Новости за 11.01.2017

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of state broke with his future boss on key foreign policy issues at his confirmation hearing today, backing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, denouncing Russian aggression in Ukraine, and affirming his belief in climate change.

PASADENA, Calif. — Barack Obama is not leaving his presidency quietly.

IRVINE, Calif. — Taco Bell plans to go nationwide this month with its latest concoction: a taco with a shell made entirely out of fried chicken.

AUSTIN — Texas is flirting with losing major sporting events like North Carolina did, Dallas civic leaders warned today as they urged Republican lawmakers to stand down on a proposal that would require transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their sex at birth.

RALEIGH — A gay teacher sued a Roman Catholic school today for firing him after he announced his wedding to a man, the latest in a series of legal fights over anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people.

WASHINGTON — Volkswagen is pleading guilty to three criminal charges and will pay $4.3 billion to the U.S. government for cheating on emissions tests and destroying evidence in an elaborate cover-up.

COLUMBUS – Ohio State cornerback Marshon Lattimore has declared for the National Football League draft, making him the third starting Buckeyes defensive back to leave school early.

d6fefa8c-f700-40b3-b0e0-71b67a26821aPresident-elect Donald Trump said for the first time he believes Russia was behind hacking ahead of the election.

WASHINGTON — The head of one of the largest African-American civil rights organizations told Congress today that Sen. Jeff Sessions is “unfit to serve” as attorney general as a 1986 letter from the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., surfaced strongly expressing opposition to the Alabama senator.

Representatives from the City of Toledo and its nine water customers agreed to move forward with a regional bulk water system, but how to govern such a system is far from reaching consensus.

COLUMBUS — A University of Toledo law school graduate today personally argued his own appeal before the Ohio Supreme Court after a panel’s refusal to let him take the bar exam because of racially tinged comments he made in his application.

Rex Tillerson staked out positions on Russia today that sharply contrast with President-elect Donald Trump, who tapped the former CEO of ExxonMobil to be secretary of state.

A Sylvania Township family says they can’t imagine how anyone could paint the racist graffiti they discovered on their garage door Tuesday night.

PARIS — The first self-sufficient boat powered only by emission-free energy will start a six-year trip around the world in the spring.

(As honeymoons go, Donald Trump’s wasn’t much to write home about. He was voted in as the most unpopular president-elect in modern history and got slightly less unpopular in the weeks that followed, as the goodwill flowed. Even then, though, he clearly remained the most unpopular president-elect in modern history. Again, that was the honeymoon.

Eighteen women and girls have filed a federal lawsuit against disgraced former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar, alleging that he sexually assaulted them repeatedly for years during physical examinations.

Two people were injured when two cars collided in South Toledo early today, with one of the cars crashing into a building, authorities said.

Jerry Rutherford, the dean of high school head football coaches in northwest Ohio, has announced he will retire from his post at Eastwood after 35 seasons guiding the Eagles.

CINCINNATI — Authorities say a man improperly received $130,000 in medical and housing benefits through Veterans Affairs by claiming he had served in the Marine Corps during years when he actually had been imprisoned in Arizona.

More than 100 Toledo Edison customers remained out of power early today after gusty winds disrupted power lines at several locations across the greater Toledo area, a spokesman said.

FLINT, Mich. — A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says improvement is being seen in Flint’s water system amid efforts to address the city’s crisis with lead-tainted water.

The Kremlin denied it has compromising information about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, describing the allegations as “pulp fiction”.

MOSCOW — Russia’s deputy prime minister, responding to calls for the nation’s sports teams to be excluded from all international competitions because of doping, said today that the country is “among the cleanest in the world.”

ADDISON - Closed

For the second straight game, Rogers faced a familiar local foe. And for the second straight game, the Rams lost.