Новости за 15.08.2016

Two Covina residents have been arrested on suspicion of robbing and killing a 20-year-old man awaiting a transaction arranged through a popular marketplace app, authorities said Sunday.

Andy Murray started his Olympic journey in Rio by carrying the British flag in the opening ceremony. He ended it Sunday by watching that same flag raised over the Olympic Tennis Centre.

Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton might sit out the rest of the season after suffering a groin strain Saturday, the club announced Sunday.

Jared Goff’s NFL debut lasted only two series and came while working with the second-team offense.

The debut of left-hander Rich Hill, acquired in an Aug. 1 deal from Oakland, was delayed for a third time because of blisters on the middle finger of his pitching hand.

Simone Biles owned the vault. Now she’s owning the medal podium.

Biles soared through the air — an unbeatable lightness of being — and secured the best score of the afternoon with her first vault. Her Olympian standards, however, are slightly higher than most,  so she topped her score with her...

Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic for his fifth PGA Tour title, closing with a four-under-par 67 for a two-stroke victory over Ben Martin. 

A look at the top events at the Rio Olympics on Monday:

Track and field

The issue of the world’s fastest man was settled Sunday night, leaving things a little less interesting on Monday. The big race is the men’s 800 meters, considered one of the most difficult because it’s neither a sprint nor...

When Michael Phelps opened the door to his hotel room in the early hours of Sunday morning, he did the worst thing possible to his slumbering fiancee, Nicole Johnson.

Veteran stage and screen actor Fyvush Finkel, best known for his Emmy-winning role as the expressive and often bombastic attorney Douglas Wambaugh on the comedy-drama “Picket Fences, has died. He was  93.

Kyrie Irving’s body was nearly parallel with the floor when he snared the ball. Before hitting the hardwood, he tossed a pass to Kevin Durant, who was streaking to the basket.

This was not what Brett Anderson envisioned during those seemingly endless weeks of core-strengthening and stretching exercises, of weightlifting and long toss, of coping with the tedium of rehabilitating from major surgery.

2016 Summer Olympics live coverage: Usain Bolt wins third consecutive gold in 100; Gabby Douglas responds to her critics Aug. 14, 2016, 7:34 p.m. Follow all the action of the 2016 Rio Olympics as our crew of reporters and photographers brings you all the action every day. In this spot, we will...

A few hours after the eight-day Olympic swimming competition ended on Saturday, Ryan Lochte and three of his U.S. teammates ventured out to enjoy the city’s lively nightlife.

Zach Banner slouched at a table during Pac-12 Media Days last month, across from his teammate Adoree’ Jackson, and muttered to himself. Jackson, 5-feet-11, 185 pounds, was holding court, expounding on his peculiar eating habits. Banner, 6-9, just shy of double Jackson’s weight, was trying not to...

Parris Goebel, dancer-choreographer-director, transitioned to the next phase in her career Friday night in Las Vegas, adding recording artist to the multi-hyphenate’s list of credits.

Wisconsin’s governor activated the National Guard on Sunday after an angry crowd set fire to buildings and attacked police cars in response to a police shooting in Milwaukee.

The Angels left Orange County on the evening of Aug. 4, a trip across the country in store, from Seattle on to Chicago and then to Cleveland. Now they will return home without winning once on a three-city, nine-game road trip, for the first time in 47 years for a trip with at least that many games.

Some of the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been killed in Nigerian air force bombings, the group said in a video released Sunday.

It's going to be the battle of players named Elijah this season at defensive back. There's three senior standouts with the first name Elijah, making it a little confusing.