Новости за 24.05.2017

CLYDE — Whitmer built a 10-1 lead after five innings, then held on late to take an 11-8 victory over Springfield in a Division I softball regional semifinal Wednesday at Joe Wilson Field in Clyde.

FINDLAY - The Eastwood softball team scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on the way to a 12-3 win over North Robinson Colonel Crawford in a Division III regional semifinal game today at Findlay High School.

NEW YORK  — U.S. stocks rose for the fifth consecutive day today as investors went on a late buying spree. The gains came after news that the Federal Reserve plans to start reducing its huge portfolio of bonds. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at a record high.

Seven teachers at Washington Local Schools will not return to their classrooms this school year after the district investigated allegations that the educators left a sixth grade camp and ate meals at restaurants that served alcohol.

The Mud Hens defeated Norfolk 6-3 today in a contest that was delayed almost three hours by rain.

CANTON, Ohio — Police say an officer responding to a 911 call in Ohio shot and killed a man who was holding an 18-year-old woman by the neck.

NEW YORK  — An afterschool fight between two high schoolers on a street near Manhattan’s Theater District escalated to a violent stabbing Wednesday that left four boys slashed.

Park officials are asking for the public’s help to catch whoever is responsible for vandalizing a large sculpture that was broken in half at Wildwood Preserve Metropark.

In state after state, proposals that would create or toughen laws intended to keep kids from getting ahold of unsecured guns have stalled — caught up in a debate over whether they are effective prevention measures or just government overreach.

MARION, Ohio — Searchers have found the second body of a kayaker in a central Ohio river.

WASHINGTON — President Trump has enlisted his longtime attorney Marc Kasowitz in a still-forming outside legal team that will represent him in the investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.  — The NBA All-Star game is headed back to Charlotte in 2019, a couple of years longer than anticipated.

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LONDON — The names of the 22 victims killed by a suicide bomber at a Manchester concert on Monday night have not been officially released, but here what’s known about them so far:

Toledo's police chief announced today that officers can pull over and ticket motorists who are believed to be texting while driving.

NEW YORK — A man accused of intentionally mowing down pedestrians on a Times Square sidewalk, killing one and injuring 22 others, was indicted today by a grand jury.

NEW YORK — Women CEOs earned big bucks last year, but there’s still very few of them running the world’s largest companies.

AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio man accused of setting a house fire that killed seven of his neighbors has been denied bond at his first court appearance.

WASHINGTON — Candidate Donald Trump promised better and more affordable health care, but as president his first full budget calls for deep cuts to popular insurance programs. And it omits any proposal for negotiating prescription drug prices, a frequent Trump talking point.

Michigan sophomore forward Moe Wagner will return to the Wolverines basketball team for his junior season.

NAI Harmon Group announced today that Denver Wholesale Florist will be the first tenant for its planned $75 million business park in Rossford.

A resignation letter from the head of the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority describes his departure as “unexpected” and a disappointment.

In two Tweets posted to his political account today, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) endorsed Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in 2018.

VATICAN CITY — Handshakes, gifts, friendly small talk and big hopes for peace. Setting aside past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting Wednesday at the Vatican.

Three Toledoans were seriously injured after a driver, turning left, pulled her vehicle in front of another vehicle on North Holland Sylvania Road in West Toledo late Tuesday, according to Toledo police.