Новости за 28.01.2017

NEW YORK — The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till’s alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book.

WASHINGTON — One week into office, President Trump was trying to clean up his first international incident.

NEW YORK — Ethan Happ scored seven of his career-high 32 points in overtime and No. 15 Wisconsin overcame offensive struggles to beat Rutgers 61-54 today at Madison Square Garden.

The University of Toledo men's basketball team lost 74-72 to Northern Illinois today at Savage Arena.

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo says a prematurely born baby hippo is making progress toward standing on her own.

NEW YORK — The Joe Friday look is out. Tattoos, turbans and beards are in.

AMSTERDAM —  The Netherlands has committed $10 million for an initiative to replace funding for abortion services in developing countries that will be lost due to U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on financing foreign groups that provide abortions.

AMMAN, Jordan — Syrian refugee Ammar Sawan took his first step toward resettlement in the United States three months ago, submitting to an initial round of security screenings.

VICTORIA, Texas  — An early-morning fire has destroyed a Texas mosque that had been a target of hatred in the past.

COLUMBUS — “OK if I take my lunch break now?” a masked executioner says to a colleague trying to insert a syringe into the arm of a death row inmate strapped to a gurney.

CLEVELAND — Hundreds of police officers have gathered at a church where a funeral mass is being held to honor a Cleveland police officer killed in the line of duty.

NEW YORK — Wittingly or not, major global corporations are helping fund sites that traffic in fake news by advertising on them.

Goaltender Jeff Lerg, who holds nearly every goaltending record in Toledo Walleye franchise history, has decided to return to the organization.

ANKARA, Turkey — British Prime Minister Theresa May today urged Turkey to sustain its democracy and abide by human rights standards during her meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that also drew promises of closer defense cooperation between the two NATO allies.

PARIS — France and Germany formed a united front today in the face of President Trump’s halt in the U.S. refugee program, with the German foreign minister noting that loving thy neighbor forms part of America’s Christian traditions.

President Donald Trump’s executive order closing the nation’s borders to refugees was put into immediate effect Friday night. Refugees who were in the air on the way to the United States when the order was signed were stopped and detained at airports.

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) on Friday cautioned President Trump against lifting trade sanctions on Russia.

Bowsher boys on a roll

Since losing four out of five games in a two-week span earlier this season, City League leader Bowsher seems to have righted the ship, and Friday night the Rebels picked up their sixth consecutive boys basketball victory, 71-65 against visiting Waite.

WAUSEON — Whenever Wauseon huddles during a timeout, Austin Rotroff, the Indians’ 6-foot-9 junior, sticks out in the crowd.

With the district tournament fast approaching, Bowling Green got a good gauge on where it stands with a convincing 6-0 win Friday against Northview.

DETROIT — About a week ago, the Detroit Tigers brought another center fielder into the fold when they traded for Tampa Bay’s Mikie Mahtook.

As the University of Toledo men’s basketball team hosts Northern Illinois today, the Rockets suddenly find themselves in a tie for first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division.

Bowsher graduates and former Rebels basketball standouts Dennis Hopson, Kamesha Hairston, and Jazlyn Davis had their high school jersey numbers retired in a ceremony before the Bowsher-Waite City League boys game Friday night.

ST. JOHN’S 59, FREMONT ROSS 38