http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:21:21 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/04/16/religious-offerings-churches-to-bring-speaker-on-fear-and-kids-class-on-antiraci/stories/20260416002 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/04/16/religious-offerings-churches-to-bring-speaker-on-fear-and-kids-class-on-antiraci/stories/20260416002#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:52:30 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2026/04/16/religious-offerings-churches-to-bring-speaker-on-fear-and-kids-class-on-antiraci/stories/20260416002 ■ Irish author Gareth Higgins is set to speak April 25 in the next installment of the Chidester Lecture Series at Sylvania United Church of Christ. Visitors at Sylvania United Church of Christ on Oct. 12, 2024. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/16/pakistani-army-chief-visits-tehran-in-hopes-for-renewed-talks-between-u-s-iran/stories/20260416093 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/16/pakistani-army-chief-visits-tehran-in-hopes-for-renewed-talks-between-u-s-iran/stories/20260416093#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:06:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/16/pakistani-army-chief-visits-tehran-in-hopes-for-renewed-talks-between-u-s-iran/stories/20260416093 CAIRO — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day cease-fire, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington. Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran on April 13. In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran on April 15. Paramedics attach a portrait over the grave of Ghadir Baalbaki, 19, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike, at a temporary mass grave in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon April 15. Relatives of Ghadir Baalbaki, 19, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike, mourn during her funeral in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon April 15. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/16/u-s-military-will-target-iran-linked-ships-worldwide-broadening-scope-beyond/stories/20260416106 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/16/u-s-military-will-target-iran-linked-ships-worldwide-broadening-scope-beyond/stories/20260416106#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:23:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/16/u-s-military-will-target-iran-linked-ships-worldwide-broadening-scope-beyond/stories/20260416106 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran's ports to allow its forces around the world to stop any ship tied to Tehran or those suspected of carrying supplies that could help its government, from weapons to oil, metals and electronics. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon April 16 in Washington. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, April 16 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/15/trump-promised-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-dearborn-michigan-it-feels-farther/stories/20260415093 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/15/trump-promised-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-dearborn-michigan-it-feels-farther/stories/20260415093#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:17:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/15/trump-promised-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-dearborn-michigan-it-feels-farther/stories/20260415093 DEARBORN, Mich. — Eighteen months after the nation's largest Arab American community helped propel Donald Trump to a second term as president, the prayers have not stopped. A woman holds a candle during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war April 10 in Dearborn, Mich. Women talk while shopping for meat at Super Greenland Market, a Mediterranean grocery story April 8 in Dearborn, Mich. People pose for a photo during the launch of Mohamed Ali Hammoud's campaign for Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education member April 8 in Dearborn, Mich. People wave Lebanese flags during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war April 10 in Dearborn, Mich. Children hold signs during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war April 10 in Dearborn, Mich. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/15/mediators-move-closer-to-extending-u-s-iran-ceasefire-officials-say/stories/20260415092 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/15/mediators-move-closer-to-extending-u-s-iran-ceasefire-officials-say/stories/20260415092#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:51:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/15/mediators-move-closer-to-extending-u-s-iran-ceasefire-officials-say/stories/20260415092 CAIRO — Pakistan’s army chief arrived Wednesday for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the Middle East and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran after almost seven weeks of war. Residents gesture and point toward damage as they stand near charred cars at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday in central Beirut, Lebanon on April 14. A veiled woman walks through a mass grave where civilians and Hezbollah fighters killed by Israeli airstrikes are temporarily buried in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon on April 14. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter speaks with reporters outside of the State Department in Washington on April 14. A volunteer flips a burnt book amid the debris of a residential building that, according to the authorities, was damaged on March 4 during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran on April 14. A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf towards Dubai port as seen from Ajman, United Arab Emirates on April 14. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/14/efforts-underway-for-second-round-of-us-iran-talks-as-ships-reported-transiting/stories/20260414088 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/14/efforts-underway-for-second-round-of-us-iran-talks-as-ships-reported-transiting/stories/20260414088#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:01:59 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/14/efforts-underway-for-second-round-of-us-iran-talks-as-ships-reported-transiting/stories/20260414088 ISLAMABAD — Diplomats worked through back channels Tuesday to arrange a new round of talks between the United States and Iran after Washington enacted its blockade of Iranian ports, while Tehran threatened to strike targets across the war-weary region. Damage is visible on a residential building that, according to Iranian authorities, was hit by a strike on March 4 during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, April 14. President Donald Trump speaks outside the Oval Office of the White House April 13 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/14/advanced-specialty-hospitals-of-toledo-closing-116-to-lose-jobs/stories/20260414089 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/14/advanced-specialty-hospitals-of-toledo-closing-116-to-lose-jobs/stories/20260414089#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:22:03 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/14/advanced-specialty-hospitals-of-toledo-closing-116-to-lose-jobs/stories/20260414089 Advanced Specialty Hospitals of Toledo has announced plans to close May 1. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/house-ethics-panel-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations-eric-swalwell/stories/20260413101 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/house-ethics-panel-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations-eric-swalwell/stories/20260413101#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:13:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/house-ethics-panel-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations-eric-swalwell/stories/20260413101 WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California announced Monday he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations that prompted loud bipartisan calls for him to step down. California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., on April 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/trump-apologize-pope-leo-reason-posting-much-criticized-meme/stories/20260413102 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/trump-apologize-pope-leo-reason-posting-much-criticized-meme/stories/20260413102#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:20:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/trump-apologize-pope-leo-reason-posting-much-criticized-meme/stories/20260413102 WASHINGTON — President Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on April 13 at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 12, after he returned from Miami. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/13/iran-threatens-ports-in-mideast-as-u-s-military-set-to-impose-shipping-blockade/stories/20260413078 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/13/iran-threatens-ports-in-mideast-as-u-s-military-set-to-impose-shipping-blockade/stories/20260413078#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:33:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/13/iran-threatens-ports-in-mideast-as-u-s-military-set-to-impose-shipping-blockade/stories/20260413078 CAIRO — President Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks. Residents inspect debris at the site of a building where efforts continue to recover the body of missing woman Zahraa Aboud, 26, after it was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, in central Beirut on April 12. Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates March 11. Vice President JD Vance gives a thumbs up gesture while boarding Air Force Two as he leaves IslamabadvApril 12 after attending talks on Iran. Haifa Kenjo, who fled Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds her 15-day-old daughter Shiman inside the tent she uses as a shelter and where she gave birth to her in Beirut April 12. A woman checks her smartphone while walking past a police special forces car at Tajrish Square in northern Tehran, Iran, April 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/nationwide-children-s-expands-presence-into-wood-county/stories/20260413082 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/nationwide-children-s-expands-presence-into-wood-county/stories/20260413082#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:23:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/nationwide-children-s-expands-presence-into-wood-county/stories/20260413082 BOWLING GREEN — Wood County Hospital’s Wood County Medical Associates (Pediatrics) and Center for Child Development offices are now part of Nationwide Children’s Hospital-Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/new-urgent-care-clinic-ut-aims-cut-wait-times-costs/stories/20260413006 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/new-urgent-care-clinic-ut-aims-cut-wait-times-costs/stories/20260413006#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:22:43 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/new-urgent-care-clinic-ut-aims-cut-wait-times-costs/stories/20260413006 A new clinic on Bancroft Street near the University of Toledo aims to provide fast, accessible health care to residents. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/nasa-already-next-artemis-flight-sights/stories/20260413076 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/nasa-already-next-artemis-flight-sights/stories/20260413076#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:07:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/nasa-already-next-artemis-flight-sights/stories/20260413076 HOUSTON — Never-before-glimpsed views of the moon’s far side. Check. Total solar eclipse gracing the lunar scene. Check. New distance record for humanity. Check. In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6 as they flew around the Moon. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/13/hungarian-prime-minister-orban-ejected-after-16-years/stories/20260413075 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/13/hungarian-prime-minister-orban-ejected-after-16-years/stories/20260413075#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:05:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/13/hungarian-prime-minister-orban-ejected-after-16-years/stories/20260413075 BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions. Supporters of Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party celebrates after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary on April 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/um-researcher-studies-extreme-heats-impact-certain-communities/stories/20260412054 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/um-researcher-studies-extreme-heats-impact-certain-communities/stories/20260412054#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/04/13/um-researcher-studies-extreme-heats-impact-certain-communities/stories/20260412054 On a sunbaked summer afternoon in Detroit, the difference between cool shade and hot asphalt pavement is more serious than you might think. Carina Gronlund is an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research Center. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-over-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/stories/20260412145 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-over-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/stories/20260412145#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:35:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-over-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/stories/20260412145 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, saying he didn't think the U.S.-born global leader of the Catholic Church is “doing a very good job” and that “he's a very liberal person," while also suggesting the pontiff should “stop catering to the Radical Left.” President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 12 after he returned from Miami. Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/swalwell-suspends-campaign-california-governor-after-accused-sexual-assault/stories/20260412137 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/swalwell-suspends-campaign-california-governor-after-accused-sexual-assault/stories/20260412137#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:19:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/swalwell-suspends-campaign-california-governor-after-accused-sexual-assault/stories/20260412137 WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor on Sunday following sexual assault allegations that he has denied. California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., on April 7. California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif. on April 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/12/trump-threatens-strait-hormuz-blockade-after-us-iran-ceasefire-talks-end/stories/20260412128 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/12/trump-threatens-strait-hormuz-blockade-after-us-iran-ceasefire-talks-end/stories/20260412128#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:56:05 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/12/trump-threatens-strait-hormuz-blockade-after-us-iran-ceasefire-talks-end/stories/20260412128 ISLAMABAD  — President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. Women walk past a banner depicting the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, in northern Tehran, Iran on April 12. Haifa Kenjo, who fled Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds her 15-day-old daughter Shiman inside the tent she uses as a shelter and where she gave birth to her in Beirut on April 12. Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen, on April 12 in Islamabad, Pakistan. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/years-drought-major-energy-port-corpus-christi-texas-wrestling-water-crisis/stories/20260412121 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/years-drought-major-energy-port-corpus-christi-texas-wrestling-water-crisis/stories/20260412121#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:31:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/years-drought-major-energy-port-corpus-christi-texas-wrestling-water-crisis/stories/20260412121 In parched southern Texas, a yearslong drought has depleted Corpus Christi's water reserves so gravely that the city is scrambling to prevent a shortage that could force painful cutbacks for residents and hobble the refineries and petrochemical plants in a major energy port. Gavino Rivera talks about the decline of the Hillcrest neighborhood in 2023, as he gathers scrap metal near a Citgo oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Birds fly over the Port of Corpus Christi as the sun sets in 2023, in Corpus Christi, Texas. A Port of Corpus Christi police officer guides a boat through the port in 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. A ship is docked as the sun sets in 2023 at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. A fishing boat works just offshore in the Corpus Christi Bay in 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. A Citgo oil refinery operates next to the Hillcrest neighborhood in 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/04/12/too-much-salt-ohio-legislation-calls-for-warnings-on-some-menus/stories/20260412034 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/04/12/too-much-salt-ohio-legislation-calls-for-warnings-on-some-menus/stories/20260412034#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/04/12/too-much-salt-ohio-legislation-calls-for-warnings-on-some-menus/stories/20260412034 The average American consumes 3,400 to 4,500 milligrams of sodium each day, while the daily recommended level is 2,300 milligrams. Legislation proposed in Ohio seeks sodium warnings on food in certain restaurants. Dr. Surender Neravetla, member of the American Heart Association state advocacy committee and director of cardiac surgery at Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center. Dustin Holfinger, government relations director for the American Heart Association in Ohio.