their cross-country flight was taking off. Daniel Card is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit, which accuses the airline of assault, negligence, breach of contract and emotional distress. The Pequannock man says the airline shouldn’t

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban totally gets where Washington State’s Mike Leach was coming from. Leach bluntly assessed his team as “a bunch of pathetic front-runners” after the then-No. 8 Cougars lost 37-3 to California last week . The top-ranked Crimson Tide have mostly been very good front-runners under Saban, and they’ll have

NEW YORK — On Jason Ritter’s new ABC series, “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,” Ritter plays a man named Kevin who encounters a meteor and meets a celestial being who informs him that he’s been chosen to save humanity. Ritter says he wasn’t sure about the show’s premise but the script changed his mind. He

INDIANAPOLIS — A recent court ruling that says Indiana’s mandated sex offender classes for prisoners violates the U.S. Constitution will affect all convicted, incarcerated sex offenders who opt out of the state’s sex offender program. A federal judge issued a ruling in late September siding with plaintiffs who challenged the program in a class-action lawsuit.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland prosecutor says a man has been indicted on a hate crime charge for allegedly stabbing a college student to death “because of his race.” Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks announced a grand jury indictment against Sean Urbanski on Tuesday. Richard Collins III was stabbed to death on May