Новости за 19.01.2019

ATLANTA — The Latest on the impact of the partial government shutdown on the travel industry (all times local): 6:45 p.m. Federal officials are sending extra security screeners to beef up staffing at checkpoints at the airport in Newark, New Jersey. A Transportation Security Administration spokesman confirmed the move Friday but didn’t give numbers. An

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trent Dilfer, the former NFL quarterback who won the 2000 Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, has been hired as head football coach at a Tennessee high school. Lipscomb Academy athletic director Dr. Mike Roller announced the hiring Friday. Dilfer says he felt led to Lipscomb at this time with the school

WASHINGTON — Photos and video taken by an animal welfare activists at a recent trophy hunting convention show an array of products crafted from the body parts of threatened big-game animals, including boots, chaps, belts and furniture labeled as elephant leather. Vendors at the Safari Club International event held last week in Reno, Nevada, were

SEATTLE — Over the years, scientists have identified dams, pollution and vessel noise as causes of the troubling decline of the Pacific Northwest’s resident killer whales. Now, they may have found a new and more surprising culprit: pink salmon. Four salmon researchers were perusing orca data several months ago when they noticed a startling trend:

He’s the New Orleans Saints’ biggest fan, not to mention the perfect beacon for a city that knows a thing or two about emerging from darkness. As the Big Easy goes for another NFL championship, Steve Gleason is along for the ride. Sure, his body failed him, perhaps because of the game he loved so

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls expect prized rookie center Wendell Carter Jr. to miss eight to 12 weeks because of a left thumb injury. The team said Friday that surgery has been recommended for Carter, who was hurt Tuesday against the Lakers. The injury was initially diagnosed as a sprain, but more tests and a

MILWAUKEE — Natisha Hiedeman scored 28 points to lead No. 14 Marquette past Seton Hall 96-60 on Friday. Amani Wilborn added 20 points for the Golden Eagles (15-3, 6-0 Big East). Erika Davenport had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Danielle King had 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Marquette scored 35 points in the

MADRID — Jorge Molina and Jaime Mata each scored two goals as Getafe routed Alaves 4-0 on Friday to win the clash of this season’s Spanish league surprise packages. The victory pulled sixth-place Getafe to within one point of Alaves in fifth after 20 games. “It was an important match for us given where we

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Avisail Garcia earn up to $6 million as part of his one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. The team announced the deal Friday, an agreement that guarantees $3.5 million this season. He can earn $250,000 each for 350, 400, 450, 500, 550 and 600 plate appearances, and $1 million for

NEW YORK — Cincinnati outfielder Nate Scantlin has been suspended for 50 games and Atlanta pitcher Carlos Caminero for 25 games under baseball’s minor league drug program. Scantlin was disciplined following a second positive test for a drug of abuse, the commissioner’s office said Friday. Scantlin was cited for an unspecified violation; 25 games matches

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville Predators forward Ryan Johansen has received a two-game suspension without pay for high-sticking Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele. The NHL announced Johansen’s suspension Friday. Johansen committed the penalty Thursday during the first period of the Predators’ 5-1 loss to the Jets. Johansen will lose $86,021.50 due to the suspension. That money

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Latest on the criminal case against a white Nashville police officer who shot and killed an armed black man who was fleeing (all times local): 4:05 p.m. The attorney for a white police officer indicted in Tennessee on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of an armed black man

LILLE, France — Lille substitute Xeka scored late on to clinch a 2-1 win over Amiens on Friday that consolidated second place behind Paris Saint-Germain in the French league. The Portuguese midfielder netted in the 85th minute to cancel out compatriot Rafael Leao’s equalizer in first-half injury time for the relegation-threatened visitors. Nicolas Pepe had

AUBURN, Ala. — Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans is one of the Southeastern Conference’s top defenders, a freshman point guard who arrived in Lexington as one of the nation’s coveted prospects. Auburn’s Jared Harper is a three-year starter and one of the league’s most accurate 3-point shooters but wasn’t quite so highly recruited. The point guards will

ADEL, Iowa — An Iowa couple convicted in the starvation death of their 16-year-old adopted daughter will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison. A judge Friday sentenced 41-year-old Misty Jo Bousman Ray to a life sentence without the possibility of parole and her husband, 43-year-old Marc Ray, to 80 years in prison.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Allies and supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are questioning his commitment to fighting corruption as questions mount about irregular payments in his inner circle just weeks into his presidency. Bolsonaro’s son, Flavio Bolsonaro, has come under fire over suspicious payments to his former driver flagged by the Council for Financial

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Juan Cayro Delgado shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to give the Dominican Republic gallery something to cheer as he took a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the Latin American Amateur Championship. Delgado is making his Latin American Amateur debut, though he has played the Teeth of the

SINSHEIM, Germany — Defending champion Bayern Munich got the Bundesliga back underway with a 3-1 win at Hoffenheim on Friday to deliver a statement of intent to leader Borussia Dortmund. Robert Lewandowski sealed the victory late on to cut the gap on his former team to three points after 18 games. It was Bayern’s sixth

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts: CLAIM: Side-by-side photos circulating widely online as part of the ’10 Year Challenge’

CONWAY, S.C. — Joe Moglia, the one-time CEO of TD Ameritrade, has resigned as head football coach at Coastal Carolina. The 69-year-old Moglia announced the decision Friday. He said he’ll stay on as Coastal’s chairman of athletics for the final two years of his contract and have authority over the football program. Offensive coordinator Jamey

NEW ORLEANS — One way or another, the NFC Championship between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints will be won by a coach named Sean — with an Irish surname — who designs and calls plays for one of the most innovative and productive offenses in the NFL. The ties between the Saints’

Stocks in the U.S. and Europe jumped Friday as renewed hopes for progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China helped the markets finish the week with another strong gain. On Friday: The S&P 500 index leaped 34.75 points, or 1.3 percent, to 2,670.71. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 336.25 points, or 1.4

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: V.F. Corp., up $9.08 to $82.34 The maker of brands including Timberland and North Face raised its forecasts following a strong quarter. Tesla Inc., down $45.05 to $302.26 The electric car maker said it will cut 7 percent of its jobs to reduce

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The sheriff in western Michigan’s largest county says her jail won’t release people to federal immigration agents unless they present an arrest warrant from a judge. The decision was announced Friday, after lawyers said a war veteran was picked up at the Kent County jail and detained for three days in

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police have made two arrests in the deaths of three people found shot at a home in western Kentucky. Owensboro police say 30-year-old Arnett B. Baines and 31-year-old Cylar L. Shemwell were each charged Friday with three counts of murder and one count of first-degree assault. Police spokesman Andrew Boggess says investigators