Новости за 17.05.2018

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Miguel Angel Jimenez shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Regions Tradition, the first of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major championships. Jimenez birdied the first four holes in a front-nine 30 at Greystone Golf & Country Club. The Spaniard took the outright lead with a

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The Atlantic Coast Conference wants to expand the NCAA Tournament and change several college basketball rules. Commissioner John Swofford said Thursday the league will propose legislation to expand the NCAA Tournament from 68 to 72 teams. That would create a second set of First Four games in the western half of

SAN DIEGO — A grand jury report following the worst outbreak of Hepatitis A in the United States in 20 years faulted the response of San Diego city and county officials on Thursday and recommended improving communications to prepare for future health emergencies. The outbreak killed 20 people and sickened 577 people between November 2016

NEW YORK — Upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc. on Thursday reported better-than-expected profit and total revenue for the first quarter. But sales at its established stores — a key measure of a retailers’ health — showed meager gains. Shares in the Seattle-based company fell 7 percent in after-market trading. Department stores have been under

After Bill Foley agreed to pay a whopping $500 million for the right to put a hockey team in the middle of the Mojave Desert, the NHL decided his Vegas Golden Knights deserved a chance for a swift return on that investment. If the other NHL owners had known just how huge Foley’s reward would

NEW YORK — The WNBA is extending its partnership with FanDuel for two more seasons. The league became the first women’s professional sports league to have a deal with one-day fantasy games last year and there were more than 2.2 million entries in WNBA contests. This agreement also will allow FanDuel to stream select WNBA

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal is going to the World Cup in Russia next month with Cristiano Ronaldo and 12 other players who led the nation to the European Championship title two years ago. Coach Fernando Santos announced a 23-man squad on Thursday, including nine players who started the final against France at Euro 2016. The

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s team is running out of time to rewrite a trade pact with Canada and Mexico this year just as it’s confronting China and sparring with its allies over U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. If negotiators can’t agree on a revamped the North American Free Trade Agreement soon —

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Latest on Venezuela’s presidential election campaign (all times local): 5:45 p.m. President Nicolas Maduro says he’s predicting a decisive victory in this weekend’s election that’s drawn broad international condemnation. Maduro on Thursday closed his campaign in an energized speech in the capital of Caracas before thousands of cheering supporters. However, several

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Latest on Venezuela’s presidential election campaign (all times local): 4:05 p.m. Families are gathered outside the Venezuelan intelligence police headquarters, demanding answers a day after inmates held there posted urgent pleas for help online. Caracas resident Yesabel Brito was among the angry crowd Thursday pacing outside the building known as the

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals have put catcher Carson Kelly on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring, a setback for a team already without the injured Yadier Molina behind the plate. The Cardinals also moved pitcher Adam Wainwright from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day DL and called up

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Britain’s prime minister has urged Macedonia and Greece to show courage in ongoing efforts to resolve a dispute over Macedonia’s name, which has frustrated the country’s aspirations to join NATO and the European Union. British Prime Minister Theresa May says a solution will require a willingness to make difficult decisions. She spoke

MOSCOW — Syrian President Bashar Assad made a surprise visit to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at his summer residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. A transcript of Thursday’s meeting released by the Kremlin quoted Assad as saying that Syria is making progress in fighting “terrorism,” which “opens the door

MOSCOW — The Kremlin says Syrian President Bashar Assad has met with President Vladimir Putin at his summer residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. A transcript of Thursday’s meeting released by the Kremlin quoted Assad as saying that Syria is making progress in fighting “terrorism,” which “opens the door to the political process.”

ROME — Archaeologists excavating an unexplored part of Italy’s volcanic ash-covered city of Pompeii have discovered a street of houses with intact balconies that were buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Some of the balconies even had amphorae — the conical-shaped terra cotta vases that were used to hold wine and oil in

HONOLULU — The Latest on the summit eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island (all times local): 10:55 a.m. An employee of a lodge near an erupting volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island worries about the impact on tourism. The Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, sending ash about 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) into the air. Janet

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky will host Utah next season before facing the Utes in 2019 in the first of consecutive contests in Las Vegas. The Dec. 15 meeting at Rupp Arena will mark the first regular-season game between the schools since the Wildcats topped the Utes in November 1999. Kentucky will play Utah on Dec.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has awarded nearly $2 million in compensation to a former inmate wrongly imprisoned for almost 40 years. Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a law giving 70-year-old Craig Richard Coley $140 for each day he was in prison. Coley spent 39 years behind bars after he was wrongly convicted of killing

CANNES, France — When J.J. Abrams was a “Star Wars” novice, Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of “The Empire Strikes Back” and “The Return of the Jedi,” had some advice for him: “Star Wars” is not important. “But what is important is the way people feel about it,” said Kasdan. “And they are very committed to

SAN ANTONIO — Two former leaders of the notorious Bandidos biker gang have been found guilty by a federal jury in Texas of conspiracy to commit murder and several other charges. The jury in San Antonio reached its verdict Thursday against 62-year-old Jeffrey Fay Pike of Conroe and 58-year-old John Xavier Portillo of San Antonio.

DENVER — The Latest on the settlement of an equal pay lawsuit against a Colorado law school (all times local): 12 p.m. A federal judge has signed off on a $2.6 million settlement in a lawsuit against a Colorado law school, filed on behalf of seven female law professors paid less than male colleagues. According

VATICAN CITY — The Latest on Pope Francis and the Chilean priest sex abuse scandal (all times local): 8 p.m. Pope Francis has wrapped up his emergency summit with Chile’s bishops by thanking them for their “full willingness” to do whatever it takes to recover from a cleric sex abuse and cover-up scandal. Francis bid

DIXON, Ill. — The Latest on a shooting at a northern Illinois high school (all times local): 12:55 p.m. Authorities say a teenager accused of firing shots at a northern Illinois high school while his classmates rehearsed for graduation has been transferred from a hospital to jail. The Dixon Police Department said Thursday that 19-year-old

NEW YORK — The defending champion Minnesota Lynx begin the season atop the preseason Associated Press WNBA poll — again. The Lynx received nine first-place votes from the 14-person national media panel Thursday. It’s the second time in the three seasons that the AP has been doing the poll that the Lynx were the preseason

NEW YORK — Health officials say hotel pools and hot tubs are a major source of the stomach bugs people get from swimming. And they’re reminding people with diarrhea to stay out of pools, hot tubs and water playgrounds. U.S. public health officials report on safe swimming every year. Thursday’s version from the Centers for