Новости за 17.06.2019

TAUNTON, England — Shakib Al Hasan argued for a promotion and kept getting turned down. He wanted to move up the Bangladesh batting lineup from No. 5 to No. 3 in one-day internationals, copying where he batted in Twenty20s. But not until after Chandika Hathurusingha moved on as national coach did Shakib get what he

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Sotheby’s, up $20.74 to $56.13 The New York auction house is being sold to French Israeli businessman Patrick Drahi for almost $3.7 billion. Array BioPharma Inc., up $16.85 to $46.44 Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is buying the cancer treatment developer for $10.6 billion. C&J

U.S. stocks posted slight gains on Wall Street on Monday, adding a bit to the last two weeks of gains. However, trading remains choppy as uncertainty continued over several ongoing trade disputes and their possible effect on economic growth. On Monday: The S&P 500 index rose 2.69 points, or 0.1%, to 2,889.67. The Dow Jones

MOSCOW — Russian officials say all the Roma families in two villages have left after a large brawl that left one person dead. Police said 28 people were detained in connection with the fight in the village of Chemodanovka, which is about 550 kilometers (330 miles) southeast of Moscow. The cause of the fight between

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a fatal shooting at a Costco Wholesale warehouse store in Southern California (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Monday Los Angeles police say an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man inside a Southern California Costco store won’t have any contact with the public during a criminal investigation and

ROCKVILLE, Ind. — Indiana conservation officers say they rescued a family of five from a creek after high water swamped their off-road vehicle in western Indiana. They say they used an airboat to reach 61-year-old Jeffrey Riddle, 25-year-old Mari Riddle and three juveniles Sunday afternoon after they were found clinging to the ORV in Little

SANTA FE, N.M. — A report on childhood well-being shows improved overall chances for U.S. children to thrive based on broad measures of economic circumstances, education and community support. Released Monday, the annual Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation also finds that the number of children living in poverty has swelled over

TORONTO — The Latest on reports of shots fired at Raptors parade in Toronto (all times local): 4:20 p.m. Police say there are reports of shots being fired at a massive victory rally for the Toronto Raptors. Toronto police tweeted there are reports of a woman being injured. Festivities for the NBA champions were briefly

HARTFORD, Conn. — Lawyers for relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting allege conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sent them electronic files containing child pornography. The lawyers say the porn was among documents they had requested from Jones as part of the discovery process of a defamation lawsuit that accuses him and

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria’s powerful army chief is stressing the need for political dialogue that would lead to a presidential election, as a people’s revolt for democracy remains at an impasse with the government. Ahmed Gaid Salah also said on Monday that a crackdown on “the scourge of corruption” since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in

CINCINNATI — Scooter Gennett has begun a rehab assignment, the final step in returning from a severe groin sprain in spring training that has sidelined the Cincinnati Reds’ All-Star second baseman all season. Gennett will play five days with Single-A Daytona and move up to Triple-A Louisville to continue the rehab. In the last two

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Complex pediatric heart surgeries will not be performed at North Carolina Children’s Hospital because of an increase in patient deaths. The News & Observer of Raleigh quotes hospital officials as saying heart surgeons won’t do complicated procedures until an outside group can review its practices. The North Carolina Department of Health

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 15-year-old Kansas boy got a large knife to the face, and doctors say he’s extremely lucky. Jimmy Russell said her son, Eli Gregg, was playing Thursday evening outside of their home in Redfield, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Kansas City, when she heard him scream. She found him

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Indiana officials say health care solutions provider PharmaCord will build an operations and call center in southern Indiana, creating up to 850 new jobs by the end of 2023. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. says the Louisville, Kentucky-based company will invest more than $52 million to launch its Indiana operations at the

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Uruguay midfielder Matias Vecino will miss the rest of the Copa America with a right thigh injury. Uruguay’s soccer body confirmed the muscular injury on Monday, one day after Vecino left a 4-0 opening win over Ecuador in the 80th minute. Vecino started every game at last year’s World Cup in

NEW YORK — What’s behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pups that could pull off that appealing, sad look. And that encouraged the development of the facial muscle that creates it. Today, pooches use the muscle to raise their eyebrows and make

HALLE, Germany — Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov bounced back from disappointments in Stuttgart last week to reach the second round of the Halle Open on Monday. Second-seeded Zverev defeated Robin Haase 6-4, 7-5, while Khachanov celebrated his first match as a top-10 player with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic. Nine-time

“Those People” by Louise Candlish (Berkley) Oh, those people_those boorish, inconsiderate people who move into a nice, quiet neighborhood and have no respect for those who live there or the camaraderie built up through the years. Those people play their music_thrash metal, no less_at top levels all hours of the night, when their TV isn’t

TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police have apologized for a Father’s Day tweet that encouraged people to turn in dads who have outstanding warrants. The Kansas City Star reports that the tweet sent Sunday says, in part: “Want to give him a Father’s Day he’ll never forget? Call TPD and we’ll help your family make a

RIO DE JANEIRO — Philippe Coutinho arrived in Brazil for the Copa America expecting to play second fiddle to Neymar. But an injury and two goals have lifted him into a leading role. When Brazil takes on Venezuela on Tuesday in Salvador, the midfielder will be heir to the injured Neymar in the hearts of

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s government says it may let the U.S. military use a Galápagos island for aircraft on anti-drug trafficking flights, drawing criticism that the agreement would damage the archipelago’s unique animal and plant life. About 30 people protested outside the main government office in Quito on Monday, calling the plan a threat to

MONTPELLIER, France — Germany won its Women’s World Cup group for the fifth consecutive time and avoided an immediate matchup with the United States by routing South Africa 4-0 on Monday. Germany topped Group B with a 3-0 record and will play a third place team in its round of 16 match Saturday at Grenoble.

ATLANTA — Lawyers for a Georgia man set to be executed this week are asking the state parole board to spare his life, arguing that he didn’t cause the death for which he was condemned. Marion Wilson Jr. is scheduled to die Thursday. He and Robert Earl Butts Jr. were convicted of murder in the

LE BOURGET, France — The chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots at all — and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea. Christian Scherer also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that Airbus hopes to be

Hollywood Vampires, “Rise” (earMUSIC) When Alice Cooper, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and movie star Johnny Depp formed a band in 2015 to pay homage to dead drinking buddies, it might have seemed like a pleasant diversion, a one-off lark for otherwise busy artists. But that first album, with its covers of classic rock songs mainly