Новости за 15.03.2019

DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit over poultry company Pilgrim’s Pride’s $1.3 billion acquisition of U.K. poultry producer Moy Park, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Pilgrim’s Pride’s parent company. Friday’s ruling means Pilgrim’s Pride stockholders can pursue their claims against Brazil-based JBS SA, one of the

LOS ANGELES — Ted Rath, the Los Angeles Rams’ director of strength training and performance, is on a leave of absence after being arrested and charged with three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. The Rams confirmed Rath’s leave of absence Friday. Along with his responsibilities in strength training, Rath gained minor fame last season as

CARACAS, Venezuela — Darkness has yet to lift for 72-year-old Elizabeth Guzman and thousands of her poor neighbors in a forgotten corner of Venezuela’s capital that was barely getting by even before the lights went out over a week ago. As the sun sets each day, Guzman lights a homemade oil lamp and holds it

FRANKFORT, Ky. — An attorney has threatened to sue the Kentucky Department of Education for seeking the names of teachers who used sick days to protest at the state Capitol. Ten Kentucky school districts have been forced to close several times since the end of February as teachers used their sick days so they could

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Roger Federer defeated Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in pursuit of a record sixth title. Federer hasn’t dropped a set in four matches in the desert and has been broken just once. He fought off two break points in the second set, including

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods paused on the ninth green and stared at a nearby leaderboard. His name would have been on it if not for one hole. Woods hit two balls in the water at the par-3 17th at TPC Sawgrass — the first time he’s done that in 69 rounds at

KABUL, Afghanistan — Police say a local TV journalist was shot and killed in eastern Afghanistan, less than a week after a journalist in the southern Helmand province was wounded by a sticky bomb attached to his car. Abdul Rahman, a police officer in the eastern Khost province, says Sultan Mahmoud Khirkhowa, a journalist with

DENVER — Fifty-one women are suing the U.S. Olympic Committee, its board members and a number of former high-ranking officials for failing to prevent their abuse at the hands of imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Denver, details abuse dating to the late 1990s. One of the victims

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A whirlwind week for the Baltimore Ravens continued Friday when special teams coach Jerry Rosburg retired after an 11-year run with the team. The announcement came prior to a news conference that was scheduled to introduce newcomers Mark Ingram and Earl Thomas, who signed as free agents after passing physicals on

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Andrew Nembhard hit a 3-pointer with a second left, and Florida rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second half to upset ninth-ranked LSU 76-73 Friday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. The SEC regular-season champs had one last chance as Will Reese threw the ball deep to Naz Reid, who couldn’t

Karen O & Danger Mouse, “Lux Prima” (BMG) Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O teams up with producer-to-the-stars Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) on a balanced collaboration that brings out the best from both, enriched by variations like O’s diverse vocals and Burton’s orchestral talents. The nine-minute title track, which translates to “first light,” opens the

MOLINE, Ill. — Two-time Player of the Year Becca Hittner scored 18 points and No. 21 Drake used a game-breaking run in the first quarter on Friday to roll to an 86-58 win over ninth-seeded Valparaiso in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals. Maddy Dean added 16 points, Sara Rhine 14 and Monica Burich 10

MIAMI — Ryan Tannehill has a new team. Now the Miami Dolphins need a new quarterback. Miami traded Tannehill on Friday to the Tennessee Titans in a deal that also involved draft picks. The Dolphins sent their sixth-round pick this year to the Titans for a fourth-round choice in 2020 and a seventh-round pick in

CHICAGO — Cassius Winston scored 18 points, Foster Loyer provided a lift off the bench with a career-high 14 points, and No. 6 Michigan State gave Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo his 600th career win, a 77-70 victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. With their sights set on

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Jim Furyk played his best round at The Players Championship the one year he wasn’t even expecting to be here. Among the last players in the field, Furyk played bogey-free on Friday for an 8-under 64, his lowest score in 80 rounds that span 25 years at the TPC Sawgrass.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will try to resolve all the legal issues about a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The justices on Friday are expanding their April 23 arguments to include whether asking about citizenship would violate the Constitution’s call for a once-a-decade count of all people, not just citizens. The

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday banned consumer use of a popular but deadly paint stripper but stopped short of also banning commercial use of the product by tradespeople. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the rule, which will bar manufacture and import of the stripper methylene chloride for consumer use, in a private

DOVER, Del. — Delaware prosecutors are dismissing all but three remaining cases against inmate defendants charged in a deadly prison riot. Friday’s decision comes after earlier trials of seven inmates resulted in only one convicted of murder in guard Steven Floyd’s death. With little physical evidence, prosecutors have relied heavily on testimony from other inmates

PHOENIX — More than 30 years after it was stolen from an Arizona museum, a Willem de Kooning painting worth millions of dollars is going on display where it all began. The University of Arizona Museum of Art is giving a glimpse of “Woman-Ochre” Sunday as part of a fundraiser before the piece undergoes restoration

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: Photos purport to show wreckage from the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed

BROWNVILLE, Neb. — A nuclear power plant along the swollen Missouri River in southeast Nebraska will likely be shut down early Saturday as the river continues to rise following heavy rain earlier this week, a plant spokesman said Friday. The Cooper Nuclear Station uses water from the river to generate power, but workers will shut

NEW YORK — Newly unsealed documents from the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo detail efforts by prosecutors to keep out evidence damaging to their witnesses. The government argued in the filings that Joaquin Guzman’s lawyers shouldn’t be allowed to cross-examine one cooperating witness about his beliefs in mysticism and

A police officer and three firefighters were among seven people indicted this week in an alleged $50 million prescription drug scheme involving public employees, the latest charges in an investigation that has already produced nearly two dozen guilty pleas. A 50-count indictment unsealed Friday by the U.S. attorney’s office in Camden, New Jersey, charged the

MILAN — The Prada fashion group says its revenues grew by 6 percent last year as the company honed its social media strategy to draw in customers. Prada on Friday reported 2018 revenues of 3.1 billion euros ($3.5 billion), compared with 3 billion euros the previous year. Underlining the success of Miuccia Prada’s latest collections,

PHOENIX — Greyhound Lines Inc. is no longer allowing U.S. authorities to drop off immigrant families inside bus stations, forcing those who have been released from custody to wait outside until they have a ticket. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that it had been asked to drop off