Новости за 04.04.2018

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani got his first major league home run and his first celebratory ice bath. There could more on the way for the Japanese sensation. Ohtani hit a three-run homer in his first Angel Stadium at-bat to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 13-2 on Tuesday night. “Shohei put

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit his first major league home run in his first Angel Stadium at-bat to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 13-2 on Tuesday night. Ohtani capped a six-run first inning by lifting a ball out to center on a 2-2 count against Josh Tomlin. The Japanese two-way

SAN DIEGO — Rookie Christian Villanueva hit three impressive home runs and drove in five runs, Tyson Ross was a winner in his return to San Diego, and the Padres became the last team to get its first victory of 2018 by beating the Colorado Rockies 8-4 Tuesday night. The 26-year-old Villanueva joined Hunter Renfroe

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An official says waters off an Indonesian port city reek like a gas station after an oil spill and fire that killed four people. Balikpapan city secretary Sayid Fadli said Wednesday that the city on the island of Borneo is in its third day of a state of emergency following the weekend

PHOENIX — Daniel Descalso and David Peralta did something no two players had ever done before against Clayton Kershaw in the same game. It was that kind of night for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Descalso and Peralta became the first lefty-batting teammates to homer off Kershaw in the same game, lifting the Diamondbacks over the Los

PHOENIX — Daniel Descalso and David Peralta became the first left-handed teammates to homer off Clayton Kershaw in the same game, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Tuesday night. It’s just the fourth time Kershaw (0-2) has allowed two homers to left-handed hitters in the same game — the previous

WASHINGTON — The embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency got a measured gesture of support from President Donald Trump but also a warning from the White House about the ethical questions surrounding his travel spending and ties to lobbyists. Scott Pruitt has come under scrutiny for his use of a Capitol Hill condo owned

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island is launching a program to buy farms and sell them to new farmers for dirt cheap. A farm bought for $500,000, for example, could then be sold for $100,000. It is an unconventional approach to ensure that farming remains viable. The National Farmers Union knows of no other state that

CANTON, Ohio — An Ohio youth baseball league is raffling off an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and other guns for a fundraiser to reduce registration fees. The Repository reports the East Canton Youth Baseball Association also will raffle off a bolt-action hunting rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a handgun during the league’s youth picture day on

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s lawyers scored a pair of rulings crucial to their strategy of painting his accuser as a money-grubbing liar, but they could not get the one prospective juror who seemed most willing to consider that idea. The defense wanted a man who said he thought many of the women coming forward

BEIJING — The troubled Chinese insurer that owns New York City’s Waldorf Hotel is receiving a $9.6 billion bailout from a government-run fund to shore up its finances. Anbang Insurance Group said Wednesday the money from the China Insurance Security Fund would help it to “maintain stable operations.” Regulators seized control of Anbang in February

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s top court could rule as soon as Wednesday whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can stay out of prison while appealing a corruption conviction, a decision that could radically alter October’s presidential election in Latin America’s largest nation. Da Silva, who was once wildly popular after his two

MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico — President Donald Trump’s angry comments about a caravan of migrants ricochet around like a soccer ball in the dusty athletic complex in southern Mexico where the 1,000 or so Central Americans have camped since the weekend. Trump’s words have confused and befuddled families here, some of whom never intended on going

GOLD COAST, Australia — Australian swimmers won 19 of the country’s 49 gold medals at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and, with home-pool advantage, they’re hoping to improve on that mark. Australia’s dominance has not been threatened at the Commonwealth Games pool since Edinburgh in 1986, but the aura around the team

HOUSTON — Josh Reddick hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and a grand slam in Houston’s five-run seventh, leading the Astros to a 10-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Reddick, who was 1 for 11 this season before his homer in the sixth, tied a career high with six RBIs.

SALT LAKE CITY — Ricky Rubio scored 31 points on 10-of-15 shooting, added eight assists and six rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117-110 on Tuesday night. Donovan Mitchell added 26 points while Rudy Gobert chipped in 12 points, 16 rebounds and five assists. Six players scored in double figures to

DENVER — Nikola Jokic scored 30 points, Jamal Murray hit a clutch 3-pointer late — his only one of the game — and the Denver Nuggets received a boost to their playoff hopes by holding off the Indiana Pacers 107-104 on Tuesday night. Denver pulled within a half-game of New Orleans for the eighth and

GOLD COAST, Australia — In an accidental case of the old empire striking back, Commonwealth Games organizers have listed England as part of Africa in the official program. The colorful souvenir edition lists the English capital as Banjul (instead of London), locates it in the Africa region and notes its population as slightly more than

A look at what’s happening all around the majors Wednesday: ACES EARLY Might be a good day to call off from work: There are seven games starting around 1 p.m. local time or earlier, and those matchups are loaded with top-notch pitchers. Washington’s Max Scherzer, the Yankees’ Luis Severino, Kansas City’s Danny Duffy, the Mets’

MIAMI — Hassan Whiteside’s tip-in with a minute left put Miami up for good, Josh Richardson blocked a potential go-ahead shot in the final seconds and Heat clinched their 20th playoff spot in 30 seasons by rallying to beat the Atlanta Hawks 101-98 on Tuesday night. The Heat trailed 98-90 with less than 3 minutes

NEW YORK — Mathew Barzal had two goals and an assist, including the go-ahead score after New York gave up a three-goal lead in the third period, and the Islanders beat the playoff-chasing Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Tuesday night. John Tavares also scored twice and Anthony Beauvillier added a goal and two assists to help

NEW YORK — Mario Hezonja scored 19 points, Jamel Artis added 16 off the bench, and the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 97-73 on Tuesday night. Reserve Shelvin Mack had 12 points and Nikola Vucevic had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Tim Hardaway Jr.

NEWARK, N.J. — Taylor Hall and rookie Will Butcher scored two goals apiece, and the New Jersey Devils moved to the brink of their first playoff berth since 2012 with a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. New Jersey moved within two points of ending its playoff drought by winning its

Veteran skipper Bouwe Bekking led Team Brunel to a narrow victory over Dongfeng Race Team on Tuesday in one of the most devastating legs in the history of the bluewater classic. Team Brunel beat Dongfeng into Itajai, Brazil, by just less than 15 minutes to cap the leg of 7,600 nautical miles. Team Brunel won

MONTREAL — The bankrupt railway at the center of a 2013 train derailment that killed 47 people in the Canadian province of Quebec will not have to stand trial for criminal negligence, provincial officials said Tuesday. There was little chance of convicting the Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway of negligence after three of its former