Новости за 07.02.2017

WASHINGTON — Another round of bickering is boiling over about temperature readings used in a 2015 study to show how the planet is warming.

AUBURN, Maine — The general manager of an arena in Auburn, Maine, is moving on for a front office job with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League.

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have signed lefty reliever Boone Logan to a one-year contract.

Toledo has set a high-temperature record today.

NEW YORK — The Super Bowl was a triumph for fans of the New England Patriots but it also became very lucrative for Lady Gaga.

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. — She tugged 13 envelopes from a cabinet above the stove, each one labeled with a different debt: the house payment, the student loans, the vacuum cleaner she bought on credit.

SEATTLE — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is weighing the appeal of President Trump’s executive order on immigration, is the federal appeals court conservatives have long ridiculed as the “nutty 9th” or the “9th Circus.”

NEW ORLEANS — Tornadoes touched down in southern Louisiana today, wiping houses from their foundations and downing power lines as severe weather moved across the region.

A portion of West Central Avenue in central Toledo will likely be closed for a few days due to a sewer cave.

Immediately after the 51-50 Senate confirmation vote of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman (R.) today issued a statement defending his yes vote, saying some information was overlooked in the controversial appointment.

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder will propose growing Michigan’s savings account to $1 billion, even as Republican lawmakers push for an income tax cut.

The Ohio Democratic Party today linked Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s campaign contributions from Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee for education secretary, with his vocal support of her confirmation.

DETROIT — General Motors’ net profit fell just under 3 percent last year but the company still made $9.4 billion on the back of its U.S. money machine.

Vice President Mike Pence cast a historic tie-breaking vote today to confirm Betsy DeVos as the next education secretary after the Senate was evenly divided over the controversial pick.

WASHINGTON — The Senate was poised today to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence expected to break a 50-50 tie, despite a last-ditch effort by Democrats to sink the nomination.

A Toledo man who shot his friend to death in a dispute was sentenced today to life in prison with parole eligibility after he serves 23 years.

NEW YORK — Model Christie Brinkley is returning to the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue at age 63 and this time she’s appearing with her two daughters.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed slightly in December, but the improvement wasn’t enough to keep the deficit for the entire year from rising to the highest level since 2012. That should provide fuel for President Trump’s contention that America needs a tougher approach to trade.

Allegations of sexual assault and the use of date-rape drugs have surfaced at Northwestern University.

COLUMBUS — A former Ohio State University running back who was accused of assaulting his then-girlfriend last July has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge and been put on two years of probation.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber today targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 19 people, officials said.

SAN FRANCISCO — State and federal lawyers will argue before a panel of federal appellate court judges today in the pitched fight over President Trump’s travel and refugee ban that could reach the Supreme Court.

A Cheeto that bears a resemblance to slain gorilla Harambe has sold for nearly $100,000 on eBay.

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian Cabinet minister today called on the international community to punish Israel for a contentious new law, just hours after the Israeli parliament adopted the bill to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land.