Новости за 30.05.2017

NEW YORK — A seven-day winning streak for stocks came to a quiet end today as banks, especially smaller ones, dropped along with bond yields and interest rates. Energy companies also sank.

Toledo City Council today shot down pay raises for councilmen and the mayor.

MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has dismissed allegations of Russian meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election as “fiction” invented by Democrats to divert the blame for their defeat.

DETROIT — Uber has followed through on threats to fire a star autonomous-car researcher whose hiring touched off a bitter legal fight with Waymo, the former self-driving car arm of Google.

A South Toledo man is accused of threatening to burn down his family’s home and later threatening to kill arresting officers early today.

CLEVELAND — The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fired today for inaccuracies on his job application, while the officer who drove the patrol car the day of the November 2014 shooting was suspended in the case for violating a tactical rule.

WASHINGTON — The House intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia’s election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign, according to a congressional aide.

NEW YORK  — Amazon, the internet goliath that revolutionized the way much of the world shops for books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone Tuesday. Its stock surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time.

COLUMBUS — Opponents hit the airwaves first last week, but the battle over a drug-pricing issue on Ohio’s November ballot was officially engaged today with the launch of the backers’ first TV ad.

LONDON — Greater Manchester Police briefly asked the public to stay out of a neighborhood in the nearby town of Wigan today as a bomb disposal unit searched for explosives — part of the investigation into the attack that hit an Ariana Grande concert.

Police found Tiger Woods asleep at the wheel on the side of a six-lane Florida road in the dark of morning, the engine running and his right blinker flashing. His speech was slow and slurred, though there was no alcohol in his system and he didn’t know how far away he was from home.

MAUMEE — A West Toledo man accused of raping a woman in Maumee over the weekend is scheduled to appear for a video arraignment today.

Toledo mayoral candidate Wade Kapszukiewicz announced today a public-safety plan with a pledge to hire 40 police officers each year if he is elected.

Hundreds of people flocked to SeaWorld for Memorial Day weekend to check out the park's newest attraction, Orca Encounter. But not everyone is welcoming the changes.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether Ohio wrongfully purged eligible voters from the state’s registration list.

The University of Toledo picked Michael Toole, a professor at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, as its next engineering dean.

WASHINGTON — Americans increased their spending in April at the fastest pace in four months, bolstered by a solid gain in incomes. The strong results underscored expectations that the economy is poised to rebound after a lackluster start to the year.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The man police say fatally stabbed two other men who tried to shield young women from an anti-Muslim tirade on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train makes his initial court appearance today and the city’s mayor says he hopes the slayings will inspire “changes in the political dialogue in this country.”

At least two men have been charged following a weekend brawl at a South Toledo strip club.

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Authorities say a woman has died and a man has been critically injured after an SUV they were riding in crashed into a firetruck that was stopped at the scene of an earlier crash in southeastern Michigan.

CLINTON, N.C. — At least a dozen people have been hurt after storms struck in eastern North Carolina nearly a week after a tornado hit the area.

1. White flags on Legion lawn mark other casualties of war

White House communications director Mike Dubke is leaving the administration, he said today, amid swirling speculation about a possible Trump staff shakeup.

COLUMBUS — Former U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach announced a run for Ohio attorney general today, giving Democrats one of their strongest chances next year to cut into Republicans’ total hold on state government.

LONDON — British police say a tiger that killed a female zookeeper has not been destroyed.