https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comWed, 10 Apr 2019 03:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/blog-post-title/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 03:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/blog-post-title/ Wire Service Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as negotiators reached agreement on an extraordinary hearing for Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, a second allegation of sexual misconduct by the Supreme Court nominee put the White House and Senate Republicans on the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation.
A dayslong back and forth over the timing and terms of a hearing with Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/as-senate-hearing-set-for-kavanaugh-new-accuser-emerges/Mon, 24 Sep 2018 07:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/as-senate-hearing-set-for-kavanaugh-new-accuser-emerges/ Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of several thousand in Cleveland, Obama said the consequences of sitting on the sidelines during November’s midterm elections “are far more dangerous” than in the past.
Without mentioning Republican President Donald Trump by name, Obama said, &ldqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/obama-tells-voters-sitting-on-sidelines-in-2018-dangerous/Sun, 16 Sep 2018 18:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/obama-tells-voters-sitting-on-sidelines-in-2018-dangerous/ Calvin WoodwardWire Service Correspondents
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stormy week, President Donald Trump blustered and distorted reality, denying massive deaths from a hurricane that scientists believe to be one of the nation’s deadliest and blowing out of proportion U.S. economic growth and his role in spurring it.
He’s insisting the federal response to Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico last September, was “incredibly successful,” even though blac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trumps-blustery-myths-on-hurricanes-income/Sun, 16 Sep 2018 18:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trumps-blustery-myths-on-hurricanes-income/ Angeliki Kastanis
Wire Service Correspondents
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Donald Trump’s assertion that the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria was “an incredible, unsung success” fell flat in Puerto Rico, where islanders are still struggling to recover from the devastating storm a year later.
“I was indignant,” said Gloria Rosado, a 62-year-old college professor who watched the president’s news conference]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trump-comments-sting-in-puerto-rico-amid-slow-storm-recovery/Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trump-comments-sting-in-puerto-rico-amid-slow-storm-recovery/ PITTSBURGH – The new Kia Forte flies in the face of the market. It is a compact sedan in a sea of crossovers. However, from 2013 to 2017, Forte sales almost doubled. So there is little choice but to give buyers what they crave — a new Kia Forte.
Frank S.Washington can be reached at frank@aboutthatcar.com. Or, snail mail him at P.O. Box 23167, Detroit, MI 48223.For 2019, the third generation Forte has grown. It is longer, wider]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/about-that-car-2019-kia-forte/Sun, 09 Sep 2018 21:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/about-that-car-2019-kia-forte/ By Zeke Miller andJonathan Lemire
Wire Service Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — One after another, President Donald Trump’s top lieutenants stepped forward Thursday to declare, “Not me.”
They lined up to deny writing an incendiary New York Times opinion piece that was purportedly submitted by a member of an administration “resistance” movement straining to thwart Trump’s most dangerous]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/not-me/Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/not-me/ Wire Service Correspondent
Two farewells, both reflecting distinct but uniquely American cultures.
In Detroit, celebrities sat alongside anonymous mourners Friday in joyous remembrance of Aretha Franklin, a funeral that brought together the black church, gospel music, civil rights activism and Detroit civic pride.
Hundreds of miles away in Washington, D.C., honor guards stood ramrod straight through silent pomp and circumstance while politicians shared stories of battle and f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/mccain-franklin-tributes-show-2-americas-and-cultures/Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/mccain-franklin-tributes-show-2-americas-and-cultures/ Wire Service CorrespondentsFollow link to view video: https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/media:1cdab41e37ad4dca905f4eaac6e05f48/576.mp4
 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Immigrant parents who reveled after joyful reunions with their young children spoke Wednesday of the traumatic impact of being separated from their sons and daughters for months after they were taken from them at the U.S. border.
The administration has been scrambling to reunify the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/immigrant-parents-happy-but-traumatized-after-kids-returned/Sat, 28 Jul 2018 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/immigrant-parents-happy-but-traumatized-after-kids-returned/ Stephen Wright
Wire Service Correspondents
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — “Everyone is safe.” With those three words posted on Facebook the daring rescue mission to extricate 12 boys and their soccer coach from the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in Thailand was complete — a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced diver and riveted people worldwide.
 
Thailand’s Navy SEALs, who were central to the rescue effort,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/everyone-is-safe-after-daring-rescue-of-13-in-thai-cave/Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/everyone-is-safe-after-daring-rescue-of-13-in-thai-cave/ Wire Service Correspondents
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right.
A favorite of the Republican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former law clerk for retiring Justice Anthony K]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trump-picks-kavanaugh-a-gop-favorite-for-supreme-court/Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trump-picks-kavanaugh-a-gop-favorite-for-supreme-court/ 5:10 p.m.
Thailand’s navy SEALs say a ninth boy has been brought out of a flooded cave in the country’s far north.
The SEALs said on their Facebook page that “the 9th Wild Boar was out of the cave at 4:06 p.m.” Tuesday, referring to the name of the trapped boys’ soccer team.
Rescuers hope to complete their mission Tuesday after]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/the-latest-more-rescued-from-flooded-thai-cave/Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/the-latest-more-rescued-from-flooded-thai-cave/  Rescuer arrive near cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from the flooded cave before more rains are forecast to hit the northern region. (AP Photo) 
The operation began at 10 a.m. Shortly before 8 p.m., the SEALs reported on their official Facebook page that four had been rescued.
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Two ambul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/the-latest-official-cave-rescue-going-better-than-expected/Sun, 08 Jul 2018 16:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/the-latest-official-cave-rescue-going-better-than-expected/ Wire Service Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican effort to push broad, election-year immigration legislation through Congress has collapsed, but their ordeal over the politically searing issue is far from finished.
The government still holds more than 2,000 children taken from their detained migrant families, an exasperating public relations nightmare for many in the GOP. Nearly 700,000 young immigrants don’t know if the courts will uphold President Donald Tru]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/qampa-on-next-steps-for-gop-in-congressrsquo-immigration-fight/Sun, 01 Jul 2018 03:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/qampa-on-next-steps-for-gop-in-congressrsquo-immigration-fight/ By Mark ShermanWire Service Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries Tuesday, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/high-court-oks-trumps-travel-ban-rejects-muslim-bias-claim/Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/high-court-oks-trumps-travel-ban-rejects-muslim-bias-claim/ PHOENIX (AP) — The attorneys and a pastor for a suburban Phoenix man seen on video being beaten by police while standing against a wall said Thursday that the officer’s claim that their client posed a threat “doesn’t pass the smell test.”
Pastor Andre Miller said the Mesa Police Department description of why they struck the unarmed Robert Johnson doesn’t hold up.This image made from a body camera video on Wednesday, M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/arizona-police-under-scrutiny-after-beating-video-surfaces/Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/arizona-police-under-scrutiny-after-beating-video-surfaces/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/bailing-out-the-coal-industry-will-hurt-consumers/Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/bailing-out-the-coal-industry-will-hurt-consumers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/the-not-so-subtle-racism-of-trump-era-welfare-reform/Wed, 23 May 2018 21:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/the-not-so-subtle-racism-of-trump-era-welfare-reform/ Wire Service Correspondent
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — A 17-year-old boy carrying a shotgun and a revolver opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation’s deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control.
The suspected shooter, who was in custody, also had explosive devices, including a Molotov cocktail, that were found in the school]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/gunman-opens-fire-in-texas-high-school-killing-10-people/Tue, 22 May 2018 06:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/gunman-opens-fire-in-texas-high-school-killing-10-people/ Jill ColvinWire Service Correspondents
“I cannot imagine a scenario in which public health groups would allow this effort to go unchallenged,” Marcella said.
But abortion opponents said Trump is merely reaffirming the core mission of the family planning program.
“The new regulations will draw a bright line between abortion centers and family planning programs, just as…federal law requires and the Supreme Court has upheld,” said Tony P]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trump-thrusts-abortion-fight-into-crucial-midterm-elections/Tue, 22 May 2018 04:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/ohio/trump-thrusts-abortion-fight-into-crucial-midterm-elections/