Community invited to walk through new Litchfield/Firestone campus
Akron Public Schools officials will officially open the new Firestone/Litchfield Community Learning Center campus on Aug. 28.Visitors may tour the $83 million, 378,000-square-foot, three-story building...
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Toll still rising in LouisianaAt least 40,000 homes have been damaged and 11 people killed in some of the worst flooding in the state’s history.Clinton’s fundraising spreeThe Democratic presidential...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Aug. 17, 2016
AkronPart of street to close AKRON: Johnston Street between Spicer Street and state Route 8 in Akron will be closed for drainage repairs between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. A detour will be posted.The...
View ArticleThings to Do, Aug. 17: Sir Paul in Cleveland; ‘Animal House’ in theaters;...
Sir Paul returns to Cleveland Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles played Cleveland Stadium on their final tour, and the show had to be delayed when thousands of fans rushed the stage. It will...
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s August fundraising spree: From Scranton to Cher
WASHINGTON: Scranton isn’t a standard stop on the Democratic fundraising circuit. Yet Hillary Clinton put the working class Pennsylvania town on her itinerary — several times.The Democratic...
View ArticleNew wildfire spreads at staggering pace in California
LOS ANGELES: A new wildfire spread Tuesday at a staggering pace through drought-parched canyons east of Los Angeles, growing to 10 square miles in a matter of hours and forcing the evacuation of...
View ArticleDonald Trump meets with law enforcement officials in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday visited with the Milwaukee County sheriff as part of a campaign stop just days after the city was wracked by violence following the...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Aug. 16
NEW YORKTV host McLaughlin diesJohn McLaughlin, the conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that pioneered hollering-heads discussions of Washington...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Aug. 16
SENEGALEmergency shots to beginOne of the largest yellow fever outbreaks in decades could soon spread globally, aid group Save the Children warned on Tuesday as the World Health Organization is set to...
View ArticleIn a first, Russia uses Iran base to bomb targets in Syria
BEIRUT: Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to bomb targets in Syria on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the deepening cooperation between two powerhouses...
View Article2016 Summer Olympic Games: Wednesday’s TV schedule
NBC:10 a.m.-Noon: Men’s Beach Volleyball — Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE); Men’s Water Polo — U.S. vs. France (LIVE)Noon-2 p.m.: Swimming — Qualifying Heats (LIVE)2 p.m.-3:45...
View ArticleInsurers continue to abandon Affordable Care Act exchanges, limiting choice
Aetna will abandon Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges next year in more than two-thirds of the counties where it now sells the coverage, the latest in a string of defections by big insurers that...
View ArticleIn flooded Louisiana, a cleanup and a search for bodies
BATON ROUGE, La.: Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Aug. 16
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleLiz Cheney wins Republican primary for U.S. House seat
CHEYENNE, Wyo.: Liz Cheney has won Wyoming’s Republican primary for U.S. House.Cheney beat seven challengers for a chance at the job her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, first won 40 years...
View ArticleHow to find a conservative? Just look up, research finds
Research of 9,700 individuals gives another reason why conservatives and liberals might not see eye to eye: their height.In a paper published in the current edition of the British Journal of Political...
View ArticleTrump to finally begin airing TV ads in battleground states, including Ohio
MILWAUKEE: Republican Donald Trump will begin airing the first television ads of his general election campaign, a month after officially becoming his party’s nominee.Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks...
View ArticleIndians 3, White Sox 1: Ryan Lewis’ 17 Walk-Off Thoughts on Corey Kluber,...
Here are 17 Walk-Off Thoughts on the Indians’ 3-1 win against the Chicago White Sox Tuesday night. 1. Corey Kluber continues to turn in terrific performances. Kluber allowed one run and seven hits in...
View ArticleFamily of driver who died after seizure sues Ohio troopers
WHEELING, W.VA.: The family of a West Virginia man who died after being pulled over in Ohio is suing the State Highway Patrol, alleging troopers didn’t provide proper care after he suffered a seizure...
View ArticleLeBron James challenges Akron school kids and their families to create change...
For the kids, it was a day of fun at Cedar Point.For the parents, it was another important step for their children toward a high school diploma and ultimately a degree from the University of Akron.OK...
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