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Police: Man on field during Pirates’ pierogi race charged

PITTSBURGH

A man who ran onto the field at PNC Park between innings during the “pierogi race” has been charged with defiant trespass and could be banned from attending future games if a judge decides that’s warranted.

The Associated Press could not immediately locate an attorney or listed phone number for 29-year-old Luke Emory Oyler of Chambersburg.

Police say Oyler ran onto the field, and then among four people in pierogi costumes who race around the field every game to promote a specific brand of the Polish dumplings. This all occurred during Wednesday night’s 16-inning, 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs, which, at five hours, 55 minutes, also set a Pirates’ record for the longest game. Stadium security workers tackled Oyler and took him to a security office where he was cited by police.

Russian envoy urges US officials to ‘do yoga’

MOSCOW

A senior Russian diplomat says U.S. officials should do yoga and watch TV comedy series to ease what he calls their irrational fixation on punishing Russia over Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s comments to the Interfax news agency Thursday reflected simmering tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The U.S. and the EU have slapped members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s entourage with travel bans and asset freezes.

Ryabkov said the U.S. got “fixated” on halting cooperation with Russia. He said his “advice to the U.S. partners is to spend more time outdoors, do yoga ... and watch TV comedy series” instead of “childish whims, tears and hysterics that won’t help.”

Associated Press