Новости за 01.06.2018

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The president of FC Barcelona is all too aware of the intrigue surrounding the summer transfer window. Josep Maria Bartomeu also knows he can’t say much about it. “Some players will come. Others will leave. That’s normal,” said Bartomeu, who is in Boston this week giving presentations at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute

OAKLAND, Calif. — Time was running out in a game earlier this season that Golden State was going to win by 10 points, and Andre Iguodala decided to take a 3-pointer instead of getting the Warriors charged with a shot-clock violation. The Warriors’ opponent that night: Cleveland. If an unwritten rule of basketball was broken,

PRESTON, Idaho — An Idaho teacher accused of feeding a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of several students has been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. Preston Junior High School science teacher Robert Crosland was charged Friday. He faces up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted. The school

TAYLOR, N.D. — A pair of U.S. senators urged Congress on Friday to consider legislation that would rein in President Donald Trump on trade in light of tariffs his administration imposed on imported steel and aluminum. Speaking to farmers in North Dakota, Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said “maybe we need to rethink” policies that give

TAYLOR, North Dakota — North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says Congress should consider measures to rein in President Donald Trump’s trade authority in light of tariffs his administration is imposing. The Democrat, who is running for re-election, says “maybe we need to rethink” policies that give the president broad international trade authority. She says Congress

CONWAY, S.C. — Levi Jordan and AJ Graffanino had three hits apiece, including RBI singles in a five-run eighth inning, to lift third-seeded Washington over No. 2 seed UConn to start the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Joe DeMers (7-3) held UConn to six hits over eight innings to keep Washington out front. He struck out

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have placed starting pitcher Zach Davies on the 10-day disabled list with right rotator cuff inflammation and recalled first baseman-outfielder Ji-Man Choi from Triple-A Colorado Springs. The Brewers announced the moves before their interleague road game Friday night against the Chicago White Sox. Davies was placed on the DL retroactive

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sarah Jane Smith has extended her lead at the U.S. Women’s Open. The Australian shot a second straight 5-under 67 Friday at Shoal Creek, getting in her round before a weather delay. Smith opened the day in a three-way tie atop the leaderboard with Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and Korean Jeongeun Lee. She’s

Stocks climbed Friday after a report showed the U.S. job market is still revving higher, even with the specter of a possible trade war hanging over markets around the world. The better-than-expected news on jobs helped the S&P 500 more than recover all its losses from earlier in the week. Interest rates and the value

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Lululemon Athletica Inc., up $17.14 to $122.19 The high-end yoga apparel maker reported earnings and sales that came in well ahead of analysts’ estimates. VMware Inc., up $8.45 to $145.93 The cloud computing company’s quarterly results easily beat analysts’ forecasts. Big Lots Inc., down

CLEMSON, S.C. — Drake Fellows threw seven scoreless innings to lead Vanderbilt to a 2-0 victory over St. John’s to start the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Fellows (7-4) allowed just three hits and two walks while striking out eight for Vanderbilt (32-25). Reid Schaller pitched a scoreless eighth and Chandler Day finished the shutout an

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Wil Dalton drove in six runs, and overall No. 1 seed Florida began its quest for a second straight national championship with a 13-5 victory against Columbia in the NCAA baseball tournament Friday. The Gators (43-17) entered regional play having lost six of their last seven games, including two in a row

NEW YORK — MSNBC’s Joy Reid is apologizing again for past blog posts, including one that had an image of Sen. John McCain superimposed on the body of a campus killer and another where she urged people to watch a conspiracy film tied to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Reid said Friday there are things

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers receiver Victor Bolden has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. The league announced the ban on Friday. Bolden will be eligible to participate in the offseason and preseason games and can return to the active

OAKLAND, Calif. — The NBA will not discipline Cleveland forward Kevin Love for leaving the bench area during an altercation at the end of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. A person familiar with the decision said Friday the league ruled that Love left the bench to argue a flagrant foul call against teammate Tristan

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say a dead baby has been found in the ocean near the Florida coast. A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office news release says an off-duty firefighter found the female infant Friday afternoon while boating on the Atlantic Ocean side of the Boynton Beach Inlet. Detectives didn’t immediately know the age

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Latest on the retirement of the Yellowstone National Park superintendent (all times local): 6 p.m. A former director of the National Park Service says Yellowstone’s superintendent is being driven out by Trump administration appointees who don’t want park officials advocating for natural resources outside the park’s boundary. Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk

LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Busch tossed his son into the air at Texas. Clint Bowyer waited for his toddler to run toward him with open arms at Martinsville. Kevin Harvick rested his hands on his son’s shoulders as they gazed at a trophy in Atlanta. Hey, who says the young kids in NASCAR can’t

NEW YORK — The Latest on a U.N. Security Council meeting on the escalation of violence in Gaza (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The U.N. Security Council has voted down a U.S.-written resolution condemning Hamas over the recent escalation of violence in Gaza. The U.S. was the only yes vote for the measure Friday. The

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brittany Lincicome is set to join the club of female professionals playing in a PGA Tour event. Lincicome said Friday at the U.S. Women’s Open that she was asked to play in the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky July 19-22. Her exemption for the event was first reported by Golf Digest. She says

A steamer ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle more than 90 years ago remains missing despite claims that the Cuban authorities intercepted the ship. The S.S. Cotopaxi has not been seen since Nov. 29, 1925, when it left Charleston, South Carolina, bound for Havana with a crew of more than 30 and a load

NEW YORK — Chris Cuomo envisions his new CNN prime-time show as a haven for independent thinkers who want their preconceptions tested. His challenge is finding enough people who want that from a cable news network. His show debuts Monday in direct competition with two of the biggest names in cable news: Sean Hannity of

ATLANTA — A Georgia man faces federal child pornography charges after prosecutors say he persuaded more than 100 young girls to send him explicit photos and videos. The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta says 23-year-old Benjamin Jenkins of Mableton has been arraigned on 13 counts of producing child pornography and five counts of distributing child

The Southeastern Conference has relaxed a rule regarding intra-league transfers, clearing the way for former Mississippi receiver Van Jefferson to play at Florida this fall. The powerhouse league passed legislation Friday during its meetings in Destin, Florida, that allows players at a school under NCAA sanctions to transfer to another institution within the conference without

NEWARK, N.J. — Artie Lange has been spared a prison term for possessing heroin. A judge on Friday ordered the comedian who has struggled with drug addiction to serve four years of probation. The Hoboken resident also must complete an outpatient drug treatment program. The charge stemmed from a May 2017 traffic stop on the