http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:12:38 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/28/nashville-airport-dolly-parton-tennessee-governor-proposal/stories/20260828088 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/28/nashville-airport-dolly-parton-tennessee-governor-proposal/stories/20260828088#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:42:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/28/nashville-airport-dolly-parton-tennessee-governor-proposal/stories/20260828088 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal announced Friday by Tennessee’s governor. A plane flies over Nashville, Tenn., towing a banner reading “change.org/DollyPartonAirport” as part of an effort to rename the airport after Dolly Parton on Aug. 28. Flowers, cards and balloons are seen at a memorial outside the home of the late Dolly Parton on Aug. 27 in Brentwood, Tenn. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/28/new-cyclosporiasis-cases-dwindle/stories/20260828086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/28/new-cyclosporiasis-cases-dwindle/stories/20260828086#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:17:55 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/28/new-cyclosporiasis-cases-dwindle/stories/20260828086 Lucas County has reported 1,300 cases of cyclosporiasis, while 3,401 cases have been confirmed across northwest Ohio, a regional increase of 15 since Monday, according to figures from the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department. Iceberg and romaine lettuce sit in the produce section inside of Seaway Marketplace in Toledo on July 15.. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/israeli-strikes-gaza-west-bank-deaths/stories/20260828102 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/israeli-strikes-gaza-west-bank-deaths/stories/20260828102#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:18:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/israeli-strikes-gaza-west-bank-deaths/stories/20260828102 Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States. Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Aug. 26. Children play at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 26. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-kyiv-region/stories/20260828103 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-kyiv-region/stories/20260828103#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:03:32 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-kyiv-region/stories/20260828103 KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces on Friday resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a second straight day of aerial attacks, officials said. Cars burn as firefighters try to put out a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Aug. 28. Cars burn as firefighters try to put out a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Aug. 28. A woman observes a daily nationwide minute of silence in memory of soldiers killed in the war with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/rescuers-retrieve-flood-survivors-death-toll-nepal-china/stories/20260828101 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/rescuers-retrieve-flood-survivors-death-toll-nepal-china/stories/20260828101#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:49:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/rescuers-retrieve-flood-survivors-death-toll-nepal-china/stories/20260828101 KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing. A relative consoles Sabina Dangal outside a government hospital as she waits for news of her brother, who is missing after flash floods, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Aug. 28. Army soldiers help a family disembark from a helicopter after they are rescued from an area affected by flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district Aug. 28. People walk past damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, on Aug. 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/27/catastrophic-floods-kill-390-nepal-tibet/stories/20260827098 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/27/catastrophic-floods-kill-390-nepal-tibet/stories/20260827098#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:35:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/27/catastrophic-floods-kill-390-nepal-tibet/stories/20260827098 DEVIGHAT, Nepal  — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. Rescuers carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. A boy looks at the devastation caused by flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. A vehicle is seen in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 27. Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli Riverin Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. Nepalese policemen watch as earthmovers clear the debris of flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/27/photo-gallery-white-coat-ceremony/stories/20260827109 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/27/photo-gallery-white-coat-ceremony/stories/20260827109#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:55:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/27/photo-gallery-white-coat-ceremony/stories/20260827109 The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosted its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Thursday in West Toledo. Annabell Welsh is helped to adorn her jacket as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Mariam Saleh waits in line with her jacket as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Ngoc Binh Nguyen makes a quick bow after adorning her jacket for the first time as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Mohammad Ali poses with dean Pamela Heaton as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Michael Youssef is congratulated as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Everton King leans into his jacket as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Maria Ayoub is congratulated by provost Mitchell McKinney as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Omar Mansour is helped to put on his jacket for the first time as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Karissa Pham walks the stage to put on her jacket as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Graduating students hold their jackets as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Parents watch students as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Graduating students hold their jackets as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Graduating students hold their jackets as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Doctors and instructors, and soon-to-be doctors and instructors mingle before the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Graduating students hold their jackets as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. The father of Maria Ayoub records his daughter's graduation as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Guest speaker and graduate Dr. Allison Shuster, Pfizer's director of pharmacy development, talks to students about career development as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Dr. Pamela Heaton, Dean, addresses guests as the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy hosts its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. Bilal Abdelhamid signs the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy's graduation book, a tradition in its White Coat Ceremony in Nitschke Auditorium on Aug. 27 in West Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/27/congo-begins-ebola-vaccinations/stories/20260827108 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/27/congo-begins-ebola-vaccinations/stories/20260827108#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:57:48 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/27/congo-begins-ebola-vaccinations/stories/20260827108 KISANGANI, Congo — Congo on Thursday began vaccinating people against Ebola as health authorities work to slow the country's deadliest outbreak of the disease on record. In this photo released by UNICEF, officials inspect doses of Ebola (Zaire) vaccines upon arrival at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, on Aug. 21. In this photo released by UNICEF, workers unload doses of Ebola (Zaire) vaccines from a plane at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, on Aug. 21. In this photo released by UNICEF, workers unload doses of Ebola (Zaire) vaccines from a plane at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, on Aug. 21. In this photo released by UNICEF, workers unload doses of Ebola (Zaire) vaccines from a plane at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, on Aug. 21. In this photo released by UNICEF, workers unload doses of Ebola (Zaire) vaccines from a plane at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, on Aug. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-rename-lake-ontario-lake-america/stories/20260827096 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-rename-lake-ontario-lake-america/stories/20260827096#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:27:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-rename-lake-ontario-lake-america/stories/20260827096 President Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as Lake America in the United States as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order updating the lake’s name for the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot, however, force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention. President Donald Trump, center, walks from Marine One to board Air Force One on Aug. 21 at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to South Carolina. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/08/27/religious-offerings-temperance-church-to-install-new-pastor/stories/20260827002 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/08/27/religious-offerings-temperance-church-to-install-new-pastor/stories/20260827002#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:23:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/08/27/religious-offerings-temperance-church-to-install-new-pastor/stories/20260827002 ■ St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Temperance welcomes a new pastor on Sunday. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/26/160-killed-hundreds-missing-flash-floods-nepal-china/stories/20260826097 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/26/160-killed-hundreds-missing-flash-floods-nepal-china/stories/20260826097#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:39:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/26/160-killed-hundreds-missing-flash-floods-nepal-china/stories/20260826097 UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-Tibet border after the collapse of a glacier sent a deadly wall of water and mud several stories high tearing through communities a day earlier. Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. A boy looks at the devastation caused by flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli River after flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/08/26/judge-removes-one-hurdle-trump-mail-voting-order/stories/20260826091 https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/08/26/judge-removes-one-hurdle-trump-mail-voting-order/stories/20260826091#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:16:25 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/08/26/judge-removes-one-hurdle-trump-mail-voting-order/stories/20260826091 A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the midterm elections fast approaching. A worker sorts ballots at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center during the California primary election on June 2 in City of Industry, Calif. Delivery vans bearing the logo sit during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action on July 28 outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. President Donald Trump listens during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Aug. 24 in Washington. An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., on Aug. 18. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/08/26/tim-curry-actor-rocky-horror-picture-show-star-dies-80/stories/20260826081 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/08/26/tim-curry-actor-rocky-horror-picture-show-star-dies-80/stories/20260826081#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:38:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/08/26/tim-curry-actor-rocky-horror-picture-show-star-dies-80/stories/20260826081 Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died. He was 80. Tim Curry attends the Museum of the Moving Image salute to Alec Baldwin in New York on Feb. 28, 2011. Tim Curry performs a number from the musical 'Spamalot' during the Broadway premiere on March 17, 2005, in New York, Tim Curry participates in the panel for 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' during the Fox Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2016. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-iconic-songwriter-singer-and-actor-has-died-at-80/stories/20260825087 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-iconic-songwriter-singer-and-actor-has-died-at-80/stories/20260825087#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:05:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-iconic-songwriter-singer-and-actor-has-died-at-80/stories/20260825087 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. Dolly Parton at the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/24/canada-will-announce-retaliatory-tariffs-against-united-states-tuesday/stories/20260824086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/24/canada-will-announce-retaliatory-tariffs-against-united-states-tuesday/stories/20260824086#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:44:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/24/canada-will-announce-retaliatory-tariffs-against-united-states-tuesday/stories/20260824086 TORONTO — Canada struck back at the United States on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbors escalated sharply. Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada's response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 22. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/24/trump-s-economic-d-day-threats-become-warnings-countries-sever-ties-iran/stories/20260824087 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/24/trump-s-economic-d-day-threats-become-warnings-countries-sever-ties-iran/stories/20260824087#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:52:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/24/trump-s-economic-d-day-threats-become-warnings-countries-sever-ties-iran/stories/20260824087 WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United States. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives to speak at a news conference on Aug. 24 at the Treasury Department in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/24/supreme-court-clears-way-trump-mail-voting-order-advance-midterms/stories/20260824084 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/24/supreme-court-clears-way-trump-mail-voting-order-advance-midterms/stories/20260824084#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:03:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/24/supreme-court-clears-way-trump-mail-voting-order-advance-midterms/stories/20260824084 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections. The Supreme Court is seen on July 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/24/no-new-cyclosporiasis-infections-in-lucas-county/stories/20260824073 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/24/no-new-cyclosporiasis-infections-in-lucas-county/stories/20260824073#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:53:03 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/24/no-new-cyclosporiasis-infections-in-lucas-county/stories/20260824073 Cyclosporiasis cases in Lucas County remained stagnant over the weekend, while 11 new cases have been confirmed since Friday across northwest Ohio, making for a total of 3,386 positive cases regionally, according to figures from the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department. Brandon Palinski, director of innovation, quality and informatics at the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, shows a photo of the cyclospora parasite at the health department in Toledo on July 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/23/outreach-effort-targets-minority-communities-organ-donors/stories/20260815004 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/23/outreach-effort-targets-minority-communities-organ-donors/stories/20260815004#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:29:47 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/08/23/outreach-effort-targets-minority-communities-organ-donors/stories/20260815004 Black Americans are four times more likely to end up on dialysis as whites, yet they are half as likely to be accepted for transplantation as their white counterparts, according to the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/23/wildfire-approaches-reno-nevada-thousands-evacuate-neighborhoods/stories/20260823091 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/23/wildfire-approaches-reno-nevada-thousands-evacuate-neighborhoods/stories/20260823091#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:21:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/08/23/wildfire-approaches-reno-nevada-thousands-evacuate-neighborhoods/stories/20260823091 RENO, Nevada — The fast-growing Hawk Fire spread from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno early Sunday, growing to more than 10,500 acres. Nearly 14,000 homes were ordered evacuated, and the “G0 NOW” zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. A scorched structure is seen following the Bug Fire near Reno, Nev., on Aug. 13. A scorched car sits outside a home that survived the Bug Fire near Reno, Nev., on Aug. 13.