Новости за 09.08.2018

Major U.S. indexes stood stock-still for the third consecutive day Thursday as gains for retailers were canceled out by losses for banks and other companies. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index fell 4.12 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,853.58. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 74.52 points, or 0.3 percent, to 25,509.23. The Nasdaq composite

The latest move by the NCAA to give athletes a few more rights highlights shows at least one thing about the people in charge of the cartel that runs college sports. They can move quickly when their golden goose is threatened. That became clear this week when the NCAA adopted new rules hurriedly put forward

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State has signed Bill Snyder to a new, more lucrative five-year contract that could keep the 78-year-old coach with the Wildcats through the 2022 season. Snyder already had a contract that essentially rolled over each year. But the new deal increases his salary to $3.45 million this season with increases of

RIO DE JANEIRO — A record 63,880 people were slain in Brazil last year, according to a report released Thursday, a grim milestone that underscores deteriorating security in Latin America’s largest nation on the eve of a presidential election. Brazil has long been the world leader in overall homicide numbers, and its homicide rate is

JACKSON, Miss. — The management company of 270 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell franchises nationwide has agreed to provide sensitivity training at those outlets following a May incident at a KFC in Mississippi in which a deaf woman felt she was being mocked. The Clarion Ledger reports Disability Rights Mississippi, a nonprofit corporation that

MILWAUKEE — A former Milwaukee television reporter has reached a plea deal for punching a reporter from another station at a Brewers baseball game. Former WITI-TV reporter Adair “A.J.” Bayatpour would avoid a felony record under the deferred prosecution agreement. The 31-year-old Bayatpour was charged with battery for an incident at Miller Park in April.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Former Salvador President Tony Saca has pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds. Saca acknowledged to a three-judge panel Thursday that he was the brains of a network that prosecutors say diverted $301 million in public funds. Saca’s lawyer Mario Machado said his client had

DENVER — The Los Angeles Dodgers reinstated right-hander Ross Stripling from the 10-day disabled list and he will start Thursday night against the Colorado Rockies. Stripling missed the last nine games with an inflamed right toe. The All-Star will be making his 17th start of the season. He has an 8-3 record with a 2.68

CLEVELAND — Michael Brantley’s ninth-inning single gave the Cleveland Indians a 5-4 win over Minnesota on Thursday, their second straight walk-off victory against the Twins. Brantley grounded a 2-1 pitch off Addison Reed (1-6) past a diving Miguel Sano at first base to score Greg Allen, giving Cleveland another dramatic win. Francisco Lindor’s three-run homer

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The forgotten member of last year’s deep tight end class makes his NFL debut Saturday night, and Jake Butt is fired up to show he’s just as good as O.J. Howard, Evan Engram and David Njoku. Butt was considered as talented as that trio of first-rounders last year but he slipped all

CINCINNATI — Police say a 13-year-old boy accused in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy last month in Cincinnati has been arrested on a charge of reckless homicide and other counts. Cincinnati police say in a statement that the 13-year-old was arrested Thursday in the death of Surrell Gaines. Police say the 13-year-old also

GRAZ, Austria — A Europa League third-round qualifying match in Austria was suspended for a half-hour Thursday after a drinks cup thrown from the stands hit an assistant referee on the head. Swedish referee Mohammed Al-Hakim interrupted the game between Sturm Graz and AEK Larnaca following the incident in the 78th minute, which happened shortly

FGORT WAYNE, Ind. — Authorities say a 60-year-old Fort Wayne man died of cardiac arrest after being beaten by another man in an apparent road rage attack. The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled the death of Orlando Fernandez at a hospital Wednesday evening a homicide. It says Fernandez had coronary atherosclerosis heart disease. Fort Wayne

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a new stadium plan that could trigger a move by Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew to Texas. Crew owner Anthony Precourt has been exploring a move to Austin and negotiating terms for city land to build a privately funded 20,000-seat stadium. The

ST. LOUIS — What Tiger Woods really needed after two holes at the PGA Championship was a fresh start. A change of shirts helped do the trick. Too bad he couldn’t do something about those ugly numbers already stacked up on the scorecard. A bogey-double bogey start left Woods scrambling to stay close Thursday. After

FARMINGTON, Mo. — Investigators say a Missouri woman accused of barricading four children in tiny rooms with no access to water or toilets had child-sized inmate uniforms made for them. Thirty-eight-year-olds Daryl Justen Head and Laura Elizabeth Cheatham face child endangerment and kidnapping charges. Police and state workers found four children inside windowless rooms blocked

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. says it wasn’t a difficult decision to return to the Volunteers even though he had announced plans to transfer. Kirkland tweeted May 24 that he would finish his college career elsewhere as a graduate transfer. Less than a week later, Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt said Kirkland had

NORWALK, Conn. — The remnants of a centuries-old Native American fort and several thousand artifacts have been found at a railroad bridge construction site in Connecticut. State Department of Transportation officials on Thursday announced the fort and artifacts, some believed to be more than 3,000 years old, were discovered in Norwalk around the 122-year-old Walk

DENVER — A judge has rejected a request to bar the public from a wildlife refuge in Colorado that was once part of a nuclear weapons plant. The judge on Thursday refused to issue an order that would have kept Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge west of Denver off-limits while the courts hear a lawsuit

SKOPJE, Macedonia — NATO’s top military officer is visiting Macedonia, which hopes to join the alliance once a landmark deal with neighboring Greece to rename itself North Macedonia has been fully implemented. U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, NATO’s supreme commander in Europe, congratulated Macedonia’s leaders Thursday in the capital of Skopje for the country’s “significant

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Foreign Ministry says it is “surprised” by Colombia’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood. Colombia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the outgoing government of President Juan Manuel Santos made the decision last week, shortly before leaving office. The new government of President Ivan Duque, who was sworn in Tuesday, said it would study

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina quarterbacks coach Dan Werner keeps searching for flaws, shortcomings or things to fix with Gamecocks starter Jake Bentley. So far, the long-time coach hasn’t found anything to complain about — yet. “There are no negatives,” said Werner, in his first year at South Carolina. “He comes to work every day

HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. David Ige wants voters to look at his four years of accomplishments, including his handling of the Big Island’s erupting volcano, as reasons to give him a second term. But U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, his main opponent in Saturday’s Democratic primary in the heavily blue state, wants voters to look at

ANDERSON, Ind. — A central Indiana police department is back in operation after being evacuated when three officers became lightheaded after being exposed to a substance. The Anderson Police Department was cleared for about three hours Wednesday night amid fears the officers were exposed to fentanyl, an extremely dangerous opioid. Deputy Fire Chief Todd Cawthorn

PARIS — Hundreds of rescuers backed by helicopters evacuated about 1,600 people, most of them campers, in three regions of southern France where heavy rain caused flash flooding and transformed rivers and streams into torrents, the interior minister said Thursday. Hardest hit was the Gard region, where 119 children, many of them from Germany, were