Новости за 19.03.2017

BEIJING — The United States is looking forward to the first meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today, on the final day of a swing through Asia dominated by concerns over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Glen Campbell’s wife says Alzheimer’s disease has robbed the 80-year-old singer’s ability to play guitar.

NEWARK, N.J. — Lukas Sedlak and Brandon Dubinsky scored on penalty shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets clinched their third playoff berth in franchise history with a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils today.

PARIS — French officials completed an autopsy today to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Paris’ Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The captain of the crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that was hijacked and then released by Somali pirates said he feels like he was “dead and born,” after the ship reached a port in northern Somalia.

CLEVELAND — An Ohio woman purporting to be a psychic reader pleaded guilty last week to a charge of aggravated theft for what prosecutors say was a $1.4 million scam that bilked a dozen people out of cash, jewelry and valuables in exchange for her protection from dark forces.

FLINT, Mich. — Flint residents could still be a few years away from drinking unfiltered tap water as the city makes incremental progress on an ambitious — if not overly optimistic — timeframe to replace old water service lines that leached lead into homes and businesses.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tori McCoy scored six straight points midway through the fourth quarter to help Ohio State withstand Kentucky’s furious rally from a 19-point second-half deficit and escape with an 82-68 second-round NCAA Tournament victory Sunday.

BEIRUT — Fierce clashes broke out in the Syrian capital today after insurgents infiltrated government-held parts of the city through tunnels overnight, a rare if brief advance after months of steady losses at the hands of government forces elsewhere in the country.

CLEVELAND — Police say a 20-year-old woman has died from injuries after a fall from a second-story balcony inside a Cleveland bar on St. Patrick’s Day.

WASHINGTON — Days before a pivotal vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan said today he will seek changes to a GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people. The new willingness to compromise was a bid for more support from moderate Republicans, who expressed continuing unease about the plan to replace Barack Obama’s health law unless significant changes were made.

INDIANAPOLIS — An exhilarating two-week run for Michigan will last at least one more.

RENO BEACH, Ohio —Three people are dead after a single-vehicle crash in Jerusalem Township early today, according to the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office.

NEW YORK — Disney’s live-action “Beauty” was a beast at the box office, opening with an estimated $170 million in North American ticket sales and setting a new high mark for family movies.

LONDON — A man has been charged with criminal damage after a painting in Britain’s National Gallery was slashed in front of shocked visitors.

AKRON — Actress and Toledo native Katie Holmes watches as St. John's Jesuit plays Massillon Jackson during their Division I regional final basketball game at the University of Akron, Saturday.

NEW YORK — Author-columnist Jimmy Breslin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker, died today. He was 87.

Rock n’ roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new story to tell, one for kids with transistor radios in their hands and money in their pockets, beginning to raise questions their parents never had the luxury to ask.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A sheriff’s deputy in Louisiana is dead after being shot near a barber shop in Baton Rouge, authorities said today.

NEW YORK — Meetup.com is taking a leap into the Trump resistance.

It is said that music has the power to connect souls. Those connections might not be more evident than on most Wednesday afternoons at the Perrysburg Area Senior Center, where music is played and toes are a-tappin’.

Reaction to the death of rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry at age 90:

Girls state tournament

AKRON — Tournaments are about pairings as much as anything, and St. John’s Jesuit found itself matched with an opponent for which it had no answers.