Новости за 02.03.2017

Toledo firefighters and a hazardous material team tonight are using water in an attempt to douse a chemical fire at an industrial building near Nebraska Avenue at Junction Avenue.

DETROIT  — Ford Motor Co is recalling more than 36,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because their air bags may not inflate properly.

WASHINGTON — A House panel unveiled a $578 billion spending bill to keep the U.S. armed forces operating through September as President Donald Trump has vowed to add billions more for what he’s described as a depleted American military.

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BLUFFTON, Ohio — Current Bluffton University baseball players walk through the Circle of Remembrance overlooking the baseball field before every practice.

MOSCOW — A senior lawmaker called it “hysteria.” The Foreign Ministry said it was “media vandalism.” And the Kremlin lamented the “emotional atmosphere” currently in Washington about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ meetings with a Russian diplomat, saying it could thwart efforts to mend relations.

AUSTIN, Texas  — A federal judge today dismissed claims by the U.S. government that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fraudulently duped wealthy investors before taking office, giving the Republican a key victory two months ahead of his criminal trial that carries a possible prison sentence.

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) today said Attorney General Jeff Sessions should recuse himself from any federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election.

SANAA, Yemen — U.S. forces carried out more than 20 airstrikes against al-Qaeda in Yemen on today, killing at least seven militants in the largest operation since a ground raid a month ago that left a Navy SEAL and more than two dozen Yemenis dead.

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police say an 18-year-old serial carjacker was arrested after his accomplice couldn’t drive a stick shift — even with some coaching from the victim.

WASHINGTON  — Vice President Mike Pence will deliver this year’s commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.

Toledo police identified a man they believe shot and killed another Wednesday inside the Greenbelt Place apartment complex.

WASHINGTON —Two of President Trump’s former rivals for the GOP White House nomination won Senate confirmation today to join his administration.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked twice with Russia’s ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign season, communications that spurred calls in Congress for him to recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election.

MIAMI — A judge threatened to jail a Florida Department of Children & Families lawyer, suggesting in an order that the agency’s attorneys lied about the welfare of foster children who may have witnessed a teen hang herself while broadcasting on Facebook.

Toledo police are investigating the death of a man in the central Toledo early today.

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. — Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is back on the market with an asking price of $67 million.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California billionaire has donated $5 million for flood relief efforts in San Jose.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark— Sweden’s left-leaning government is reintroducing a military draft for both men and women because of what Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist calls a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden.

MIAMI — It’s a second day of testimony for Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu in the Miami trial of two men accused of illegally smuggling Cuban ballplayers to the U.S.

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish government agency says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 has hit southeastern Turkey.

St. Francis avoids tourney upset, slips past Northview

Jim Joyce and his wife, Kay, were watching TV in their Portland home the other day when she unwittingly flipped to a spring training baseball game on MLB Network.

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A 24-year-old man died Wednesday after being shot inside the Greenbelt Place apartment complex.