Новости за 01.11.2018

SEATTLE — A jump in U.S. sales helped Starbucks end its fiscal year on a high note. Starbucks Corp. said same-store sales — a critical measure for retailers — rose 4 percent in the U.S. in its fiscal fourth quarter. That helped global same-store sales rise 3 percent, ahead of analysts’ expectations, according to FactSet.

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Cigna Corp., up $2.47 to $216.28 The health insurer raised its annual forecasts after a strong quarterly report. DowDuPont Inc., up $4.35 up $58.27 The chemicals company posted a larger-than-expected profit and forecasts bigger savings from a cost-cutting program. Hanesbrands Inc., down 94 cents

TORONTO — Julia Roberts makes her first foray into a scripted television series in Amazon’s “Homecoming.” It’s a psychological thriller, premiering Friday, directed by “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail. Roberts plays a case worker at a remote military facility designed to help soldiers reintegrate to civilian life. But dread hovers over the mysterious program. In

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mike Maccagnan is living in the present — with an eye on the New York Jets’ future. The fourth-year general manager is far from pleased or satisfied with the team’s third straight 3-5 start. He also insists there’s plenty of time left before this season can be accurately judged. Playoffs or

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling Iran the “most potent force of militant Islam” and is warning Europe of possible Iranian attacks on its soil. Speaking to reporters Thursday after talks with his Bulgarian counterpart, Netanyahu said radical Islam is a threat to the world, and that Israel has recently revealed

TRENTON, N.J. — The Latest on a fatal viral outbreak at a pediatric rehabilitation center (all times local): 4:30 p.m. New Jersey health officials say they’ve confirmed a new case associated with an adenovirus outbreak at a pediatric rehabilitation center. There have been 10 deaths associated with the outbreak at the Wanaque (WAH’-nuh-kyoo) Center for

Jemele Hill’s first couple months since leaving ESPN have been busy. There have been speaking engagements, writing for The Atlantic and starting to set up her own production company. What Hill hasn’t done is appear on television. But that changes on Saturday when Hill debuts as the narrator for the Showtime documentary series “Shut Up

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s Ainsley Earhardt says President Trump is suggesting that if the press doesn’t want to be called an enemy of the people, it should report the news the way he wants it. The “Fox & Friends” host said Thursday that it had to be frustrating for the president to see

NEW YORK — Shalane Flanagan set the bar high for her U.S. compatriots last year, becoming the first American woman in 40 years to win the New York City Marathon. Desiree Linden followed with a victory in April at the windy and rainy Boston Marathon, the first American woman to accomplish that feat in 33

Stocks climbed Thursday as major indexes extended a rebound into a third day. The dollar dropped, providing relief to big exporters like industrial and technology companies. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index rose 28.63 points, or 1.1 percent, to 2,740.37. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 264.98 points, or 1.1 percent, to 25,380.74. The Nasdaq

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers have been awarded the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made the announcement Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the game. Silver said he had a number of discussions with Cavaliers chairman Dan Gilbert and chief operating officer Len Komoroski about bringing the game to Cleveland.

LOS ANGELES — Hey hey, my my, Neil Young is calling Daryl Hannah his wife. The 72-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and the 57-year-old “Splash” actress had been utterly mum on the subject of their marriage since reports that they wed in California in August. But Young said in a pro-gun-control post on

LAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man killed his wife and himself as his children waited to go trick-or-treating. A Polk County Sheriff’s Office news release says 40-year-old Antero Araujo Quintana shot his wife, 42-year-old Beatriz Araujo, and then himself Wednesday evening at the family’s Lakeland home. Witnesses say the couple had been arguing

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ruled that UConn did not violate the state’s ban on nepotism when it hired football coach Randy Edsall’s son as an assistant coach. Judge Joseph Shortall on Thursday vacated the state Citizen Ethics Advisory Board’s ruling that would have forced Corey Edsall to leave his job

DENVER — The Denver Broncos may have lost a respected voice when they traded former captain Demaryius Thomas to the Houston Texans on Tuesday, but they certainly didn’t lose any of their gift of gab. “I don’t flinch from situations like this,” declared rookie receiver Courtland Sutton , whose emergence as a big-play threat made

NEW YORK — Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward and San Francisco reliever Mark Melancon let the deadline pass for exercising opt-out provisions in their contracts. Doing the same were two Cuban outfielders who have been major disappointments and spent all of this season in the minor leagues: Boston’s Rusney Castillo and Arizona’s Yasmany Tomas. Heyward

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes will redshirt 7-foot center Rodney Miller, who won raves for his offseason improvement but was still third on the depth chart. As a backup to Dewan Hernandez and Ebuka Izundu, Miller was unlikely to see much playing time this season, coach Jim Larranaga said Thursday. Izundu is a

ROCHESTER, Ind. — A motorist whose pickup truck struck four children crossing a northern Indiana highway, killing three, told authorities she didn’t realize a school bus headed in the opposite direction was stopped in front of her. A court recording reveals 24-year-old Alyssa Shepherd of Rochester told an Indiana State Police detective she saw something

DETROIT — Toyota is recalling just over 1 million vehicles worldwide because the air bags could inflate without a crash or fail to work if there is one. The recall covers about 17,000 Scion xA vehicles in the U.S. from 2004 through 2006. Also affected in Japan, Europe and elsewhere are the Isis, Avensis, Avensis

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — University of Miami athletic director Blake James says it’s good to have a basketball corruption trial in the past, with no indication of wrongdoing by coach Jim Larranaga’s Hurricanes’ program. A federal jury in New York last week found three men guilty of fraud charges for channeling secret payments to the

No. 3 Notre Dame (8-0, No. 4 CFP) at Northwestern (5-3), 7:15 p.m. EDT (ESPN). Line: Notre Dame by 9½. Series record: Notre Dame leads 37-9-2. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Notre Dame is trying to remain in line for a playoff spot with its best start since the 2012 team went unbeaten before getting routed by

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The NFL trading deadline passed and the New York Giants decided to stand pat despite speculation they would be wheeling and dealing with a second straight season going down the tubes. Linebacker Olivier Vernon, cornerback Janoris Jenkins and safety Landon Collins will finish the season with the Giants, who are 1-7

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Macedonia and Greece have restarted direct commercial flights after more than a decade following an agreement to try and end a long-standing dispute over the Balkan republic’s name. Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani was on the Olympic Airlines flight to the Macedonian capital of Skopje on Thursday after talks in Athens.

MOSCOW — With boxing’s Olympic future on the line, Serik Konakbayev will fight to save his sport. The one-time Olympic silver medalist from Kazakhstan is the underdog candidate in Saturday’s presidential vote at AIBA, the amateur boxing federation locked in conflict with the International Olympic Committee, which hasn’t decided whether boxing will be on the

CAIRO — Amnesty International says Egyptian authorities have arrested 19 rights lawyers and activists, including eight women, as part of the country’s ongoing crackdown on civil society. The London-based advocacy group says in a Thursday statement that the arrests were made in house raids that began in the early hours. It says those arrested included