Новости за 10.12.2018

BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish league’s plan to play a regular-season match in the United States in January took a major hit when Barcelona backed down from its commitment. The club’s board of directors said on Monday it agreed to withdraw the team’s intention to play the game against Girona near Miami. The board said

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Four more electric vehicle charging stations are headed to the Yampa Valley. The Steamboat Pilot and Today reports two public charging stations soon will be installed in Steamboat Springs, at Alpine Bank and another unannounced location. Two more stations will be installed in yet-to-be-announced locations in Craig and Dinosaur. Suzie Romig,

Grammy Award winners Imagine Dragons will perform at halftime of the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 7. ESPN and Interscope Records announced the performance Monday. For the second consecutive season, the College Football Playoff will feature a Super Bowl-style halftime performance for the television audience. The school bands will still perform at halftime

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the span of three hours at a southwest Alabama prison, one inmate was fatally stabbed and another was seriously wounded after being stabbed in a separate fight. Eighteen inmates have been killed by other inmates since October of 2016, according to statistics and news releases from the Department of Corrections. The

EVERETT, Wash. — Authorities say the FBI is helping investigate an attack by several suspected white supremacists on a black disc jockey at a tavern in Washington state over the weekend. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s office said Monday that seven men and one woman were arrested for investigation of assault, hate crimes and other charges

DENVER — An independent report details a toxic pattern of bureaucratic paralysis among Olympic leaders who reacted slowly, if at all, after they knew Larry Nassar was suspected of molesting young gymnasts. From the top office at the U.S. Olympic Committee to FBI bureaus in three cities to what was essentially an unchecked, rogue operation

HOUSTON — Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien on Monday defended Jadeveon Clowney and his late offside penalty that factored into Houston’s 24-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, which ended a nine-game winning streak. “He’s an aggressive player and you never want to take away that aggressiveness,” O’Brien said. “In that situation, he made

LAS VEGAS — Phillies manager Gabe Kapler intends to be more publicly critical of his players in his second season following his team’s late fade. Philadelphia led the NL East in early August, then went 16-33 and wound up with its sixth straight losing record at 80-82. “One thing that I can do immediately that

MADRID — Traditional Spanish clubs Villarreal, Valencia, and Athletic Bilbao entered the season with high hopes, looking to make a run against the powerful trio of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Almost halfway through the league, they are just fighting to stay away from the relegation zone. Athletic fired its coach last week. Villarreal

LOS ANGELES — “Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland says she had a second kidney transplant last year, replacing a kidney from her father with another from her brother. Hyland details her lifelong health struggles in an interview in Self magazine, and tweeted Monday that she hopes it “spreads awareness of organ donation” and “brings a

SANFORD, Fla. — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, as well as wounding four others, as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty. Prosecutors in Seminole County say Allen Cashe pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted

ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves infielder Rio Ruiz has been claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles. The 24-year-old Ruiz played sparingly with the Braves the last three seasons and had little future with the team after the emergence of Johan Camargo and the signing of free agent Josh Donaldson. Ruiz played a total of 72

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sascha Bajin has been chosen as the first winner of the WTA Coach of the Year award after helping Naomi Osaka collect the U.S. Open title. The women’s tennis tour announced its annual honors Monday. The first season as a team for Bajin and Osaka produced her first WTA title at

Ava DuVernay, Reese Witherspoon, Geena Davis and Kerry Washington are among the Hollywood figures teaming up to mark the one-year anniversary of Time’s Up with a celebrity auction to benefit the group’s legal fund. The Time’s Up campaign kicked off at the Golden Globes in January. To date, the legal fund has raised more than

NEW YORK — The Latest on Apple-Qualcomm dispute (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Apple says it’s appealing a Chinese court ruling that would ban some iPhones in China as part of a long-running patent dispute with chipmaker Qualcomm. Apple said it filed a request Monday for the court to reconsider its ruling. Qualcomm had announced

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Hundreds of inmates at Macedonia’s main prison outside the capital have refused to accept meals to press demands that an amnesty expected to be granted for suspects involved in a violent political protest at parliament last year be expanded to other offences. Justice Ministry officials said Monday that around 600 inmates were

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A person familiar with the negotiations says the Kansas City Royals and outfielder Billy Hamilton have agreed to a $5.25 million contract for next season that includes up to $1 million in incentives. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal was pending a

NEW YORK — A government report is showing that Wells Fargo charges students the most in fees on average to have a bank account with them. The report authored by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, released late Friday, showed that students paid an average of $46.99 in fees to Wells Fargo over 12 months. That’s

LAS VEGAS — The Latest on Major League Baseball’s winter meetings (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have added players on waiver claims. The Mariners made the most interesting move, taking Kaleb Cowart from the Los Angeles Angels and announcing him as an infielder and right-handed pitcher.

LAS VEGAS — The Latest on Major League Baseball’s winter meetings (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Jackie Bradley Jr. and CC Sabathia are about to give baseball the royal treatment. The Boston outfielder and New York Yankees pitcher are traveling to London this week, six months ahead of the two-game series between the teams in

DAVIE, Fla. — Now the Miami Dolphins will try to pull off another miracle. After beating New England with a pass and double lateral on the final play, the Dolphins are 7-6 and could use some more magic in the next three weeks to make the playoffs. Coach Adam Gase figures his Dolphins (7-6) probably

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an otherwise empty Kansas City Chiefs locker room, long after they had rallied to beat the Ravens in overtime and clinch a playoff berth, chairman Clark Hunt was asked what makes this year’s team different than all those that suffered postseason letdowns. His answer was refreshingly simple and candid: Patrick

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Francesco Molinari has been voted as the European Tour golfer of the year for 2018, capping a year in which he won his first major title and produced a historic performance at the Ryder Cup. Molinari became the first Italian to win the British Open after his triumph at Carnoustie, and

JERUSALEM — Senior Israeli military officers are flying to Moscow to update their Russian counterparts about an operation launched last week to “expose and thwart” Hezbollah tunnels burrowed under Israel’s border with Lebanon. The Israeli military issued a statement Monday saying the officers would depart Tuesday “to provide an update regarding Operation Northern Shield and

OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi has hired former Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre to be its new defensive coordinator. Ole Miss announced MacIntyre’s hiring on Monday. School spokesman Kyle Campbell says MacIntyre received a three-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million annually. The 53-year-old MacIntyre arrives at Ole Miss after six seasons as Colorado’s coach,