Новости за 09.12.2018

JERUSALEM — Israeli officials say seven people have been wounded, one critically, in a shooting by a suspected Palestinian assailant outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The Magen David Adom rescue service said the Israelis were standing at a bus stop at the entrance to Ofra, a settlement in the northern West Bank,

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sarah Mortensen hit five 3-pointers for 15 points, Beatrice Mompremier and Emese Hof had double-doubles and No. 25 Miami cruised to a 78-38 win over New Orleans on Sunday. Mompremier had 16 points and Hoff 10 and both had 10 rebounds for the Hurricanes (8-2), who had a double-figure run in

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has hired Army’s Jay Bateman to serve as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. The school announced the move Sunday. Bateman spent the past five seasons at Army, with this year’s team ranking ninth in total defense by allowing 293.5 yards per game. Bateman joins the staff of new coach

LEWISTON, N.Y. — James Towns scored 23 points including a 3-point play with 21 seconds left and Niagara edged New Hampshire 71-67 on Sunday. UNH (2-8) came back from a 10-point second-half deficit, taking a 67-66 lead on Marque Maultsby’s two free throws in the final minute. Towns was fouled making a layup and added

CORONA, Calif. — Dozens of people bearing flowers or stuffed animals attended a funeral for a newborn girl found dead last summer along a Southern California highway. Authorities in Riverside County continue to investigate the death of the baby whose identity remains a mystery. The service on Thursday was organized in part by police officers

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Fiji capitalized on mistake after mistake by the United States to win the Cape Town World Rugby Sevens 29-15 on Sunday, sending the Americans to a second straight defeat in a final at the start of the season. The upside for the U.S. is that it leads the series standings

NEW YORK — Jake Killingsworth led a balanced attack with 14 points and Columbia made five free throws in the final 30 seconds to hold off Iona 74-71 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The Lions (3-6), who lasted played at the Garden in 2008 and against the Gaels 26 years ago, made 12 of

CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has plummeted 22 cents a gallon (3.8 liters) over the past three weeks, to $2.51. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that falling crude oil costs are the main reason for the decrease at the pump. The average gas price has

NEWCASTLE, England — Newcastle held on with 10 men for most of the second half before conceding in injury time to give Wolverhampton Wanderers a 2-1 win in the Premier League on Sunday. The visitors took the lead at St. James’ Park in the 17th minute when a cross from the right from Helder Costa

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer Kid Rock says he followed the lead of actor Tyler Perry by paying off the layaway items of hundreds of Walmart customers in Tennessee. Store manager Tom Meyer tells The Tennessean Kid Rock spent $81,000 to pay the balances of 350 customer accounts at a Walmart in Nashville. Meyer calls it

The Latest from Week 14 of the NFL season (all times EST): 1:45 p.m. New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is back on the field after an injury scare. Darnold missed the last three games with a right foot injury. Then he was hurt on the opening series, appearing to aggravate the injury at Buffalo

RIMBO, Sweden — Yemen’s warring parties have met for a fourth day in Sweden to try hammer out details of a prisoner exchange, which could eventually include all prisoners held by both sides in the four-year civil war. Askar Zouail, from the delegation of the Saudi and U.S.-backed, internationally recognized government, told reporters on Sunday

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Two southern Indiana jails that are facing surges in their female inmate populations from the opioid abuse crisis have implemented special classes and programs in response to the jails’ shifting needs. Floyd County jail’s average daily female population was 59 inmates in 2017, compared with 35 in 2007, The News and Tribune

Tua Tagovailoa will be the odds-on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy next season after the Alabama quarterback had to settle for second to Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray. Murray is heading for professional baseball next year and Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins, the other Heisman finalist on Saturday night, could very well enter the NFL draft.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Ten women in Brazil have accused a self-styled spiritual healer of sexually abusing them at a clinic in the central-western state of Goias. The charges against Joao Teixeira de Faria, known as John of God, were made Saturday night on the Globo TV network. In a statement to the G1 news

SANAA, Yemen — A top leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels has called for an investigation after The Associated Press found evidence of extreme torture in Houthi-run lockups. Thousands have been imprisoned by the Houthi militia during Yemen’s civil war. An AP investigation found some detainees were scorched with acid, forced to hang from their wrists

MADRID — Fans and players from fierce Argentine rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors are getting ready for the Copa Libertadores final later Sunday after the biggest game in South American club soccer was relocated to the neutral setting of Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The scheduled kickoff is at 8:30 p.m. local time (1930

BERLIN — A labor union representing German railway workers is calling on its members to go on strike Monday after failing to reach a deal on pay. The EVG union said Sunday that employees of Deutsche Bahn, the country’s biggest rail company, will stage a four-hour walkout on the morning of Dec. 10. Labor strikes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Latest on severe winter storm hitting parts of the U.S. Southeast (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Authorities in North Carolina say a driver was killed when a tree fell on a vehicle. Police in the Charlotte suburb of Matthews said Sunday that the vehicle was traveling down a street when the

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Latest on severe winter storm hitting parts of the U.S. Southeast (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Police in Maryland are urging drivers to be careful as a massive winter storm makes its way north after blanketing southern states with snow. Maryland State Police in the southern part of the state have

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Latest on severe winter storm hitting parts of the U.S. Southeast (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Authorities have responded to hundreds of traffic accidents as a winter storm dumps snow and ice on parts of the Southeast. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Sunday that the State Highway Patrol has responded

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The Latest on severe winter storm hitting parts of the U.S. Southeast (all times local): 11:20 a.m. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is strongly urging residents to stay off the road as a massive winter storm blankets parts of the Southeast with snow and ice. Cooper said at a news conference

SIGULDA, Latvia — Elena Nikitina of Russia built a sizable lead after the first run and went on to win the season’s first World Cup women’s skeleton race on Sunday. Nikitina finished her two trips down the ice in 1 minute, 45.12 seconds. Canada’s Elisabeth Maier was second in 1:45.42, and Germany’s Tina Hermann was

SIGULDA, Latvia — Germany’s Francesco Friedrich won his second World Cup two-man bobsled gold medal in as many days Sunday, narrowly holding off Latvia’s Oskars Kibermanis. Friedrich and brakeman Martin Grothkopp were two-hundredths of a second faster than Kibermanis and Matiss Miknis in the first run, and four-hundredths faster in the second run. Friedrich’s winning

HONOLULU — The world’s oldest known wild seabird has laid another egg. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the Laysan albatross named Wisdom appeared at her nest site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife refuge last month. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports biologists confirm she laid the egg. Wisdom and her mate return to the same site