Новости за 17.05.2018

MADRID — It all turned out just fine for Atletico Madrid. After enduring a poor start to the season, Atletico ended it on a very high note. Diego Simeone’s team is celebrating the Europa League title and still has a chance to finish second in the Spanish league, a feat it hasn’t achieved since 2014.

U.S. stocks edged higher in morning trading Thursday, having shaken off an early stumble, as investors weighed the latest batch of company earnings news. Energy and industrial companies climbed, offsetting losses in banks and real estate companies. The price of crude oil rose. Bond prices fell, pushing yields higher. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo will drive the pace car in the Indianapolis 500. He will lead the 33-car field to the starting line in a 2019 Corvette ZR1 on May 27. The car can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 2.85 seconds and reach a top track speed of 212 mph.

CLEVELAND — Ready or not, the Cleveland Browns are getting their close-up. Coming off a historic, dismal 0-16 season, the Browns have been chosen to appear on HBO’s popular “Hard Knocks” series, which gives NFL fans a behind-the-scenes look at training camp. The Browns have turned down previous opportunities to be on the award-winning series.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is signaling it won’t be feasible to offer wide-ranging compensation to European companies affected by U.S. sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program. President Donald Trump last week withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but European signatories vowed to salvage it. Merkel said Thursday after EU leaders

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A western Indiana man has been sentenced to work release for abducting his estranged wife at gunpoint from her workplace. Twenty-two-year-old Kyle Mulkins had pleaded guilty in April to a felony charge of criminal confinement in the August 2017 abduction. A Vigo County judge sentenced Mulkins on Wednesday to five years

OTTAWA, Ohio — Two employees of an Ohio nursing home where a woman died after wandering outdoors on a frigid winter night have pleaded not guilty to charges. The Lima News reports 36-year-old Rachel Friesel and 20-year-old Destini Fenbert, both of Pandora, were allowed to remain free on personal bonds during a Putnam County court

WARWICK, R.I. — The Rhode Island home of five-time world boxing champion Vinny Paz is set to go up for auction following a foreclosure. According to a legal notice, Paz’s Warwick home is scheduled for auction on May 30. There are federal and state tax liens on the property. Paz told WJAR-TV via Twitter on

LIMA, Peru — Peru President Martin Vizcarra says state authorities should help Paolo Guerrero try to overturn a doping ban forcing him to miss the country’s first World Cup in 36 years. Vizcarra has asked the government and Peru’s ambassador to Switzerland to be ready to help team captain Guerrero appeal at the Swiss supreme

PODGORICA, Montenegro — A hospital in Montenegro has launched an investigation after a family went home from the maternity ward with the wrong baby. The Medical Center in Podgorica, the capital, on Thursday blamed the incident on a nurse who didn’t follow procedure. The statement says doctors and nurses who were on duty Wednesday have

CINCINNATI — Kroger is upping its investment in the British online grocer Ocado as it fends off Amazon.com and other online threats to traditional grocers. Kroger said Thursday that the subscription rights agreement will give it access to Ocado’s online ordering, automated fulfillment and home delivery technology in the U.S. Kroger Co. and Ocado will

WARSAW, Poland — Polish authorities plan to expel one Russian and banned four others from entering for five years on allegations they had engaged in “information warfare” seeking to fuel animosity between Poles and Ukrainians. “Their aim is to destabilize the socio-political situation in our country,” Stanislaw Zaryn, the spokesman for the Internal Security Agency,

NEW YORK — The WNBA is teaming up with several organizations that support women and girls. The league, which begins its 22nd season Friday, will donate $5 for each ticket purchased to select games during the season to one of six groups as part of the “Take a Seat, Take a Stand” campaign. All 12

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On a whim, a Florida high school senior asked the Crocs shoe company to supply its foam shoes for her and all of her female classmates to wear to graduation, and the company said OK — if her request could get 2,018 retweets. Sarah Agee tells the Tampa Bay Times that

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian theater director and filmmaker Lucian Pintilie, who emigrated after falling out with the communists and then made a career in France and the U.S., has died. He was 84. The Elias Hospital in Bucharest said Pintilie, who inspired generations of Romanian actors, died late Thursday. Pintilie directed plays at the prestigious

ARDMORE, Okla. — Authorities are investigating whether criminal charges should be filed after an Oklahoma woman was mauled to death by seven small dogs, most of them possibly a dachshund-terrier mix. Carter County Sheriff Chris Bryant says 52-year-old Tracy Garcia was killed last week near her home outside Ardmore, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south

MANILA, Philippines — More than half of the Philippine Senate has asked the Supreme Court to review its decision to oust its chief justice, calling the ruling a “dangerous precedent” that infringes on Congress’ constitutionally delegated power to impeach senior officials. Fourteen of the 23 senators signed the resolution filed Thursday, including eight who are

CROWN POINT, Ind. — A former northwest Indiana sheriff’s officer who authorities say struck a man with his squad car while intoxicated at the 2016 Gary Air Show is suing over his dismissal. The Post-Tribune reports ex-Lake County Lt. Guy Mikulich filed the federal suit last week against the sheriff’s department and others. He’s seeking

BEIJING — China has rejected an appeal from dozens of writers and artists for the release from house arrest of the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Thursday that Liu Xia’s right to travel was a matter for the Chinese government alone to determine. Lu’s comments came

KINSHASA, Congo — An official in Congo says two United Nations peacekeepers have been released after being held by rebels in the country’s southeast. Tanganyika province vice-governor Ali Omar Simukinje told The Associated Press Thursday that the peacekeepers from Benin had been held by the Mai Mai militia and were freed Wednesday. U.N. Congo mission

Sometimes there’s a bit of Marvel magic inside a cardboard box, riding shotgun in the passenger seat of Kenneth Spivey’s Chevy pickup truck. Spivey helps craft props for superhero movies such as mega-hit “Avengers: Infinity War,” for which he worked on supervillain Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet and Captain America’s new, Wakandan shield. Most of Spivey’s prop

ROME — Simona Halep’s hold on the No. 1 ranking received a boost when American opponent Madison Keys withdrew from their third-round match at the Italian Open on Thursday due to a right rib injury. Halep needed to reach the quarterfinals and progress further than No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki to hold onto the top spot,

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia police will increase patrols along its borders with Serbia and Montenegro to prevent a growing influx of migrants illegally trying to reach Western Europe, a top official said Thursday. Migrants have recently turned to Bosnia to avoid more heavy guarded routes and borders in other Balkan countries. Hundreds have been camping

LONDON — The Latest on the preparation for the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Meghan Markle says her father will not be attending her wedding to Prince Harry, and has expressed hope that he can be “given the space” to focus on his health. Kensington Palace’s statement Thursday

In one of the biggest geopolitical clashes at a World Cup, the United States played Iran in a group match at the 1998 tournament in France. Relations between the two countries had been hostile since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, which ousted the pro-American Shah and eventually led to a drawn-out hostage crisis that severely