Новости за 04.10.2017

St. John's Jesuit senior basketball standout Vincent Williams has committed to play next year at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Three orphan cougar cubs have found a new home at the Toledo Zoo.

First in a monthly series on the Young Executive Scholars program.

U.S. stocks inched a bit further into record territory Wednesday after teeter-tottering through the day. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose by just a sliver, but it was enough for a seventh straight gain.

An Oregon man who stole money from his 81-year-old grandmother was placed on community control for four years Tuesday and ordered to pay restitution of $4,995.

Award-winning journalist Jack Lessenberry will give a free lecture on Friday at the University of Toledo’s Carlson Library titled, “Censorship and Self-Censorship: The Media in the Age of Trump.”

WASHINGTON  — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday he never considered resigning as President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, disputing what he called “erroneous” reports that he wanted to step down earlier this year. After pointedly refusing to answer if he called the president a “moron,” Tillerson had a spokeswoman deny he used such language.

TWENTY outstanding individuals among 120 young leaders from Ohio and Michigan were nominated for the 2017 20 Under 40 Leadership Recognition Award.

A Toledo man who assaulted his long-time girlfriend with a hammer was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.

WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday that they have not determined roughly nine months into their investigation whether Russia coordinated with the Trump campaign to sway the 2016 presidential election.

Farmers’ markets have popped up in numerous small towns surrounding the greater Toledo area. The food-to-table trend of “fresh from the market” continues to grow by leaps and bounds.

Tenth in a series on Toledo City Council candidates.

The University of Toledo women’s basketball team got a brief taste of the NCAA tournament last year, and that experience has left them wanting more.

The large-scale oil paintings by a local artist who died earlier this year will be showcased in a solo exhibition of her work at 20 North Gallery in downtown Toledo. FULL STORY.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday unveiled new phones, smart speakers and other devices infused with artificial intelligence in its bid to claim the high ground against rivals Amazon and Apple.

Stuart MacDonald is such a good magician, he even fooled the famous Penn & Teller.

MEXICO CITY  — A new tropical storm formed off the southern Pacific coast of Mexico on Wednesday, while another system that could eventually reach the U.S. as a hurricane was developing off Central America.

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump met privately with victims of the Las Vegas shooting at a hospital Wednesday after he touched down in a city still reeling from the worst gun massacre in modern U.S. history.

Perrysburg won its fifth consecutive Northern Lakes League girls tennis team championship last week at Bowling Green State University’s Keefe Courts.

CLEVELAND — They enter the postseason hotter and colder than any team in baseball, winners of 37 of their last 41 games but absent a World Series title for 69 seasons.

The Cleveland Indians — yes, the Cleveland Indians! — are the favorite to win the World Series. One year after losing to the Chicago Cubs in an epic Game 7, the Indians are back in the postseason, and they’re a deeper, more complete team.

The large-scale oil paintings by a local artist who died earlier this year will be showcased in a solo exhibition of her work at 20 North Gallery in downtown Toledo.

There’s plenty of time for ebbs and flows, ups and downs, through a baseball season. One hundred sixty two games is quite a bit.

The Northwestern Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council on Wednesday endorsed Wade Kapszukiewicz for mayor.

Here is this week’s look at The Blade’s Mid-American East Division power rankings. Not a single thing has changed for the second week in a row (yawn):