Новости за 11.05.2017

Disappointing quarterly results from Macy’s, Kohl’s and other big department store chains put investors in a selling mood Thursday, sending U.S. stocks modestly lower.

ST. LOUIS — The principal of a suburban St. Louis grade school expressed “huge relief” today after 13 students escaped serious injury in a harrowing school bus accident.

A former member of Congress was found guilty today on federal charges related to a fake education charity.

CLEVELAND — Josh Gordon won’t be back in the NFL anytime soon.

MONROE — Today’s presentation of evidence in the ongoing trial of Daniel Clay will end with the jury hearing the defendant’s own words.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A lawsuit filed by supporters of splitting California in two is seeking to enlarge the state legislature.

Toledo officials and a relative of one firefighter killed during a 2014 blaze held a news conference today expressing acceptance at the Ray Abou-Arab trial outcome and thanking residents for their support.

DARDANELLE, Ark. — Authorities were working to negotiate a suspect’s surrender today after a sheriff’s deputy and two other people were found dead in rural Arkansas.

It's time for Easter in June.

School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself that another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack recorded by a surveillance video, attorneys for the boy’s mother said today.

Many First Amendment defenders worry free speech is fading as a priority among today’s college students.

NEW YORK — Derek Jeter is paying tribute to New York City a few days before the Yankees permanently retire his jersey.

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WASHINGTON — Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe won’t confirm President Trump’s account that fired director James Comey told him he wasn’t under investigation.

WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the U.S. election system, three White House officials said.

WASHINGTON — The director of national intelligence says Russia and other countries, including China, North Korea and Iran, are using cyberspace to target U.S. and its allies, and will do so in future.

A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge ordered today that a man convicted of setting a fire that killed two Toledo firefighters spend a maximum of 20 years in prison.

WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired by Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey requested more resources to pursue his investigation into Russia’s election meddling and the possible involvement of Trump associates, U.S. officials say, fueling concerns that Trump was trying to undermine a probe that could threaten his presidency.

WASHINGTON — The Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to the panel’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling.

DETROIT — Authorities say two Detroit police officers are among three people injured in a crash on the city’s west side.

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — Police in suburban Cleveland say a half-naked man has been charged with impaired driving after intentionally crashing into a closed convenience store to get beer, injuring himself and a store employee.

While Republicans rewrite the Affordable Care Act in Washington, the immediate future of the law has grown hazier with the nation’s third-largest health insurer saying that it will completely divorce itself from state-based insurance exchanges.

The two goaltenders that the Walleye will face in the ECHL Western Conference Finals both have Toledo ties.

The 10th annual Harp Gathering returns to northwest Ohio this weekend. Harpists, friends, performers, and vendors from 18 states and Canada will descend upon Sauder Heritage Inn in Archbold, Ohio, from Thursday to Sunday for their annual celebration of all things harp. The event is the brainchild of Toledoans Denise and Michael Grupp-Verbon.

Springfield Local Schools promoted its assistant superintendent to its top post.