Новости за 09.11.2018

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Fresh off his election victory, Gov.-elect Ned Lamont focused Friday on economic development in eastern Connecticut, saying he wants to ensure workers are trained to fill jobs at Electric Boat Shipyard. Lamont noted that neighboring Rhode Island has a community college program “designed around how to build a submarine.” “I love

ORLANDO, Fla. — No. 11 UCF, heavily favored to beat Navy to remain unbeaten and extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 22 games, insists the Knights aren’t paying attention to chatter about their chances of winding up in the College Football Playoff. “We talk about it every day. … Outside noise has no impact

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ injury list continues to grow with starting forward Cedi Osman the latest addition. Osman will miss Saturday’s game at Chicago with back spasms that forced him to leave Wednesday’s loss to Orlando. The Cavs, who are 1-10 and missing three other starters, had hoped rest would help Osman, but he’s not

SEATTLE — Authorities say the Seattle airport ground crew worker who stole an empty commercial airplane had apparently searched online for flight instruction videos before he took off on a dizzying ride that soon crashed into a small island. The FBI announced Friday that it’s concluding the investigation into the unauthorized flight from Seattle-Tacoma International

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl. The Alabama Supreme Court set a Feb. 7 execution date for Dominique Ray. Tiffany Harville disappeared from her Selma home in 1995. Her body was found in a field a month later.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Antonio Green sank six 3-pointers and scored 24 points, senior Karl Gamble had his first career double-double and Middle Tennessee beat NAIA Milligan 102-70 on Friday for coach Nick McDevitt’s 100th career victory. Green, who also had 24 points in the opener, scored 18 in the first half and the Blue Raiders

MEXICO CITY — Mexican stocks appeared headed for a second day of losses Friday after the party of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador floated a proposal to prohibit some commissions charged by private banks. Mexico’s benchmark IPC index was down about 2.6 percent in midday trading Friday, after dropping 5.8 percent in the previous session.

CAMDEN, N.J. — A southern New Jersey police officer stands accused of repeatedly punching a man in the head and then falsifying a report to cover it up. Nicholas Romantino, an Egg Harbor Township resident who serves on the Camden County force, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating the man’s

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Officials in a northwestern Indiana county have released election results three days after Tuesday’s General Election. Porter County officials posted the results Friday afternoon on their election board’s website. The election returns’ release had been delayed as officials conducted a hand count of thousands of absentee ballots cast by mail or during

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Kuwait’s Minster of Public Works Hussam al-Roumi has resigned amid massive flooding across the country. Kuwait’s army and National Guard joined rescue efforts, the KUNA state news agency reported on Friday. Footage posted on social media from across Kuwait showed torrents sweeping away cars as sewage systems failed to drain the

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is listed as doubtful for the team’s game against Buffalo, making it unlikely he will serve as Josh McCown’s backup. Darnold did not practice all week after straining his right foot last Sunday in the Jets’ 13-6 loss at Miami. He wore a boot on

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Nine people have been charged in an investigation of drugs, burglaries and car thefts in Bartholomew County. Police say some allegations involve efforts to get drugs into the county jail. Columbus police Lt. Matt Harris says detectives have been investigating the group for more than a year. The nine — seven men

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Mykea Gray scored 25 points with five 3-pointers, Beatrice Mompremier added 14 points and No. 25 Miami beat Stephen F. Austin 81-60 on Friday in a preseason women’s NIT opener. Gray made a 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer for a 43-30 lead, and her 3-pointer with 2:26 left in the

LUBBOCK, Texas — No. 15 Texas has gone from Big 12 leader and College Football Playoff contender to conference chaser after consecutive losses by a combined four points. Texas Tech has also lost its last two games, and their freshman quarterback took another hard shot last weekend. But the Red Raiders (5-4, 3-3 Big 12)

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray has followed in Baker Mayfield’s footsteps in more ways than one. Sure, Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy last season, and Murray is one of the top contenders this season. But Mayfield also played mind games with the best of them, and it appears Murray was a willing apprentice.

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina man says he duked it out with a mother black bear when it charged him as he worked in his driveway. WLOS-TV in Asheville reports 78-year-old Sonny Pumphrey was at his home Tuesday when he noticed two bear cubs near him. Those bears ran off, but the mother bear

SALT LAKE CITY — The big question facing Utah when it hosts Oregon is whether Jason Shelley can pick up where Tyler Huntley left off. Shelley, a redshirt freshman, will make his first career start Saturday against the Ducks in place of Huntley, who broke his collarbone in the third quarter of Utah’s 38-20 loss

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Cameron Champ set the early pace Friday in the Mayakoba Classic with a 9-under 62 as the big-hitting rookie goes for his second PGA Tour title of the season. Champ missed only two greens for the second straight round at El Camaleon Golf Club, including his final one that led

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Sam Mustipher gets to run out of the home tunnel one final time for No. 3 Notre Dame on Saturday night against Florida State. The graduate center just never thought he’d be snapping the ball to senior Brandon Wimbush again. With Ian Book nursing an injury, Wimbush is expected to be

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s Defense Ministry says 25 soldiers were injured while seven others are unaccounted for in an accident during the firing of heavy weapon ordnance. In a statement, the ministry said the unexplained accident occurred Friday at a base in Hakkari province, which borders both Iraq and Iran and where clashes between Kurdish

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Austin Cindric and Ross Chastain have landed full-time rides in the Xfinity Series, and both will be driving the best cars of their careers. Chastain was named driver of the No. 42 Chevrolet at Chip Ganassi Racing on Friday. DC Solar will sponsor Chastain, an eighth-generation watermelon farmer from Florida who got

AMMAN, Jordan — Flash floods caused by heavy rain across Jordan killed nine people Friday and forced hundreds of tourists to seek higher ground in the kingdom’s ancient city of Petra, the government spokeswoman said. About two dozen people were hurt and dozens more evacuated from their homes in several locations in the kingdom, as

AMMAN, Jordan — Flash floods caused by heavy rain across Jordan killed eight people Friday and forced hundreds of tourists to seek higher ground in the kingdom’s ancient city of Petra, the government spokeswoman said. About two dozen people were hurt and dozens more evacuated from their homes in several locations in the kingdom, as

AMMAN, Jordan — Flash floods caused by heavy rain across Jordan killed seven people Friday and forced hundreds of tourists to seek higher ground in the kingdom’s ancient city of Petra, government officials and official media said. About two dozen people were hurt and dozens more evacuated from their homes in several locations in the

NEW YORK — Media and publishing giant Meredith Corp. says it is selling its Fortune brand for $150 million in cash to Fortune Media Group. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close by the end of the year. Fortune Media Group is owned outright by Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon, a part owner