Новости за 08.11.2017

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons players are guarded against letting four losses in their last five games rattle their confidence. The Falcons (4-4) have fallen to .500, two games behind NFC South leader New Orleans. Atlanta’s offense shows little resemblance to the unit which led the league in scoring last season. The Falcons have scored

SEATTLE — Pete Kwiatkowski is quiet and unassuming. He enjoys remaining in the background, his role being that of a teacher and planner as the defensive coordinator for No. 9 Washington. His players, though, view him a little bit differently as the one largely responsible for Washington fielding the best defense in the country. “I

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois broke a school record this season by starting 16 true freshmen. Kendrick Foster isn’t one of them. While coach Lovie Smith is building the program for the future, Foster doesn’t have that kind of time. He is one of just 10 seniors on the roster, and coming into his final season

LANSING, Mich. — People could legally carry concealed guns inside schools, churches and other pistol-free zones under hotly contested legislation advancing in Michigan. The Republican-controlled Senate approved the bills Wednesday, days after a gunman killed more than two dozen people at a Texas church. Michigan prohibits concealed pistol license holders from carrying in nine types

OMAHA, Neb. — Federal prosecutors want to know more about billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s efforts while he was an adviser to President Donald Trump to change the renewable fuel credits system that was costing one of his companies millions of dollars. Icahn’s company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week

LOS ANGELES — Ronald Jones II is joining the ranks of the all-time great Southern California running backs. Jones is now ninth in career rushing yards by a Trojan and will pass childhood favorite Reggie Bush with 19 yards against Colorado on Saturday. While the historical implications are important to him, Jones is more concerned

MEXICO CITY — Experts say they have suspended effort to capture the few remaining vaquita porpoises in Mexico’s Gulf of California after the one they managed to catch died quickly in captivity. Lorenzo Rojas described what may be the last close contact between humans and the world’s smallest porpoise, of which less than 30 remain.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick says facing the New York Jets after two seasons with them means “a little bit extra” to him. Fitzpatrick will make his first start for the Buccaneers on Sunday, which coincidentally comes against the visiting Jets — something the veteran QB says is “ironic.” Tampa

NEW YORK — Panera Bread said founder Ron Shaich is stepping down as CEO and the company will buy Au Bon Pain — bringing together two chains Shaich helped build. The companies did not disclose on Wednesday how much Panera was paying for Au Bon Pain. Shaich will be replaced as CEO Jan. 1 by

BOULDER, Colo. — His wild go-in-every-direction hair attracts all sorts of attention. Same with his elusive running style, which is so unrelenting and whirlwindish that it has earned him the nickname “Tasmanian Devil.” In actuality, Colorado senior tailback Phillip Lindsay shies away from the spotlight. “I’m just not a big attention guy,” he said. It’s

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The pace of deaths quickened on Puerto Rico immediately after Hurricane Maria — well beyond the numbers officially attributed to the storm. The U.S. territory reported an average of 82 deaths a day in the two weeks before Maria hit. That average increased to 117 from Sept. 20 to 30,

SALT LAKE CITY — One of Utah’s last “dry” communities appeared Wednesday on track to maintain its eight-decade prohibition on alcohol sales after voters rejected a measure to allow sales that proponents said would boost tourism and opponents said would threaten the small city’s way of life. Following Tuesday’s vote in Blanding, the count of

LAS VEGAS — A judge said Wednesday she may cut a paralytic from the state’s previously untried lethal injection plan, after hearing that it could mask movements reflecting awareness and pain by a death-row inmate who volunteered to become the first person executed in Nevada in 11 years. From the state prison in Ely, where

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Suburban Chicago police are asking for the public’s help locating a murder suspect who they say fled by truck to Mexico from Texas earlier this year. Northbrook police said Wednesday that there is an arrest warrant for 51-year-old John G. Panaligan of Aurora in the December 2016 death of real estate attorney

PARIS — All the corsets, sparkle and provocation of French couturier Jean Paul Gaultier are coming to a theater near you. The 65-year-old announced Wednesday that he has a racy, music-filled “show” in the works for fall 2018 — in which he will retell his colorful life from his roots as a nascent-designer to achieving

The Olympic Club in San Francisco is leaving its U.S. Open heritage to host the PGA Championship in 2028 and the Ryder Cup in 2032. The announcement Wednesday adds to the growing list of major golf events on the West Coast, which typically have stronger television ratings because they can be shown in prime time

BLOOMFIELD, Ind. — A judge has sentenced a southwestern Indiana man to 15 years for causing a crash that killed three family members returning from a band competition. Greene Superior Court Judge Dena Martin sentenced 20-year-old Mason Hartke of Jasper on Wednesday to five years on each of three counts of operating a vehicle causing

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday released the names of those killed in the Texas church shooting. The 26 victims on the official list include an unborn baby. All of the victims but one died at the scene. Below is a list of victim names DPS provided to The Associated

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida company that provides a way to resolve traffic tickets using a cellphone or computer says The Florida Bar and a more traditional ticket firm are conspiring to shut it down by making false allegations against it. The company, TICKD, has filed a lawsuit seeking damages of more than $11

ATLANTA — Georgia Aquarium officials say a beluga whale calf died during the delivery process. The aquarium announced Wednesday on Facebook that the mother, Qinu, began experiencing complications after several hours of labor on Tuesday. The statement says the position and shape of the calf prevented the delivery and it died Tuesday before it could

Last week marked just the sixth time in the history of the AP college football poll that one weekend featured seven games matching ranked teams. Number seven is this weekend, and the games include five of the top six teams in the Top 25. One more twist: The top three teams are all on the

INDIANAPOLIS — College athletes continue to earn degrees at record rates, posting an all-time high of 87 percent, according to the NCAA’s latest scorecard. The overall rate is up one percentage point from last year. The NCAA’s most recent Graduation Success Rate report, released Wednesday, is based on graduating classes from 2014-17. Men’s basketball hit

Coming off its best defensive performance in Big 12 play, No. 23 West Virginia is staring at its most difficult preparation yet for Kansas State’s power run offense along with a quarterback mystery. The Mountaineers (6-3, 4-2 Big 12) entered the AP Top 25 poll for the fourth time this season after holding Iowa State

ISLAMABAD — A bus has careened off a bridge in Pakistan, killing 15 people. Rescue official Zainul Abideen says another 68 people were wounded in Wednesday’s crash, with some in critical condition. The passengers were returning from an Islamic religious congregation in Lahore when the bus drove off the bridge into a gorge in the

LONDON — The Latest on the scandal over Britain’s international development secretary (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Britain’s international development secretary has quit over her undisclosed meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Priti Patel said in a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May that her actions “fell below the high