Новости за 25.06.2017

MUNCIE, Ind. — Two central Indiana police officers won’t face charges for shooting a man who allegedly tried to run them down with his car.

A motorist fled the scene of a crash that injured a motorcyclist in South Toledo Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Qualifying patients in Arkansas will soon be able to apply for medical marijuana patient cards, but concerns over unauthorized people obtaining the drug still linger.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A convicted Ohio killer who survived a botched execution attempt in 2009 is asking a federal judge to prevent a second trip to the state’s death chamber.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A former Sacred Heart University student accused of lying about being raped by two school football players in Connecticut is to decide this week on a plea deal offer that calls for a two-year prison sentence.

The “B‘‘ in BET Awards could stand for Beyonce or Bruno Mars.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana airport has expanded its incentives package with the aim of attracting new international air service.

BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan — An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, a hospital official said as the death toll continued to rise.

WASHINGTON — Making a final push, President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think congressional Republicans are “that far off” on a health overhaul to replace “the dead carcass of Obamacare” and signaled that last-minute changes were coming to win enough support for passage. GOP critics expressed doubt over a successful vote this week.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think congressional Republicans are “that far off” on passing a health overhaul to replace “the dead carcass of Obamacare” and believes his majority party is “going to get there.”

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — A teenager fell about 25 feet (about 8 meters) from a stopped gondola ride at an upstate New York amusement park Saturday night, tumbling into a crowd of park guests and employees gathered below to catch her before she hit the ground.

LONDON — British police say they have arrested a woman after a car collided with pedestrians outside a Newcastle sports center, injuring six people. Police say the incident is not believed to be terror-related.

SAN DIEGO — Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez slugged a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, powering the San Diego Padres to a 7-3 victory over Detroit on Saturday night and sending the Tigers to their eighth consecutive loss.

Zia Cooke was hoping her basketball skill might open up the world for her someday, and the Rogers standout got her first taste of that earlier this month when she traveled to Argentina and brought back gold.

When Mike Budzik resigned recently from his post as the primary adviser to Gov. John Kasich on matters involving wildlife management along with hunting, fishing, and conservation issues, the former chief of the Division of Wildlife did not submit a few laudatory sentences, then ride off into the hill country.

After three years of ever-present suicidal thoughts and two decades of unrelenting, treatment-resistant depression, Rosemarie Barciz was desperate.

After scouring the Internet for an upcoming concert, you’ve finally found one to attend.

It is understandable for anyone to be wary of what appears to be a tax hike, but the TARTA sales-tax plan isn’t a tax hike (June 19, “Not all on board with TARTA sales-tax plan”).

In answer to the argument made by Professor Walter Williams in his June 16 column: Attacking the monuments to the heroes of the Confederacy is not an attack on our cultural history (‘‘Cultural cleansing won’t make the past go away”). Lumping the nation’s founding fathers together with the fathers of the Confederacy is a false equivalency.

In late May, some scratched their heads when seven Washington Local School District employees were forced to resign after they broke school rules on a school trip. They had patronized a restaurant that served alcohol.

History is always a source of fascination, especially as recorded in America’s newspapers long, long ago. Many stories that for better or worse would not make the newspaper today were featured prominently in the printed press a century or more past. It was a simpler time.

Everyone knows that anyone charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty. That’s one of the most important pillars of American justice. But there’s another important principle too:

The IRS has seized millions of dollars from people who came by their money legally, just because of how they deposited it in banks.

Special park districts, like the Metroparks of the Toledo Area, exist to preserve natural areas and open spaces for people.