Новости за 09.01.2019

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — An official says salvage crews have begun unloading coal from nine barges stuck on the Ohio River’s McAlpine Dam. Shawn Kenney is assistant locks and dams operations manager for the Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville, Kentucky. He says the unloading began Wednesday morning and it likely will take weeks crews to

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two people familiar with the situation say Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has entered his name into the NCAA transfer database portal. The people spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the NCAA list is not publicly accessible. Putting his name on the list allows other schools to contact

DENVER — Young people from around the world who provided low-cost child care for American families will share in a proposed $65.5 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by a dozen former au pairs against the companies that bring the workers to the United States. Nearly 100,000 au pairs, mostly women, who worked in American

BERWICK, Pa. — An attorney for a Pennsylvania woman charged with drunken driving hinted his client’s coat-chewing could’ve thrown off the results of her breath test. The (Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise reports the argument came during a hearing Tuesday for 47-year-old Jana Moschgat. An officer who pulled Moschgat over testified she was nibbling on her coat

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a possible teachers strike in Los Angeles (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The union representing teachers in Los Angeles has postponed the start of a possible strike until Monday because of uncertainty over whether a judge would order a delay. United Teachers Los Angeles previously said its 35,000 members

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings have appointed Kevin Stefanski as offensive coordinator, after his interim stint over the last three games of the season. The 36-year-old Stefanski was promoted Dec. 11 to replace John DeFilippo, who was fired in his first season on the job with the Vikings struggling badly to move the ball. Stefanski’s

INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar Series officials hope to make an announcement about its new title sponsor before a February test in Austin, Texas, and long before NBC begins its expanded coverage of the series this season. Series officials have been seeking a replacement for Verizon, which announced in October 2017 it would leave the series following

PORTLAND, Ore. — A commercial crabbing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast, killing the three men aboard and sending a shock wave through a seafaring community already struggling from a month-long delay to the annual crabbing season. The U.S. Coast Guard said the vessel, the Mary B. II, overturned about 10 p.m.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Another member of the Navajo Nation is suing the Mormon church, saying he was abused in a now-defunct program that sent children into foster care for the school year. Unlike similar lawsuits, the complaint filed Tuesday in tribal court doesn’t seek changes to the policies of The Church of Jesus Christ of

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Incoming Columbus Crew owner Dee Haslam says the team plans to start construction of a $230 million downtown stadium this summer. The Crew were in danger of being moved to Austin, Texas, before an agreement announced last month that has Precourt Sports Ventures selling the team to Dee and Jimmy Haslam —

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jewelry, clothing and other Elvis Presley-related memorabilia have been sold at auction in Tennessee. Elvis Presley Enterprises says the auction at The Guest House Graceland netted more than $600,000 Tuesday on what would have been his 84th birthday. The Guest House is a hotel located steps from the Graceland home, where the

NEW YORK — The ousted Pixar co-founder and former Disney animation chief John Lasseter will head the recently launched animation division of production company Skydance Media. Skydance on Wednesday announced that it has hired Lasseter, who stepped down from Disney last year after acknowledging “missteps” in his behavior with staff members. In a statement, Lasseter

WASHINGTON — About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who she was. But when modern scientists examined her dug-up remains, they discovered something peculiar — brilliant blue flecks in

PITTSBURGH — Actor Joe Manganiello stopped by a Pittsburgh children’s hospital to lead patients in a game of Dungeons and Dragons. The 42-year-old “True Blood” actor , who is married to Sofia Vergara, stopped by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with his brother Nick Manganiello to lead a session of the roleplaying game. The Post-Gazette

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mother of slain pregnant woman whose body was found on Christmas Day says she began to worry as her grandchildren opened gifts because she couldn’t reach their mother in Kansas. Prosecutors alleged this week that 31-year-old Jenna Schafer was fatally shot as part of a contract killing. Two suspects have

ANKARA, Turkey — The Latest on Syria-related developments (all times local): 10:20 p.m. The defense ministers of Russia and Turkey have had a phone call to discuss the situation in Syria. Wednesday’s conversation between Russia’s Sergei Shoigu and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar followed Turkey’s statement that it wouldn’t hesitate to act against Syrian Kurdish

WASHINGTON — Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media site than younger adults, moderates and super liberals during the 2016 election season, a new study finds. The first major study to look at who is

FRASER, Mich. — Officials say a sinkhole north of Detroit that damaged homes and cost $75 million to fix was caused by human error that allowed the quick release of waste and water into a sewer line. Macomb Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said Wednesday that an assessment determined the surge fractured the pipe in

HOLLY HILL, Fla. — Police say a Florida father burned his 4-year-old son with a lighter to teach him a lesson about not being careless with fire. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports 26-year-old Jesse Colaw was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated battery on a child. An arrest report says the boy showed up at

NEW YORK — A trial in New York over the Trump administration’s move to cut off permission for thousands of Haitians to live in the U.S. is spotlighting emails between officials downplaying health and safety crises in the Caribbean nation as they tried to justify the change. The case centers on the Temporary Protected Status

PARIS — Airbus delivered more planes than ever to airlines around the world last year, but orders for new aircraft slumped. In a statement Wednesday, the company said it handed over 800 planes to customers in 2018. That was up from 718 a year earlier, and just behind the 806 delivered by rival Boeing in

PHILADELPHIA — The NFL is dropping efforts to fight certain dementia diagnoses in a landmark concussion case after lawyers for players accused the league of trying to delay payments and rewrite the $1 billion settlement. A federal court hearing set for Thursday on the NFL’s appeal has been canceled. Instead, U.S. District Judge Anita Brody

PHILADELPHIA — A city bus full of passengers was hit as a multi-state police chase crossed into Pennsylvania, injuring three officers and a bus passenger. Philadelphia police tweeted a photo of the 20-year-old suspect who fled the crash scene. They say he is wanted in Delaware and believe he is armed and dangerous. Several schools

FREDERICK, Md. — A Salvadoran woman who successfully sued a Maryland county for wrongful profiling and arrest has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in. News outlets report Roxana Orellana Santos was detained Tuesday, less than a week before a court date to determine the extent of damages Frederick County

DETROIT — Toyota is recalling 1.7 million vehicles in North America to replace potentially deadly Takata front passenger air bag inflators. The move announced Wednesday includes 1.3 million vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series of automotive recalls in the nation’s history. Takata inflators can explode with too much force and