Новости за 31.07.2017

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks finished mostly higher Monday as banks, media and energy companies climbed just enough to cancel out losses for technology companies including Facebook and Amazon.

Last year, University of Toledo tight end Michael Roberts emerged in the fall as a go-to weapon for quarterback Logan Woodside after seeing limited time on the field his previous three seasons.

America’s two-party political system leaves something to be desired. But when one of those parties languishes and lets the other dominate, things are even worse.

Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job — and just hours after President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, John Kelly, was sworn into office.

“I didn’t have the intention of writing a book,” said Maryland-based culinary historian Michael Twitty in a phone interview. “I was just looking for food and family roots.”

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has reached an agreement with international Olympic leaders that will open the way for the city to host the 2028 Summer Games.

Call it a major, major disconnect between rhetoric and action.

LONDON — A British television channel on Monday defended its decision to broadcast recordings of Princess Diana candidly discussing her personal life, after some royal watchers called it a betrayal of the late princess’ privacy.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tropical Storm Emily churned ashore near Tampa Bay on Monday, starting a trek across the peninsula amid drenching rains and fears of scattered street flooding that prompted the governor to declare nearly half of Florida’s counties in a state of emergency.

Dana Inc. saw a significant improvement in the year’s second quarter, posting a 19 percent increase in revenues and a 34 percent increase in profits.

WASHINGTON — Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, President Donald Trump insisted on Monday there is “no chaos” in his White House as he swore in retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as his new chief of staff.

NEW YORK — Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has died. He was 73.

At least two central city businesses have been evacuated after a gas line was struck,  a gas company spokesman said.

NAIROBI, Kenya — An official crucial to running Kenya’s presidential election next week has been found tortured and killed, the electoral commission chairman said Monday, as concerns grew that the East African nation’s vote again would face dangerous unrest.

COLUMBUS — Ohio State is more than six weeks away from its home game against Army West Point, yet the Buckeyes will spend at least some time throughout training camp practicing with the Black Knights in mind.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Insurance announced Monday that 19 of the 20 counties that would have been without an insurance option on the federal exchange will have access to at least one plan in 2018.

From new downtown businesses to a week of Mud Hens games, there was a lot going on around Toledo this past week. Scroll through the slideshow above to see The Blade’s pictures of the week.

NEW YORK — Jurors are deliberating in the federal securities fraud trial of former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli.

The Detroit Tigers made another dive into their rebuilding process Monday with the trade of closer Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to the Chicago Cubs.

Undefeated Toledo boxer Sonny Fredrickson (17-0) suffered a low blow even before entering the ring for his scheduled bout on ShoBox Friday night. His undefeated opponent, Bakhtiyar Eyubov, has declined to fight.

U.S. 20 is closed Monday in both directions at Tracy Road in Lake Township.

WASHINGTON — The White House is insisting that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law, signaling that President Donald Trump stands ready to end required payments to insurers this week to let “Obamacare implode” and force congressional action.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Islamic State group targeted the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul on Monday, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up outside the gates, followed by three gunmen who stormed into the building. The assault set off a four-hour firefight that ended only after Afghan security forces had killed all the attackers.

An inmate escaped from deputies while at the hospital late Sunday, according to Sheriff John Tharp.

MONTPELIER — A Pioneer man is accused of stabbing another person and fleeing in a stolen vehicle on Friday, according to the Williams County Sheriff’s Office.