Новости за 18.12.2018

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two universities in South Dakota are teaming up to train biomedical engineers in an effort to help boost Sioux Falls’ burgeoning medical technology industry. The Argus Leader reported that the program involves the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City and the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.

CHICAGO — The Illinois High School Association says member schools have voted to move to district scheduling beginning in 2021 and abandoning current conferences. The IHSA said Tuesday schools had voted 324-307-69 to move to the new format in which schools from each class will be placed into eight geographic groups and play a round-robin

LOS ANGELES — Authorities have arrested a Southern California doctor on charges of doling out illegal prescriptions they say were part of a pattern that led to five fatal overdoses and the death of a bicyclist who was struck by a driver under the influence. Dr. Dzung Ahn Pham was arrested Tuesday and scheduled to

CHICAGO — Infielder Daniel Descalso and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a two-year contract that includes a club option for 2021. The 32-year-old hit .237 with 22 doubles for Arizona last season. He set career bests in home runs (13) and RBIs (57) while playing in 138 games, his most since 2012. Descalso has

WASHINGTON — Redskins safety Montae Nicholson was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with assault and battery and being drunk in public stemming from a fight at a restaurant and retail complex near the team’s practice facility in Ashburn, Virginia. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kraig Troxell confirmed Nicholson’s arrest. He says the 23-year-old was

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Will Muschamp and three assistants received contract extensions on Tuesday. Muschamp got a one-year extension that ties him to the school through 2024. Offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon received a two-year extension, while defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner got one-year extensions. The deals were approved by

LOS ANGELES — Celebrities offer their thanks, remembrances and condolences on the death of actress-director Penny Marshall, who died Monday at 75. “I loved Penny. I grew up with her. She was born with a great gift. She was born with a funnybone and the instinct of how to use it. I was very lucky

DARLINGTON, S.C. — It’s back to the 1990s for Darlington Raceway’s latest throwback weekend. Track officials announced Tuesday the track “Too Tough To Tame” will honor the NASCAR period from 1990-94 when the Southern 500 is run on Sept. 1. Darlington has honored historic periods in NASCAR for the past four years. Racers, crew members

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Suspended forward Derek Culver has been reinstated to West Virginia’s basketball team. Coach Bob Huggins announced the freshman’s reinstatement Tuesday. The 6-foot-10 Culver is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He was suspended Nov. 15 for an undisclosed violation of team rules and has not played this season. West Virginia (6-4) has lost

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities say they have completed documentation needed to clear the way for repatriation of the body of a 7-year-old migrant girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marta Larra says Jakelin Caal’s cadaver is expected to return to Guatemala on Thursday and then be taken to her

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Vice President Mike Pence missed seeing a SpaceX rocket soar. But he still got to view the company’s new crew capsule, designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station as soon as next year. Pence joined members of the Air Force at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday to witness the

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Street demonstrations against recent labor law changes in Hungary appeared to wane on their sixth day, but opposition lawmakers are vowing to pursue legal and parliamentary means to thwart the government while allowing for a lull over the Christmas holidays. About 150 to 200 people assembled outside the Hungarian parliament building in

NEW YORK — Chris Park is leaving his job as an executive vice president in the baseball commissioner’s office at the end of the month to become chief executive officer of Gen.G, an esports company. Park, 39, was a vice president in Major League Baseball’s labor relations department, left and returned in March 2015 as

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite a promising new state revenue forecast, Indiana lawmakers will likely have less money to spend on child services and education than they’d hoped for when they start drafting the state’s next two-year budget in January. State fiscal analysts said Monday that state revenues will increase by $442.8 million in 2020 and $386

When you’re in a hole, stop digging: That’s the strategy Manchester United is pursuing by sacking Jose Mourinho. Ditching the manager midseason, a risky move with no successor in place, became necessary not simply because results on the pitch have been bad but because the 55-year-old’s negativity was making United tough to admire and even

AL AIN CITY, United Arab Emirates — South American champion River Plate was upset by Al Ain FC in the Club World Cup on Tuesday, losing in a penalty shootout after the semifinal finished 2-2 following extra time. Al Ain’s players converted all five penalty kicks, before goalkeeper Khalid Eisa saved Enzo Perez’s fifth shot

BRUSSELS — Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submitted his resignation Tuesday amid pressure on his government after the biggest party in his coalition quit over his support for a United Nations compact on international migration. “I am taking the decision to offer my resignation. I am now going to see the king” to inform him,”

NEW YORK — Penny Marshall, the trailblazing director of smash-hit big-screen comedies such as “Big” and “A League of Their Own” who first indelibly starred in the top-rated sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died. She was 75. Michelle Bega, a spokeswoman for the Marshall family, said Tuesday that Marshall died in her Los Angeles home

MUNCIE, Ind. — A city hall in Indiana is open for business again after closing to deal with bedbugs. The Muncie City Hall closed before lunch Monday when a visitor infested with bedbugs entered an auditorium. Spokeswoman Sarah Beach says employees were sent home while pest control pros treated the entire building. The Star Press

OSCEOLA, Iowa — An Iowa judge cited the courthouse arrest of a drunken prosecutor in dismissing charges against a man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy. Judge Marti Mertz issued the ruling Monday while chastising Clarke County Attorney Michelle Rivera. The prosecutor’s unavailability at a recent hearing “was the finale following unexplained periods of

Shares of Tilray are surging in Tuesday afternoon trading after the medical cannabis company announced that one of its subsidiaries struck a collaboration agreement with pharmaceutical company Sandoz AG. Under the deal, Tilray Canada Ltd. and Sandoz’s Canadian arm plan to jointly operate in jurisdictions where cannabis is or will be approved for medical purposes.

MEXICO CITY — The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico. The U.S aid aims to promote better security conditions and job opportunities as part of a regional plan to allow Central Americans

CHICAGO — The last-place Chicago Blackhawks will be without one of their top defensemen for a while after they decided to loan Henri Jokiharju to Finland for the upcoming world junior championship. The 19-year-old Jokiharju has no goals and 11 assists in 32 games in his first NHL season. Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton says he

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending December 14: Fiction 1. The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, narrated by Richard Armitage (Audible Studios) 2. Christmas Eve, 1914 by Charles Olivier, narrated by Cameron Daddo, Xander Berkeley, Cody Fern, Damon Herriman, James Scott, John Beck, Lance Guest, Gabe Greenspan & Nate Jones (Audible Studios) 3. Alien: Out

NEW YORK — The Latest on a deal to dissolve President Donald Trump’s charitable foundation (all times local): 1:10 p.m. A lawyer for President Donald Trump’s foundation says the New York Attorney General’s Office is giving a misleading account of an agreement to dissolve the charity. Alan Futerfas says it’s a “further attempt to politicize