COLUMBUS — The fate of Ohio's Medicaid expansion was one of the sticking points Tuesday as a six-member conference committee was expected to work into the night resolving myriad differences between the House and Senate visions for the next two-year budget.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) said Tuesday he would not support the Obamacare repeal bill as written — moments after the Senate Republican leadership announced they planned to delay a vote on the bill.
After choosing the relatively unknown Emmanuel Macron, 39, as president on May 7, French voters gave Mr. Macron’s political coalition a victory in the first and second rounds of parliamentary voting, completed this past Sunday.
Dylan Alderson, a 6-foot-5 combo guard from Clarkston, Mich., will join the University of Toledo men’s basketball team for the 2017-18 season, UT head coach Tod Kowalczyk announced.
CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona has been hospitalized for the second time this month and will miss Tuesday night’s game against Texas.
WASHINGTON – Republicans need to scrap their health care bill, Democrats need to challenge them to work together on a better plan, and governors need to play a role, too.
NAPOLEON – A former eighth-grade teacher who admitted having sexual conduct with three young girls was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison.
The Lucas County commissioners approved a proposal Tuesday for joining the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority and asking voters to replace the existing property tax that funds bus service with a new sales tax.
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Senate could vote as soon as Wednesday to all but outlaw the most common abortion procedure used during the second trimester of pregnancy.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A military installation in Alabama says in a tweet it is on lockdown amid reports of a possible active shooter.
Toledo mayoral candidate Wade Kapszukiewicz went on the offensive Tuesday lambasting his two opponents for their handling of city finances and its budget while promising a “taxpayer bill of rights” that included transparency and accountability.
A motorist is dead after a vehicle crash Tuesday in Richfield Township in western Lucas County.
University of Toledo police arrested a man accused of forging a university record for an inmate.
NEW YORK — Facebook is deleting about 66,000 posts a week as the social media giant cracks down on what it considers to be hate speech.
LANSING, Mich. — Online retailer Amazon.com plans to create 1,600 jobs in Michigan by opening a “fulfillment center” in the Detroit area.
LONDON — Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said she had changed her mind about seeking a second independence referendum, telling lawmakers Tuesday that she was postponing plans to introduce legislation for a vote on whether Scotland should break away from the United Kingdom.
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders scrambled Tuesday to rescue their health care bill, in deepening jeopardy as opposition from rebellious Republicans intensified. The defections loomed as Congress’ nonpartisan budget referee said the measure would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026 than President Barack Obama’s law.
BMW is adding 1,000 jobs at a plant in South Carolina, its largest production facility in the world.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine promised an administration focused on jobs and education in a campaign stop today in Maumee.
PARIS — A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine especially hard.
COLUMBIA, Conn. — Independence Day traditions in one small Connecticut town are clashing with an effort to protect an iconic symbol of the United States.
MOSUL, Iraq — Counterattacks by Islamic State militants on the western edge of Mosul have stalled Iraqi forces’ push in the Old City, the last IS stronghold in the battle, an Iraqi officer said Tuesday.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday there must be a “major national investigation” into the use of potentially flammable cladding fitted to high-rise towers across the country, as police formally identified a 5-year-old boy as one of youngest victims of London’s Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.
BRUSSELS — After a seven-year legal battle, European authorities came down hard on Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own businesses, fining the tech giant a record 2.42 billion euros ($2.72 billion) and raising the prospect of more.