http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:04:52 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/07/trump-admin-pressure-struggles-plan-potential-plague-fallout/stories/20261007075 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/07/trump-admin-pressure-struggles-plan-potential-plague-fallout/stories/20261007075#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:04:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/07/trump-admin-pressure-struggles-plan-potential-plague-fallout/stories/20261007075 The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and has formally escalated its request for information from the country, amid days of stonewalling from Russian officials about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the episode. The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/07/russian-strikes-ukrainian-cities-kill-25-major-attack/stories/20261007099 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/07/russian-strikes-ukrainian-cities-kill-25-major-attack/stories/20261007099#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:31:43 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/07/russian-strikes-ukrainian-cities-kill-25-major-attack/stories/20261007099 KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight killed at least 25 civilians, including five children, and wounded around 100, Ukrainian officials said. Locals and rescuers carry out an injured man from a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike Oct. 7 on Pryluky, Ukraine. Locals carry out a body from a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike Oct. 7 on Pryluky, Ukraine. Locals and rescuers carry out an injured woman from a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike Oct. 7 on Pryluky, Ukraine. Rescuers work on the scene of a building destroyed following recent Russian attacks Oct. 7 in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, Ukraine. Rescuers work on the scene of a building destroyed following recent Russian attacks Oct. 7 in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, Ukraine. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/christa-pike-is-angry-and-confused-after-surviving-execution-attempt-attorney-says/stories/20261007100 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/christa-pike-is-angry-and-confused-after-surviving-execution-attempt-attorney-says/stories/20261007100#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:52:34 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/christa-pike-is-angry-and-confused-after-surviving-execution-attempt-attorney-says/stories/20261007100 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike was “angry and confused” in the hours after regaining consciousness following Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, first asking, “Where am I?” her lawyer said Wednesday. Luke Ihnen, attorney for Christa Pike, speaks Oct. 7 during a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, in Nashville, Tenn. Luke Ihnen, attorney for Christa Pike, speaks during a court hearing Oct. 7 in Nashville, Tenn., requesting the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike. Tennessee Assistant Attorney General Will Ayers speaks during a court hearing Oct. 7 in Nashville, Tenn. as attorneys for Christa Pike request the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to her failed execution. Christa Pike on Jan. 12, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/10/07/jewish-community-gather-remembrance-hope/stories/20261007010 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/10/07/jewish-community-gather-remembrance-hope/stories/20261007010#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:28:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/10/07/jewish-community-gather-remembrance-hope/stories/20261007010 Three years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, Toledo’s Jewish community gathered Wednesday to remember those killed and taken hostage, grieve the continuing impact of the violence, and hear how an Israeli organization is helping young people build a future. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-midterms/stories/20261007080 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-midterms/stories/20261007080#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:57:11 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-midterms/stories/20261007080 WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections. Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology oversight hearing of the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/tropical-storm-isaias-forms-forecast-hurricane-hit-gulf-coast/stories/20261007073 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/tropical-storm-isaias-forms-forecast-hurricane-hit-gulf-coast/stories/20261007073#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:11:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/tropical-storm-isaias-forms-forecast-hurricane-hit-gulf-coast/stories/20261007073 MIAMI — Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Depression Nine forming over the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/oscar-winning-actress-bgsu-alumna-eva-marie-saint-dies/stories/20261006107 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/oscar-winning-actress-bgsu-alumna-eva-marie-saint-dies/stories/20261006107#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:37:10 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/oscar-winning-actress-bgsu-alumna-eva-marie-saint-dies/stories/20261006107 LOS ANGELES — Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, On the Waterfront, and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest, has died. She was 102. Academy Award-winning actress and Bowling Green State University alumna Eva Marie Saint speaks to local media in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre at BGSU in 2018. Miss Saint, who graduated from BGSU in 1946, has died at age 102. Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress and Bowling Green State University alumna, has died at age 102. Miss Saint is shown at the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2016. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/06/french-riot-police-tear-gas-rally-school-funding/stories/20261006099 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/06/french-riot-police-tear-gas-rally-school-funding/stories/20261006099#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:31:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/06/french-riot-police-tear-gas-rally-school-funding/stories/20261006099 PARIS — Police fired tear gas to control crowds in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday as more than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support high school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures. The protests increased pressure on the administration of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron. A protesters kicks a teargas canister during scuffles following a demonstration against under-resourced schools Oct. 6 in Paris. Students chant slogans during a demonstration against under-resourced schools Oct. 6 in Paris. Riot police use a water cannon as they face students during a protest against under-resourced schools Oct. 6 in Rennes, western France. Riot police use a water cannon as they face students during a protest against under-resourced schools Oct. 6 in Rennes, western France. A student holds a board reading 'GenZ will win' during a protest against under-resourced schools Oct. 6 in Paris. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/06/christa-pike-conscious-speaking-after-tennessee-failed-execution/stories/20261006098 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/06/christa-pike-conscious-speaking-after-tennessee-failed-execution/stories/20261006098#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:23:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/06/christa-pike-conscious-speaking-after-tennessee-failed-execution/stories/20261006098 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday. Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. Christa Pike https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/06/trump-administration-government-lawyers-migrant-kids-cases/stories/20261006100 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/06/trump-administration-government-lawyers-migrant-kids-cases/stories/20261006100#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:21:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/06/trump-administration-government-lawyers-migrant-kids-cases/stories/20261006100 MIAMI — The Trump Administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings, which critics say would deprive them of having lawyers who aren’t employed by the government and could put them at greater risk of deportation. An unaccompanied minor looks up as he waits to answer questions from a U.S. Border Patrol agent at an intake site after he was smuggled on an inflatable raft across the Rio Grande River on March 24, 2021, in Roma, Texas. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/cleveland-strikeout-king-sam-mcdowell-dies-84/stories/20261006081 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/cleveland-strikeout-king-sam-mcdowell-dies-84/stories/20261006081#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:41:21 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/cleveland-strikeout-king-sam-mcdowell-dies-84/stories/20261006081 CLEVELAND — Sam McDowell, a six-time All Star who led the American League in strikeouts four times before becoming a counselor for athletes suffering from addiction issues and depression, died Monday at his home in the Villages, Florida. He was 84. Former Major League Baseball players Sam McDowell, left, gestures while joking with Steve Garvey, right, before the 22nd Annual Baseball Assistance Team Dinner on Jan. 25, 2011 in New York. Cleveland Indians pitcher Sam McDowell poses on March 12, 1964 during spring training. Cleveland Indians' Sam McDowell shows the form he used to strike out 15 White Sox as he winds up during the seventh inning of a night baseball game in Chicago, May 7, 1970. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/06/world-responds-possible-case-pneumonic-plague-russian-lab-worker-dies/stories/20261006075 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/06/world-responds-possible-case-pneumonic-plague-russian-lab-worker-dies/stories/20261006075#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:02:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/06/world-responds-possible-case-pneumonic-plague-russian-lab-worker-dies/stories/20261006075 GENEVA — The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week. This undated photo released in 2019 by the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East shows the institute workers in a lab. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-ptl-club-televangelism-empire-scandals-dies-86/stories/20261006071 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-ptl-club-televangelism-empire-scandals-dies-86/stories/20261006071#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:37:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-ptl-club-televangelism-empire-scandals-dies-86/stories/20261006071 Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful The PTL Club TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86. Jim and Tammy Bakker enjoy a night on the town night of Oct. 24, 1987 as they arrive at the Beverly Theatre to see the show 'The Gospel Truth.' Television evangelist Jim Bakker poses in front of the Water Park in Columbia, SC, one of the attractions at his Heritage USA, on March 19, 1987. Televangelist Jim Bakker, founder of the former Heritage USA resort, delivers his sermon during the MorningStar Fellowship Church New Year's Conference, in Fort Mill, S.C., on Dec. 30, 2005. FILE -FILE - U.S. marshals escort former PTL leader Jim Bakker, center, from his attorney's office to a waiting car Thursday afternoon Aug. 31, 1989 in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) FILE -FILE - Jim And Tammy Faye Bakker talk to their television audience, Aug. 20, 1986 at their PTL Ministry in Fort Mill, S.C. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File) https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/saudi-backed-yemeni-forces-houthis-key-strait/stories/20261005111 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/saudi-backed-yemeni-forces-houthis-key-strait/stories/20261005111#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:24:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/saudi-backed-yemeni-forces-houthis-key-strait/stories/20261005111 ADEN, Yemen — Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday. A man walks inside a damaged sponge factory in Sanaa, Yemen, on Oct. 4. Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, on Sept. 12, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. A tea seller pours milk from a can as he prepares tea at a market in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen, on Sept. 28. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/ukraine-taken-out-russia-oil-refining-capacity/stories/20261005110 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/ukraine-taken-out-russia-oil-refining-capacity/stories/20261005110#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:20:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/ukraine-taken-out-russia-oil-refining-capacity/stories/20261005110 KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine says its long-range strikes have neutralized more than half of Russia’s oil refining capacity, hampering Moscow’s ability to supply its forces during its 4½-year-old invasion. A mother surrounded by family cries sitting by the coffin of her son Illia Honcharenko, 14, killed by a Russian rocket strike on a residential house on Sept. 30, during their funeral, in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Oct. 2. A car burns after a Russian drone strike on a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 4. A rescue worker tries to put out a fire of a residential house damaged in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 4. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/05/supreme-court-weighs-local-governments-climate-change-lawsuits-oil-gas-companies/stories/20261005102 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/05/supreme-court-weighs-local-governments-climate-change-lawsuits-oil-gas-companies/stories/20261005102#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:37:25 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/05/supreme-court-weighs-local-governments-climate-change-lawsuits-oil-gas-companies/stories/20261005102 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court grappled Monday with whether local governments can sue oil and gas companies in state court to help cover costs associated with climate change, an issue with potentially billions of dollars at stake. Colorado rancher Kathryn Bedell talks about the impact of droughts on her business as activists gather at the Supreme Court for a case about whether oil and gas companies should help pay for damage caused by disasters linked to climate change, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 5. Activists take a stand as the Supreme Court begins its new term with a case about whether oil and gas companies should help pay for damage caused by disasters linked to climate change, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 5. Officers with the Supreme Court Police stand watch as the hight court begins its new term with a case about whether oil and gas companies should help pay for damage caused by disasters linked to climate change, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 5. An activist carries a sign at the Supreme Court as the court begins its new term with a case about whether oil and gas companies should help pay for damage caused by disasters linked to climate change, on Capitol Hill on Oct. 5 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/05/former-american-idol-singer-caleb-flynn-sentencing-wife-murder/stories/20261005095 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/05/former-american-idol-singer-caleb-flynn-sentencing-wife-murder/stories/20261005095#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:04:18 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/05/former-american-idol-singer-caleb-flynn-sentencing-wife-murder/stories/20261005095 A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on American Idol was set to be sentenced Monday after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife while he was having an affair. Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 28 in Troy, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/us-removes-air-force-bombers-uk-base-threat/stories/20261005091 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/us-removes-air-force-bombers-uk-base-threat/stories/20261005091#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:51:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/05/us-removes-air-force-bombers-uk-base-threat/stories/20261005091 The United States moved all of its long-range bombers stationed in the United Kingdom back to their American home bases on Sunday after an unspecified new threat, according to a U.S. official. It comes days after the British government arrested a number of individuals in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to target the UK airbase where the planes had been stationed. The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/05/dozens-quarantined-researcher-russian-plague-laboratory-dies-unknown-infection/stories/20261005089 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/05/dozens-quarantined-researcher-russian-plague-laboratory-dies-unknown-infection/stories/20261005089#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:10:22 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/05/dozens-quarantined-researcher-russian-plague-laboratory-dies-unknown-infection/stories/20261005089 Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/03/i-couldn-t-let-everybody-else-die-says-hero-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar/stories/20261003082 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/03/i-couldn-t-let-everybody-else-die-says-hero-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar/stories/20261003082#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:33:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/03/i-couldn-t-let-everybody-else-die-says-hero-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar/stories/20261003082 Smit Machchhar, the hero Flydubai captain who fought off a savage attack by his copilot, kept fighting because he could not “let everybody else die,” he said in his first public remarks since Wednesday’s suspected hijacking attempt. Hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar speaks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a videocall.