Новости за 21.01.2016

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A suburban Detroit bus driver has been charged with misdemeanor assault after authorities say he threw ice at children and hurt one.

Diversity training expert and author Eric Ellis said the ability to overlook personal biases and prejudices is essential in treating others with respect, equality, and fairness.

Oregon's governor blasted the federal government's response to the occupation of a wildlife refuge by a group of armed men saying the situation was “absolutely intolerable” and costing the state about $100,000 a week.

An associate professor at Kent State University in Ohio is under investigation by the FBI over possible involvement with the Islamic State.

MEXICO CITY — Authorities say a strong earthquake has struck well off the Pacific coast of western Mexico. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami is expected.

CAIRO — A bomb attack killed three policemen on Thursday near a road that leads to the site of the ancient Egyptian pyramids in the Cairo suburb of Giza, security sources said.

NEW YORK — Will Smith says he will not attend the Academy Awards next month, joining his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others in protest against two straight years of all-white acting nominees. Best supporting actor nominee Mark Ruffalo also says he’s considering skipping the ceremony.

EUFAULA, Okla. — The FBI says two people have been shot to death, including a bank employee, during a bank robbery in eastern Oklahoma.

ATLANTA — Federal prosecutors in Atlanta say Georgia prison inmates used contraband cellphones to carry out financial fraud schemes from their cells.

PITTSBURGH — A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh-area woman who claims Bill Cosby defamed her when he and his representatives responded to allegations that he drugged and sexually assaulted her and other women.

LONDON — President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service to kill a former agent-turned-Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive poison, a British judge said today in a strongly worded report that led Moscow to accuse Britain of a politically motivated attack.

WASHINGTON  — A light dusting of snow that caused commuter chaos in the nation’s capital served as an ominous prelude to the massive blizzard bearing down on the eastern United States today.

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since July, though applications remained at historically low levels.

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A multi-vehicle injury crash closed eastbound I-475 just before the I-75 split in West Toledo early today, authorities said.

Owens Corning, a Toledo building products maker, today announced that it has an agreement to purchase a Finnish company for $79.5 million.

BEIJING — A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck a remote region of northwest China early today, damaging a few dozen homes but causing no casualties.

From a corner of northwest Ohio that has produced wrestling greats Greg Wojciechowski, Mark Coleman, and Mark Kerr — each of whom won high school state championships and later national college titles — none has been as dominant in the upper weight classes at the high school level as current Clay senior Matt Stencel.

Scott had the opportunity to do something special on Wednesday night at the Ben E. Williams Fieldhouse.

The St. Francis de Sales hockey team has rung up video-game numbers this season.

ANN ARBOR — Don Brown will make an average of $900,000 a year as Michigan’s defensive coordinator after agreeing to a three-year contract.

AKRON — An early bout of turnovers and a fourth-quarter cold stretch conspired to snap the four-game winning streak of the University of Toledo women's basketball team.

DETROIT — Al Avila says it was around Christmas that the Detroit Tigers’ offseason changed.

In a hoops-crazed town like Fayette, high school basketball often takes center stage.