Новости за 11.01.2018

MILAN — The following is the full text of the statement made by Franco Zeffirelli’s son, defending the Italian director against sexual molestation allegations made by actor Johnathon Schaech: In reference to articles that have appeared today in the international media, in which serious accusations by Johnathan Schaech against Franco Zeffirelli are reported, the son

HOUSTON — Outfielder Jake Marisnick has avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $1.9 million, one-year contract with the Houston Astros. Marisnick’s deal includes award bonuses and is up from the $1.1 million he made last season. The 26-year-old hit .243 with a career-high 16 homers and 35 RBIs in 109 games last year. He has

BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi scored twice in the space of three minutes to help Barcelona to a 5-0 win over Celta Vigo on Thursday as the holders advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. Messi, who also created Barcelona’s third goal for Jordi Alba, set his team on its way to a

BARCELONA, Spain — Sevilla beat Cadiz 2-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday, while Espanyol overturned a first-leg deficit to eliminate Levante. Sevilla’s 4-1 victory on aggregate took some of the pressure off new coach Vincenzo Montella following Sevilla’s painful 5-3 home loss to crosstown rival Real Betis in his

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Reliever Blake Parker has avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $1.8 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels reached the deal with Parker on Thursday. The 32-year-old Parker’s deal also includes award bonuses. He gets a raise from $560,000 last season. Parker was largely outstanding during 71 appearances in

PHILADELPHIA — Jay Ajayi is rested, refreshed and ready. The Philadelphia Eagles can jump aboard the Jay Train when they host Atlanta in an NFC divisional playoff Saturday and try to ride Ajayi to the conference title game. Ajayi will see his first action in 19 days when he lines up against the Falcons (11-6).

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers are playing harder, moving the ball faster and winning more games than most people anticipated. Fans in this basketball-crazed state expect nothing less from their favorite teams. Around the league, though, the Pacers might be the biggest surprise of the first half of the season. Just six months after trading

USA Hockey has named David Leggio and Brandon Maxwell as the final two goaltenders for its Olympic team. U.S. general manager Jim Johannson on Thursday announced the final two players on the 25-man roster. Leggio and Maxwell join Ryan Zapolski, who is expected to be the starting goalie going into the Olympics. Zapolski, Leggio and

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An effort to expand rent control in California died Thursday in a legislative committee after four hours of testimony as hundreds of landlords and renters raucously chanted from the hallway outside. The bill would have repealed a 1995 law known as the Costa Hawkins Act that prohibits cities from adopting rent control

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Phillip Fulmer believes stability played a major factor in his coaching success at Tennessee, and he wants to help bring it back. Stability — built on trust, expectations and communications — was replaced by upheaval. After taking over as athletic director last month, Fulmer has been working to return Tennessee to the

LAS VEGAS — The Latest on the CES technology show in Las Vegas (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Alexa, flush. Kohler’s new toilet can be controlled by voice, with Amazon’s Alexa assistant. It also boasts a lid that automatically opens as you approach, along with a heated seat and a touch-screen remote. Users can use

PASADENA, Calif. — Actress Mira Sorvino says she hopes the Me Too movement keeps its focus on sexual harassment and doesn’t turn into a general women’s rights movement. Sorvino spoke before television critics on Thursday, a day after she penned a public apology to Dylan Farrow. In a letter published on HuffPost, Sorvino says she

NEW YORK — NBC has less than 10 ad spots left to sell a little less than a month ahead of Super Bowl 52, the network says. Ads are going for slightly more than $5 million per 30-second spot. The big game, which is as much an advertising showcase as it is a football showdown

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president says that European Union institutions bear some responsibility for what he called “social disillusionment” with integration, and has called on them to be more attentive to the needs of member nations. Andrzej Duda was speaking Thursday at a New Year’s reception for foreign ambassadors. Pointing to recent elections in some

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana congressman who has made repeated calls to “drain the swamp” in Washington collected more than $160,000 in campaign contributions from gambling interest groups that stand to benefit from legislation he is sponsoring, an Associated Press review found. Republican Rep. Todd Rokita’s collection of such contributions has surged since 2015, when he

NEW YORK — The Latest on Walmart’s decision to boost starting salaries for U.S. workers while also closing dozens of Sam’s Club stores around the country (all times local): 3 p.m. A Walmart official says the company is closing 63 Sam’s Club stores across the country. About 10 of those stores will be repurposed into

Anderson East, “Encore” (Elektra) As a sign that Anderson East is an artist on the rise, he’s been handed a tune for his new album by some pretty special songwriters — no less than two guys behind a little ditty called “Shape of You.” “All on My Mind” was co-written by Ed Sheeran and Snow

MIAMI — It’s halftime in the NBA. Officially, Thursday night’s Cleveland at Toronto game was the 615th on the NBA schedule for this season — the exact midway point on the 1,230-game regular-season slate. Everyone tends to call what follows the All-Star Game as the second half, but it’s more like two-thirds of the season

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan attorney general’s office has asked a judge to sentence a disgraced Michigan sports doctor to 40 to 125 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven girls. The office filed its sentencing memorandum Wednesday for 54-year-old Larry Nassar ahead of a sentencing hearing beginning next week in

President Donald Trump’s administration announced $2 billion in grants Thursday for local agencies trying to help the homeless even as the government proposes deep cuts to federal housing programs. The total awards in the Continuum of Care program is the most ever, though only slightly above collective grants of more than $1.9 billion in the

NEW YORK — After British filmmaker Francis Whately captured David Bowie in his 2013 film, “David Bowie: Five Years,” he thought documenting his musical hero was complete. But it turns out that he was mistaken. The end of the Bowie’s life was equally interesting to Whately as he centers on the artist’s final projects in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Nashville Predators forward Mike Fisher has been named the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame’s 2018 professional athlete of the year. Fisher will receive the award June 16 at the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame’s annual induction banquet. Fisher announced his retirement last year after serving as team captain for the Predators

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico — Officials say 32 people have been slain in hurricane-battered Puerto Rico in the first 11 days of the year, double the number killed over the same period in 2017. If the surge proves to be more than just a temporary blip, January could be the most homicidal month on the island

UNITED NATIONS — The president of the U.N. Security Council says members are considering a visit to Afghanistan to show solidarity with the Afghan people, meet government officials and see firsthand the situation in the war-torn country. Kazakhstan Ambassador Kairat Umarov says the council hasn’t been to Afghanistan for seven years and a trip would

Marit Bjoergen is heading to the Winter Games in South Korea looking for a three-peat of her three-peat. Bjoergen, the most successful women’s cross-country skier in history, has won three gold medals in each of the past two Winter Games and will be looking to make it three in a row when the Pyeongchang Olympics