Новости за 16.04.2018

ST.PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has a torn ligament in his right thumb that requires surgery and could be sidelined two to three months. The Rays placed the defensive whiz on the 10-day disabled list Monday, a day after he was injured sliding headfirst into second base during a 10-4 loss

NEW YORK — Yankees infielder Brandon Drury says he has batted in big league games with blurred vision caused by migraines. Drury has not played since April 6 and has been undergoing tests for the cause of the migraines. He resumed baseball activities before Monday’s homestand opener against Miami and said he has been put

OKLAHOMA CITY — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has a left foot contusion, and his status is uncertain for Game 2 of the Western Conference playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mitchell left Oklahoma City’s 116-108 win Game 1 on Sunday after stubbing his toe in the third quarter, and he played sporadically the

GUYABO, Puerto Rico — Cleveland star Francisco Lindor held a baseball in his hand, ready to pitch, and asked the young boy standing at home plate if he knew how to swing a bat. The kid said no. The kid might have been fibbing. Lindor’s soft-toss pitch became a line drive, and the kid at

SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix’s video-streaming service has been thriving for so long that other companies are striving to duplicate its success in other kinds of digital entertainment and content. Spotify’s music-streaming service has emerged as the most celebrated of the aspiring clones, despite significant challenges that will make it difficult to keep growing at the

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Administrators at the University of New Mexico are considering the elimination of multiple sports teams as part of an effort to get finances under control, but advocates for the men’s soccer team at the state’s flagship school are speaking out. Coach Jeremy Fishbein on Monday said he was told his program was

The United States, France and Britain have said their airstrikes on Syria were a response to a reported chemical attack in a rebel-held Damascus suburb. However, none of the three nations have made public the evidence they might have proving a link between the Syrian government and the April 7 attack. Syria and its military

NEW YORK — Pulitzer judges upended decades of tradition by awarding its music prize Monday to Kendrick Lamar for his rap album “DAMN.,” a sharp departure from the classical and jazz works the body have consistently favored. The decision, which drew praise and surprise online, quickly overshadowed other arts winners, including Andrew Sean Greer’s win

MIAMI — Tight end Gavin Escobar has signed with the Miami Dolphins, his fifth team in a six-year NFL career. Escobar has played in 64 games, with seven starts, and has 30 career receptions. He played in two games last year for Baltimore, and has also spent time with Dallas, Kansas City and the Cleveland

NEW YORK — After two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, CEO Kevin Johnson said the company will review what happened and train workers on “unconscious bias.” Johnson, in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday morning, said the arrests last week were “reprehensible” and should not have happened. Questions and

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Latest on wildfires in Oklahoma (all times local): 2:05 p.m. Firefighters battling wildfires in western Oklahoma that have killed two people are preparing for what the National Weather Service says will be historic fire conditions. The weather service says the fire danger in western Oklahoma and western North Texas are critical

ROME — Serie A clubs spent nearly 30 percent less on player agent fees in 2017 compared to 2016. The Italian football federation released details on agent fees on Monday, and the 20 Serie A clubs spent a total of 138 million euros ($170 million) last year compared to 193 million euros the year before.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are considering a postponement of Monday night’s game because of chunks of ice crashing down from the nearby CN Tower following a weekend of freezing rain. The Blue Jays are scheduled to play the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre. The team says it is working with the CN

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Prosecutors have opened a court hearing in the murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst with photos of a letter directing them to the body of his slain friend. A

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Reserve guard David Beatty has been granted a full release from South Carolina’s men’s basketball program. Gamecocks coach Frank Martin announced Beatty’s status on Monday. Beatty, a 6-foot-2 guard from Philadelphia, played in 29 games off the bench this year, averaging less than 12 minutes a game. Beatty had a reputation as

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn has hired former Arkansas-Little Rock head basketball coach Wes Flanigan as an assistant. Tigers coach Bruce Pearl announced the hiring of the ex-Auburn point guard on Monday. Flanigan was a four-year starter at Auburn from 1993-97 and led the Southeastern Conference in assists as a junior. He was fired from Arkansas-Little

NEW YORK — The Latest on the Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 4:20 p.m. A Cincinnati newspaper’s weeklong examination of the many ways the heroin crisis is impacting its community has won the Pulitzer for local reporting. Cheers, hugs and champagne toasts swept the Cincinnati Enquirer newsroom Monday after the announcements of journalism’s most prestigious

NEW YORK — The Latest on the Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 3:20 p.m. Andrew Sean Greer’s “Less” has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Greer’s novel tells the comic story of a middle-aged novelist. The awards were given out Monday at an announcement at New York’s Columbia University. The drama prize went to Martyna

BOSTON — Tatyana McFadden has won the women’s wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon. The 28-year-old from Maryland crossed the finish line on Boylston Street on Monday in an official time of 2 hour, 4 minutes, 39 seconds. It was the slowest winning time in 30 years. It gives McFadden five Boston Marathon wins and

SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Berners-Lee gave away the technology that he used to invent the World Wide Web, so it’s not surprising that he’s worried about the current state of the internet as Google, Facebook and Amazon become increasingly dominant in the digital world. When the web turned 29 years old in March, Berners-Lee shared

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has selected Columbia University professor Richard Clarida to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and Kansas bank commissioner Michelle Bowman to fill another vacancy on the Fed’s seven-member board. The two nominations are the latest steps in Trump’s efforts to remake the seven-member Fed board, which currently has four

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have rescheduled three games with the Chicago White Sox that were postponed by wintry weather. The Twins set a straight doubleheader for June 5, when the White Sox return to Minnesota for what will now be a four-game series. The original game will start a half-hour after the makeup game

TULSA, Okla. — The Latest on the trial of one of two brothers accused of killing family members (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Jury selection is underway in the trial of the younger of two brothers accused of fatally stabbing their parents and three siblings in their Oklahoma home Prospective jurors appeared in state district

NEWARK, N.J. — Cory Schneider is replacing Keith Kinkaid in goal for the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Coach John Hynes decided to make the move with New Jersey trailing 2-0 in the best-of-7 series. Monday night’s game will mark the return of forward

CHICAGO — The series opener between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed because of poor weather. With light snow falling and the temperature around 30 degrees, Monday night’s game was postponed about six hours before the scheduled first pitch. It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on