Новости за 29.06.2017

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday agreed to a fix a popular measure that would slap economic sanctions on Russia and Iran, clearing the way for action in the House. It was unclear whether any vote would occur before President Donald Trump’s meeting next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

IBF lightweight title holder Robert Easter, Jr., and challenger Denis Shafikov both passed pre-fight medical testing and made weight Thursday, the final checkpoint to their championship fight on Friday at the Huntington Center.

Ohio has benefited too much from expanded Medicaid to cut the program now because of political spite.

Toledo officials announced they are reinstating the Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area on Friday.

High-scoring forwards Tylor and Tyson Spink have informed the Walleye organization that they intend to play in Europe next season.

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he has declared a state of emergency over New York City’s troubled public transit system and has asked its new leader to complete a series of urgent reviews of the agency’s management and aging infrastructure.

Two members of the Mud Hens bullpen were selected to the International League's mid-season All-Star team, the league announced today.Right-hander Arcenio Leon was one of two relievers elected to the squad in a vote of fans, media and front-office personnel, while righty Jeff Ferrell was selected to the squad by the IL office.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will hold a high stakes meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when he attends the G-20 summit in Germany next week, the White House said Thursday.

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — Conditions for the hundreds of firefighters battling a large northern Arizona blaze were looking good Thursday as officials announced some residents would be allowed back in their homes.

Although Lake Erie’s primary algal toxin is believed to be at least 3.5 billion years old, the federal government’s efforts to confirm exposure through a clinical diagnosis only began a year ago.

I love my Toledo Zoo, but for the first time, I’m very disappointed.

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans have agreed to add $45 billion for battling opioids abuse to their struggling health care bill, but the measure’s fate remained uncertain Thursday as leaders confront an expanding chorus of GOP detractors.

Rob Lowe says he thought he was going to be killed during an encounter with a bigfoot creature while filming his new A&E docuseries.

Two assistant coaches with the University of Toledo men’s basketball team have received promotions and two former players will join the staff, UT coach Tod Kowalczyk announced today.

MONROE — A Frenchtown Township woman accused of trying to set her son on fire while bound in a vehicle was arraigned Thursday on charges of assault with intent to murder and arson.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ridiculed the looks and temperament of a female cable television host whose show he says he has stopped watching.

BERLIN — Europe is “more determined than ever” to make the Paris climate accord a success, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, and insisted that the deal is not negotiable while predicting difficult talks on the issue at next week’s Group of 20 summit.

WASHINGTON — South Korea’s president plans to meet with congressional leaders and have dinner with President Donald Trump — as he looks to reassure Washington that he’ll coordinate closely on dealing with the threat from North Korea.

ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two people have died and a third escaped serious injury following an explosion and fire that destroyed a home in suburban Detroit, authorities said Thursday.

MOSUL, Iraq — After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque in Mosul from where Islamic State proclaimed its self-styled caliphate three years ago, the Iraqi military said.

A central city man is accused of stabbing another man this morning at a downtown Toledo bar.

A central city man is accused of harming two Mercy Health hospital officers during a fight in a hospital parking lot.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a “close” family or business tie to the United States. The move came after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump’s executive order that was widely criticized as a ban on Muslims.

COLUMBUS — The full bench of a Cincinnati appeals court on Wednesday lifted a preliminary injunction that has prevented Ohio from resuming executions of death-row inmates.

One year ago today, Dan Watson stood in front of a podium at the Huntington Center as the third coach in Toledo Walleye history looking to keep the franchise heading in the right direction.