Новости за 23.02.2018

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — AJ Mleczko understands there is not a lot of women’s hockey on television outside the Olympics. Mleczko took home Olympic gold with the U.S. in 1998 and silver in 2002. She took on a broadcaster’s role for the 2006 Games. And now she will make the transition to men’s hockey at

MOSCOW — For the second time in four years, Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev is on the shortlist for a foreign-film Oscar, this time for “Loveless,” a grueling examination of adults’ misguided search for satisfaction and the child who suffers from their disappointment. In an interview with The Associated Press, Zvyagintsev resisted being seen as a

LONDON — Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has reported its first profit in a decade but warned that its 2018 results may be hit by a pending settlement with U.S. officials. RBS, bailed out by the British government during the 2008 financial crisis, reported Friday a 752 million pound ($1.1 billion) profit for 2017. That’s

MOSCOW — The chief of staff for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 30 days in jail on charges of violating public order in connection with an unsanctioned protest rally. Leonid Volkov was sentenced late Thursday, several hours after being arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The court sentenced him for retweeting a

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Americans Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, twin sister Monique Lamoureux-Morando, Hilary Knight, Meghan Duggan, Gigi Marvin and Kacey Bellamy have a luxury their predecessors lacked after finally capturing the nation’s first Olympic gold in women’s hockey in two decades. Time to enjoy and celebrate the accomplishment. And no pressure for the three-time Olympians to

A look at the upcoming week around the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 12 Auburn at Florida: After being ranked in the top five early this season, the Gators (17-11, 8-7) now find their NCAA Tournament hopes in jeopardy. Florida has lost three straight and needs a high-profile win to boost its credentials.

A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND: Louisville at Virginia Tech. The Cardinals and Hokies enter the next-to-last weekend of the ACC’s regular season trying to overtake No. 15 Clemson in the standings and earn one of the top-four seeds and two-round byes in the conference tournament.

MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin doesn’t tweet and he claims he doesn’t have a smartphone. At first sight, the Russian president’s reluctance to adopt the hyperconnected world’s technology might seem at odds with the widespread belief that he signed off on a campaign to undermine the United States via social media. But he has something likely

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It seems a brazen choice, even for North Korea. As South Korea’s liberal president seeks to use the Olympics to improve ties, North Korea has chosen to send the alleged mastermind of two attacks that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010 to the games’ closing ceremony. So, once again, South Korea’s

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee projected Team USA to win 37 medals at the Pyeongchang Games — a goal the U.S. will not come close to reaching when the Olympics close on Sunday. The Associated Press obtained a slide that was presented to the USOC board in meetings last year,

JUBA, South Sudan — The witness accounts remain appalling. One South Sudanese man returned home after hiding from government soldiers to find they had blinded his mother, gouging out her eyes with spears. She had tried to defend her 17-year-old daughter from being raped by more than a dozen soldiers and didn’t succeed. Seventeen soldiers

SIHEUNG, South Korea — Gus Kenworthy stood stone-faced, a shivering black puppy curled in his arms and more scurrying around him on the dirty, uneven cement floor. A few feet away, the pups’ mother barked and paced, eyeing the 2014 Olympic silver medalist while trying not to trip over the metal chain anchoring her to

BERKELEY, Calif. — Washington State coach Ernie Kent had empathy for Cal on Thursday night, but he was thrilled it was the Cougars who won 78-76 in a duel to escape last place in the Pac-12 Conference. Drick Bernstein scored a layup with 1.7 seconds left and the Cougars (11-16, 3-12) won for the first

HONOLULU — Zigmars Raimo scored 13 of his career-high 17 points in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 74-63 victory over Long Beach State on Thursday night. Gibson Johnson added 13 points for the Rainbow Warriors (16-10, 7-6 Big West Conference). Raimo was 6 of 7 from the field, 5 of 6 from

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau with a hug, a day after embarrassed Canadian diplomats had to rescind a party invitation for a man convicted of attempting to kill an Indian politician during a visit to Canada in the 1980s. Jaspal Atwal, a former member of a

ROSSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana State Police say there are no survivors after a small plane carrying at least three people crashed in southern Carroll County. Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby says a Cessna plane crashed about three miles north of Rossville, which is a rural area near the intersection of county roads 600 South and

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A California couple charged with torturing their children by starving, beating and shackling them is due in court on Friday. David and Louse Turpin are scheduled to appear in a Riverside courtroom for a conference about their case. They have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges and each is held

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Kaetlyn Osmond was all smiles after a magnificent free skate at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and a memorable month that began with a gold medal in the team event and ended with individual bronze. It was, the Canadian figure skater said, the best she could have done. Especially the way the Russians

EUGENE, Ore. — Elijah Brown had 19 points and seven rebounds, and MiKyle McIntosh added 16 points to lead Oregon past Arizona State 75-68 on Thursday night. Paul White had 11 points for the Ducks (18-10, 8-7 Pac-12), who beat the Sun Devils (19-8, 7-8) for the eighth consecutive time and moved into a tie

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Canadian defenseman Jocelyne Larocque apologized Friday for taking off her silver medal almost immediately after it was placed around her neck at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Larocque, a two-time Olympian, then held onto the medal during the medal ceremony following the United States’ 3-2 shootout victory over Canada on Thursday. Canada had

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Seguin broke a scoreless tie with 8:27 remaining and the Dallas Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Thursday night in a matchup of teams fighting for a Western Conference playoff spot. Backup goalie Kari Lehtonen made 18 saves for his first shutout of the season in his 21st game.

LOS ANGELES — UCLA was still reeling from its two overtime losses at Oregon State and Oregon over the weekend. Its cure for those blues was a second-half spark from senior point guard Jordin Canada. Canada scored all of her 20 points in the second half to lead the No. 10 Bruins to a 73-67

PORTLAND, Ore. — Elijah Bryant and Yoeli Childs scored 15 points apiece and Brigham Young defeated Portland 72-60 on Thursday night. Dalton Nixon added 14 points for the Cougars (22-8, 11-6 West Coast Conference) and Childs had 13 rebounds for his 14th double-double. The third-place Cougars close the regular season at home on Saturday against

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — By the time the final group of figure skaters took the ice at Gangneung Ice Arena, things had been pretty much decided. Russia would win its first gold of the games, and the only question was whether Alina Zagitova or Evgenia Medvedeva would stand on the top level of the podium.

Car rental company Enterprise says it is ending a discount program for National Rifle Association members. The company tweeted late Thursday: “All three of our brands have ended the discount for NRA members. This change will be effective March 26.” Enterprise Holdings also operates the Alamo and National brands. The decision appeared to be a