Новости за 16.04.2017

The Mud Hens scored nine straight runs to post a come-from-behind 9-5 victory over Indianapolis at Fifth Third Field today.

CINCINNATI — Ryan Braun hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, Eric Thames added a solo shot for his fifth home run of the series and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 today for their fifth win in six games.

WASHINGTON — As the only Washington Wizards starter to have not experienced the thrill and passion of the playoffs, Markieff Morris spent the week leading up to today answering questions about how he thought he might react in Game 1 against the Atlanta Hawks.

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in today’s referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency, hailing the result as a “historic decision.”

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The last time U.S. officials built a barrier along the border with Mexico, they left an opening at the small road leading south to Pamela Taylor’s home on the banks of the Rio Grande.

ST. ALBANS, Vt. — U.S dairy farmers already struggling with low milk prices worry President Donald Trump’s talk of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement could harm trade to Mexico, its biggest export market.

ATLANTA — The collapse of an interstate in the heart of Atlanta has more than 2 million metro residents sitting in even more traffic in the already congested city, and mass transit advocates hope the headaches will spur new interest in expanding rail and bus routes.

CHICAGO — United Airlines is changing a company policy and will no longer allow crew members to displace customers already onboard an airplane.

WASHINGTON — Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd auditioned for the job of White House social secretary and may not have known it.

National security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster talked up the U.S. relationship with the current government of Afghanistan today at a time when the U.S. is considering increasing its military commitment there.

The eighth installment in the “Fast and the Furious” is on the path to becoming the biggest worldwide debut of all time, besting both “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Jurassic World.”

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald Trump’s characterization of Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists during his presidential campaign angered Heidi Sainz, whose family is from Mexico and who has close friends who are immigrants. She was also upset that she couldn’t do anything about it at the ballot box because she was a year shy of being able to vote.

COLUMBUS— Police in Ohio’s capital city say nine people have been wounded, two critically, in an early morning shooting in a Columbus club.

BERLIN — Hundreds of Charlie Chaplin fans dressed as his “Tramp” character have gathered at the silent film star’s former home in Switzerland, marking what would have been his 128th birthday.

CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted Aya Hijazi, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen, after nearly three years of detention over accusations related to running a foundation dedicated to helping street children.

WASHINGTON — Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and state that has its roots on a Midwestern church playground. The outcome could make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in many states.

VATICAN CITY — In an impromptu Easter Sunday speech, Pope Francis today encouraged people to hold fast in their “fearful hearts” to faith despite all the wars, sickness and hatred in the world, acknowledging that many wonder where God is amid so much evil and suffering.

CHICAGO  — President Donald Trump says “someone should look into who paid” for the rallies around the country Saturday that urged him to release his tax returns.

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said today that North Korea’s “provocation” underscored the risks faced by American and South Korean service members, hours after the North conducted a failed missile launch shortly before Pence’s arrival.

In a penalty-filled playoff game, goals came in bunches once again for the Walleye, and frustration poured over the edge for Kalamazoo on Saturday night.

BLISSFIELD, Mich. — Inside a nondescript building off the main drag in this charming town of 3,400 people in the heart of farming country is a big room teeming with life.

On the July-like day before Easter, giddy children scrambled across a green field at a Monclova Township church.

In recent years there have been several celebrations to mark important anniversaries of the publication of beloved books — The Velveteen Rabbit, for example, or the stories of Peter Rabbit. This month comes a celebration of a book hardly anyone liked at the time — and the story of its evolution from cautionary tale to classic is the story of the evolution of our times.

United Airlines is learning the hard way that there is truth to the axiom “the customer is always right.”

The April 3 editorial titled “Just Keep Walking” indicated people in the Harvard neighborhood of South Toledo are not in favor of The Head Shed. I don’t smoke, and I’m not high on self-righteousness as the editorial implied.