Новости за 29.06.2023

NEW YORK — Most stocks ticked higher on Wall Street Thursday following the latest signs that the U.S. economy remains stronger than feared.

WASHINGTON —House Republicans are preparing to let the push for potential impeachment proceedings dominate their agenda over the next few months, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces growing pressure from an increasingly restive right flank eager to take aim at President Joe Biden and his Cabinet.

The Florence Guelfi and Parma Panthers football teams practice for Saturday’s Italian Bowl Thursday, June 29, 2023, at the Glass Bowl.

Matt Gerken, a Toledo resident, has been a Cleveland Guardians fan his entire life.

Lucas County Canine Care and Control will be closed Friday for an all-staff training.

CINCINNATI — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday following his conviction in the largest bribery scandal in state history.

More than $2.7 million in Ohio historic tax credits will help revitalize three buildings in the downtown Toledo area, state officials announced Thursday.

COLUMBUS — A House-passed bill that would mandate minimum training requirements for outside contractors brought in to work at northwest Ohio’s three oil refineries faces an uncertain future in the Ohio Senate.

One of two teen-aged boys charged with a third boy’s shooting death just over a year ago pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter as part of a deal in which he agreed to testify against his co-defendant.

Tennessee Titans right tackle and former Ohio State standout Nicholas Petit-Frere was suspended for the first six games of the 2023 season Thursday for betting on non-NFL sports at the team's facility.

PUT-IN-BAY — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it is projecting a smaller-than-average bloom this summer, most likely a 3 on its 10-point severity index.

Metroparks Toledo is holding an open house next month about the future of its Maumee River islands located near Perrysburg and Maumee.

NEW YORK — Three Florida men were arrested Thursday and charged with illegally making more than $22 million by insider trading ahead of the public announcement that an acquisition firm was going to take a media company owned by former President Donald Trump public.

LANSING — Long-sought sexual assault measures in Michigan first introduced in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal will soon be implemented after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday.

A 17-year-old girl was expected to survive after she was shot in East Toledo on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Russia’s president has succeeded in exiling Wagner mercenary head Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny last week, but the fate of several top generals is still unclear.

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern's CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it's safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio, creating towering black smoke, forcing evacuations and raising environmental worries.

Stroll the Streets offers more than the average Tuesday in Rossford.

Toledo's air quality entered a "very unhealthy" range on Thursday morning with a visible wildfire smoke-induced haze continuing to hang over much of the region.

Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after claims appeared to stabilize at modestly elevated levels in recent weeks.

PETTISVILLE — What’s not to love about a buffet?

​PETERSBURG, Mich. — An 18-year-old drowned Wednesday at a ​campground lake in Monroe County, Mich., authorities said.

Mike McMahon doesn’t just watch the fireworks. He feels them.

The only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smok e from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly, forecasters say.

ART aficionados were delighted last week.