Новости за 13.01.2017

WASHINGTON — Ascendant Republicans drove a budget through Congress today that gives them an early but critical victory in their crusade to scrap President Obama’s health care overhaul.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have shown no inclination to challenge President-elect Donald Trump on ethics matters. Instead, they are going after federal ethics official who questioned Trump’s potential conflicts of interest.

WASHINGTON — Traffic deaths surged about 8 percent in the first nine months of last year, continuing an alarming upward spiral that may be partially explained by more Americans on the roads due to the economic recovery, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates released today.

A doctor who specializes in addiction medicine was indicted today by a Lucas County grand jury on 55 counts of rape and gross sexual imposition.

WASHINGTON D.C. — As of about 20 minutes to one in Washington D.C., the Nationals had four arbitration-eligible players unsigned, and 20 minutes to exchange salary figures with them before the annual arbitration deadline.

LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s widower says his late wife’s ashes are being kept at home, even though her former publicist says that was against Gabor’s wishes and a family plot is waiting for her at a Los Angeles cemetery.

Nicole Kidman says it’s time for Americans to come together to support President-elect Donald Trump.

PARIS — Six more suspects have been charged in the armed heist of Kim Kardashian West, raising the number of people facing preliminary charges to 10.

WASHINGTON — After years of waiting, veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion.

The Walleye added two forwards to their roster today.

A person was shot inside a vehicle today in central city.

An upcoming TV episode that dramatized the urban myth of Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando taking a post-9/11 road trip is about to become an urban myth of its own.

LUCAS COUNTY

Union leaders will host a community meeting today to discuss fears that the affiliation agreement between the University of Toledo and ProMedica could minimize or close the University of Toledo Medical Center, the city’s only public hospital.

DETROIT — Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a years-long scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air bag inflators.

Byron “Barney” Stickles, a Maumee resident who considered himself the last living railroad telegrapher in the Toledo area and also was involved in animal welfare as president of the Toledo Animal Shelter, died Thursday in the University of Toledo Medical Center. He was 85.

WILLISTON, Vt. — At Tomorrow’s Harvest farm, you won’t find acres of land on which animals graze, or rows of corn, or bales of hay. Just stacks of boxes in a basement and the summery song of thousands of chirping crickets.

COLUMBUS — Cleveland wide receiver Jaylen Harris became the newest member of Ohio State's class of 2017.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency moved today to cement strict fuel economy requirements that force the auto industry to make new cars and trucks significantly more efficient, a decision that will be difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo.

WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush’s daughters, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush, have penned a letter of advice to President Barack Obama’s daughters days before the Obama family officially moves out of the White House.

WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey, already under fierce public scrutiny for his handling of the election-year probe of Hillary Clinton, faces a new internal investigation into whether he and the Justice Department followed established protocol in the email server case.

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi special forces entered Mosul University today in their latest advance along the eastern front as they battle Islamic State militants for control of the city, according to senior Iraqi officers.

CLEVELAND — Police say a 25-year-old Cleveland man is wanted on a felonious assault charge for hitting a police officer with a car and dragging the officer.

Toledo police are investigating a shooting late Thursday in East Toledo.

WASHINGTON — The inauguration of a new president requires the recitation of a 35-word oath. That’s it. Dress it up with some hoopla and glitz, though, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.