Published 20 hours ago
'Idol' finale draws record low ratings
NEW YORK  — Ratings for the “American Idol” finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.

Published 21 hours ago
Powerball jackpot grows to $600M
DES MOINES, Iowa  — Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game’s history and the world’s second largest lottery prize.

Updated 21 hours ago
Idaho man charged in terror plot
BOISE, Idaho  —n Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges from Idaho that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there.

Updated 22 hours ago
$1M in jewelry stolen near film fest
PARIS  — Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said today.

Updated 22 hours ago
Dogs rebound from hoarding situation
The first five of the 12 dogs the Toledo Area Humane Society helped rescue in April from a hoarding situation in southern Ohio have gone up for adoption.

Updated 22 hours ago
Economic news boosts trading
NEW YORK  — Encouraging news about the U.S. economy helped push stock prices higher on Wall Street today.

Updated 22 hours ago
East Broadway closure in effect until mid-July
City officials have decided to keep part of East Broadway Street closed until mid-July for ongoing street reconstruction instead of reopening it today, the city transportation division announced Thursday.

Updated 22 hours ago
Judge: 1 trial in tot's slaying
Three Toledo men charged in the Aug. 9 shootings of two toddlers in the Moody Manor apartment complex will stand trial together.

Updated 22 hours ago
Native American pipe is Ohio's official state artifact
COLUMBUS — The Adena Pipe, carved in stone in the shape of a man more than 2,000 years ago, was discovered in 1901 in the left hand of a man buried in an excavated mound in Chillicothe.

Updated 23 hours ago
Refinery employee featured in ad
A longtime employee of BP’s oil refinery in suburban Toledo is prominently featured in a national television ad touting the energy company’s commitment to safety as it moves forward from the 2010 Gulf Coast disaster.