LONDON — Facebook says it has deleted tens of thousands of accounts in Britain ahead of the June 8 general election in a drive to battle fake news.
LOS ANGELES — Emma Watson had high praise for MTV’s move to remove gender qualifiers for its Movie and TV Awards.
1. Metro Toledo schools learn to adapt as students get more diverse
Monclova Township native Reagan Tokes was kidnapped and murdered in February as she left her part-time job at a Columbus restaurant south of the Ohio State University campus. Ms. Tokes had been a four-year varsity tennis player at Anthony Wayne High School and was preparing for graduation from Ohio State this spring.
WASHINGTON — An Obama administration official who warned the Trump White House about contacts between one of its key advisers and Russia is set to speak publicly for the first time about the concerns she raised.
Using the motto “Win the day,” the Northview baseball team hopes to do that often enough down the stretch this season to end a 40-year drought.
For the second day in a row, it seemed an umpire’s decision might cost the Mud Hens a victory.
The weather is warming up and thankfully that means fun outdoor activities for you and your family.
Birders are in the region for the Biggest Week in American Birding Festival.
Each week during the construction season, The Blade’s Road Warrior highlights the major construction projects in Toledo and the surrounding area, noting where delays are worst and suggesting alternate routes.
Ray E. Murray, a Sandusky County farmer who devoted his life to agriculture, died May 4 in ProMedica Toledo Hospital. He was 87 and remained active on the farm.
Kirk Walters' editorial cartoon on April 30, “The First 100 Days of the Democratic Opposition”) depicted 100 “no” votes.
Physical pain is part of the human narrative, and all of us have, at one time or another, suffered from it. Though unpleasant and irritating, pain is essential for our continued well-being. It is often the harbinger of diseases and maladies that if not treated in a timely fashion could cause irreparable damage and even death.
The Ohio chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation is sponsoring a fund-raising 5k run/walk June 17 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Scleroderma is a chronic, degenerative autoimmune disease that hardens the body’s connective tissue through an overproduction of collagen.
TEMPERANCE — Bedford Township’s law enforcement committee isn’t quite ready to make a recommendation on whether or not to split from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, but progress is being made.
COLUMBUS — Spring commencement at Ohio State University is always a lengthy affair because of the sheer numbers of Buckeyes collecting diplomas. But Sunday's ceremony may have set a record, with a largest-ever class of 11,700, nearly 9,000 of whom were in attendance.
The Springfield Local Schools Board of Education could pick its new superintendent at a meeting this week.
On a sunny and nearly cloudless Sunday, newly minted University of Toledo graduates celebrated spring commencement in the Glass Bowl, marking the ceremony’s return to the outdoor stadium for the first time in nearly a decade.
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When you’re elderly, irritable, and confused during a hospital stay, finding the right niche is key to comfort.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted took an important step to protect local election integrity when he intervened and removed a disruptive Lucas County Elections Board member. Now he must ensure the smooth operation of that important public body by choosing a new board member himself.
Toledo Municipal Judge Tim Kuhlman will lead a discussion about Lucas County’s procedural justice efforts in Denver today for a gathering of jurisdictions receiving funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
As anyone who has moved knows, it works best if you move things one piece at a time. In this scan of a Blade archive photo taken by photographer Don Simmons, a helicopter hoists half of the landmark Owens-Illinois sign from its old headquarters in downtown Toledo on May 19, 1979. The Owens half of the sign was the first to be moved. The dismantling operation took more than an hour.
COLUMBUS — Tony Giesige watched as the county auditor’s tax valuation of the land farmed by his family for more than half a century near New Bavaria in Henry County skyrocketed from $310 an acre in 2005 to $3,870 in 2014.
