Новости за 24.07.2020

NEW YORK — Former Spanish star striker David Villa was accused of harassment by a former New York City FC intern, an accusation he denied. The Major League Soccer team said it will investigate. A person with the Twitter name Skyler B made the charge in posts on July 17. “The harassment I went through

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of homes remain badly damaged, many people face a hurricane season under fading blue tarp roofs and the island’s first major program to repair and rebuild houses hasn’t completed a single one. Maria hit more than 786,000

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A rare frog has been been found beyond its known range in the Southwest. A U.S. Forest Service volunteer recently photographed a Chiricahua leopard frog in an earthen stock tank near the town of Camp Verde in central Arizona, the agency said Thursday. Biologists later confirmed that at least 10 of the

CAIRO — Sudanese authorities have found a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of 28 army officers shot in a foiled coup attempt against former President Omar al-Bashir in 1990, the public prosecutor said late Thursday. It was the second Bashir-era mass grave uncovered in as many months. Al-Bashir’s repressive rule collapsed last year,

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Three straight finishes outside the top 10 for Denny Hamlin these days counts as a rough patch. He was once again smooth as they get Thursday night. Hamlin hung around the front of the pack all night, avoiding trouble that cost several playoff contenders in the final stage, then breezed past

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus-shortened Major League Baseball season finally started amid the pandemic Thursday night with plenty of unusual elements — zero fans, umpires wearing masks, Washington star Juan Soto sidelined by COVID-19, all Nationals and Yankees kneeling together before the national anthem. “It’s hard to describe. That’s 2020 in a nutshell,” said Nationals pitcher

HERNANDO, Miss. — A deputy sheriff from Mississippi has died after saving his 10-year-old son from a rip current off a beach in Florida. William K. Nichols, 33, was director of the Search and Rescue Unit for the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department in northern Mississippi. His family was vacationing in Fort Walton Beach when his

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Authorities on Thursday discovered the body of a white North Carolina professor who recently announced his retirement amid backlash over his comments on social media, in which called the state’s governor “Massa Cooper” and compared coronavirus restrictions to living in a “slave state.” Lieutenant J.J. Brewer of the New Hanover County Sheriff’s

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Cristian Pavón’s penalty kick in second-half stoppage time helped the LA Galaxy salvage a 1-1 draw and prevent the Houston Dynamo from advancing to the knockout stage in the MLS is Back tournament on Thursday, The Dynamo had led since Darwin Quintero’s goal in the 17th minute but surrendered it

NEW YORK — The New York Jets have signed safety Ashtyn Davis to his rookie deal, the last of the team’s nine draft picks to get under contract. Davis was a third-round selection from Cal. The deal signed Thursday is for four years and worth $4.9 million. Davis is scheduled to join the rest of

All Times Eastern Friday MLB Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:40 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Mookie Betts will not receive all of his money from his $365 million, 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers until he is approaching his 52nd birthday in 2044, according to contract details obtained by The Associated Press. He has a $65 million signing bonus that is guaranteed against work stoppages and shortened seasons such

Eleven mens and women’s tennis tournaments planned for China in October and November — including the WTA Finals — were canceled Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than try to move or reschedule any of those events, the ATP and WTA tours announced they were scrapping all of them after China’s General Administration of Sport

Plans to certify the new track built for bobsled, skeleton and luge at the 2022 Beijing Olympics are still on track for this fall, though only Chinese athletes will take part. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation told national federations that it was following the recommendation of Chinese organizers, because it remains unclear if foreign

A look at what’s happening around the majors Friday: BIGGER PLAYOFFS Baseball may be embarking on a smaller regular-season schedule, but the postseason just got bigger. Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed Thursday to an expanded playoff structure that includes 16 teams instead of the usual 10. Since 16 of 30 teams will

NEW YORK — A former men’s college basketball assistant coach was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation, community service and a fine for fatally punching a man in New York City who pounded on his car’s window. Former Wake Forest assistant coach Jamill Jones, 37, was sentenced in a Queens court video conference to

DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge presiding over a shareholder lawsuit against a managed care company with prison health care contracts around the country has quashed subpoenas issued against rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and the law firm that has represented him for many years. Attorneys for Centene Corp. argued Thursday that the subpoenas were necessary

LINCOLN, Neb. — The owner of a pharmacy that provided drugs to Nebraska for use in a 2018 execution expressed remorse Thursday for making the sale, but acknowledged that he knew prison officials wanted them for a lethal injection. Public records released late Thursday revealed that Community Pharmacy Services, in the Omaha suburb of Gretna,

LOS ANGELES — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sued Thursday to stop the sale and publication of a photo of their son Archie that they say was shot at their Los Angeles-area home in invasion of their privacy. The royal couple gives a detailed account in the lawsuit of the media harassment they say they’ve

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump will visit North Carolina on Monday to tour a business that is participating in work on a COVID-19 vaccine. The White House said Trump is expected to speak about the collaboration between the administration and the private sector to rapidly develop a vaccine and ensure rapid

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three California men were charged with running a phony securities scheme that defrauded investors around the world out of more than $10 million, authorities said Thursday. Christopher Mancuso, John Black, and Joseph Tufo allegedly lured victims by promising to triple or quadruple their investments in a matter of months, but they instead

ATLANTA — The funeral for the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis will be held Thursday at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once led. Lewis’ family announced that the funeral will be private, but the public is invited to pay tribute over the coming days during

JOHANNESBURG — A prominent South Sudanese activist has fled to the United States with the help of the U.S. government, which issued emergency visas to him and his family after he said South Sudan’s president ordered him abducted or killed. Peter Biar Ajak arrived in Washington late Thursday after weeks of hiding in Kenya and

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump recruited Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera to help mark baseball’s opening day with a group of Little League players at the White House on Thursday. Trump said the return of sports was “a tremendous thing psychologically for our country” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Rivera made a

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Virginia’s largest school system is removing the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from one of its high schools in favor of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. The Fairfax County School Board approved the change during a meeting Thursday. A news release posted on the school district’s website says the