Новости за 21.10.2017

HUDDERSFIELD, England — Manchester United fell to its first Premier League defeat of the season, surprisingly losing 2-1 at newly promoted Huddersfield on Saturday. First-half goals from Aaron Mooy and Laurent Depoitre, following defensive lapses from Man United, helped Huddersfield to one of its best wins in decades. Marcus Rashford headed home 12 minutes from

LANSING, Mich. — Attorneys for a former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor accused of molesting dozens of athletes are pushing to have his trial moved out of the Lansing area. The Lansing State Journal reports that attorneys representing Larry Nassar filed a change-of-venue request because of what they called “inflammatory and sustained media coverage”

SWANSEA, Wales — Leicester moved out of the English Premier League relegation zone as the post-Craig Shakespeare era began with a 2-1 win at Swansea on Saturday. Michael Appleton was in caretaker command after Shakespeare’s midweek sacking, and Leicester fully merited the three points handed to them by Federico Fernandez’s first-half own goal and Shinji

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona regained a four-point cushion atop the Spanish league with a ho-hum 2-0 win over visiting Malaga and surging Valencia dismissed Sevilla 4-0 at home on Saturday. Barcelona faced last-placed Malaga in the closing match of the day, with added pressure from second-placed Valencia, which has won five in a row. Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain — Valencia closed within a point of Spanish league leader Barcelona after dispatching visiting Sevilla 4-0 on Saturday. Barcelona faced last-placed Malaga at home in the closing match of the day, with added pressure from second-placed Valencia. Surging Valencia has won five in a row. It can’t be overtaken for now. Third-placed Real

BARCELONA, Spain — Real Betis rebounded from its demoralizing home loss to Valencia by defeating struggling Alaves 2-0 in the Spanish league on Saturday. The result put Betis in sixth place, six points behind leader Barcelona, which hosts last-place Malaga later Saturday. Antonio Sanabria scored early in the first half to lead the hosts to

LONDON — Manchester City comfortably beat Burnley 3-0 to remain the only unbeaten side in the English Premier League after Manchester United lost at Huddersfield 2-1 on Saturday. It was the first time in 65 years that Huddersfield beat United, which was made to pay dearly for defensive errors. Chelsea came from behind to beat

NASHVILLE, Ind. — Officials say Vice President Mike Pence is spending part of the weekend at a southern Indiana park for a celebration of his son’s wedding. Brown County State Park manager Doug Baird tells The (Bloomington) Herald-Times that Pence would be at the park Saturday but wouldn’t provide details. Baird said he didn’t expect

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City took a five-point lead in the English Premier League with a 3-0 win against Burnley on Saturday and Sergio Aguero became the club’s joint top goal-scorer. The Argentina striker started the game one behind Eric Brook’s record of 177 which has stood for 78 years. After nine rounds, City has

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s spinners sparked a West Indies collapse on day one of the first test, with the tourists 219 all out in their first innings after being 174-3 on Saturday. Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer took 4-64 and fellow slow bowler Sean Williams 3-20 as West Indies lost its last seven wickets for 45

BERLIN — Bayern Munich took advantage of Borussia Dortmund’s faltering campaign to move level on points with the Bundesliga leader on Saturday. Dortmund’s mini-slump continued as it wasted a two-goal lead and drew at Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2, before Bayern edged 10-man Hamburger SV 1-0 in the late game. Dortmund still leads on goal difference after

BERLIN — Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund’s mini-slump continued Saturday as it wasted a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. The slip allows Bayern Munich a chance to go level on points with a win at Hamburger SV in the late game. Nuri Sahin scored inside the first 20 minutes and Maximilian Philipp

INDIANAPOLIS — A state panel could back requiring Indiana high school students to get real-world experience in order to graduate. The Indianapolis Star reports that the applied learning requirement could be met in multiple ways, including participating in a service-learning project, an internship or after-school job. The 14-member panel that includes education, business and workforce

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — When an Australian journalist wanted to find out how to correctly pronounce the name of New Zealand’s incoming prime minister, he — unwittingly — went straight to the top. According to The New Zealand Herald, Tiger Webb of Australia’s ABC Radio called the New Zealand Parliament on Friday to find out

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s boast that he surpasses his predecessors in consoling families of the fallen proved empty this past week as many stepped forward to say they’d never heard from him after losing their loved ones in military service. The suddenly fraught and politically charged subject overshadowed other misfires from the president, on

NIAMEY, Niger — Authorities in Niger say unknown assailants have killed 13 soldiers in the West African country. Saturday’s attack occurred in the town of Ayorou near the border with Mali, according to a government communique. It says five others were wounded. This is the latest unrest to hit Niger, where four United States service

PRINCETON, Ind. — A southwestern Indiana county is seeking federal money to help clean up a 40-acre site that once housed an oil refinery. Gibson County’s commissioners are working with the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana to apply for a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That money would help pay for

COOPER CITY, Fla. — The Latest on the funeral of U.S. soldier killed in Niger earlier this month (all times local): 11:10 a.m. A funeral service has begun for a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa sparked a political spat between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman. Services for Sgt. La David T.

GENEVA — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s leader as “goodwill ambassador” for the World Health Organization (all times local): 10:05 p.m. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he first thought the appointment of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador” for the World Health Organization was a “bad April Fool’s joke.” Trudeau told reporters he

GENEVA — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s leader as “goodwill ambassador” for the World Health Organization (all times local): 7:40 p.m. The head of the World Health Organization says he is “rethinking” his appointment of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador.” In a new tweet, Tedros Ghebreyesus says that “I’m listening. I hear your

GENEVA — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s leader as “goodwill ambassador” for the World Health Organization (all times local): 5 p.m. The United States has joined in condemning the choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador” for the World Health Organization. The world’s oldest head of state has long faced U.S. sanctions over

VALLETTA, Malta — Malta’s government is offering a 1-million ($1.18 million) reward and full protection for anyone with information on who killed an investigative reporter with a car bomb. The government statement Saturday called the Oct. 16 car bomb slaying of Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose reporting on corruption targeted the prime minister and other top

SHELBURN, Ind. — Authorities say two children and an adult were killed during an overnight house fire in rural western Indiana. The fire was reported about 3:20 a.m. Saturday at the house along Indiana 48 near the Sullivan County town of Shelburn. Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom says a deputy who was first to arrive

MINSK, Belarus — Some 200 people have rallied in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, calling for the resignation of the president who has ruled the former Soviet republic since 1994. Opposition activists carrying Belarusian and European Union flags urged President Alexander Lukashenko to step down. They criticized some of the laws he recently pushed through,

BOSTON — A Boston man arrested near the set of the film “Equalizer 2” starring Denzel Washington is being held in jail on robbery and carjacking charges. The Suffolk district attorney’s office says 52-year-old Victor Lee was arraigned Friday on charges of armed carjacking, larceny over $250 and resisting arrest. He is accused of taking