Новости за 15.04.2018

Former FBI Director James Comey said in his first televised interview since being fired that he believed Donald Trump was “morally unfit to be president,” and that it was “possible” that the Russians had material that could be used to blackmail him.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to unload on James Comey over his forthcoming memoir, calling him “slippery,” suggesting he should be in jail and labeling him “the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!”

MIAMI — When Clint Hurdle’s postgame meeting with the media commenced Sunday afternoon, director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk stood beside the manager’s desk. A bad omen, given that Josh Harrison had left the game after being hit in the hand with a pitch, but the message from Tomczyk and Harrison was wait-and-see.

PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps you fretted over the Penguins power play, so dominant during the regular season but relatively quiet so far this series.

PHILADELPHIA – Perhaps you wondered whether the Penguins power play, so dominant during the regular season, would find its groove in enough time to make a difference in this series.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase “Mission Accomplished” to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing U.S. troop involvement and plans for new economic sanctions against Russia for enabling the government of Bashar Assad.

The Democratic primary race in the newly redrawn 17th Congressional district got a lot clearer Sunday when activist and organizer Ray Linsenmayer announced he is suspending his campaign and would henceforth work for and support Rep. Conor Lamb, who just last week was sworn in to represent Pennsylvania’s 18th district.

MIAMI — Josh Harrison left Sunday’s game against the Miami Marlins after being hit with a pitch on the left hand.

PHILADELPHIA – Nobody knows what exactly is ailing Kris Letang.

SAN DIEGO — After years of surging overdoses, some of the officials and medical practitioners most deeply involved in the fight against opioids have hope that they finally have the tools, the funding and the public support needed to get the epidemic under control.

SAN DIEGO — After years of surging overdoses, some of the officials and medical practitioners most deeply involved in the fight against opioids have hope that they finally have the tools, the funding and the public support needed to get the epidemic under control.

MIAMI — Joe Musgrove is scheduled to throw off a mound Tuesday and throw a bullpen session Thursday as he continues to rehabilitate a muscle strain in his right shoulder.

Raise the bridges! No, lower the railroad!

Dramatic landslides that have disrupted roads, menaced homes and reshaped hillsides could cost Pittsburgh some $12 million this year, according to a rough projection from the mayor’s office.

The Route 30 landslide in East Pittsburgh on April 7 collapsed a roadway used by 21,000 vehicles a day, damaged two apartment buildings and two homes, and is just one of more than 70 recently displaced examples of the region’s roiling hills.

Many video games over the years from Minecraft to Call of Duty to Pokemon Go have captivated the gaming world.

MIAMI — An improbable pitching duel unfolded Saturday night at Marlins Park. On one side, the former second overall draft pick coming off a shutout was dodging baserunners left and right, but holding the Miami Marlins scoreless. On the other, the undrafted righty making his third major league start buzzed his way through what up to this point has been the league’s best offense.

Starbucks apologized Saturday to two black men arrested at a Philadelphia store in an incident that has led to accusations of racial profiling by the company and police.

After just a couple of years at the helm of the Pittsburgh Dance Council, executive director Randal Miller already has a lot to be proud of.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge is ordering Pennsylvania’s top state senator to personally pay more than $29,300 to reimburse lawyers who successfully challenged the state’s congressional districts as unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

The first period of Friday’s 5-1 Penguins loss in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals featured a boarding call on Zach Aston-Reese after Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov did something similar to Conor Sheary that went uncalled.