Новости за 16.02.2017

WASHINGTON —  Today President Trump nominated former National Labor Relations Board member R. Alexander Acosta to serve as U.S. secretary of labor, one day after Trump's original choice withdrew.

BEIT EL, West Bank — President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel may be causing controversy in Washington. But in this West Bank settlement, he is a well-known friend.

One week before a court-ordered deadline to remove piles of wood chips from central city vacant lots, urban farmer Thomas Jackson has been offered a vacant factory lot in lieu of his controversial residential sites.

Monopoly fans cast four million votes last month to decide which of the board game's classic eight tokens should stay around -- and which gets the ax.

Arguing that hospitals put patient care at risk by overworking essential front-line caregivers, nurses across Ohio are pushing lawmakers to limit the number of patients for whom they are responsible.

PARIS — France’s parliament has approved a bill criminalizing websites that carry purposely false information with the aim of dissuading women from having abortions.

The Owens Corning Foundation announced today a $500,000 donation to Cherry Street Mission Ministries that establishes a building-trades school for those in need.

ROME — Four mountain climbers were killed today after a slab of ice from a frozen waterfall detached from a mountainside near Italy’s northern border with Switzerland, Alpine rescue authorities said.

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week but still remained at a level indicating a healthy job market.

EDGERTON, Ohio – Authorities are seeking assistance with an unsolved fatal hit-skip crash today in Williams County.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia  — Malaysian authorities today announced the second and third arrests in the death of the North Korean leader’s half brother, whose apparent assassination this week unleashed tales of spectacular intrigue: a pair of women assailants, a broad-daylight killing and a dictator-sibling out for blood.

LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese prosecutors have brought charges of attempted murder, rape, abduction and assault against an American serviceman stationed at the Lajes Field U.S. Air Force base in Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores Islands.

Notre Dame basketball gaining momentum

Between 2012 and 2015, Notre Dame basketball coach Travis Galloway guided his Eagles to four straight trips to the Division I state final four, including a 27-3 team that was edged 44-38 by West Chester Lakota West in the 2015 state championship game at Value City Arena in Columbus.

Defending City League girls champion Rogers and CL preseason favorite Start should have petitioned on Wednesday evening for an automatic bid to play against each other for the league championship last night at Scott.

AKRON — The University of Toledo women’s basketball team overcame a sluggish first three quarters and fought back to win 61-57 over Akron on Wednesday at James A. Rhodes Arena.

Sylvania native Alden Hirschfeld has been named captain of his hometown Toledo Walleye.

BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University women’s basketball team allowed Western Michigan to get on a bit of a run to end the first half of their contest Wednesday.

A Toledo youth soccer coach recently earned national recognition from the largest soccer coaching entity in the United States.

ANN ARBOR — The most substantial blemish on Michigan’s NCAA tournament resume was the lack of a road win. That was crossed off Sunday with a convincing victory at Indiana, where the Wolverines overpowered the Hoosiers in a start-to-finish beatdown.

City League

A day after winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn, or Rumor, as she’s known, began the traditional victory tour around New York City.

A second installment of Bernadine Stetzel’s work on display at SamB’s Restaurant gallery in Bowling Green features pieces from the late artist’s home that haven’t been on public view before.

We want to salute Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson for a straightforward message to Toledoans in her state of the city address. We believe she was sending a message to those who appear to be threatening Toledo with departure from a water system that aided the very growth and prosperity of the communities they lead.

NAGI Naganathan, dean of the college of engineering at University of Toledo and former interim college president, received a standing ovation from a standing-room-only crowd of community movers and shakers, politicians, students, and faculty.