Новости за 02.11.2018

NEW YORK — Police investigating the mysterious deaths of two Saudi Arabian sisters whose bound bodies washed up in New York City last week say they arrived from Fairfax, Virginia, on Sept. 1. Police said Thursday that credit card records show 16-year-old Tala Farea and 23-year-old Rotana Farea first stopped in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.

DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase offered a passionate defense of Ryan Tannehill on Thursday, saying his beleaguered quarterback has showed improvement that continued into the start of this season. Tannehill will miss his fourth consecutive game Sunday against the New York Jets because of an injury to his throwing shoulder. Replacement Brock

SEATTLE — Games in the second week of the preseason are mostly meaningless and usually a forgettable exercise for veterans. Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner hasn’t forgotten what happened this past August when the Seahawks were facing the Los Angeles Chargers. It was late in the first quarter when Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers decided to take

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s faithful customers aren’t snapping up iPhones quite as enthusiastically as anticipated heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. But the latest models costing $1,000 and more are popular enough to keep propelling profits ever higher for the world’s most prosperous company. The mixed bag emerged in the quarterly results Apple released

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s faithful customers aren’t snapping up iPhones quite as enthusiastically as anticipated heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. But the latest models costing $1,000 and more are popular enough to keep propelling profits ever higher for the world’s most prosperous company. The mixed bag emerged in the quarterly results that Apple

MARIETTA, Ga. — Josef Martinez knew he was receiving one of Major League Soccer’s top awards. The Atlanta United star was caught off guard by the presenter. After the greatest goal-scoring season in MLS history, the Venezuelan striker got a surprise when countryman and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte showed up Thursday at United’s training

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there’s no reason for people to worry. The National Toxicology Program dialed up its concerns Thursday about a link to heart and brain cancer from a study of

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have stability at the quarterback position. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are desperately in search of the same. The teams appear headed in different directions entering an NFC South showdown Sunday in Charlotte — and quarterback play is a big reason why. Ryan Fitzpatrick replaces Jameis Winston, who was benched

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone is shouldering the blame for the team’s four-game losing streak, saying he “hasn’t done a good enough job for whatever reason to get everyone’s mind in the right place.” Marrone insists he’s not trying to be a “martyr, a shield or anything like that.” Truth is he’s

LA QUINTA, Calif. — The PGA Tour event in the Southern California desert in January will be played as the Desert Classic after losing its title sponsor. The event returns to the name used when it first began 60 years ago and comedian Bob Hope’s name was attached. The PGA Tour said Thursday that CareerBuilder

HELSINKI — Finland native Patrik Laine had a hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets took a 4-2 victory over the Florida Panthers in a regular-season game in the Finnish capital on Thursday. Laine scored in the second period and twice in the third, including an empty-netter, for the Jets, who opened the back-to-back series between

LANDOVER, Md. — All games and no practice reps make Alex Smith a dull quarterback. Injuries to receivers Jamison Crowder and Paul Richardson and running backs Adrian Peterson and Chris Thompson have kept them from getting work in with Smith at practice and stunted the Washington Redskins’ passing game so far this season. The NFC

SANTA FE, N.M. — A former University of New Mexico kicker who was the first female to play and score in a Division I football game faces months of recovery after becoming seriously ill from an adverse reaction to a prescribed medicine. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the family of Katie Hnida (hey-NEYE-da)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Latest on planned execution of Tennessee death row inmate Edmund Zagorski (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Tennessee has used its electric chair for the first time since 2007, executing an inmate for the killings of two other men during a 1980s drug deal. Authorities say 63-year-old Edmund Zagorski was pronounced dead

WASHINGTON — The Latest on charges against a Malaysian financier and two former Goldman Sachs bankers (all times local): 5 p.m. Goldman Sachs says it is cooperating with the investigation into alleged misuse of money from a Malaysian investment fund created to promote economic development there. Prosecutors said Thursday that former Goldman Sachs banker Tim