Новости за 16.07.2018

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has reinstated Hulk Hogan to its Hall of Fame, three years after he was found to have used racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex tape. The Connecticut-based company said in a statement Sunday that the second chance follows the wrestling star’s public apologies and

NEW YORK — Singer Kelly Clarkson will headline opening night at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Tennis Association said Monday the Grammy Award winner will perform at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Aug. 27. This is the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open in the professional era, which began in 1968. The Grand Slam event moved

HONOLULU — The Latest on lava injuring tour boat passengers off Hawaii (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Hawaii officials say a 20-year-old woman has major leg trauma after an explosion sent lava flying through the roof of a tour boat off the Big Island. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said at least

NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on the weekend escape of a jaguar from its enclosure at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Officials at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans say a break in a stainless-steel cable barrier may have provided enough space for a jaguar to escape its enclosure

HELSINKI — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local): 2 a.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin says his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump is the beginning of Russia’s path back from Western isolation. Putin spoke to Fox News after his summit Monday with Trump. The Russian leader

PHOENIX — Arizona State University is awarding its 2018 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. He will receive the award on Oct. 17 in Phoenix from the university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Cooper says he’s honored and humbled to receive the award because Cronkite “sparked

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A former Western Michigan University basketball player has been sentenced for his role in a robbery that led to the fatal shooting of another student. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that 21-year-old Joeviair Kennedy was ordered Monday to spend at least 17 ½ years in prison. Kennedy was convicted last month of armed

NEW YORK — Seconds after President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin ended Monday, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper called the American leader’s performance “disgraceful.” It was the most startling of several strong media reactions to the session, televised live by the largest American broadcasters and cable news networks, primarily because of Cooper’s

CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have signed forward Elias Lindholm to a six-year contract at an average salary of $4.85 million. The 23-year-old Swede was acquired by Calgary along with defenseman Noah Hanafin in a June 23 trade that sent defensemen Dougie Hamilton and Adam Fox and forward Michael Ferland to Carolina. Lindholm had

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators have signed goaltender Juuse Saros to a three-year contract and forward Ryan Hartman to a one-year deal. Both were restricted free agents who played for Nashville last season. Saros’ three-year deal is worth a total of $4.5 million. Hartman’s one-year contract will pay him $875,000. Saros, 23, posted an

NEW YORK — The Latest on Amazon’s Prime Day (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Amazon’s website has run into some snags quickly on its much-hyped Prime Day. Shoppers clicking on many Prime Day links Monday got only an abashed-looking dog with the words, “Uh-oh. Something went wrong on our end.” It wasn’t clear how widespread

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the All-Star Game (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Bryce Harper says defensive shifts are part of baseball, and there’s no way for hitters to change their approach in an attempt to beat them. Harper’s agent, Scott Boras, said earlier this month that his client’s numbers are down this season in

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces continues to investigate a Virgin Mary sculpture in a Hobbs church that appears to be weeping. The sculpture, which stands in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, has been attracting attention worldwide since visitors first reported the fluid in May. Bishop Oscar Cantu of

ROANOKE, Va. — School officials in Virginia are renaming a school named for a Confederate general. Media outlets report that after a one-hour debate Monday the Roanoke School Board voted 6-1 to rename Stonewall Jackson Middle School. The school will be renamed John P. Fishwick Middle School. Fishwick was the son of immigrants who was

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — As golf exhibitions go, this probably once seemed like a good idea. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in a prime-time television special playing 18 holes for — and let’s pause for a moment here — a cool $10 million. Put it under the lights in Las Vegas with some cool celebrities following

“Blindspotting,” the directorial debut of Carlos Lopez Estrada, stalks the streets of Oakland with a heightened, spoken-word flow, passionately freestyling on race, police brutality and gentrification through a searing story about two friends: one black, one white. Though stylistically scattershot and often overstated, the funky rhythm of “Blindspotting” undeniably finds a pulse. That’s overwhelmingly thanks

NEW YORK — The year of Cardi B continues — this time with 10 MTV Video Music Award nominations. MTV announced Monday that the white-hot rapper is the most nominated act at this year’s show, which returns to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 20. Five of Cardi B’s nominations are thanks

PARIS — The Latest on France celebrating team’s World Cup victory (all times local): 8:35 p.m. France’s World Cup champions are sharing their win on the soccer field with hundreds of youth at the presidential Elysee Palace after getting a hero’s welcome home in Paris. Following a victory lap down the packed Champs-Elysees Avenue in

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Center Adam Henrique has signed a five-year extension worth $29.1 million with the Anaheim Ducks. The deal announced Monday runs through the 2023-24 season. Henrique had a combined 24 goals and 26 assists in 81 games with Anaheim and New Jersey last season. He was acquired from the Devils for defenseman Sami

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen burst into a funeral home in Mexico and attacked mourners, killing five people and wounding 17. The victims were gathered in Fresnillo in the north-central state of Zacatecas on Sunday for a funeral service for a man killed in a shooting at a local bar the day before. The Zacatecas state

NEW YORK — Boomer Esiason is dropping his national radio duties on NFL Monday night games. Esiason was the analyst on Westwood One’s broadcast for 18 years, sharing the booth with Kevin Harlan and, before that, Marv Albert and Howard David. The 1988 NFL MVP called the Super Bowl for each of those seasons. Citing

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Two rounds of 63, made eight months apart and on different sides of the Atlantic, are fuelling the belief that Tommy Fleetwood can end the American dominance of the majors at the British Open. The first came at the Dunhill Links Championship in October when he broke the course record at Carnoustie,

FRANKFURT, Germany — China is turning to the World Trade Organization as a way to fight back against the latest tariffs proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Its complaint to the organization, which oversees global trade rules, comes less than one week after the U.S. government proposed 10 percent tariffs on a $200 billion list

If I have one go-to technique for grilling and smoking fish, it is to use a cedar plank. The plank supports the delicate fish as it cooks and doubles as a serving platter. It is a combination of rustic and chic that looks good and tastes good — but ultimately is very practical. The beauty

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Officials in a western Arkansas city say residents can finally kick off their Sunday shoes. Fort Smith city directors recently repealed a 1953 ordinance that essentially outlawed public dancing on Sundays. Locals who knew about it called it the “Footloose” ordinance, nicknamed for the 1984 movie starring Kevin Bacon about a