Новости за 01.01.2017

WASHINGTON  — The State Department is confirming that the 35 Russian diplomats President Barack Obama ordered out of the country have departed the United States.

COLUMBUS — The state minimum wage has increased by 5 cents to adjust for inflation.

A Toledo man died after a car crash early today.

Brave souls plunged into the cold Maumee River near Waterville today, marking the start of the New Year and continuing a tradition started decades ago.

WASHINGTON — As President Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased and faster internet was installed.

WASHINGTON  — Police and fire officials say a guest at a Washington hotel died after falling into a boiler shaft on the roof and plunging 10 floors to the basement.

NEW YORK — Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they entered 2017 on an optimistic note, according to a new poll that found that a majority believes things are going to get better for the country this year.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles residents awoke New Year’s Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read “HOLLYWeeD.”

CHICAGO — One of the bloodiest years on record in Chicago ended with 762 homicides and more than 3,500 shooting incidents.

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer says he expects President-elect Donald Trump will boldly use Twitter to make major policy announcements.

BEIRUT — Hundreds of civilians fled a mountainous region outside the Syrian capital today, where government forces were battling several insurgent groups, including an al-Qaeda-linked outfit excluded from a recent nationwide cease-fire.

CHICAGO — An Illinois law that takes effect today aims to take advantage of the trusted relationship between hairstylists and their clients to prevent domestic violence.

CLEVELAND — Recovery efforts have resumed for a small plane that carried six people and disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland’s shores three days ago.

NEW YORK — After a brief, flawless “Auld Lang Syne,” it was all downhill for Mariah Carey on New Year’s Eve.

Toledo’s first baby of the year was born in ProMedica Toledo Hospital to Shaneka Satahoo and Gavin Blair of Toledo.

ISTANBUL — A manhunt is on in Turkey for an assailant who unleashed a salvo of bullets in front of and inside a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations today, killing at least 39 people before fleeing.

ROME — Police in Florence, Italy say a bomb squad officer lost an eye and had to have a hand amputated after a suspicious package he was examining exploded before dawn today.

SAO PAULO — A man broke into a house in southeastern Brazil where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed her, their son and at least 10 other people before taking his own life, military police said today.

Hundreds gathered in the Hensville area Saturday evening to watch Ohio State face Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl and ring in the new year together. While many may have not been happy with the result of the game — a 31-0 loss for the Buckeyes — revelers welcomed 2017 just the same at Fleetwood’s Tap Room, Fricker’s, Ye Olde Durty Bird and many other bars and restaurants in the area.

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Since 1987, the Associated Press has named an Ohio Mr. Football, a title bestowed on the state’s best high school player each season.

After almost 52 full years — an era spanning nine presidential administrations and an assortment of heartbreaking disappointments experienced by Cleveland’s professional sports teams — LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers finally ended the city’s championship drought on June 19.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Almost Ten years ago at this very field, now called University of Phoenix Stadium, Urban Meyer watched an Ohio State team get completely dominated from top to bottom.

The University of Toledo women’s basketball team harassed Ball State into 30 turnovers, but a frigid shooting afternoon spelled doom as the Rockets fell 51-45 to the Cardinals on Saturday at Savage Arena.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — You want a New Year’s Eve hangover?