Новости за 24.04.2020

Steve Dalkowski, a hard-throwing, wild left-hander whose minor league career inspired the creation of Nuke LaLoosh in the movie “Bull Durham,” has died. He was 80. He died Sunday at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. His sister, Patricia Cain, said Friday he had several pre-existing conditions that were complicated when he became

LORMAN, Miss. — Alcorn State men’s basketball program has a new leader at its helm. The university, in a news release Thursday, said Landon Bussie has been named as the team’s head coach. He replaces Montez Robinson whose contract was not renewed after the Braves went 15-15 this season and had just one winning season

OAKLAND, Calif. — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this has become an era of Zoom birthdays, virtual happy hours, FaceTime story times and Google yoga classes. Our friends, coworkers, teachers — and doctors, if we’re lucky — now largely exist as faces in rectangles on our phones and computer screens. With people’s social lives moved indefinitely

WASHINGTON — Watching as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets celebrated their graduation standing 8 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence choked up briefly at that slice of life in a nation transformed. It was a rare outward display of emotion for a man who stands stoically behind President Donald Trump during his often-rambling daily

HOUSTON — Texas’ attorney general has accused the nation’s largest egg producer of price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. A lawsuit filed Thursday by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that Cal-Maine Foods raised generic eggs price by 300% even though the pandemic hasn’t disrupted its supply chain, the Houston Chronicle reported. Texas is seeking

BENI, Congo — An ambush near the renowned Virunga Park in eastern Congo has killed 12 rangers who helped guard some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas in the wild, and another five people, authorities said Friday. The attack, which left five other rangers in critical condition, took place near the park’s headquarters in

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor signed an order Friday largely lifting restrictions on elective medical procedures beginning next week. The restrictions had been imposed to help preserve equipment and protective gear for hospitals treating coronavirus patients. The state health commissioner also announced that at least 79 people died with coronavirus infection symptoms but were never tested.

NEW YORK — Jay Ellis’ popularity thanks to his role as Lawrence on “Insecure” is still going strong as the show marks its fourth season: Check social media on Sunday nights, when the HBO comedy airs, and there’s a good chance you’ll see #LawrenceHive trending. Although “Insecure’s” star and creator, Issa Rae, said she wrote

BERLIN — A 29-year-old German man suspected of fatally stabbing a teenage refugee from Iraq has denied any far-right or anti-foreigner motive in the killing. German news agency dpa on Friday quoted a prosecutor saying the suspect acknowledged attacking the 15-year-old victim in the northern city of Celle on April 7. Prosecutor Lars Janssen told

NEW YORK — Andrew Lloyd Webber has launched a virtual competition that could lead to one fan singing on Broadway or the West End when musicals resume playing. The composer has invited singers to make up their own little vocal showcase at the end of the song “Think of Me” sung by the character Christine

Pandemic or not, are there some global currents whose flows are too strong to stop? This week would suggest yes. Most countries in the world have been consumed with how to contain the coronavirus, including hard-hit Iran and its enemy, Israel. North Korea has closed the country to foreign travel while it claims no infections

NEW YORK — AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is stepping down after leading the telecommunications giant for 13 years. The Dallas company named John Stankey as chief executive effective July 1. Stankey, 57, has been president and chief operating officer since October 2019. He joined AT&T in 1985. Stephenson, 60, will stay on as executive chairman

NEW YORK — Grammy-winning gospel singer Tye Tribbett has fused Kendrick Lamar’s hit song “Alright” into a new tune to send a message to people during the coronavirus pandemic: We are going to be all right. Tribbett released the new song “We Gon’ Be Alright” on Friday. The new track interpolates part of Lamar’s anthemic

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The foundation behind a renowned Swedish prize known as the “Alternative Nobel” said that one of its 2018 award recipients, imprisoned Saudi activist Abdullah al-Hamid, died on Friday in custody in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. The group said al-Hamid, who was serving an 11-year prison sentence, was taken to hospital after

KYIV, Ukraine — Georgia’s former president on Friday accepted a top Cabinet job in Ukraine — a move that angered his home country. Mikheil Saakashvili, who served as Georgia’s president from 2004-2013, told reporters that he accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s offer to become a deputy prime minister in charge of reforms. He said that

BERLIN — An Iraqi man went on trial in Frankfurt on Friday for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, on allegations that as an Islamic State member he was part of an effort to exterminate the Yazidi religious minority, and killed a five-year-old girl he purchased as a slave by chaining her in the

MADISON, Wis. — A Chicago astronomer has sued the maker of American Girl dolls, alleging the Wisconsin company stole her likeness and name to create its astronaut doll. The federal trademark lawsuit filed in Madison this week by Lucianne Walkowicz asks American Girl and its parent company, Mattel, to stop selling the Luciana Vega doll,

NEW YORK — Chris Evans’ latest TV project had a nice lure built in — he was able to stay close to his Boston-area home. “I got to sleep in my own bed and see my family on the weekends. And it felt really, for a little while, like I had a regular 9-to-5 job,”

WASHINGTON — One out of every four American adults say someone in their household has lost a job to the coronavirus pandemic, but the vast majority expect those former jobs will return once the crisis passes, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The economic devastation writ by

The inaugural season of The Hundred, English cricket’s controversial new competition that was supposed to be the centerpiece of the domestic game, was left in limbo after an announcement Friday that there will be no professional play in the country until at least July 1. As expected, England’s three-test series against the West Indies, which

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: FIFA says advance payments of $500,000 are being sent to member associations to cover running costs during the coronavirus pandemic. Each of the 211 member associations is entitled to $6 million from FIFA spread over the four-year World Cup cycle. FIFA

It will soon be the new norm, a cold and often unnerving sight that soccer and many other sports will have to get accustomed to over the coming months. Games taking place in empty stadiums. But will these stadiums actually be empty? Far from it. “It’s not about 22 players walking onto a pitch and

NEW YORK — Stocks are holding steady Friday as Wall Street nears the end of its tumultuous week. The S&P 500 was little changed in morning trading, following losses for stocks in Europe and Asia. The bond market was relatively quiet, while crude prices climbed again. The calm trading in U.S. markets belies what’s been

PORT VILA, Vanuatu — They’re ready to go live in Vanuatu. A tropical island in the South Pacific is very likely to be the only venue in the world hosting a competitive cricket final on Saturday, as most international sport remains shuttered around the globe. Vanuatu Cricket Association chief executive Shane Deitz is inviting anyone

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Many NFL general managers and coaches had their children appear with them on camera from home as teams made selections on the opening night of a most unusual NFL draft during the coronavirus pandemic. The scene behind Titans coach Mike Vrabel stood out Thursday, with one teenager in a superhero costume and