Новости за 04.01.2019

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina coach Roy Williams says sophomore big man Sterling Manley will miss his second straight game when the Tar Heels play at Pittsburgh. Manley sat out of Wednesday’s home win against Harvard due to soreness in his left knee. At the time, the school said it was unclear when he

WARSAW, Poland — Five teenage girls have been killed and one man hurt in a fire that broke out at an “Escape Room” game location in northern Poland, officials said Friday. Interior Minister Joachim Brudzinski said the girls were all 15 years old. A police spokeswoman in the city of Koszalin, Monika Kosiec, said the

GARY, Ind. — A ramp to a northwestern Indiana freeway has reopened two days after being shut down after an industrial lubricant spill. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the ramp from southbound Cline Avenue to eastbound Interstate 80/94 reopened Friday morning. The Indiana Department of Transportation announced the reopening after having initially estimated the cleanup

COLUMBUS, Miss. — A person has been injured in a shooting at the Mississippi University for Women, prompting officials to lock down the campus. Spokeswoman Anika Perkins tells The Associated Press that the shooting happened around 1 p.m. Friday outside of the university’s Whitfield Hall. It’s unclear who was shot or how seriously the victim

Mike Pereira was in his customary spot next to Troy Aikman in the Fox Sports broadcast booth for the Bears-Vikings game on the final week of the regular season, ready to chime in when needed on any close calls on the field. Instead, he got one in the booth when Aikman declared the officiating for

PILOTTOWN, La. — The Coast Guard says a ship loaded with coal has run aground near the mouth of the Mississippi River, blocking more than 50 incoming and outgoing vessels. A news release says the agency learned Friday morning that the United Kingdom-flagged Anglo Alexandria was blocking the navigation channel at river mile 3.5 near

BISMARCK, N.D. — An American Indian activist named in a federal racketeering lawsuit filed by the Dakota Access oil pipeline developer denies wrongdoing. Krystal Two Bulls of Montana also denies evading service of the lawsuit. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners says the tactic is preventing it from serving three other people it added as defendants five

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State will lose experience and leadership on the offensive line with center Michael Jordan’s decision to leave early for the NFL draft. The 6-foot-7, 312-pound lineman announced he would forgo his senior season in a tweet on Friday, saying that “in my heart, I know I am ready for the NFL,

HONOLULU — A tugboat will try to recover bodies of crewmembers who abandoned a ship that caught fire while carrying cars from Japan to Hawaii. The Sincerity Ace, a 650-foot (198-meter) car carrier, had 21 crewmembers on board when the fire started Monday. Ships in the area rescued 16 people. Four were listed as unresponsive

Supercross racing took a huge hit in 2015 when four-time champion Ryan Villopoto unexpectedly retired. Two years later, four-time champion Ryan Dungey put up his kickstand for good. Two of the sport’s biggest names and greatest champions gone, leaving a gap that could have sent the sport on a downward spiral. Instead of crashing, Supercross

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a lawsuit over use of location data collected from users of The Weather Channel’s mobile app (all times local): 11:50 a.m. The owner of The Weather Channel denies any impropriety with use of location data collected from users of its mobile app. IBM Corp. issued a statement Friday in

LOS ANGELES — The producers behind hits “Black Panther,” ”Crazy Rich Asians,” ”A Star Is Born” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among the 10 nominees for the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards. The Producers Guild of America announced its selections Friday for it 30th installment, which also included “BlacKkKlansman,” ”The Favourite,” ”Green Book, “A

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations plans to replace an envoy who was expelled from Somalia after questioning the arrest of a political candidate with an extremist history, the world body said Friday. The announcement came after three days of diplomatic back-and-forth over Somalia’s expulsion of Nicholas Haysom, a longtime U.N. official who has also

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Crew has named Tim Bezbatchenko as its new president and Caleb Porter as head coach. The moves come with a new ownership group led by Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam expected to take over and plans in the works for a new downtown stadium. The MLS team was

All of the NFL television partners have reason to be happy at the end of the regular season — all five packages showed increases following years of declines. The league showed a 5 percent increase this season as an average of 15.8 million viewers tuned into non-London games. It was a year largely devoid of

LAS VEGAS — Britney Spears is putting her planned Las Vegas residency on hold to focus on her father’s recovery from a life-threatening illness. The pop superstar announced Friday she is going on an indefinite work hiatus. Her residency was scheduled to kick off in February at Park Theater at the Park MGM casino-resort. Spears

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are trimming capacity of Tropicana Field by more than 5,000 seats as part of renovations and capital improvements to the domed stadium for the upcoming season. The team announced Friday that the entire upper deck will be closed, trimming seating to an estimated 25,000-26,000. That’s down from

West Virginia and Troy’s Neal Brown are completing a deal to make him the next coach of the Mountaineers, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday. The people spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because the contract was not yet final. Brown would replace Dana Holgorsen, who this week

LIMA, Peru — The Latest on a regional meeting about Venezuela’s political crisis. (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A dozen Latin American governments have urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to abstain from being sworn in for a second term next week and cede power until new elections can be held. They say it is the

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors say they’re suing The Weather Channel to stop it from tracking the whereabouts of app users and selling the data to third parties. City Attorney Michael Feuer said Friday that users of the popular app are misled to think their location data will only be used for personalized forecasts

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have parted ways with outside linebackers coach Joey Porter. The team announced Friday that Porter’s contract would not be renewed. The move is the first of what could be several coaching adjustments by the Steelers after Pittsburgh failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013. The 41-year-old

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh has fired offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman in an effort to overhaul its beleaguered offense. Coach Pat Narduzzi made the announcement on Friday. The Panthers went 7-7 this season and won the ACC Coastal Division for the first time but had trouble generating offensive against quality opponents,

LONDON — British police are searching for a suspect after the fatal stabbing of a man on a suburban London train. British Transport Police said a man was killed Friday on board a train traveling from the town of Guildford to London Waterloo. Detective Superintendent Gary Richardson said police believe the suspect and victim boarded

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Latest on two sheriff’s deputies charged in the deaths of two women who drowned in a van during Hurricane Florence (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Two former sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina have been released after posting bail on charges of reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of two

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Latest on Ryan Zinke’s departure as U.S. Secretary of Interior (all times local): 10:50 a.m. Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says National Park visitors should “grab a trash bag and take some trash out” as garbage bins at some parks overflow during the government shutdown. With many government workers furloughed