Новости за 09.08.2016

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Marine veteran Joyce Ralph sometimes stays at home in Massachusetts instead of going for a bike ride or doing other things she likes to do. The rehabilitation clinic is open to veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations, vision loss, mental health problems and other disabilities. In Coventry, Rhode Island, VA volunteers and water ski instructors set up different ways veterans could ski depending on their needs, from a sling-like seat in the center of a wide ski to a three-person tube. Читать дальше...

Bryan Clauson, who raced practically anything with four wheels but was most accomplished as a champion driver of light, powerful cars on treacherous dirt tracks, has died in Lincoln, Nebraska

Injury-prone Eagles utility Xavier Ellis has retired.

The Dodgers have positioned themselves to overtake the San Francisco Giants for first place in the National League West, only to now have to stare at a giant finger that is suddenly in their faces.

BEND — Monday’s practice came to an abrupt end for the Oregon State football team.

BEND — It was about halfway through summer training when Gavin Andrews realized that his foot was responding well.

Think your kid’s posture is starting to suffer from always looking down at a cellphone?

Clauson was leading Saturday night’s race at the Belleville (Kan.) Midget Nationals when he crashed while passing lapped traffic; his car rolled and was hit by another competitor. Former NFL player and coach George Yarno died after a lengthy bout with stomach cancer. A two-time All-Pac 10 selection as a defensive lineman at Washington State, Yarno made the Bucs’ roster as an offensive lineman and was a starter for much of his professional career with the Bucs, Falcons, Oilers and Packers as well as the USFL’s Denver Gold. Читать дальше...

An expected walkover for the country's highest-ranking Republican officeholder became one to watch on Tuesday, with Ryan seeking to avoid the most shocking of upsets against a political unknown hoping for a Trump bump. Ryan's huge financial advantage has allowed him to blanket the airwaves with ads, and he made the rounds on influential conservative talk radio stations as Trump threatened to steal the spotlight. Nehlen, an executive at a water filtration company, first made a splash with a web video of him riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle... Читать дальше...

It was a reminder of just what athletics will lose when Bolt walks away from the sport next year after the World Championships in London.

There is virtually no chance that the newly announced candidate, Evan McMullin, could win and only a slight chance he will even be able to get his name on the ballots of key states.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of about 50 disabled veterans took part in the Veterans Affairs New England Summer Sports Clinic in Rhode Island for a week in July.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of about 50 disabled veterans took part in the Veterans Affairs New England Summer Sports Clinic in Rhode Island for a week in July.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of about 50 disabled veterans took part in the Veterans Affairs New England Summer Sports Clinic in Rhode Island for a week in July.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of about 50 disabled veterans took part in the Veterans Affairs New England Summer Sports Clinic in Rhode Island for a week in July.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of about 50 disabled veterans took part in the Veterans Affairs New England Summer Sports Clinic in Rhode Island for a week in July.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of about 50 disabled veterans took part in the Veterans Affairs New England Summer Sports Clinic in Rhode Island for a week in July.

DENVER (AP) — Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar had discussed double steals before. So when both reached base in the ninth inning, they pulled one off exactly as planned.

DENVER (AP) — Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar had discussed double steals before. So when both reached base in the ninth inning, they pulled one off exactly as planned.

DENVER (AP) — Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar had discussed double steals before. So when both reached base in the ninth inning, they pulled one off exactly as planned.

DENVER (AP) — Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar had discussed double steals before. So when both reached base in the ninth inning, they pulled one off exactly as planned.

"Anything that does not lead to a calm and peaceful and moderate resolution of differences is not helpful."

Vadim Nikitin, assistant director of Stroz Friedberg, discusses the significance of today's meeting between Erdogan and Putin.

Former solicitor-general Walter Sofronoff QC will head a probe into Queensland's parole system.

SunCoast Blood Bank's testing for the virus, which causes severe birth defects if acquired during pregnancy, could also help boost the blood bank's overall supply. Throughout the summer, as the Zika virus has spread throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America, the blood bank has turned away donors who have traveled to Zika-affected countries within 28 days of their blood donation.