Новости за 07.02.2018

NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — Abdul Goni says the Myanmar government was starving his family one stage at a time. First, soldiers stopped the Rohingya Muslim from walking three hours to the forest for the firewood he sold to feed his family. Then Buddhist neighbors and seven soldiers took his only cow, which he rented

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota has added eight preferred walk-ons to the program, including three players from the state. Minnetonka linebacker Ty Barron, Mounds View tight end Max Janes and Chaska linebacker Micah Roane committed Wednesday to the Gophers for the 2018 season. Barron and Roane were Associated Press first team all-state selections. Two walk-ons came from

TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma jury has begun deliberating the fate of a man charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime in the 2016 killing of his Lebanese neighbor. Lawyers in Stanley Majors’ case gave closing arguments Wednesday, then jurors got their instructions. Majors is on trial in Tulsa for the fatal shooting of

WASHINGTON — The past week’s stomach-churning stock market losses were ignited by a sudden and contagious fear of surging inflation and higher interest rates. Many investors worried that inflation would send borrowing rates up and sap corporate profits, stock prices and the U.S. economy. Does that mean higher inflation is on the way? Not necessarily.

TAYLOR, Mich. — A man facing separate murder charges in two Michigan counties has been arraigned in one of the slayings. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Wednesday that 45-year-old Vernest Griffin was arraigned in a hospital where he is recovering after a shootout with police. Griffin faces first-degree murder and other charges in connection

ARLINGTON, Texas — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has been traded — from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees. The Rangers selected Wilson in the Triple-A portion of the Rule 5 draft during the winter meetings in December 2013, about two months before he led the Seahawks to a win over Denver in

DURHAM, N.C. — No. 19 Duke has lost another women’s basketball player to injury for the season. Coach Joanne P. McCallie said Wednesday that starting guard Haley Gorecki is out with a left hip injury. Gorecki missed a year and a half with an injury to her other hip, playing only 14 games as a

NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force the Metropolitan Museum of Art to return a Picasso painting to the heir of a Jewish businessman who allegedly sold it under duress. Judge Loretta Preska ruled Wednesday that the museum can keep the 1904-05 painting, “The Actor.”

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Martin Truex Jr. has been all over the country during his brief reign as NASCAR’s newest champion. Since winning his first Cup title in November, Truex has celebrated in Las Vegas, New York, Denver, Charlotte, Toronto and last week, Minneapolis, where he watched his beloved Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl. It

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is portraying the violent MS-13 gang as a collection of immigrants sneaking illegally into the U.S., an account that ignores the organization’s homegrown roots and the fact many of its members are U.S. citizens. That may suit his attempt to link illegal immigration to criminal behavior, but it’s not an

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump displayed a shaky grasp of how the stock market works when he weighed in Wednesday on the big slump earlier in the week. TRUMP: “In the ‘old days,’ when good news was reported, the Stock Market would go up. Today, when good news is reported, the Stock Market goes down.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Luke Maye keeps handling everything thrown at him, from the pressure of taking a last-second shot to reach the Final Four to playing as North Carolina’s new leading man. The 6-foot-8 junior has grown from one-time unheralded recruit and role player to the 21st-ranked Tar Heels’ most consistent performer entering Thursday’s

LONDON — Ilie Nastase had two tennis bans reduced by eight months and his fine doubled to $20,000 on Wednesday following his appeal of International Tennis Federation sanctions for foul-mouthed comments and misconduct as the Romanian Fed Cup captain. The ITF suspended the 71-year-old Nastase from Fed Cup and Davis Cup events and from working

JERUSALEM — American genetics scientist Mary-Claire King, credited with connecting a gene mutation with breast cancer, is among the winners of Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize this year. The prize is named after the late philanthropist Dan David and administered by Tel Aviv University. The Dan David Foundation awards $1 million prizes in three categories

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police are looking for a gunman they believe shot and killed two homeless men, wounded a third and opened fire on another man outside a convenience store in a nearby city within the past 10 days. Forensic analysis has connected the same gun to all four shootings — three of

SAN DIEGO — The Latest on Dutch lender Rabobank’s California unit pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States after an investigation into laundering Mexican drug proceeds (all times local): 2 p.m. A plea agreement that requires Dutch lender Rabobank to pay $369 million says the bank’s California subsidiary lied to

LINCOLN, Neb. — Call it Frost Fever. Nebraska’s spring football game at 85,000-seat Memorial Stadium — the first under new coach Scott Frost — sold out one day after tickets went on sale. The school announced Wednesday that all tickets were gone for the April 21 scrimmage at 85,000-seat Memorial Stadium. Season-ticket holders were allowed

BERLIN — Eintracht Frankfurt booked its place in the German Cup semifinals with a 3-0 derby win at home over Mainz on Wednesday. Three mistakes from the visitors gifted Frankfurt its goals, and Mainz’ also had Danny Latza sent off late for a rash challenge on Marco Fabian. Mainz goalkeeper Rene Adler, making his return

NEW YORK — Todd Frazier and the New York Mets have finalized a $17 million, two-year contract after the third baseman passed his physical. Frazier, who turns 32 next week, gets $8 million this year and $9 million in 2019, and the agreement includes a $500,000 assignment bonus if traded. He was to be introduced

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — For Ryan Coogler, the essence of “Black Panther” came down to one question: What does it mean to be African? The Oakland-born filmmaker of both “Creed” and “Fruitvale Station” had been given the gargantuan task of shepherding Marvel’s iconic superhero to the big screen, with a budget five times bigger than

DENVER — Colorado’s Senate has given initial approval to a bill that would expedite the construction of high-speed internet service in rural areas. The bill passed by voice vote on Wednesday. It would take money from a state fund that has long subsidized rural telephone service to support rural broadband instead. The telephone fund would

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on the court fight between Google spin Waymo and ride-hailing service Uber (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says he regarded Google co-founder Larry Page as a “big brother” before the relationship between their two companies soured. Kalanick spoke Wednesday during testimony in a trial pitting

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City has become the first U.S. city to announce it will pursue a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. An exploratory committee that studied the issue and state leaders announced the decision Wednesday after spending nearly four months ensuring Utah could host the Winter Games again without losing money.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Authorities say a North Carolina man who tried to run off with $20,000 worth of jewelry from a New Jersey mall store was captured by two police officers who happened to be eating lunch nearby. Police say 19-year-old Shawn Nelson, of Rocky Mount, was trying on jewelry at the Newport Centre

Spirit Airlines’ website was down for several hours Wednesday, leaving customers unable to book flights online directly with the carrier. The discount airline’s site failed before noon Eastern time but appeared to be functioning normally about four hours later. A Spirit spokesman said flights were not affected. He said he did not know the cause