Новости за 15.10.2018

PITTSBURGH — Negotiators for US Steel Corp. and the United Steelworkers have announced an agreement on four-year contracts covering thousands of employees around the country. Details weren’t announced Monday pending ratification meetings, which the union said would take place in coming weeks. US Steel said the contracts cover about 14,000 union-represented employees. The union said

Kurt Vile, “Bottle It In” (Matador Records) Perhaps you can’t get Kurt Vile to stand still. Vile co-founded The War on Drugs and promptly quit after the formidable band’s debut album release, setting out for a solo career. Now we find him ambling around the country and recording just enough fine music to deliver “Bottle

Greta Van Fleet, “Anthem of the Peaceful Army” (Lava/Republic) There’s a whole lotta Led Zeppelin in Greta Van Fleet, but they haven’t yet found their Stairway. On its debut album, “Anthem of the Peaceful Army,” the Michigan quartet channels Led Zeppelin and ’70s-style old-school classic rock with scary precision, on tracks like “When the Curtain

After a wobbly day of trading, U.S. stocks fell for the seventh time in eight days Monday as technology companies continued to slide. Industrial and high-dividend companies rose, and the market’s losses were limited compared to its plunge last week. On Monday: The S&P 500 index sank 16.34 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,750.79. The

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers coach Ron Rivera is eager to make sure his players put an ugly loss to the Redskins behind them before packing their bags and heading to Philadelphia to face the defending champion Eagles. “Learn and grow from it and move on,” Rivera said matter-of-factly on Monday. The Panthers seemed to have

RABAT, Morocco — Morocco has agreed to turn over a French prisoner convicted of terror charges after French President Emmanuel Marcon intervened in the case. Morocco’s official MAP news agency published a Justice Ministry statement on Monday saying Thomas Gallay would be allowed to serve the remainder of his four-year sentence in France. Gallay, an

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Police say a former West Virginia football player has been charged in Georgia with aggravated child molestation. Authorities say Jamal Crawford was arrested after a 12-year-old girl told her mother Crawford had sex with her Saturday in his Columbus home. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that Detective Mark Scruggs testified during a preliminary

LINCOLN, Neb. — In the 24 hours after Nebraska’s excruciating loss to Northwestern, and with no wins through six games, first-year coach Scott Frost started to wonder if his team would fall into the trap of accepting losing. He said he saw encouraging signs at Monday’s practice. “Not only was it our best Monday ever,

UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. says 130 political prisoners in Cuba are a “blatant affront” to democratic freedoms. But the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations said Monday that the U.S. lacks the moral authority to teach other countries such lessons given what she calls the Trump administration’s “agenda of supremacist, racist and xenophobic ideas.”

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks have exercised their 2019-20 contract options on DeAndre’ Bembry, Taurean Prince and John Collins. Bembry, the No. 21 pick by the Hawks in the 2016 draft, has averaged 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in his first two games. He made three starts last season while averaging 5.2 points. Prince, acquired

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed kick returner Jaydon Mickens on injured reserve and re-signed receiver Rashad Greene. The team announced the roster moves Monday, one day after a 40-7 loss at Dallas. Mickens broke his left ankle returning a punt in the third quarter. The Jaguars (3-3) now have seven key contributors

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma can’t wait to move on. The ninth-ranked Sooners want to change course after a 48-45 loss to Texas and the drama that followed when coach Lincoln Riley fired defensive coordinator Mike Stoops . After having a weekend off, Oklahoma is ready to get back on the field Saturday against TCU. “Very

OCOTOPEQUE, Honduras — A caravan of hundreds of Honduran migrants crossed the Guatemalan border under a broiling sun Monday hoping to make it to new lives in the United States, far from the poverty and violence of their home nation. Singing the Honduran national anthem, praying and chanting, “Yes, we can,” the group estimated at

OCOTOPEQUE, Honduras — Hundreds of Honduran migrants arrived at the Guatemalan border under a broiling sun Monday hoping to make it to new lives in the United States, far from the poverty and violence of their home nation. Singing the Honduran national anthem, praying and chanting, “Yes, we can,” the caravan estimated at around 1,600-strong

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Less than an hour after Virginia wrapped up a victory against Miami, Cavaliers safety Juan Thornhill began making predictions. still in his uniform, Thornhill said the victory “woke everybody up” and declared the Cavaliers contenders to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. On Monday, Thornhill’s brash talk made coach Bronco Mendenhall smile.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills rookie Josh Allen is out indefinitely after hurting his right throwing arm and leaving Buffalo in a quandary at quarterback. Without providing many details, coach Sean McDermott would only list Allen as being “week to week” on Monday, a day after Allen hurt his elbow in the third quarter of

BISMARCK, N.D. — A Jamaican man who authorities said masterminded a lottery scam that defrauded at least 95 mostly elderly Americans out of more than $5.8 million has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Prosecutors said 29-year-old Lavrick Willocks operated the scam out of a Jamaica mansion. They eventually charged 27 people and

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s pro-Russia defense minister has denounced the U.S. ambassador to Serbia as arrogant for calling the former Serbian province of Kosovo a sovereign state. Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in a statement that U.S. Ambassador Kyle Scott “has forgotten that Serbia is not a colony and that he cannot trample on its

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A Minnesota high school football captain has apologized after running from the sidelines to tackle an opponent racing for the goal line. St. Cloud Cathedral senior Brad Reuter (ROO’-tur) apologized on Twitter for running onto the field toward the end of the Crusaders’ home game against Zimmerman Friday night. Reuter says

ABUJA, Nigeria — Islamic State-linked extremists in Nigeria have killed another abducted health worker despite an urgent plea from the International Committee of the Red Cross to spare her life, Nigeria’s government said late Monday. The statement did not say which of the two abducted health workers, both women, was killed. The death comes a

ATLANTA — Officials say a cow who managed to hoof it for two weeks on the lam after a tractor-trailer overturned on a busy interstate junction north of Atlanta has been caught. News outlets report 89 cows escaped when the livestock truck transporting them flipped Oct. 1 around 3 a.m. on the cloverleaf of Interstate

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have arrested a man accused of participating in the killing of an activist last year. The Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office says Erick Leonel Villatoro Hernandez, alias “El Diablo,” was arrested Friday in the western state of Jalisco in connection with the slaying of Miriam Rodriguez. He was later moved to

“The Darkness” (Minotaur), by Ragnar Jonasson Icelandic author Ragnar Jonasson takes a major chance — that works extremely well — in “The Darkness,” the launch of a new series about Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir. Rather than meeting the Reykjavik, Iceland, detective at the beginning or even the middle of her career, Jonasson introduces Hulda at

“My Squirrel Days” (Scribner), by Ellie Kemper Ellie Kemper’s debut novel, “My Squirrel Days,” is exactly what you would expect from the comedian. It’s rich in personality, teeming with energy and full of laugh-out-loud moments. Kemper is a natural storyteller. Her hilarious essays depict a plucky pale girl from the Midwest who loves homework, appreciates

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Hurricane Michael failed to break up a patchy and toxic algae bloom that has lingered in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s shoreline for the last year, experts said Monday, meaning the red tide outbreak could continue to cause problems in the weeks ahead. Hurricanes can break up algae blooms, but