http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sun, 04 Oct 2026 04:23:27 GMT en-us hourly 1 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. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/03/dana-marie-slay-1959-2026-police-officer-special-connection-young-people/stories/20261002138 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/03/dana-marie-slay-1959-2026-police-officer-special-connection-young-people/stories/20261002138#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:55:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/03/dana-marie-slay-1959-2026-police-officer-special-connection-young-people/stories/20261002138 Dana Marie Slay, the first Black woman to be awarded Badge No. 1 as the Toledo Police Department’s longest-serving officer, died Sept. 26 at her Toledo home. She was 67. Officer Dana Slay speaks during a meeting of the Old West End Neighborhood Initiatives to discuss the distrust between law enforcement and the community at Kent Library in Toledo in 2019. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/03/trump-pushes-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time/stories/20261003076 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/03/trump-pushes-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time/stories/20261003076#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:31:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/03/trump-pushes-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time/stories/20261003076 President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Clockmaker Scott Gow adjusts the hands of a clock at the Electric Time Company in 2024, in Medfield, Mass. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., on Oct. 2. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on June 2. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/03/axe-wielding-flydubai-co-pilot-flagged-extremism-concerns/stories/20261003073 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/03/axe-wielding-flydubai-co-pilot-flagged-extremism-concerns/stories/20261003073#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:12:56 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/03/axe-wielding-flydubai-co-pilot-flagged-extremism-concerns/stories/20261003073 CAIRO — The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on an Israel-bound flight with an axe and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who’d been barred from flying on his country’s airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said Saturday. An FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 30. This screengrab from Narendra Modi YouTube Channel shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking with FlyDubai pilot Capt. Smit Machchhar on Oct. 2. Passengers who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, during a flight on FlyDubai plane, arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 30. Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, who was aboard a Flydubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, is welcomed at the arrivals gate at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/03/remedy-tested-deadliest-ebola-outbreak/stories/20261003074 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/03/remedy-tested-deadliest-ebola-outbreak/stories/20261003074#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:07:59 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/03/remedy-tested-deadliest-ebola-outbreak/stories/20261003074 RWAMPARA, Congo — More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in what experts have described as a critical step to try to fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the Central African country. A doctor collects an enrolled patient's blood for Ebola testing during clinical trials attempting to stop the rare Bundibugyo virus, amidst a deadly Ebola outbreak, in Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, Congo, on Oct. 1. An enrolled patient arrives to clinical trials attempting to stop the rare Bundibugyo virus, amidst a deadly Ebola outbreak, in Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, Congo, on Oct. 1. An enrolled patient receives information during clinical trials attempting to stop the rare Bundibugyo virus, amidst a deadly Ebola outbreak, in Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, Congo, on Oct. 1. Doctors label the sample collected from an enrolled patient and record it in the hospital's files during clinical trials attempting to stop the rare Bundibugyo virus, amidst a deadly Ebola outbreak, in Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, Congo, on Oct. 1. Pills are provided to enrolled patients during clinical trials attempting to stop the rare Bundibugyo virus, amidst a deadly Ebola outbreak, in Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, Congo, on Oct. 1. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/02/christa-pike-ventilator-unconscious-failed-tennessee-execution/stories/20261002140 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/02/christa-pike-ventilator-unconscious-failed-tennessee-execution/stories/20261002140#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:45:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/02/christa-pike-ventilator-unconscious-failed-tennessee-execution/stories/20261002140 Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. Kathleen Walter prays in the area reserved for people opposed to the death penalty outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the planned execution of Christa Pike on Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. Christa Pike This undated photo provided by May Martinez shows her daughter, Colleen Slemmer, who was murdered in 1995 in Tennessee. Emergency vehicles leave Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted on Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. Alonzo Hughes participates in a March 4 Mercy protest against the death penalty at the Tennessee State Capitol on Sept. 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/02/pilot-stabbing-aviation-security-questions-us-iran-war/stories/20261002130 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/02/pilot-stabbing-aviation-security-questions-us-iran-war/stories/20261002130#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:09:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/02/pilot-stabbing-aviation-security-questions-us-iran-war/stories/20261002130 TEL AVIV, Israel — This week’s attack on a pilot by a co-pilot who tried to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flight left the region’s travel industry in crisis Friday, raising questions about aviation security and further unsettling a Middle East already shaken by the U.S.-Iran war. Passengers who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia during a flight on FlyDubai plane arrive Sept. 30 at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli passenger Asaf Rajuan, right, who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, during a flight on a FlyDubai plane, hugs another passenger from the same flight as they arrive Sept. 30 at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/02/ny-governor-cornell-rape-accuser-failed-police-prosecutor/stories/20261002129 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/02/ny-governor-cornell-rape-accuser-failed-police-prosecutor/stories/20261002129#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:44:02 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/02/ny-governor-cornell-rape-accuser-failed-police-prosecutor/stories/20261002129 NEW YORK — The woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including campus police and the county prosecutor, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference with New York Attorney General Letitia James on Oct. 2 in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference with New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Oct. 2 in New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/02/g7-nations-release-100-million-barrels-oil-boost-trump/stories/20261002105 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/02/g7-nations-release-100-million-barrels-oil-boost-trump/stories/20261002105#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:34:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/02/g7-nations-release-100-million-barrels-oil-boost-trump/stories/20261002105 WASHINGTON  — The Group of Seven industrial nations said on Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record high prices in the United States, where President Donald Trump said the diesel release would happen “immediately." President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 2 in Washington. France President Emmanuel Macron attends a news conference with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid, Spain, on Sept. 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/dc-judge-dismisses-case-charging-ex-olympian-vandalizing-reflecting-pool/stories/20261001101 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/dc-judge-dismisses-case-charging-ex-olympian-vandalizing-reflecting-pool/stories/20261001101#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:55:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/dc-judge-dismisses-case-charging-ex-olympian-vandalizing-reflecting-pool/stories/20261001101 WASHINGTON — A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political pressure from President Donald Trump. The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on July 29 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/ice-officers-conduct-vehicle-stops-complete-certain-training-new-guidance/stories/20261001100 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/ice-officers-conduct-vehicle-stops-complete-certain-training-new-guidance/stories/20261001100#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:48:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/ice-officers-conduct-vehicle-stops-complete-certain-training-new-guidance/stories/20261001100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will only be allowed to conduct vehicle stops if they have completed related training courses and must ensure that vehicles used for stops are equipped with lights and sirens, according to new internal guidance reviewed by CNN. The new guidance doesn’t prohibit ICE vehicle stops but lays out who is allowed to participate — and in what capacity — and how to perform them. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/renee-good-family-sues-government-immigration-officials-killing-minneapolis/stories/20261001097 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/renee-good-family-sues-government-immigration-officials-killing-minneapolis/stories/20261001097#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:57:01 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/renee-good-family-sues-government-immigration-officials-killing-minneapolis/stories/20261001097 MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis. Flowers and photos are left at a memorial site for Renee Good on Jan. 31 in Minneapolis. Brent and Luke Ganger, brothers of Renee Good, from left, and their parents, Donna and Tim Ganger, are pictured during an interview, while holding up a frame with photographs of Good when she graduated from Old Dominion University, in Denver, on Feb. 27. Brent Ganger, the brother of Renee Good, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis in January, wears a button reading "Be Good" as he speaks during a Congressional spotlight hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 22 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/tennessee-governor-halts-executions-christa-gail-pike-survives-lethal-injectio/stories/20261001087 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/tennessee-governor-halts-executions-christa-gail-pike-survives-lethal-injectio/stories/20261001087#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:50:59 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/01/tennessee-governor-halts-executions-christa-gail-pike-survives-lethal-injectio/stories/20261001087 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike remained alive Thursday, her lawyers said Thursday, a day after she survived a failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder in what Tennessee's governor called a “deeply disturbing” procedure. Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted on Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. This photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike in 2023. Kathleen Walter prays in the area reserved for people opposed to the death penalty outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the planned execution of Christa Pike on Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. May Martinez, left, mother of murder victim Colleen Slemmer, walks out of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution during a stay of the planned execution of Christa Pike on Sept. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. This undated photo provided by May Martinez shows her daughter, Colleen Slemmer, who was murdered in 1995 in Tennessee. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/01/a-indian-airline-captain-hailed-hero-cockpit-attack-flydubai-flight/stories/20261001086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/01/a-indian-airline-captain-hailed-hero-cockpit-attack-flydubai-flight/stories/20261001086#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:40:03 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/01/a-indian-airline-captain-hailed-hero-cockpit-attack-flydubai-flight/stories/20261001086 JERUSALEM — Investigators worked Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. News media personnel stand outside the building where relatives of Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot for Flydubai, previously lived in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 1. News media personnel film in the building where relatives of Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot for Flydubai, previously lived in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 1. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/01/trumpeter-saves-a-life-by-donating-blood-stem-cells/stories/20260930098 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/01/trumpeter-saves-a-life-by-donating-blood-stem-cells/stories/20260930098#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/10/01/trumpeter-saves-a-life-by-donating-blood-stem-cells/stories/20260930098 It started out as a simple swab of his cheek. Then Luke Boyd got the call. He was a match for someone with a rare cancer who needed his blood stem cells to live. He might be able to save a life.  Mr. Boyd, 19, a sophomore at the University of Toledo who plays trumpet in the Rocket Marching Luke Boyd, a marching band trumpeter, poses for a photo at the University of Toledo in Toledo on Sept. 29. Luke Boyd at the donation center in Boca Raton, Fla. Luke Boyd, a marching band trumpeter, poses for a photo at the University of Toledo in Toledo on Sept. 29. Trumpeter Luke Boyd with other members of the University of Toledo Rocket Marching Band. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/10/01/religious-offerings-oct-7-anniversary-remembrance-events-set/stories/20261001003 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/10/01/religious-offerings-oct-7-anniversary-remembrance-events-set/stories/20261001003#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/10/01/religious-offerings-oct-7-anniversary-remembrance-events-set/stories/20261001003 ■ The Jewish community is commemorating the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel with two events next week. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/transcript-woman-cornell-police-100-confident-raped/stories/20260930110 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/transcript-woman-cornell-police-100-confident-raped/stories/20260930110#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:33:26 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/transcript-woman-cornell-police-100-confident-raped/stories/20260930110 A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 percent confidence I was raped,” according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. The former Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. A Cornell University sign stands in Ithaca, N.Y. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/republicans-tee-up-bill-data-centers-final-votes-midterm-elections/stories/20260930096 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/republicans-tee-up-bill-data-centers-final-votes-midterm-elections/stories/20260930096#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:02:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/republicans-tee-up-bill-data-centers-final-votes-midterm-elections/stories/20260930096 WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a GOP-led bill to combat rising energy costs driven by the data center boom, thwarting a last-ditch effort by Republicans to show they are taking voter concerns about affordability seriously. Meta data centers operate Sept. 5 near Social Circle, Ga. A Core Scientific data center is seen Sept. 4 in Dalton, Ga. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/30/a-pilot-on-a-flight-carrying-israelis-stabbed-another-and-apparently-tried-to-crash-netanyahu-says/stories/20260930093 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/30/a-pilot-on-a-flight-carrying-israelis-stabbed-another-and-apparently-tried-to-crash-netanyahu-says/stories/20260930093#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:12:43 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/30/a-pilot-on-a-flight-carrying-israelis-stabbed-another-and-apparently-tried-to-crash-netanyahu-says/stories/20260930093 TEL AVIV, Israel — A pilot stabbed another pilot and then apparently tried to crash to aircraft carrying dozens of Israelis on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Passengers and crew staged a dramatic intervention to subdue the attacker and the plane eventually made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Holding balloons people wait for the arrival of passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel Sept. 30. A FlyDubai aircraft takes off from Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Sept. 30. Passengers check in their luggage with FlyDubai at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel Sept. 30. A plane takes off as a flydubai aircraft sits on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Sept. 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/the-us-military-says-its-withdrawal-of-troops-from-iraq-is-complete/stories/20260930089 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/the-us-military-says-its-withdrawal-of-troops-from-iraq-is-complete/stories/20260930089#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:34:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/30/the-us-military-says-its-withdrawal-of-troops-from-iraq-is-complete/stories/20260930089 BAGHDAD — The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group. The last U.S. troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. Iraqi security officers flash victory signs as they ride on vehicles decorated with national flags and ribbons during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 30. Iraqi police officers stand beside security vehicles decorated with national flags and ribbons during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 30.