Новости за 17.02.2017

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Shifting attention from his troubled White House, President Donald Trump hit the road today for a campaign-style rally, resurrecting the buoyant jobs promises that powered his election victory and pledging to “unleash the power of the American spirit.”

FINDLAY — Findlay police say a man was shot and killed early today at a city motel.

BOWLING GREEN — Law enforcement officers arrested a man after a lengthy high-speed pursuit late Thursday on I-75.

NASCAR driver Kurt Busch is being sued for nearly $1.5 million by his former sports management company after he terminated their relationship last March.

COLUMBUS — A police relations advisory board has approved a first-ever standard for Ohio law enforcement agencies for keeping racial and gender bias out of their interactions with the public.

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt today won Senate confirmation to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal agency he repeatedly sued to rein in its reach during the Obama administration.

WEST LIBERTY, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy who was shot at his Ohio school a month ago says he’s “feeling pretty good” and is glad to be attending classes and other school activities as life gets back to normal.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania environmental regulators say there’s a likely correlation between a natural gas company’s fracking operation and a series of minor earthquakes in western Pennsylvania last year.

WASHINGTON — Republicans will repeal and replace the health care law and overhaul the tax code without Democratic help or votes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today.

Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence to identify posts that might promote or glorify terrorism, a move that follows growing concern about terrorists’ efforts to recruit on social networks.

A Toledo man charged in the murder of Bobby Gittens last September pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter and a firearm specification.

The Toledo City Council president was found unconscious in a downtown parking lot after drinking in a bar the night of the state of the city address last week, The Blade has learned.

CLEVELAND — MC Sports announced this morning that it plans to close all 66 of its stores across the Midwest.

First responders and area residents are donating blood today in honor of a slain Toledo police detective.

A vehicle collided today with a gate and sign at the New Cheney Flats apartments in Toledo’s UpTown district.

ANN ARBOR — That was a short stay.

First responders on Thursday found an elderly Springfield Township woman surrounded by excrement and with her skin molded to a living room chair.

OCALA, Fla. — A Florida man is accused in a plot to blow up several Target stores along the East Coast in an attempt to acquire cheap stock in the company if the stock value plunged after the explosions.

NEW YORK — While some fashion designers have always been overtly political, the recently wrapped New York Fashion Week just a month after President Donald Trump’s inauguration included a broader range of brands addressing these tumultuous times.

BONN, Germany  — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met with his Chinese counterpart for the first time since becoming America’s top diplomat and urged China to do more to rein in North Korea’s provocative actions.

GREENSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man who authorities say shot a friend and then posed for a selfie with the dying teen has been convicted of a less serious charge.

FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Officials say a large brushfire destroyed nine mobile homes and killed one dog as it swept across some 4,000 acres in central Florida.

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CINCINNATI — Lawmakers in Ohio have proposed a law that would remove sales taxes from feminine hygiene products.

SEHWAN, Pakistan — Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids as the death toll from a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group that targeted a famed Sufi shrine the day before rose to 88 today.