Новости за 14.02.2020

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Johnny McCants had 14 points and 18 rebounds to lead five New Mexico State players in double figures as the Aggies stretched their winning streak to 14 games, beating Seattle 72-64 on Thursday night. Ivan Aurrecoechea and Shawn Williams added 11 points apiece for the Aggies. Jabari Rice and Evan Gilyard

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — De’Jon Davis and Ferron Flavors Jr. scored 19 points apiece, Davis added a career-high 19 rebounds and California Baptist overwhelmed NAIA-member Westcliff University 107-45 on Thursday night. Davis made 6 of 9 shots from the floor and hit 7 of 8 free throws in picking up his ninth double-double of the season

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Dozens of trophies, balls and cups sit on two worn, wooden shelves in the small home in a Buenos Aires suburb of Mara Gómez, who is poised to become the first transgender woman to play professional soccer in Argentina. Tall and athletic, Gómez looks at the mementos from her arduous journey

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Joey Logano and William Byron won the qualifying races that set the field for the Daytona 500. The victory in the first 150-mile race Thursday night earned Logano a spot in the second row for the season-opening Daytona 500. Byron will join Logano in the second row, behind pole-sitter Ricky Stenhouse

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who was tortured at a secret prison in her native Chile, told the Security Council on Thursday that justice for victims of conflict can’t be an alternative for the punishment of perpetrators. But she said criminal accountability also should be accompanied by a board range of

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Spirit Airlines and Tennessee officials say the low-cost carrier is moving its operations control center from Florida to the Nashville area. The project to move the operations center from Miramar, Florida, to Williamson County, Tennessee, represents an investment of $11.3 million and will bring 345 jobs to Tennessee over the next five

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — E.J. Anosike recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds to carry Sacred Heart to a 74-65 win over Bryant on Thursday night. Aaron Clarke had 17 points for Sacred Heart (15-11, 8-5 Northeast Conference). Zach Pfaffenberger added 12 points, and Jare’l Spellman had 11 points. Koreem Ozier, whose 15 points per game coming

HOUSTON — A judge formally exonerated a second person Thursday who had been convicted and imprisoned based on testimony by a disgraced Houston ex-police officer. Steven Mallet had pleaded guilty in 2009 to a drug charge. His brother Otis was also convicted. State District Judge Kelli Johnson declared Steven Mallet innocent days after his brother

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Kaila Charles scored 21 points, and No. 10 Maryland turned a showdown for first place in the Big Ten into a full-fledged blowout by taking charge early against 17th-ranked Iowa and coasting to 93-59 victory Thursday night. Seeking revenge for a loss at Iowa last month, the Terrapins (21-4, 12-2) never

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman says the father and son leaders of a Mexican megachurch sexually abused her for 18 years starting when she was 12, manipulating Bible passages to convince her the mistreatment actually was a gift from God, according a federal lawsuit. Sochil Martin, 33, said she was “groomed” from the

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Volunteers slung bales of hay onto a table Thursday, where they were swiftly stuffed inside blue plastic bags, twirled and shut with twist ties before being dragged off to waiting pallets. The 60 or so people in safety vests weren’t participating in some type of agricultural competition. Instead, their efforts will help

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina became the latest school to receive an NCAA notice of allegations over the federal probe into college basketball. Athletic director Ray Tanner said Thursday the school received the notice about a violation alleged to have been committed by former assistant coach Lamont Evans, who worked for coach Frank Martin for

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona 500 is a sellout for the fifth consecutive year. Daytona International Speedway announced Thursday that all reserved grandstand seats have been purchased for the 62nd running of “The Great American Race.” Track president Chip Wile says “we have the most loyal and passionate fans in sports and we are

PHOENIX — Corbin Burnes is rebuilding, just like the Milwaukee Brewers were a few years ago, The 25-year-old right-hander spent most of his offseason at the team’s spring training facility trying to rebound from an awful 2019 season. Milwaukee’s minor league pitcher of the year in 2017, Burnes debut the following July and quickly established

BRYAN, Texas — Lampasas quarterback Ace Whitehead and Texarkana Pleasant Grove defensive lineman Landon Jackson were the players of the year on the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A All-State Football Team announced Thursday. Whitehead threw for 4,259 yards and 54 touchdowns with only six interceptions. The junior added 723 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns increasingly took aim at Mike Bloomberg on Thursday, blasting their billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into the White House and raising questions about his commitment to racial equality. Struggling to recover from poor showings in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Reynaldo Lopez saw the success Lucas Giolito had after adopting a more focused approach to pitching for the Chicago White Sox. He wants to find a similar solution. “I used to work on my body more,” Lopez said through an interpreter at Camelback Ranch. “I changed that, I’ve been working more with

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming officials have reached an agreement with a Navajo tribal company that would give them authority to take the company to court as a way to enforce environmental laws at two coal mines. The agreement shows Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s “serious and long-term commitment” to Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon wrote Thursday in

CHICAGO — The decision to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first black woman to hold Chicago’s top law enforcement job and potentially alter the trajectory of a prosecutor once seen as a rising star in Illinois politics. The charges drew a stinging public response from Kim Foxx, who

Roman Catholic priests, deacons and bishops across the Amazon voiced surprise, resignation and reluctant acceptance of Pope Francis’ refusal to allow married men to be ordained priests, lamenting that their faithful will continue to be deprived of Mass and subject to competing evangelical churches that have made impressive inroads in the region. Francis sidestepped the

WATERBURY, Conn. — Families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting will have access to the shooter’s computer as part of their lawsuit against gun maker Remington. A state Superior Court judge in Waterbury, Connecticut, signed off on a stipulated agreement Thursday between the families and Remington that will allow a forensic

MEXICO CITY — The European Union says it is donating 4 million euros ($4.3 million) to help refugees in Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras find living-wage jobs and better integrate into society. The announcement in Mexico City on Thursday came as the number of asylum seekers in Mexico in particular has skyrocketed. Just over 70,300

EAST MOLINE, Ill. — Illinois police officers wrongfully arrested, detained and threatened to shoot a black college athlete while pointing a gun to his forehead at a rest stop as he traveled with the school’s swim team, a civil rights group contends in a lawsuit. Jaylan Butler, who was then a 19-year-old member of the

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The acquisition of Kenta Maeda took the Minnesota Twins longer than they anticipated. The trade that was made to get him, the team believes, will be well worth the wait and the price. “We made a lot of decisions this offseason to invest in the now,” Twins president of baseball operations

TORONTO — Protesters who are blocking railway lines forced CN Rail to shut down its train network in eastern Canada on Thursday, the railroad said. The company said that also meant stopping all transcontinental trains across its Canadian network. Via Rail said the decision also was forcing the stoppage of all its passenger rain service