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CARACAS, Venezuela — Chanting “freedom!” and waving their country’s tri-color flag, thousands of Venezuelans lined up across the country on Sunday to vote in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution, a proposal that’s escalating tensions in a nation stricken by widespread shortages and more than 100 days of anti-government protests.

LONDON — British actress Jodie Whittaker was announced Sunday as the next star of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who — the first woman to take a role that has been played by a dozen men over six decades.

RAMSEY, N.J. — Officials say a New Jersey beekeeper and his wife were hospitalized after the man’s colony became aggressive and swarmed part of the town where the hive was located.

NEW YORK — Monkey business still pays. War for the Planet of the Apes took down Spider-Man: Homecoming at the North American box office, opening with an estimated $56.5 million in ticket sales.

The National Weather Service has extended flood warnings for the Blanchard River near Ottawa and the Tiffin River near Stryker until Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — After six seasons of warring families, countless deaths and mounting menace, winter has finally come to Westeros in HBO's hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, bringing with it an army of the undead and some long pent-up revenge.

NEW YORK — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley hesitated when asked about his party’s core message to voters.

The annual Toledo African American Parade, hosted by the Toledo African American Festival, was held Saturday on Dorr Street and celebrated life, history, and heritage. To view a photo gallery, click through the slide show above.

Police have released the names of the deceased in the multiple-car collision which occurred during the afternoon of July 14 on U.S. 23 between the Ida West Road and Summerfield Road interchanges.

Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government. Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would, like Esau, sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money. Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron says his glamorous Paris charm offensive on Donald Trump was carefully calculated — and may have changed the U.S. president’s mind about climate change.

LONDON — Roger Federer’s wait for No. 8 at Wimbledon is over.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana woman didn’t want her canceled $30,000 wedding to go to waste, so she threw a party for the homeless.

JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Muslim worshippers visited a Jerusalem holy site Sunday after Israel reopened the compound following a rare closure in response to a deadly shooting last week that raised concerns about wider unrest.

DETROIT — Deborah Chenault Green is 62, a writer. But 50 years ago she was a pre-teen, sleeping on the porch to escape the oppressive heat, awakening to see a sky that glowed unnaturally.

Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800.

The Toledo Police Department reports a man was struck by a vehicle at 3:48 a.m. in East Toledo.

Hot air balloons glow during the The Glass City Balloon Race Saturday, July 15, at ProMedica adjacent to Levis Commons in Perrysburg, Ohio.

The law of diminishing returns is Econ 101.

The law of diminishing returns is Econ 101.

ROMULUS, N.Y. — Without knowing it, the largest white deer herd in the world is now protected, and it should flourish in the coming years.

More than two months have elapsed since Gardner Howard passed away, and the Toledo high school sports community to which he devoted his life is still learning to cope without him.

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Work crews install drywall and build a roof on two villa-style homes on Blue Ridge Drive South in the Villas of Blue Grass, a 32-lot plat in the Blue Grass Farms subdivision off of Cemetery Road in the village of Whitehouse. Developed in 2011 by veteran Toledo builder Bob Mix of Mix Enterprises, homes in the Villas of Blue Grass have about 2,000 square feet, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, basements, two-car garages, cathedral ceilings, fireplaces, covered back patios, and year-round maintenance. They are priced at about $235,000. Читать дальше...

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