Новости за 11.12.2017

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, consumer advocates and others have reached a settlement with Xcel Energy over the utility’s plans to add more wind power for customers in New Mexico and parts of Texas. The proposed agreement was filed Monday with New Mexico utility regulators for approval. The Public Utility Commission

CLEVELAND — Browns coach Hue Jackson is confident owner Jimmy Haslam will stick to his plan and bring him back next season. Jackson, who is 0-13 this season and 1-28 in two years with Cleveland, laughed on Monday when asked about a report that new general manager John Dorsey wants to hire his own coach.

NEW YORK — Jets quarterback Josh McCown will miss the rest of the season with a broken left hand that will require surgery. Coach Todd Bowles announced Monday during a conference call that Bryce Petty will start in McCown’s place for New York at New Orleans on Sunday. McCown was injured when he was hit

FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU has named Jeremiah Donati its new athletic director, promoting one of Chris Del Conte’s assistants after Del Conte left for the same job at Texas. Donati, who was introduced at a news conference Monday, was executive director of the TCU Frog Club when he was hired as an assistant athletic

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Tristan Thompson’s role may have changed. Not his drive. Sidelined since Nov. 1 with a calf injury he said was much more serious than a strain, Thompson could play Tuesday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Atlanta Hawks. Thompson practiced Monday, and as long as he recovers as expected, the Cavs

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson could play for the first time since Nov. 1 on Tuesday against Atlanta. Thompson has been sidelined with a strained left calf. The team initially said Thompson would be out for up to four weeks, but he said Monday that timeline was inaccurate and that his injury

WASHINGTON — The Latest on sexual misconduct allegations against President Donald Trump (all times local): 2:55 p.m. The White House is pushing back on sexual misconduct allegations against President Donald Trump, saying he has already denied them. Three women who previously accused Trump of sexual harassment shared their stories Monday on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today.”

LOS ANGELES — The sweet romantic comedy “The Big Sick” and female directors were among the more surprising shut outs from the Golden Globe nominations Monday, which, as usual, includes many expected and worthy choices among some that are more peculiar. Trying to make sense of the nomination choices of the 90 some members of

HOUSTON — Texans coach Bill O’Brien says he wouldn’t have let Tom Savage re-enter Sunday’s game after an alarming hit that gave him a concussion and left the quarterback’s hands shaking if he had seen the video of the hit. Savage was injured with about nine minutes remaining in the second quarter of Houston’s 26-16

Five of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history have occurred since 2012, the same year that a troubled young man killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. A list of some of the deadliest mass shootings: — Oct. 1, 2017: Stephen Paddock opened fire on an

ISTANBUL — The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Syria, Egypt and Turkey: (all times local): 10:25 p.m. The presidents of Turkey and Russia say they share similarly critical views of the U.S.’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Joining Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint news conference late Monday, Turkish President

PORTLAND, Ore. — Vera Katz, a Jewish refugee who was elected to three terms as Portland’s mayor and helped transform it from a sleepy backwater into a trendy city known for its public transit, eco-conscious design and live-work architecture style, died Monday. She was 84. Katz was diagnosed with acute leukemia this month after undergoing

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell has reiterated that ace Jimmy Nelson will not resume throwing until spring training and won’t be ready for opening day as he comes back from a shoulder injury. Nelson was 12-6 with a 3.49 ERA last season. The right-hander was hurt Sept. 8 diving back

VALPARAISO, Ind. — A jury trial for a former Hammond and Gary police officer charged in the death of the mother of three of his children is scheduled to start next month. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that the Jan. 9 trial date was confirmed at a hearing Monday for 33-year-old Kevin Campbell. Tiara Thomas

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has struck Hamas military positions in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired a rocket toward southern Israel. Israeli planes and tanks shelled the Palestinian territory on Monday after the rocket strike, in what was the latest in a series of cross-border exchanges that have left at least

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills coach Sean McDermott is encouraged by the initial medical reports on his injured quarterbacks to feel confident Buffalo won’t have to add a player before hosting Miami this weekend. McDermott did not go into further detail, a day after the Bills (7-6) beat Indianapolis 13-7 in overtime to stay in

DALLAS — Prosecutors are telling a Dallas jury that an off-duty police officer chased two teenagers who were burglarizing his SUV and killed one of them after firing his gun more than a dozen times. Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of Ken Johnson. He’s pleaded not guilty in the death of 16-year-old

MIAMI — Derek Jeter says when his ownership group took over the Miami Marlins in October, he thought Giancarlo Stanton would be with the team in 2018. The Marlins traded Stanton because the National League MVP didn’t want to be part of the franchise’s rebuilding, Jeter said Monday. Jeter said the deal with his former

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple’s digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify the music playing on their iPhones. The companies didn’t disclose the price of the acquisition announced Monday. Technology news site Recode previously reported Apple is paying about $400 million

MOSCOW — The Russian military has hosted a delegation of United Nations officials at its main anti-mine facility. The United Nations’ delegation was led by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a French diplomat who serves as the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations. The Russian Defense Ministry said they discussed prospects for cooperation and joint action with the U.N.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Age hand-me-downs are soaring to a whole new level. On Tuesday, SpaceX plans to launch its first rocket for NASA. The unmanned Falcon 9 — last used in June — will carry up a Dragon capsule that’s also flown on a previous space station supply run. NASA’s International Space Station

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — President Donald Trump’s decision to drastically reduce and break up a national monument in Utah wasn’t the only blow Native American tribes say they were dealt last week. The proclamation Trump signed changes the makeup of a tribal advisory commission for Bears Ears National Monument. It adds a San Juan County, Utah,

LOS ANGELES — It’s a bittersweet morning for the songwriters of “Remember Me” from “Coco.” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez learned of their Golden Globe nomination just as a bomb exploded on the New York City subway. The couple said they turned on the television to watch the Globe nominations when news of the Port

MUNCIE, Ind. — A state board will decide whether Indiana should assume control of an eastern school district, a move that’s being opposed by the chamber of commerce. The Star Press reports that Indiana’s Distressed Unit Appeal Board sent an emergency manager to the district to help stabilize the financially impaired Muncie Community Schools in

BOSTON — Reigning New York City Marathon winner Shalane Flanagan will run in Boston next year in a fourth attempt to win her hometown race. The four-time Olympian and reigning Chicago Marathon champion will be joined on the men’s side by Galen Rupp in a field of elite Americans announced Monday by race sponsor John