Новости за 06.03.2018

PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Authorities say a Kentucky man has died in a standoff with law enforcement officers. Multiple media outlets report that Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price says deputies responded to reports Monday night of a man acting suspiciously in a front yard. Price says they found a man with a Bible walking around and

NEWARK, N.J. — A man accused of killing four people in two states in revenge for U.S. policy in the Middle East has pleaded guilty to killing a college student in New Jersey. Ali Muhammad Brown admitted shooting 19-year-old Brandon Tevlin in 2014 as Tevlin sat in his car at a traffic light. Brown, a

NEW YORK — Target is raising its minimum starting pay for workers for the second time in less than a year after seeing a bigger and better pool of candidates. The Minneapolis retailer, which hiked starting pay to $11 an hour last fall, said all workers this spring will receive a minimum of $12 per

BOSTON — The Bruins say rookie defenseman Charlie McAvoy is out for at least a month with a sprained left MCL. General manager Don Sweeney said on Tuesday that McAvoy will be evaluated in four weeks. He suffered the injury on Saturday in the opening shift of Boston’s 2-1 overtime win over Montreal. McAvoy has

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love has opened up about his panic attack this season and his struggles with mental health. The 29-year-old forward writes in an essay for the Players’ Tribune on Tuesday that he was overcome by anxiety during a Nov. 5 home game against Atlanta. He was briefly hospitalized at the Cleveland

LIGONIER, Ind. — Authorities say a man has been arrested following the fatal shootings of two people in northern Indiana. Noble County Prosecutor Eric Blackman says police in Ligonier (lihg-uh-NEER’) responded Monday night to a 911 call and found a man dead on a sidewalk and a woman dead inside a home. He says a

PARKLAND, Fla. — Student survivors of a mass shooting in Florida who’ve organized to increase gun control and make schools safer aren’t being bankrolled by billionaire liberal philanthropist George Soros, despite the claims of several false stories. Soros is not providing any funding to the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, although

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Shubhankar Sharma can add another achievement to his rapid rise. He’s going to the Masters. Two days after Sharma held the 54-hole lead at his first World Golf Championship, the 21-year-old from India accepted a special invitation to the Masters next month. Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley says the Masters has

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More than 7,000 American flags used in an annual Memorial Day display in Rhode Island were destroyed by rain from last week’s nor’easter. The nonprofit group Operation Stand Down Rhode Island tells WJAR-TV the flags were worth about $4,000. They were damaged by water that leaked into the garage where they were

BERLIN — A larger-than-life statue of Karl Marx has arrived in his birthplace of Trier, in western Germany. The bronze sculpture, donated by China, is to be unveiled in May to mark the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birthday. The philosopher and economist, best known for his critique of capitalism, was born in Trier in 1818

CHICAGO — A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain. In patients with stubborn back aches or hip or knee arthritis, opioids worked no better than over-the-counter drugs or other nonopioids at reducing problems with walking or sleeping. And they provided slightly less pain relief, Opioids tested included morphine,

“The Sandman: a Novel” (Knopf), by Lars Kepler Unlike the creature of myth by the same name, “The Sandman” by Lars Kepler will not put you to sleep. Quite to the contrary, you won’t want to put it down. And when you do finally try to go to sleep, you very likely will be afraid

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says Martin Glenn’s “extraordinary” comments about the wearing of a yellow ribbon in support of Catalan politicians demonstrated the FA chief executive’s ignorance of the subject. Guardiola says he got the impression that Glenn “didn’t understand what the yellow ribbon means. It is simple like that. He

RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke freshman forward Marvin Bagley III is The Associated Press player and newcomer of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Virginia’s Tony Bennett is its coach of the year. Bagley — the only unanimous selection to the AP all-ACC team also announced Tuesday — earned 14 votes for the top

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Palestinian soccer federation is challenging FIFA at the Court of Arbitration for Sport for shutting down debate on a dispute with the Israeli federation. CAS says a scheduled two-day appeal hearing began Tuesday. Palestinian officials have long urged FIFA to act against teams from settlements playing in the Israeli league. FIFA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Latest on the Nashville mayor’s resignation (all times local): 10:40 a.m. The former lead body guard who had an extramarital affair with Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has pleaded guilty to theft of property. Robert Forrest’s plea Tuesday morning came shortly after Barry pleaded guilty to the same charge and announced her

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Latest on the Nashville mayor’s resignation (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has resigned after admitting she had an extramarital affair with her lead bodyguard and shortly after pleading guilty to a felony theft charge. When Barry first admitted Jan. 31 to having an affair with Sgt. Robert

MIAMI — Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross says he won’t force his players to stand for the national anthem, even though he believes kneeling is a counterproductive way to promote social justice. Ross’ comments Tuesday in a statement released by the Dolphins came after the New York Daily News reported that he said all of

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry resigned Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge, a month after the rising Democratic star admitted to an affair with her bodyguard. “While my time today as your mayor concludes, my unwavering love and sincere affection for this wonderful city and its great people never ends,”

BIRMINGHAM, England — IAAF president Sebastian Coe says Russians could be stopped from competing as neutral athletes if the country fails to shows “dramatic progress” in the fight against doping. Russia has been suspended since 2015, when the World Anti-Doping Agency found evidence of widespread doping. The only Russians allowed to compete at IAAF events

UNITED NATIONS — A coalition advocating for children caught in conflict is urging Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to put government security forces in Israel, Myanmar and Afghanistan on a U.N. blacklist for killings and other violations of children’s rights. Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict also is calling on the U.N. chief to add several rebel

LONDON — In 1932, Pablo Picasso was 50 years old and art critics were asking whether he was yesterday’s man. He proved them wrong with an outpouring of creativity that is charted in an exhibition at London’s Tate Modern gallery. More than 100 paintings, drawings and sculptures, all from 1932, show Picasso’s influences, including his

“All the Beautiful Girls” (Ballantine), by Elizabeth J. Church After Lily’s glamorous and free-spirited parents and sister are killed in a car crash, the 8-year-old moves in with her aunt and uncle and leaves behind her entire universe of Salina, Kansas. And the conservative Midwest of the 1960s is not hospitable to a smart, curious,

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is marking the 50th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, its satellite-delivery workhorse. The latest Falcon took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Tuesday, successfully hoisting a massive communications satellite for Spain’s Hispasat corporation. The orbiting satellite is almost as big as a city bus. No attempt was made to

When first-time renter Angelica Fattu-Logan, 20, started applying for apartments, she braced for rejection. But those rejections never came — in part because she had good credit. “I applied to about three or four different apartments, and they all accepted me right away,” says Fattu-Logan, a drugstore manager and college student from Peoria, Arizona, who