Новости за 30.01.2018

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A conservation group has acquired more than 50 acres of natural habitat along or near Indiana’s official state river, the Wabash River. The NICHES Land Trust says it recently acquired the two plots, which cover about 27 acres each within northwestern Indiana’s Tippecanoe and Warren counties. NICHES executive director Gus Nyber says

WASHINGTON — The House followed up on the sex abuse scandal involving sports doctor Larry Nassar by passing legislation Monday that requires governing bodies for amateur athletics to promptly report abuse claims to law enforcement. Nassar was sentenced last week to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 150 women and

TEMPE, Ariz. — New Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Mike McCoy said he will adjust his system to the abilities of whoever winds up being the team’s quarterback. He also said he has reached out to Larry Fitzgerald and talked to the wide receiver — who ranks third all-time in NFL receptions — about the offense

LONDON — A forecast prepared for the British government reportedly says the economy will be worse off after the country leaves the European Union whatever trade deal is struck with the bloc. The leaked assessment published Monday by news website BuzzFeed says if Britain reaches a free trade deal with the EU, growth will be

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona says Gerard Deulofeu is joining Watford on loan until the end of the season. Barcelona says the English club will be paying the winger’s salary and a possible add-on of one million euros ($1.2 million). No details on the add-on were immediately available. The Spanish club says on Monday the 23-year-old

NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase says two of its top executives will share the role of president and chief operating officer of the financial services firm. The New York bank said Monday that Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith will assume those duties Tuesday. The 55-year-old Pinto is chief executive officer JPMorgan Chase’s corporate and investment

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Fernando Alonso doesn’t like every aspect of his job but understands professionals have obligations they must meet. For the two-time Formula One world champion it meant daily press briefings during his stints in the Indianapolis 500 and the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He flew to North Carolina to promote the sports

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay secondary and safeties coach Darren Perry is leaving the Packers. Coach Mike McCarthy announced the move Monday. Perry coached the safeties joining the team in 2009. In that time, a safety finished the season ranked in the top two on the team in interceptions six times.

MADRID — Celta Vigo stayed within range of the Champions League spots by defeating Real Betis 3-2 at home with two goals by forward Iago Aspas in the Spanish league on Monday. Aspas scored in each half to lead Celta to seventh place after 21 matches. It is seven points behind fourth-place Real Madrid. Betis

WASHINGTON — Getting a kidney transplant from a living donor is optimal, but a new report shows it’s hard for doctors to advise would-be donors about the potential long-term health consequences. Specialists insist the surgery seldom brings serious complications for the donor. What happens later in life is less certain. British researchers examined dozens of

PITTSBURGH — The Kid’s kid is getting a shot with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The AFC North champions have signed wide receiver Trey Griffey, son of baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., to a reserve/futures contract. The 24-year-old Griffey went undrafted last spring after graduating from Arizona. He spent time with Indianapolis and Miami last

Stocks closed broadly lower Monday, led by declines in technology companies. Energy stocks also declined as crude oil prices fell. Bond yields rose, weighing on utilities and other bond proxies. The market’s slide handed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index its biggest loss in more than four months and pulled the major indexes modestly below

INDIANAPOLIS — Jerry Sneva, the 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, has died. He was 69. Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Monday that Sneva died Saturday in Indianapolis. Sneva was the younger brother of 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva. He made five career 500 starts, and his highest finish was 10th his rookie year.

PRAGUE — NHL great Jaromir Jahr has been reassigned by the Calgary Flames to the Kladno Knights, a team in his native Czech Republic that the forward owns. The move on Monday came after Calgary placed the 45-year-old Jagr on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his NHL contract so he could return to

SEATTLE — Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos has inaugurated his striking rainforest conservatory built of glass and white steel in downtown Seattle. “The Spheres” domed structure that opened Monday is the newest headquarters building for the online retail behemoth. Bezos and his wife were on hand to celebrate Amazon’s Amazon-esque rainforest conservatory that is home to

MINNEAPOLIS — A prominent Minnesota pillow manufacturer is taking a competitor to court over a longstanding trademark dispute. KFGO radio reports that My Pillow Inc. of Chaska is suing Michigan-based LMP Worldwide Inc. for trademark infringement. My Pillow says that LMP’s marketing of its product called “I Love My Pillow” is confusing to potential buyers.

BOSTON — Charlie McAvoy remembers the fear. The Boston Bruins rookie was playing against the Edmonton Oilers on Nov. 26 at TD Garden when his heart started beating irregularly and fast. McAvoy also remembers the good news. “I think it was relief first off to find out it was not life-threatening and not dangerous to

PHILADELPHIA — Ronda Rousey stayed silent as she pointed from the ring toward the WrestleMania logo that hung in the rafters. Without saying a word, the MMA great made clear she was signaling her wrestling debut at WWE’s signature event. Rousey wants her WrestleMania moment — and she’ll get one in April. She’s already mastered

MOSCOW — Several associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to 10 to 30 days in custody for staging an unsanctioned rally in Moscow. The verdicts came a day after about 1,000 Navalny supporters marched across the Russian capital to promote a voter boycott of the March 18 presidential election and to

WASHINGTON — A by-the-numbers look at President Donald Trump’s first year in office reveals areas of both progress and peril. The stock market is soaring, smashing record after record. The unemployment rate has ticked downward. Some categories of violent crime are down, too. But more U.S. troops are stationed in war zones. More people are

WASHINGTON — A by-the-numbers look at President Donald Trump’s first year in office reveals areas of both progress and peril. The stock market is soaring, smashing record after record. The unemployment rate has ticked downward. Some categories of violent crime are down, too. But more U.S. troops are stationed in war zones. More people are

WAILUKU, Hawaii — A murder trial began Monday for a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister. The 2016 crash was a tragic accident, Alexandria Duval’s defense attorney, Birney Bervar said in his opening statement. There’s reasonable doubt of any criminal behavior, he said. Authorities described

DALLAS — Exxon’s CEO says the oil company will invest more than $50 billion over the next five years to expand its business in the U.S. Chairman and CEO Darren Woods said Monday that the investments are possible because of the company’s strength and helped by the recent law that cut taxes on corporations. Exxon

Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez will meet in a May 5 rematch with the middleweight title on the line once again, promoters said Monday. Still to be announced is the location, though Las Vegas is considered the front runner for the fight on Cinco de Mayo weekend. Golovkin and Alvarez fought to a controversial 12-round

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming guard Justin James has been named the Mountain West player of the week. It is the second time this season that James has earned the award. James scored a career-high 33 points in a pair of overtime wins last week. He now ranks 26th in career scoring at Wyoming with 1,126