Новости за 20.02.2020

Cathedral in Bloom is bringing a hint of spring to February in Albany.

BOSTON (AP) — ¿La inteligencia artificial le ganó al cerebro humano pronosticando un brote severo de coronavirus en China?

MADRID (AP) — El principal diplomático estadounidense en temas de ciberseguridad elogió el jueves las acciones de la Unión Europea destinadas a reconocer los riesgos en la tecnología 5G, pero advirtió que Estados Unidos no podrá compartir información de primer nivel con países que opten por vendedores “no confiables”, como la empresa china Huawei.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday presented the state's highest non-combat decoration for service to a retired fighter pilot and astronaut.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Relatives of a black Connecticut man killed by a state trooper are seeking more than $10 million in wrongful death damages from state and local police, according to legal notices filed Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Deliberating for a third day, the jury at Harvey Weinstein's trial continued Thursday to focus a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra’s linchpin allegation that the once-heralded Hollywood mogul raped her in the mid-1990s.

MADRID (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat for cybersecurity policy says he welcomes European Union moves toward recognizing the risks at stake in 5G technology, but warned that the U.S. will not be able to share top-level information with countries that choose “untrusted” vendors, such as China’s Huawei.

NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria's Secret, which once defined sexy with its leggy supermodels prancing around in their bras and oversized angel wings, is being sold as women increasingly look for styles that more realistically fit their body types.

BOSTON (AP) — After nearly a dozen years moving through the U.S. visa system, Sai Kyaw's brother and sister and their families were at the finish line: a final interview before they could leave Myanmar to join him in Massachusetts and work at his restaurant.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — El banco de inversiones Morgan Stanley anunció que comprará la empresa de corretaje electrónico E-Trade por unos 13.000 millones de dólares, uno de los mayores acuerdos en Wall Street desde la crisis financiera.

Were you Seen at The Woman’s Club of Albany for "A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer" benefiting Equinox Domestic Violence Services, on Feb. 15, 2020?

BEIRUT (AP) — A delegation from the International Monetary Fund began meetings in Lebanon on Thursday with the aim to provide advice on how to tackle the Mideast country's crippling economic and financial crisis, the worst since the 1975-90 civil war.

BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A womanwas struck and killed by a parade float in New Orleans as the city celebrated Mardi Gras.

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — With about a dozen spectators lining a pier on Mississippi's Gulf Coast and aiming their phones out to the horizon, the Niña and Pinta sailed Wednesday into a Biloxi harbor.

Clifton Park

Being able to discern early on what you have to work with and formulating a plan to accentuate what that group does best has been the hallmark of what Shenendehowa boys' basketball coach Tony Dzikas has done with the Plainsmen this season.

What Dzikas has at his disposal is a bunch of athletes with superior math skills, a group that realizes three points are better than two points.

Shenendehowa, with just one player ranked among the top 50 in the area in made 3-pointers... Читать дальше...

Chicago

Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and two assists as the New York Rangers scored five times in the third period and beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and assist, and Filip Chytil, Ryan Strome, and Artemi Panarin scored as New York rebounded from a 3-1 loss to Boston on Sunday to win for the fifth time in six games.

Dominik Kubalik scored twice, giving him 25 goals to lead NHL rookies. Drake Caggiula also connected for Chicago... Читать дальше...

Hartford, Conn.

Anna Makurat and Megan Walker each scored 18 points and No. 6 UConn secured a share of its seventh straight American Athletic Conference regular-season title Wednesday night with a 74-31 rout of Tulane.

Olivia Nelson-Ododa recorded her sixth double-double of the season, her first since December, scoring 10 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for the Huskies (22-3, 12-0 American).

UConn, which this week fell from Top 5 in the ranking for the first time since February 2007... Читать дальше...

Rotterdam

Schalmont girls' basketball coach Jeff Van Hoesen had an inkling his squad could be special this season. So did his players, just maybe not quite as special as things have been thus far.

The Sabres (19-1), winners of 17 straight contests, earned the No. 1 seed in the 22-team Class B bracket Wednesday at the Section II seeding meeting in Saratoga Springs. They will play Saturday at home against the winner of Thursday's contest between No. 17 Watervliet and No. 16 seed Catskill. Читать дальше...

Bayside High alumni Zack Morris, A.C. Slater and Jessie Spano will all reunite on the small screen for a reboot of "Saved by the Bell." But what about gossip queen and fashionista Lisa Turtle?

Albany

Siena graduate forward Elijah Burns stood in his socks and shot free throws 40 minutes after Wednesday's night's 65-64 victory over four-time defending Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion Iona before 6,897 at Times Union Center.

The Troy native made the winning foul shot with 2.3 seconds left to break a 64-64 tie. He missed the second one, which wasn't a bad thing because Iona had used all its timeouts and didn't have enough time to get off a winning shot. But he still wasn't thrilled with the miss. Читать дальше...

Mexico City

Rory McIlroy became the first top player to publicly reject the idea of a proposed new tour, saying he values his choice of where to play over whatever money the Premier Golf League is promising.

"I would like to be on the right side of history on this one," McIlroy said Wednesday at the Mexico Championship.

McIlroy said the only thing that could change his mind were if all the top players decided to join, and he doesn't see that happening. "I think it's very split at the moment," he said. Читать дальше...

Charlotte, N.C.

Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, about 42 hours after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.

Roush Fenway Racing released a photo of Newman leaving a Daytona Beach hospital holding the hands of his two young daughters. The announcement came just a few hours after the team said he was fully alert and walking around the hospital.

The 42-year-old Indiana native was taken by ambulance directly from the track in... Читать дальше...

BECKER, Minn. (AP) — Officials are monitoring the air quality in Becker where a fire at a metal recycling plantcontinues to burn.

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A Florida woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the deaths of a Kansas couple who were killed after a carnival worker ordered their deaths as part of a fictitious “carnival mafia” initiation.