Новости за 06.08.2017

COLUMBUS — The Dutch manufacturer of a thrill ride that broke apart and killed an 18-year-old man at the Ohio State Fair says excessive corrosion on a support beam led to a “catastrophic failure.”

An escaped prisoner who authorities described as armed and dangerous is on the run after overpowering a deputy and stealing his gun while being transported from Toledo to Paulding County’s jail.

A crash on Anthony Wayne Bridge sent five people to the hospital Sunday afternoon.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Vice President Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run.

NEW YORK  — After a decade of development and several postponements, the long-awaited Stephen King adaptation “The Dark Tower” debuted with an estimated $19.5 million in North American ticket sales, narrowly edging out the two-week leader “Dunkirk.”

COLUMBUS — A legislator and top contender to become Ohio House speaker in 2019 has returned two large and improper campaign donations from county Republican organizations

DENVER  — A few moments at a backstage photo session four years ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star Taylor Swift and a former disc jockey she accuses of groping her begin picking jurors Monday in their dueling lawsuits.

MANILA, Philippines — The Trump administration is sending its envoy for Ukraine negotiations to Moscow in a bid to make progress on the diplomatic crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Sunday.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Far from their prestigious campuses, a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford finance officer were jailed in the San Francisco area on Saturday after eight days as fugitives in the death of a young hairdresser in Chicago who was repeatedly stabbed until the knife broke, police said.

A 3-year-old South Toledo girl is hospitalized after being struck by a car Saturday afternoon.

As young artists in the making, Ashlee Walsh and Jay Butler were comfortable working in the media they loved.

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, you name it, Andrew Hawkins has busted it, his medical chart ripped straight from the trauma ward.

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. — A Marine isn’t going to shy away from a good challenge. It is in their blood, and woven into their DNA chain. They’ll storm the most dangerous beach, take the highest ground, and insist on being given the toughest assignments.

Perrysburg residents have a mayoral primary starting in about a week, with three mayoral candidates vying for two spots in the November general election.

Food desert. You’ve heard the term, but what does it really mean?

Outdoor settings with live music, lobster, and more could be found at area soirees.

Among the justifications for a new jail are accessibility to courthouses and the cost of transporting prisoners from Stryker.

When I saw The Blade’s front-page story on July 23 about Tom and Mary Walworth losing their 16-year-old son, I immediately thought that I had lost my kids too (‘‘A lesson not learned, a wound not healed”).

I was shocked and relieved the other day to discover some money I had long ago forgotten I had. There it was — $8.27 in singles and loose change — tucked away where it should not have been, in my bed.

If you haven’t worked in newspapers, here’s something you need to know: Reporters don’t write the headlines on their stories.

A president campaigns with promises to achieve a specific goal. The House goes along. The Senate begins to examine the matter, accedes to various lawmakers’ demands for special favors and concessions, but the process runs into resistance. Commentators ask why a Republican president with a Republican House and a Republican Senate can’t pass a major element of the Republican platform.

Pathetically gerrymandered and grossly misrepresented by its congressman, Jim Jordan, Ohio’s 4th congressional district graphically illustrates what’s wrong in American politics.

The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s executive director says that after plans to get a sales-tax levy before voters this year were thwarted, the agency will return in 2018 with a new strategic plan and a new levy pitch.

Toledo must do a better job of investing in its children.