Новости за 06.06.2018

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Recently fired Clemson women’s basketball coach Audra Smith is back on the sidelines at South Carolina State. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference school announced Smith’s hiring at its head coach on Wednesday. Smith spent five seasons at Clemson where she had a record of 52-99. The Tigers with 11-19 this past season and

BRUSSELS — Belgium showed flashes of its attacking prowess Wednesday, beating Egypt 3-0 in a World Cup warmup with the help of goals from Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard in a dominant first half. Substitute Marouane Fellaini swept home from close range in injury time to complete the scoring. Egypt, held goalless for the second

In Ari Aster’s intensely nightmarish feature-film debut “Hereditary,” when Annie (Toni Collette), an artist and mother of two teenagers, sneaks out to a grief-support group following the death of her mother, she lies to her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) that she’s “going to the movies.” A night out with “Hereditary” is many things, but you

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A little more than three minutes remained in the consolation game at the National Junior College Athletic Association women’s basketball tournament when Cierra Johnson got fouled. Shelton State Community College coach Madonna Thompson called her player over and told her she needed to make the free throws. “We’re up by like 30

CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco struck out 10 and allowed one run in seven innings, and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Wednesday. Carrasco (7-4) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the second and threw inning-ending double play balls in the fifth and seventh. The right-hander pumped his fist after Lorenzo Cain

NEW YORK — Prize-winning and influential slavery scholar Ira Berlin has died. Berlin’s death was confirmed Wednesday by the University of Maryland, where he was a history professor. He was 77. The university did not immediately have additional details about his death. Berlin’s books included “Generations of Captivity,” ”Slaves Without Masters” and “Many Thousands Gone:

WASHINGTON — He hectored Mexico’s leader over border wall funding. Lobbed statistics at the Canadian leader without checking his facts. Cajoled the British prime minister to crack down on protesters. Had a tête-à-tête with Russia’s head of state on a whim. Bonded with France’s prime minister over military parades. President Donald Trump rarely conducts business-as-usual

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” has died at age 98. The actor’s niece, Stacy Michelle Barrington, said Wednesday that Maren died May 24 at a San Diego nursing home. Maren, who stood just 4-feet-3, was one of more than 100 little people

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens have been fined by the NFL and forced to forfeit two days of practice this week for violating offseason workout rules. The NFL cited the team for pass coverage contact during earlier Offseason Team Activity sessions, according to coach John Harbaugh, who was also fined by the league.

PARKLAND, Fla. — In the wake of a school shooting that killed 17, a Florida high school will now have two principals. The principal from another high school in the district will join Marjory Stoneman Douglas High’s Principal Ty Thompson this fall. Thompson and Teresa Hall will serve as co-principals balancing recovery efforts with day-to-day

PHOENIX — Deandre Ayton went through what he said would be his only pre-draft workout Wednesday and expressed supreme confidence that the Phoenix Suns will use the No. 1 overall pick to select him. “I know I’m going No. 1,” he told reporters. Not that the Suns have told him that, he’s just that confident

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — University of Alabama women’s golfer Cheyenne Knight, a three-time All-American, is forgoing her final season of collegiate eligibility to begin her professional career. The Tuscaloosa News reports Knight, of Aledo, Texas, will make her pro debut at the Symetra Tour’s Four Winds Invitational on Friday in South Bend, Indiana. In a statement

DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Matt Burke plans to go diving in Bora Bora on summer vacation, and when he returns he’ll really start trying to figure out who should play where this season. Burke and the rest of the defensive staff have been experimenting and evaluating during spring non-contact drills. But when

Scott Dixon is looking for just a bit more consistency from start to finish on race weekends, even if he hasn’t placed out of the top 5 in more than a month. Imagine what Dixon could accomplish the rest of this IndyCar season once he really feels like he’s in a groove behind the wheel

WASHINGTON — Anthony Rendon had four hits and drove in three runs, Tanner Roark pitched six innings and the Washington Nationals routed the Tampa Bay Rays 11-2 on Wednesday to sweep the two-game series. Michael A. Taylor had three hits and three RBIs, while Trea Turner and Juan Soto had two hits each for Washington,

NEW YORK — Gabby DiMarco toasted herself — after she caught a foul ball in her beer cup. During the top of the fifth inning of the game between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres on Tuesday night, Atlanta’s Ender Inciarte hit a high-flying foul ball into the second deck behind home plate at

LAGRANGE, Ga. — Authorities say Georgia police fatally shot a man who called 911 falsely claiming he had shot and killed his wife. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a release that Troup County sheriff’s deputies and LaGrange police responded to the call shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found 56-year-old Robert Sims outside

NEW YORK — Manny Machado had a sacrifice fly, Dylan Bundy was stellar over seven scoreless innings and the major league-worst Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Mets 1-0 on Wednesday to sweep a two-game interleague series. Bundy (4-7), who held the Mets to three hits while striking out five and walking three, was sharp

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt laughed off questions Wednesday about whether he used his office to try to help his wife get a “business opportunity” with Chick-fil-A, while a close aide abruptly resigned amid new ethics allegations against her boss. Pruitt said in a statement that his scheduler, Millan Hupp, had resigned.

OSSINING, N.Y. — CBS News’ Bill Whitaker has spoken at college commencements before, but never at one where most graduates weren’t free to leave with their families. Whitaker, who has done several stories on criminal justice in four years at “60 Minutes,” urged 44 men who earned college degrees Wednesday while inmates at New York’s

NEW YORK — The New York Jets have signed veteran safety J.J. Wilcox for depth after special teams standout Rontez Miles had surgery to repair a torn meniscus. Linebacker Freddie Bishop was waived Wednesday to make room on the roster for Wilcox. Wilcox was a third-round draft pick of Dallas out of Georgia Southern in

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have signed defensive back Antone Exum Jr. to a one-year deal. The 49ers announced the move Wednesday, one day after the team waived defensive back Trovon Reed. Exum originally joined the 49ers last November. He played two games and started one, recording three tackles. Exum was drafted

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Florida investigators have arrested men employed by Walt Disney World and Legoland in a child pornography sting that nabbed nine other suspects and resulted in the death of another. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said those arrested over the past week include a Disney World costume department manager, whom the park

GARY, Ind. — Indiana State Police say they’ve arrested a teenage motorcyclist for traveling 135 mph in Lake County and passing cars on the shoulder and by splitting lanes. They say they arrested 19-year-old Zachary Babich of Crown Point for reckless driving Wednesday morning on Interstates 80/94 in Gary. First Sgt. Terrence Weems first observed

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Dont’a Hightower is clearly thrilled to be back on the field after the frustration of having to sit and watch most of last season on the sidelines. After making one of the biggest sacks in New England franchise history when he separated Atlanta’s Matt Ryan from the football during New England’s Super