Новости за 19.06.2017

Ohio native Otto Warmbier spent 15 months detained in North Korea. The University of Virginia student died today, his parents announced.

University of Toledo trustees today approved a five-year strategic plan that calls for the school to bolster its reputation and join the top 100 public national research universities.

A line of thunderstorms entering northwest Ohio from Indiana has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for most of Defiance County.

PORT CLINTON — A former Ottawa County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty today to two disorderly-conduct charges after he was accused of stalking his supervisor.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada’s marijuana regulators are working furiously to launch recreational sales on July 1, a fast-approaching deadline that could hinge on a court deciding whether the powerful liquor industry should be guaranteed a piece of the pot pie before tourists and residents can light up.

GIBSONBURG – One woman died while scuba diving and another was taken to the hospital for treatment following separate incidents over the weekend at White Star Park.

LOS ANGELES — Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report shows the actress had cocaine in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year, but investigators could not determine what impact the cocaine and other drugs found in her system had on her death.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) said this morning he believes President Trump has betrayed the Great Lakes region by trying to eliminate funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and other environmental programs, from climate change research to Ohio Sea Grant funding.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is welcoming the president of Panama to the White House for discussions on organized crime, immigration and fighting drug trafficking.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal of an Ohio law that changed the standards for absentee and provisional ballots in ways that critics said posed an illegal burden on minority voters.

PARIS — A man rammed his car into a police vehicle in Paris’ Champs-Elysees shopping district today, prompting a fiery explosion, and was likely killed in the incident, authorities said. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.

A scuffle between a central city woman and a Toledo police officer sent them both to the hospital Sunday.

COLUMBUS — A judicial panel has dismissed a grievance that accused Ohio Supreme Court Justice Sharon Kennedy of a conflict of interest for speaking at an anti-abortion rights group’s fund-raiser while a Toledo clinic’s appeal to keep its doors open was pending before the court.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says the government can’t refuse to register trademarks that are considered offensive.

Toledo police said charges are pending today against a Maumee man who was driving a car that struck a bicyclist over the weekend.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wading into the thicket of partisan redistricting in a case from Wisconsin.

NEWARK, N.J. — Google is intensifying its campaign against online extremism, saying it will put more resources toward identifying and removing videos related to terrorism and hate groups.

DEFIANCE — A Defiance man was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on State Rte. 15 during a pursuit with state troopers.

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LONDON — London police said today that 79 people were now believed to have died in the high-rise apartment building fire.

LONDON — A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, killing one man and injuring 10 other people in what police are investigating as a terrorist incident.

In the photos above, Leland Main, 8, of Toledo learns from Dale Messner of Akron about the Pietenpol experimental plane he is sitting in during the Plane Fun Aviation Festival at Toledo Executive Airport. Also, pictured, Kaitlyn Welling, 9, of Millbury looks back from a passenger seat in a Piper Cherokee 6 before hitting the sky on a free flight. The event is a local Father’s Day weekend staple. The Pietenpol is named for designer Bernie Pietenpol who first flew such a craft in 1928.

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Each week during the construction season, The Blade’s Road Warrior highlights the major construction projects in Toledo and the surrounding area, noting where delays are worst and suggesting alternate routes.

Bowling Green State University is offering a Summer Kids Camp now through the end of July.