Новости за 05.05.2018

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is criticizing the blocking of the popular Telegram messaging app in the Islamic Republic, saying those in his administration weren’t the ones who shut off access. The app, believed to be used by half of Iran’s 80 million people, was crucial in fanning nationwide protests in December and

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jed Lowrie hit a tiebreaking two-out single in the sixth, Khris Davis launched an earlier three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Friday night. After Davis connected in the first for his eighth homer, Matt Olson followed with a solo drive, but the A’s bullpen couldn’t hold

BOSTON — Dan Girardi scored 3:18 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Friday night for a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Lightning jumped ahead 2-0 for the second straight game. But this time Boston answered with three straight goals, including a

NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis had 33 points, 18 rebounds and four steals, and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated Golden State 119-100 on Friday night to trim the Warriors’ series lead to 2-1. Davis was particularly dominant around the basket, scoring numerous times on dunks of the driving, put-back or alley-oop variety, and the Pelicans

SALT LAKE CITY — James Harden had 25 points and 12 assists to lead Houston to a 113-92 win over Utah in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Friday night. Eric Gordon added 25 points and Chris Paul had 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Rockets. Houston beat Utah

LAS VEGAS — Alex Tuch scored twice to lead Vegas to a 5-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night, giving the Golden Knights a 3-2 series lead in their Western Conference semifinal. James Neal, Erik Haula and Jonathan Marchessault also scored for Vegas. Veteran goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 shots, making save

DALLAS — Months after the horror of the Parkland school shootings in Florida, President Donald Trump stood before cheering members of the National Rifle Association and urged them to elect more Republicans to Congress to defend gun rights. Trump claimed that Democrats want to “outlaw guns” and said if the nation takes that drastic step,

MONTERREY, Mexico — The Dodgers have the most no-hitters in the majors — and now the most in Mexico, too. Rookie Walker Buehler and a trio of Los Angeles relievers combined for the franchise’s 23rd no-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the San Diego Padres in the opener of a neutral-site series Friday night. Mexico

DENVER — Three top figures at The Denver Post, including its former owner, have resigned amid budget and staff cuts made by the newspaper’s hedge fund owners. Tweets by several Post reporters Friday night say that Dean Singleton stepped down as chairman and from the editorial board. He owned the newspaper from 1987 until 2013.

TORONTO — Victor Vazquez, Sebastian Giovinco and Jay Chapman all scored to lead Toronto FC to a 3-0 victory against the Philadelphia Union on Friday night. Vazquez got Toronto on the scoreboard in the 29th minute and Giovinco made it 2-0 in the 65th with his first goal of the season. Toronto (2-4-1) earned its

MILWAUKEE — Starling Marte hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer, and rookie Nick Kingham won his second straight big league start in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. Kingham (2-0) struck out seven but allowed six hits and four runs before being chased with one out in the Brewers’ three-run

ST. LOUIS — Miles Mikolas continued his early season dominance of the National League Central, throwing seven shutout innings in the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. The win is the third straight for the Cardinals, their second in three games this season against a Chicago team they lost

CHICAGO — Yoan Moncada has left the Chicago White Sox’s game against the Minnesota Twins because of left hamstring tightness. Moncada walked with one out in the fifth inning Friday night and was lifted for a pinch runner after Yolmer Sanchez hit a fly to center. He was back starting at second base after sitting

BEIJING — To the world, China’s President Xi Jinping presents himself as a champion of free markets. At home, he’s leading a campaign to promote the works of communist philosopher Karl Marx, who 150 years ago famously warned of the dangers of global capitalism. “Marx was Correct,” declared a slickly produced TV special that’s part

BOSTON — Dan Girardi scored 3:18 into overtime on Friday night to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins and a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Lightning jumped ahead 2-0 for the second straight game. But this time Boston answered with three straight goals, including a

CINCINNATI — Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer, extending his surge since he returned from a broken thumb, and Sal Romano made another barehand play on the mound Friday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. The Reds ended a three-game losing streak and improved to 8-24, their worst

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Relief pitcher Ryan Yarbrough made his case for a spot in Tampa Bay’s injury-depleted rotation by throwing five scoreless innings in a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Johnny Field homered off J.A. Happ (4-2) and Brad Miller added a two-run shot to put it out of

ATLANTA — Injured San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto will have his ailing right elbow examined by Monday by Dr. James Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Cueto was placed on the disabled list this week with inflammation in his right elbow after going 3-0 with a major league-leading 0.84 ERA in five starts. Cueto hopes

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Latest on fatal shooting of an Indiana police officer (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of an Indiana officer has died from injuries sustained during a shootout with police at an apartment complex. Terre Haute police confirmed the suspect’s death during a news

ALAMEDA, Calif. — After months of questions about the health of his heart sent him tumbling down the draft board until being taken by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round, Maurice Hurst was happy to get on the practice field and turn the conversation to football. Hurst took part in his first practice as

DALLAS — Bob Prewitt, who was part of SMU’s only NCAA Final Four during three decades as a player and coach, has died. He was 93. The school said Friday that Prewitt died on Thursday. Prewitt was an assistant coach for 18 seasons, a stretch during which SMU reached the Final Four in 1956 and

A look at what’s happening around the majors Saturday: A KNIGHT’S TALE Matt Harvey will be designated for assignment by the Mets after he refused a minor league assignment. The 29-year-old right-hander, nicknamed the Dark Knight of Gotham, lost his spot in the rotation last month after four starts, and he had a 10.50 ERA

RENTON, Wash. — The number was different on Friday — No. 49 instead of No. 18. So were the colors, trading black and gold for dark blue and white. The effort and excitement from Shaquem Griffin? That remained the same. “We had to slow him down on some stuff early. In the walkthrough he was

DOVER, Del. — Johnny Sauter led 137 laps on Friday and pulled away on an overtime restart to defend his trophy in a Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway. Sauter narrowly split two spinning trucks with 20 laps to go and briefly lost the lead on the final regulation restart to 19-year-old Noah Gragson.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — An Indiana officer was killed Friday evening in an exchange of gunfire between police and a homicide suspect, who barricaded himself inside an apartment complex and later died from injuries sustained during the shootout, authorities said. Terre Haute police spokesman Ryan Adamson said the police officer’s investigation of a homicide led