Новости за 29.05.2018

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas say a journalist with the national newspaper Excelsior has been killed. The state prosecutor’s office says the body of Hector Gonzalez Antonio was found Tuesday morning in the state capital of Ciudad Victoria. Authorities say he was beaten to death. More than 30

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa guard Isaiah Moss says he’ll be back for his junior season with the Hawkeyes in 2018-19. Moss announced on Tuesday he intends to return to Iowa City after getting feedback from NBA personnel on his future in the league. Moss averaged 11.1 points a game last season and was second

LOS ANGELES — UCLA guard Kris Wilkes will skip next month’s NBA draft and return to school for his sophomore season. He averaged 13.7 points and 4.9 rebounds — both second-best on the team — last season. The Indianapolis native was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team. Coach Steve Alford said Tuesday that Wilkes knows

RENTON, Wash. — Veteran wide receiver Brandon Marshall has indicated on social media he’s joining the Seattle Seahawks. Marshall posted a series of pictures on Instagram on Tuesday decked out in a green Seahawks jersey, one captioned “Let’s go,” and another with Marshall saying he’s always wanted to play before Seattle’s fans. A person with

MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota State, Mankato hockey coach Mike Hastings has been hired as head coach of the 2019 U.S. National Junior Team. USA Hockey said Tuesday that Hastings will move up from assistant coach. The move comes after David Quinn, who was hired as head coach of the team in April, became coach of

The New York Liberty are courting potential new owners. At least two different groups that are considering buying the WNBA team were at the Liberty’s home opener in Westchester County last Friday. “I happened to see Brandon (Steiner) and a couple other people who are interested,” WNBA President Lisa Borders told The Associated Press in

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — American skater Jason Brown is heading to Toronto to be trained by Brian Orser. Brown, a 2014 Olympic team bronze medalist and 2015 U.S. champion, announced the move Tuesday. He’d trained under Kori Ade for nearly two decades. Orser coaches Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, the first man to repeat as Olympic champion

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Admiral Schofield is pulling his name out of the NBA draft and returning to Tennessee for his senior season. Schofield shared his decision on social media Tuesday , saying he is focused and hungry to once again chase championships with his teammates. The forward tested his NBA draft status without hiring an

iBook charts for week ending May 27, 2018: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher : 1. The Outsider by Stephen King – 9781501181016 – (Scribner) 2.Use of Force by Brad Thor – 9781476789408 – (AtriaEmily Bestler Books) 3. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter – 9780062429063 – (William Morrow) 4. Fear Nothing by Lisa

“The Gray Ghost: A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure” (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell In 1906, automaker Rolls-Royce created a groundbreaking car called the Gray Ghost. It was stolen, but the company was able to eventually retrieve it, thanks to the assistance of a detective from the Van Dorn detective agency named Isaac

MOBILE, Ala. — The Senior Bowl has named longtime NFL scout Jim Nagy as executive director. Angus Cooper, chairman of the Mobile Arts & Sports Association, announced the hiring Tuesday. Nagy has been the Southeast Area Scout for the Seattle Seahawks for the past five years and worked as an NFL scout for nearly two

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New coach Pat Shurmur wants the New York Giants to do the right thing when the national anthem is played before NFL games this season, and that could be a problem. Under rules enacted by the league last week, players can stay in the locker room during “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but

MILWAUKEE — Officers involved in the stun gun arrest of Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown said in preliminary police reports that Brown was aggressive when he was approached about a parking violation, though body camera footage suggests that wasn’t the case. The police reports obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel say Officer Joseph Grams, who

CLEVELAND — The odds are longer than a Stephen Curry 3-pointer, Kevin Durant’s wingspan or Draymond Green’s catalog of technical fouls. LeBron James and the Cavaliers are being given little — or no — chance of winning their fourth straight NBA Finals matchup against the Golden State Warriors, who have been installed by Las Vegas

INDIANAPOLIS — Police say a man found dead in a parking lot outside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was from Illinois. The Speedway Police Department identified the man Tuesday as 38-year-old Adam Melchi of Plano, Illinois. Police say his body was found in a tent Monday, a day after the Indianapolis 500. The results of an

Reaction to ABC’s cancellation of its hit reboot of “Roseanne” after star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet that referred to former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes”: “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel

SAN FRANCISCO — A Canadian computer hacker has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a massive security breach at Yahoo that federal agents say was directed by Russian government spies. U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria on Tuesday also fined 23-year-old Karim Baratov $250,000. Baratov pleaded guilty in November to nine felony hacking

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian government proposed constitutional amendments and a new law Tuesday that are intended to prevent Hungary “from becoming an immigrant country” by further tightening its policies on accepting refugees and asylum-seekers. The law submitted to parliament would make it a criminal offense punishable by up to a year in prison to

Fresh off his win at the Indy 500, driver Will Power puts the IndyCar series championship is now at the top of his checklist. But the 37-year-old Aussie isn’t ruling out a run at the stock-car circuit down the road. “I’d love to race an oval in NASCAR, that would be fun,” Power said on

“The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” (Crown Forum), by Salena Zito and Brad Todd People struggling to understand what is happening in American politics would do well to read this fascinating book co-written by one of the first journalists to see what was happening to a key slice of the electorate

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The man who led the efforts to pass a medical marijuana constitutional amendment in Florida two years ago is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to drop the state’s appeal allowing cannabis to be smoked. Lawyer John Morgan said on Tuesday that Scott should direct the state’s Department of Health to drop an

TAMPA, Fla. — Hundreds of passengers on a Carnival Cruise ship were supposed to be enjoying sun and fun, but instead they were kept in port in Tampa for two days. Passengers and the company say the Carnival Miracle was originally scheduled to depart Sunday and visit Belize, Honduras, Grand Cayman and Mexico. But because

PARIS — The scene was bone-chilling: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, then the top-ranked woman in doubles, writhing in agony on Wimbledon’s green turf and screaming: “Help me, please! My knee!” So when the American made her return to Grand Slam tennis on Tuesday, on Court 14 at Roland Garros, she wasn’t merely aiming to win. She was

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge is determining how much information to release about the arrest of a former police officer accused of being the Golden State Killer. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet heard arguments Tuesday after The Associated Press and other news outlets contended search warrants and other details involved in the apprehension

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana farmers are hoping for precipitation to return despite the cold and wet beginning of spring that’s caused planting issues. A May 20 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says 88 percent of corn and 73 percent of soybeans in Indiana have been planted. Vigo County farmer Brad Burbrink tells