Новости за 15.01.2018

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State redshirt senior quarterback Jalan McClendon will play elsewhere next season as a graduate transfer. The school announced McClendon’s decision Monday. He is scheduled to graduate in May and has a year of eligibility remaining. McClendon was in position to inherit the starting job when Jacoby Brissett headed to the

SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip — Mahmoud al-Qouqa can’t imagine life without the three sacks of flour, cooking oil and other staples he receives from the United Nations every three months. Living with 25 relatives in a crowded home in this teeming Gaza Strip slum, the meager rations provided by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for

SEATTLE — Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane has been arrested on investigation of driving under the influence. King County Jail records show he was booked at 5:30 a.m. Sunday. He was released less than four hours later on his own recognizance after posting $1,000 bail. Additional details were not immediately available. The Seahawks say they

DETROIT — Kemba Walker scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half, and the Charlotte Hornets pulled away in the fourth quarter of a 118-107 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday. Dwight Howard had 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Hornets, who trailed 56-50 at halftime before dominating the final two

DETROIT — The Latest on the Detroit auto show (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Chinese automaker GAC Motor says it’s on track to enter the U.S. market in the fourth quarter of next year. Company officials made the statement Monday as they introduced two models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that

DETROIT — The Latest on the Detroit auto show (all times local): 12 p.m. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he’ll step down next year after leading the combined company since 2009. Marchionne, 65, told media at the Detroit auto show that FCA will release a business plan through 2022 around June. The company will

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Danica Patrick’s heart is racing for Aaron Rodgers. Patrick, a Chicago Bears fan, confirmed Monday she is dating the Green Bay Packers quarterback. “Yes, Aaron and I are dating,” Patrick told The Associated Press. Rodgers split from actress Olivia Munn in 2017 after three years of dating. Patrick in late November ended

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons enter the offseason forced to address this startling new reality: Defense is the team’s new strength. That means there are new concerns on offense. Only one year after Atlanta led the league in scoring in its 2016 Super Bowl season, the offense was no better than middling in the league.

DETROIT — Chinese automaker GAC Motor will scrap the brand name it uses in China when it enters the U.S. market next year because it could be confused with President Donald Trump’s surname. For the past eight years, GAC has sold cars and SUVs under the brand Trumpchi in its home market, but is now

SANTIAGO, Chile — The latest on Pope Francis’ visit to Latin America (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Thousands of people have lined avenues in Chile’s capital to get a glimpse of Pope Francis as he passes by in his popemobile. But compared to papal visits to other Latin American countries, the crowds are very thin,

SANTIAGO, Chile — The latest on Pope Francis’ visit to Latin America (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Pope Francis has landed in Chile, where protests are expected over his decision to appoint a bishop who was close to the Andean nation’s most notorious pedophile priest. Francis’ arrival Monday night marks his first visit to Chile

All it took was one bad day at the Australian Open to unravel all those good feelings about American tennis generated by so much success at the U.S. Open only a handful of months ago. Maybe, though, that should not be the takeaway from Day 1 in Melbourne. Maybe neither the shock over opening-round losses

STONY RIDGE, Ohio — A helicopter used for inspecting power lines has crashed into a snowy Ohio field, killing the two men on board. It’s not clear what caused the crash around midday Monday just south of the Ohio Turnpike in Wood County. Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn says there was no sign of fire and no

American defender Cameron Carter-Vickers has been recalled by Tottenham from what was to be a season-long loan to second-tier Sheffield United. Carter-Vickers, who turned 20 on Dec. 31, scored against Bolton in his debut for Sheffield United last September and made 17 appearances in the League Championship. A son of former NBA player Howard Carter,

PETOSKEY, Mich. — A northern Michigan woman facing charges in the 2016 death of her infant daughter was convicted nearly seven years ago after her daughter died while taking a bath with her in Oklahoma. The Petoskey News-Review reports the Lisa Rae Bryan’s first child was less than 2 months old when she died in

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty. In an unusual find, researchers have discovered shreds of paper bearing legible printing that somehow survived three centuries underwater on the sunken vessel. And after more than a year of research

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty. In an unusual find, researchers have discovered shreds of paper bearing legible printing that somehow survived three centuries underwater on the sunken vessel. And after more than a year of research

MOSCOW — Russia’s Justice Ministry says it has filed a lawsuit to shut down a company used by opposition leader Alexei Navalny that is being used to fund his political campaigning. The Justice Ministry said Monday it has asked a Moscow court to close the Fifth Season of the Year foundation, which rents premises for

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Big 12 fined Texas Tech $25,000 and reprimanded West Virginia forward Wes Harris for hitting a fan who joined thousands of others in storming the court during a weekend postgame celebration. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement Monday that Texas Tech did not ensure the safety and security

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Big 12 has fined Texas Tech $25,000 and reprimanded West Virginia forward Wes Harris for hitting a fan who joined thousands of others in storming the court during a postgame celebration. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement Monday that Texas Tech did not ensure the safety and security

WASHINGTON — The Nationals have agreed to a $7 million, two-year contract with outfielder Howie Kendrick, a deal subject to a successful physical. Agent Pat Murphy confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on Monday. USA Today was first to report the deal. Kendrick, 34, hit .293 with seven home runs and RBIs in 52

PARIS — Slovenian-born Melania Trump has been unafraid to go against her husband’s “America First” agenda and stay true to her roots, if there’s a message to be taken from her bold, foreign-flavored wardrobe in 2017. In her first year as first lady, Mrs. Trump has often wrapped herself in the clothes of her home

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — LeBron James says honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is more important than ever because “we’re trying to be divided right now by somebody.” James was referring to President Trump, whom the Cavaliers star has openly criticized in the past. James spoke Monday as he and his teammates prepared to

TORONTO — The Blue Jays will extend the protective netting at Rogers Centre to the outfield end of each dugout this season and increase the height of netting behind home plate by approximately 10 feet to 28 feet. The changes announced Monday are being made after several fans at stadiums at big league ballparks were

MONTECITO, Calif. — The Latest on deadly California mudslides (all times local): 2:20 p.m. A Southern California highway that’s the main coastal route between Los Angeles and points west and north will remain closed for at least another week because of mudslides that have left 20 dead. Jim Shivers, a spokesman for the California Department