Новости за 03.01.2017

MEXICO CITY — The bus packed with holiday travelers ground to a halt. Up the highway, on the outskirts of Mexico City, protesters were blocking the lanes, brandishing sticks, burning debris and waving banners that read: “Enough!”

Paul Ryan was easily re-elected Speaker of the House of the 115th Congress, following a vote in the chamber today.

Walleye defenseman Jacob MacDonald has been selected to represent the team in the ECHL All-Star Game later this month.

COLUMBUS — The lone Democrat holding an Ohio statewide office is considering stepping down from his post at year’s end to run for governor.

The Lucas County commissioners today appointed local labor leader Shaun Enright to a vacancy on the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors.

Toledo City Council Tuesday reviewed the controversial question of forming a regional water system that would incorporate the suburban communities that buy the city's water.

NEW YORK — Megyn Kelly, the Fox News star whose 12-year stint has been marked by upheavals at her network and personal attacks on the campaign trail, is headed to NBC News.

COLUMBUS — Ohio State has hired San Francisco 49ers assistant Ryan Day as quarterbacks coach.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans reversed course today amid a firestorm of criticism over their plans to gut a congressional ethics office.

Walleye goalie Jake Paterson was named the ECHL goaltender of the week for his performances in four games from Dec. 27-31.

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. announced today that it is canceling plans to build a new assembly plant in Mexico and will instead spend $700 million to expand an existing plant in Flat Rock, Michigan.

Crews were assessing damage today in the aftermath of storms that killed at least five people and brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Southeast.

ISTANBUL — Turkish state media aired new footage today of a man believed to be the gunman who killed 39 people at a nightclub, showing a grim selfie video of the suspect as he circles Istanbul’s most famous square.

FINDLAY -- Marathon Petroleum Corp. has reached a deal with an activist investor to spinoff parts of the company in an effort to boost shareholder value.

Toledo police have identified Effram Smith a man shot in West Toledo late Monday.

WASHINGTON — Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon today, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama’s Democratic policies.

Four children died after someone at their home sprayed water on a previously applied pesticide, causing a reaction that produced toxic phosphine gas, officials in Amarillo, Texas, said.

A propane tanker rolled over on southbound I-75 in Monroe County’s Whiteford Township, closing all three southbound lanes, authorities said.

CLEVELAND — Cleveland officials searching for a plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie say more than 120 pieces of debris have been recovered, and many are consistent with the type of aircraft that vanished.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — After a judge ruled Monday that Dylann Roof is competent to represent himself, the same jury that last month unanimously found him guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will return to court to begin contemplating his punishment.

Athena Career Academy: 2 hour delay today. All nursing classes begin 10 a.m.

Fire struck a pair of houses in the central city of Toledo Monday.