http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 13 May 2026 04:10:49 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/13/trump-arrives-in-beijing-for-talks-with-china-s-xi-on-iran-war-trade-and-us-arms/stories/20260513082 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/13/trump-arrives-in-beijing-for-talks-with-china-s-xi-on-iran-war-trade-and-us-arms/stories/20260513082#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 12:05:42 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/13/trump-arrives-in-beijing-for-talks-with-china-s-xi-on-iran-war-trade-and-us-arms/stories/20260513082 BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. President Donald Trump waves from the stairs of Air Force One as he boards upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 12 for a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping. The United States and Chinese flags are flown outside a hotel expected to be used for U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing on May 13. Security personnel man a check point outside a hotel expected to be used for U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing on May 13. Security is tightened at the Temple of Heaven park ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing on May 13. U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect a honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 9, 2017. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/13/prosecutors-to-retry-alex-murdaugh-in-deaths-of-wife-and-son-after-overturned-co/stories/20260513088 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/13/prosecutors-to-retry-alex-murdaugh-in-deaths-of-wife-and-son-after-overturned-co/stories/20260513088#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 15:52:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/13/prosecutors-to-retry-alex-murdaugh-in-deaths-of-wife-and-son-after-overturned-co/stories/20260513088 COLUMBIA, S.C.  — Prosecutors said they plan to retry disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh on murder charges in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned his conviction and life sentence. Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh arrives in court in Beaufort, S.C., Sept. 14, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/12/kuwait-says-iran-attacked-an-island-where-china-is-helping-to-build-a-port/stories/20260512081 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/12/kuwait-says-iran-attacked-an-island-where-china-is-helping-to-build-a-port/stories/20260512081#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 14:57:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/12/kuwait-says-iran-attacked-an-island-where-china-is-helping-to-build-a-port/stories/20260512081 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Middle East nation. Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system fires to intercept as air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv, on Oct. 23, 2024. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/12/hegseth-bipartisan-rising-costs-iran-war/stories/20260512098 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/12/hegseth-bipartisan-rising-costs-iran-war/stories/20260512098#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 20:31:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/12/hegseth-bipartisan-rising-costs-iran-war/stories/20260512098 WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump Administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense on May 12 in Washington, with acting Under Secretary of Defense and Comptroller Jules Hurst III, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine. Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine) questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.) questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/12/trump-fda-chief-marty-makary-leaving/stories/20260512099 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/12/trump-fda-chief-marty-makary-leaving/stories/20260512099#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 20:31:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/12/trump-fda-chief-marty-makary-leaving/stories/20260512099 WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists, and other allies of President Trump. Dr. Marty Makary, Food and Drug Administration commissioner, attends an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House on April 23 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/11/supreme-court-temporarily-extends-womens-access-widely-used-abortion-pill/stories/20260511098 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/11/supreme-court-temporarily-extends-womens-access-widely-used-abortion-pill/stories/20260511098#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 21:09:48 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/11/supreme-court-temporarily-extends-womens-access-widely-used-abortion-pill/stories/20260511098 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/11/u-s-standoff-with-iran-deepens-and-strait-remains-closed-after-trump-rejects/stories/20260511081 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/11/u-s-standoff-with-iran-deepens-and-strait-remains-closed-after-trump-rejects/stories/20260511081#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 15:47:42 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/11/u-s-standoff-with-iran-deepens-and-strait-remains-closed-after-trump-rejects/stories/20260511081 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran cease-fire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war. Officials said the proposal included some concessions on Iran's disputed nuclear program, but Trump dismissed it as “garbage.” Motorbikes drive past a billboard with graphic showing the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, with his framed fist amongst his supporters framed fists in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 6. A man waves an Iranian flag for a pro-government campaign under a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 6. The front page of the Sunday May 10, 2026, edition of Iranian newspaper, Jamejam, is seen with a cartoon satirizing the U.S. President Donald Trump that asks: "Open the the Strait of Hormuz" on a news stand in northern Tehran, Iran. Women grieve as they carry the body of 6-month-old Mariam Fahos during a funeral procession for people killed a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Saksakieh, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, May 10. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/11/democrats-vow-to-fight-1-billion-senate-security-proposal-white-house-ballroom/stories/20260511080 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/11/democrats-vow-to-fight-1-billion-senate-security-proposal-white-house-ballroom/stories/20260511080#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 15:45:42 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/11/democrats-vow-to-fight-1-billion-senate-security-proposal-white-house-ballroom/stories/20260511080 WASHINGTON — Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could help pay for President Donald Trump’s ballroom as Democrats say they will try to defeat it. Construction on the new White House ballroom is seen from the Washington Monument May 5 in Washington. Construction on the new White House ballroom is seen from the Washington Monument,May 5 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/10/passengers-evacuated-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship-begin-flying-home/stories/20260510125 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/10/passengers-evacuated-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship-begin-flying-home/stories/20260510125#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 22:04:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/10/passengers-evacuated-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship-begin-flying-home/stories/20260510125 TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, where travelers were escorted to shore by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks. A Spanish passenger is sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain on May 10. A Spanish passenger boards a government plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on May 10. Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on May 10. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/10/russia-ukraine-accuse-each-other-violating-us-brokered-3-day-truce/stories/20260510124 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/10/russia-ukraine-accuse-each-other-violating-us-brokered-3-day-truce/stories/20260510124#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 21:42:39 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/10/russia-ukraine-accuse-each-other-violating-us-brokered-3-day-truce/stories/20260510124 Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. Russian servicemen march as they attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. People carry portraits of their relatives, fighters, killed during military action in Ukraine, during the Immortal Regiment march at the Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 9, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/10/iran-war-ceasefire-tested-as-cargo-ship-catches-fire-and-kuwaiit/stories/20260510117 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/10/iran-war-ceasefire-tested-as-cargo-ship-catches-fire-and-kuwaiit/stories/20260510117#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 13:06:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/10/iran-war-ceasefire-tested-as-cargo-ship-catches-fire-and-kuwaiit/stories/20260510117 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The shaky cease-fire in the Iran war was tested again on Sunday when a drone set a small fire on a ship off the coast of Qatar, while the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported separate drones entering their airspaces. Two men sit in a small boat on the water as cargo ships are anchored in the background in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/05/10/sports-regimens-need-consider-female-body/stories/20260415115 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/05/10/sports-regimens-need-consider-female-body/stories/20260415115#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/05/10/sports-regimens-need-consider-female-body/stories/20260415115 As more women participate in sports, the rate of injury has increased as well. Aaliyah Lipkins tries to clear the bar in the girls high jump during the the City League track and field championships on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Bowsher High School's Charles W. Matthews Stadium in South Toledo. THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN Perrysburg’s Rylie Brandel heads the ball during an OHSAA girls soccer state semifinal game at Shelby Whippet Athletic Complex in Shelby, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Upper Arlington defeated Perrysburg, 6-2. Dr. Andrea Aagesen, a clinical assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation in sports medicine at University of Michigan Health. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/05/10/autism-communities-emerge-as-diagnoses-increase/stories/20260419109 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/05/10/autism-communities-emerge-as-diagnoses-increase/stories/20260419109#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/health-and-well-being/2026/05/10/autism-communities-emerge-as-diagnoses-increase/stories/20260419109 Kate Schwartz has built a career of advocating for her two autistic children. Kate Schwartz, executive director of the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio, works at her office on April 27 in West Toledo. Schwartz has built a career out of advocating for her two autistic children, a brother and sister new to managing adulthood. Kate Schwartz, executive director of the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio, at her office on April 27 in West Toledo. Kate Schwartz, executive director of the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio, works at her office on April 27 in West Toledo. Schwartz has built a career out of advocating for her two autistic children, a brother and sister new to managing adulthood. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/09/maumee-valley-country-day-school-senior-names-national-merit-scholarship-finalis/stories/20260501096 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/09/maumee-valley-country-day-school-senior-names-national-merit-scholarship-finalis/stories/20260501096#comments Sat, 09 May 2026 17:46:48 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/09/maumee-valley-country-day-school-senior-names-national-merit-scholarship-finalis/stories/20260501096 Simon Amonette’s uphill battle toward high school graduation started in July, 2022, when he started having illnesses lasting more than a week every month. Simon Amonette, 18 Simon Amonette, 18 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/09/who-head-oversee-evacuation-passengers-crew-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship/stories/20260509086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/09/who-head-oversee-evacuation-passengers-crew-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship/stories/20260509086#comments Sat, 09 May 2026 11:21:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/09/who-head-oversee-evacuation-passengers-crew-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship/stories/20260509086 TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Spain on Saturday to oversee the evacuation of more than 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed to the Canary Islands. A passenger on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, takes a photo of the ship's weighing anchor in Praia, during the voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife on May 6. Crew members of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, wait their turns for a first interview with epidemiologists, during the voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife on May 6. A passenger checks his camera inside his cabin on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, during the voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife on May 6. Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife on May 6. Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, scan the horizon with binoculars during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife on May 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-democrats-redrawn-us-house-maps/stories/20260508105 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-democrats-redrawn-us-house-maps/stories/20260508105#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 21:39:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-democrats-redrawn-us-house-maps/stories/20260508105 The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections. A person votes in the Virginia redistricting referendum at Fairfax Government Center on April 21. A person votes in the Virginia redistricting referendum at Lake Braddock Secondary School on April 21. An election worker tears off "I Voted" stickers during the Virginia redistricting referendum at Fairfax Government Center on April 21. State Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, center, speaks outside the Supreme Court of Virginia after arguments were heard in a redistricting-related case at the court in Richmond, Va., on April 27. Attorney Matthew Seligman, representing Democratic state legislators, speaks with the media following a hearing on new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va., on April 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/08/ufo-files-shed-light-sightings-but-leave-interpretation-to-public/stories/20260508104 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/08/ufo-files-shed-light-sightings-but-leave-interpretation-to-public/stories/20260508104#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 21:42:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/08/ufo-files-shed-light-sightings-but-leave-interpretation-to-public/stories/20260508104 WASHINGTON — Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11. A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip. A blaringly bright object doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan. Files on UFOs, released May 8 by the Pentagon, are photographed in Washington. A photo of "flying saucer alleged specimens" in files on UFOs released May 8 by the Pentagon. Files on UFOs, released May 8 by the Pentagon, are photographed in Washington. Files on UFOs, released May 8 by the Pentagon, are photographed in Washington. Files on UFOs, released May 8 by the Pentagon, are photographed in Washington. Files on UFOs, released May 8 by the Pentagon, are photographed in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/08/u-s-fires-on-and-disables-2-more-iranian-tankers-as-tensions-rise-in-the-strait/stories/20260508099 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/08/u-s-fires-on-and-disables-2-more-iranian-tankers-as-tensions-rise-in-the-strait/stories/20260508099#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 19:00:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/05/08/u-s-fires-on-and-disables-2-more-iranian-tankers-as-tensions-rise-in-the-strait/stories/20260508099 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile and drone attack. Two men sit in a small boat on the water as cargo ships are anchored in the background in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran on May 4. A tanker, left, and a car carrier are anchored at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from the coast near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates on May 1. Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore as a small motorboat passes in the foreground, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran on May 4. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/07/judge-rules-trump-administration-cancellation-humanities-grants-unconstitutional/stories/20260507120 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/07/judge-rules-trump-administration-cancellation-humanities-grants-unconstitutional/stories/20260507120#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 01:05:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/05/07/judge-rules-trump-administration-cancellation-humanities-grants-unconstitutional/stories/20260507120 The Trump administration's cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday. President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House in 2025 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/07/health-officials-track-dozens-who-left-hantavirus-stricken-ship-first-fatality/stories/20260507116 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/07/health-officials-track-dozens-who-left-hantavirus-stricken-ship-first-fatality/stories/20260507116#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 22:45:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2026/05/07/health-officials-track-dozens-who-left-hantavirus-stricken-ship-first-fatality/stories/20260507116 MADRID — Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers who disembarked a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship before its deadly outbreak was detected, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then. Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6. The MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6. Medical personnel in hazmat suits wait for patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6. Health workers get off the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, a cruise ship carrying nearly 150 people as it remains off Cape Verde on May 4 after three passengers died and several others fell seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. A view of the m/v Hondius Cruise ship anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 4.