Новости за 05.01.2017

Colder than normal air that descended on the Toledo area Wednesday and was reinforced by a weak weather system today is forecast to continue through the weekend, followed by a warm-up early next week.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrust him into the center of the intelligence community Trump has publicly challenged, a person with knowledge of the decision said today.

FOSTORIA — A city financial recovery plan was rejected Wednesday by a financial planning and supervision commission that oversees Fostoria’s finances, with the mayor citing the plan’s heavy reliance on tax increases as a major reason for its rejection.

NEW YORK — Sugar Rodgers left not long after she arrived.

AUSTIN — Texas lawmakers will decide whether to embrace an issue that caused a national uproar in North Carolina — banning transgendered people from using the bathroom of their choice.

DETROIT — President-elect Donald Trump has trained his sights on Toyota in his latest effort to badger a company into building its products in the U.S. rather than Mexico.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A fired Kentucky high school principal has admitted to seizing students’ phones so that he could steal pornographic images and trade them online, investigators said.

WASHINGTON — Under increasing pressure to free convicts as a last act, President Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don’t expect many famous offenders to make the list.

Walleye defenseman Jacob MacDonald, who was named to the ECHL All-Star team on Tuesday, has been loaned to the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League.

LONDON  — A British bookshop owner who asks customers for a 50-pence (62-cent) browsing fee has been branded “the bookseller from hell.”

Toledo ranks near the bottom among America's cities for living an active lifestyle, according to a new study from WalletHub.

WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials awaited questions at a Senate hearing expected to be dominated by the assessment from intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the presidential election to help Donald Trump win.

DETROIT— Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 48,000 SUVs in the U.S. to fix a sensor problem that could stop the front passenger air bag from inflating in a crash.

WASHINGTON  — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped significantly last week, a sign of a robust job market.

CINCINNATI — Southwest Airlines plans to end service at two Ohio airports while adding flights elsewhere in the region.

WASHINGTON  — President Obama returned to his roots at the Harvard Law Review today, penning an article about progress his administration made in reforming the criminal justice system — and the challenges that remain for the next administration.

CHICAGO —  Chicago police don’t believe a man beaten in an assault broadcast live on Facebook was targeted because he was white despite profanities made by the accused assailants about white people and President-elect Donald Trump, a police spokesman said today.

WASHINGTON  — New parents, get ready to feed your babies peanut-containing foods — starting young lowers their chances of becoming allergic.

NEW ORLEANS— A pre-dawn fire has been extinguished on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and there is no sign of pollution in the area, authorities said today.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — John Gibson made 23 saves in his eighth career shutout, and Nick Ritchie scored in the first period of the Anaheim Ducks’ 2-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

COLUMBUS — If you were looking for auspicious signs as the Columbus Blue Jackets joined the NHL in 2000, the fact Nationwide Arena was built on the site of the demolished state penitentiary would not be one of them.

Woodward and Waite shared similar circumstances before meeting in a City League boys matchup on Wednesday night on the Indians home court.

ANN ARBOR — Five points from perfection.

YPSILANTI, Mich. — University of Toledo sophomore Kaayla McIntyre stepped into a starting role and made the most of it, leading the Rockets to a 66-49 victory over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday at the Convocation Center.

Walleye coach Dan Watson has been selected to be the head coach in the ECHL All-Star Game.