Новости за 07.09.2018

LARGO, Fla. — Five months before a Florida toddler was found dead, his court-appointed child advocate told a magistrate that the boy should not be returned to his mother. The Tampa Bay Times reported Friday that her objection was overruled. On Tuesday, 2-year-old Jordan Belliveau’s body was found in the woods behind a baseball field.

BALTIMORE — The rookie Baltimore Ravens kicker injured in an apparent assault has been released from the hospital, and is expected to cooperate with police. Team spokesman Kevin Bryne told The Baltimore Sun on Thursday that Kaare Vedvik suffered a bruise to the back of his head and significant facial injuries. Vedvik’s injuries had been

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Presley fans will no longer pay about $30 to visit his grave during the annual candlelight vigil on his death anniversary in Memphis, Tennessee. Graceland officials say the charge to walk past Presley’s resting place at his former home during Elvis Week has been discontinued. Devotees flock to Graceland every year

SEOUL, South Korea — Despite a missed penalty from Son Heung-min, South Korea beat Costa Rica 2-0 Friday in a friendly. Son hit the post with his penalty attempt in the 35th minute but Lee Jae-sung scored from the rebound. Last week, Son helped South Korea win the Asian Games title. That freed him and

CANTON, Ohio — Police say the body of an Ohio woman who was killed by her husband might have wound up in a Kentucky landfill. Seventy-three-year-old Philip Snider pleaded guilty last week to aggravated murder and other charges in the death of 70-year-old Roberta Snider. A plea agreement requires the Hartville man to disclose where

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. U.S. stock indexes are falling in early trading Friday after a surprisingly strong jobs report pushed investors to gird for higher interest rates. Not only is hiring still strong, but wages rose last month at their fastest pace in eight

FLORENCE, N.J. — GoFundMe and the law firm representing a homeless good Samaritan say he will receive all the money raised for him. The two issued a joint statement late Thursday saying Johnny Bobbitt will get an amount equal to the balance he didn’t receive through the fundraiser. Authorities had executed a search warrant earlier

For English soccer, the first two-week international period of the new season often doubles as the next phase of a post-mortem into the national team’s failings at a recent tournament. Not so much this time. As the squad gathered at its St. George’s Park training base this week ahead of matches against Spain and Switzerland,

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Authorities say a Connecticut woman mistook a stick of dynamite for a candle during a power outage and suffered severe hand injuries. Assistant Bridgeport Fire Chief Michael Caldaroni says the woman was looking to light a candle in her home at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday after the power went out during a

NEW YORK — Tesla’s chief accounting officer, Dave Morton, is resigning after a month on the job because of the public attention and fast pace the post entails. In premarket trading, Tesla shares slid 7 percent to $261. In a regulatory filing Friday, the electric vehicle maker reported that Morton has no disagreements with Tesla’s

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — One of the five employees slain in the June shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland will have his novel published. The Baltimore Sun reports Rob Hiaasen’s “Float Plan” will be released posthumously on Sept. 15 by Loyola University’s Apprentice House Press. In a publishing house release, his widow, Maria Hiaasen,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas started her career with a successful major label debut in the United Kingdom and by writing songs for other British pop acts. After crossing the Atlantic and moving to Nashville, Tennessee, she’s found her voice again as a skilled and independent retro pop stylist. Silvas, who was born in

CHICAGO — Workers are picketing outside several downtown Chicago hotels as housekeepers, servers, cooks and others participate in a strike as part of an effort to get better benefits. The Friday walkout is planned for 25 hotels and comes after members of the hotel workers’ union, Unite Here Local 1, voted to authorize a strike

NEW YORK — The Overwatch League has announced six new franchises, bringing the global esport league’s total to 20 heading into its second season. The league announced clubs in Paris; Washington; Toronto; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Chinese teams in Chengdu and Hangzhou. The league added franchises in Atlanta and Guangzhou, China, earlier this season. The

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A private funeral service has been scheduled for billionaire Richard DeVos , the co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the NBA’s Orlando Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Details of next Thursday’s invitation-only services at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids were announced Friday, a day

WASHINGTON — Celebrity chef Mike Isabella once had more than a dozen restaurants in the Washington area. Now he’s filed for bankruptcy after a sexual harassment lawsuit. The Washington Post reports the “Top Chef” alum filed for bankruptcy protection for his businesses on Thursday. The March lawsuit by a former Mike Isabella Concepts top manager,

TEHRAN, Iran — The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey met in a high stakes summit in Tehran on Friday to discuss the future of Syria as a bloody military operation looms in the last rebel-held area of the war-ravaged nation, each laying out terms and issues on the battlefield most critical to their own

Mohamed Salah’s series of spats with his national soccer association will loom over the Egypt team as it attempts to recover from a poor — some called it disastrous — World Cup when African Cup qualifying recommences this weekend. The Liverpool forward appears to have won his latest tussle with the Egyptian soccer association after

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Affordable Care Act health insurance premiums (all times local): 6:30 a.m. Business analysts say the leveling off in premiums next year under the Affordable Care Act means insurers have figured out how to make a profit on the politically contentious program. Deep Banerjee (BAN’-ur-jee) of Standard & Poor’s says insurers

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel says the dispute between Qatar and four Arab nations shows how important cooperation in the region is, and is pledging Germany’s support for constructive measures to end the crisis. At the opening of a Qatar-Germany business forum in Berlin Friday alongside Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Merkel suggested

PRESEVO, Serbia — The Latest on diplomatic talks between Serbia and Kosovo (all times local): 11:50 a.m. A top Serbian negotiator at European Union-brokered negotiations on normalizing relations with Kosovo says the two nations’ presidents won’t meet in Brussels as expected. Serbian government official Marko Djuric said on Friday in Brussels that Serbian President Aleksandar

SEOUL, South Korea — Donald Trump had to be tricked out of killing a U.S.-South Korean trade deal? He threatened to move a U.S. missile defense system from South Korea to Oregon? He ordered a plan for a pre-emptive attack on North Korea? These supposed moves by Trump, detailed in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book,

MOSCOW — A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry says Moscow wants to identify and find the suspects in the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday that Russia wants to “find out who these people are,” and called on Britain to share intelligence on them. Britain on

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Austria’s chancellor is urging Macedonians to vote, in a forthcoming referendum, for a deal with neighboring Greece to change their country’s name to “North Macedonia.” Sebastian Kurz says the European Union will only be complete after western Balkan nations, including Macedonia, join it. He also urged Macedonians to participate in the Sept.

BRUSSELS — Media outlets and politicians in Belgium expressed shock and dismay Friday after two high-profile reports of racism rocked the kingdom this week, raising troubling questions about white attitudes a few weeks before local elections. Cecile Djunga, a black weather presenter with state broadcaster RTBF, posted an online video saying she had endured racist