LeBron hand delivers $1.3 million in cash to Akron couple from his ‘The Wall’...
It’s not every day a Brinks truck rolls up to an Akron house to deliver $1.3 million in hundreds neatly stacked in two black bags along with a lone $10 bill.Then again, with a mega-global brand like...
View ArticleDouble amputee receives Christmas gift of a lifetime
When U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Stahl lost both of his legs during a deployment in Afghanistan, some of life’s simplest tasks suddenly became some of the most difficult.But on Friday, Stahl didn’t just open...
View ArticleCavs 119, Nets 99; Jason Lloyd's 15 thoughts on the Warriors and Christmas;...
CLEVELAND: Fifteen thoughts for 15 rebounds from Kevin Love in Friday’s 119-99 win over the Brooklyn Nets… 1. The Cavs dropped an absolute beating on the Nets. Soap bars wrapped in towels, Pyle...
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Christmas Eve 1980 a happier time for Cleveland Browns fans
Christmas Eve 2016 finds the Cleveland Browns on the brink of immortality. At 0-14, the Browns are just two losses away from a perfectly awful season — and one of those final lumps of coal in a fan’s...
View ArticleRookie Cody Kessler only active backup QB for Browns despite Hue Jackson...
Rookie Cody Kessler will be the only backup quarterback active for the Browns for the third consecutive game. Kessler will be behind starter Robert Griffin III when the Browns (0-14) face the San...
View ArticleChagrin Falls boy, 17, dies in two-car crash in West Akron
A 17-year-old senior from Chagrin Falls High School was killed and three others were taken to Akron-area hospitals following a crash on North Portage Path on Friday evening.Akron investigators are...
View ArticleGrieving worshippers come together for Blue Christmas services
MEDINA: There was no choir at Medina United Methodist Church on Saturday afternoon, no children singing Happy Birthday to Jesus or guest appearances by Santa.Candles flickered in the dim light of the...
View ArticleUA computer tech’s Christmas light display a real show stopper
A computer lab specialist at the University of Akron’s Wayne campus has come up with a way to share his home holiday lights with people all over the world.“Anyone from anywhere can use it. All they...
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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 ArticleNigeria: Boko Haram is crushed, forced out of last enclave
LAGOS, Nigeria: The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria’s president declared Saturday.His...
View ArticleInvestigators seek supply network for slain Berlin attacker
MILAN: Investigators on Saturday worked to determine if the Berlin Christmas market attacker got any logistical support to cross at least two European borders and evade capture for days before being...
View ArticleDisplaced Iraqi Christians head home for ‘wartime’ Christmas
BARTELLA, Iraq: For the 300 Christians who braved rain and wind to attend Christmas Eve Mass in their hometown, the ceremony evoked both holiday cheer and grim reminders of the war raging around their...
View ArticleHoliday shopping season is losing some of its power
NEW YORK: The holiday shopping season is losing some of its power in the year’s sales.November and December now account for less than 21 percent of annual retail sales at physical stores, down from a...
View ArticleGOP on taxes: Cut rates, brackets but what about the deficit
WASHINGTON: Congressional Republicans are planning a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax system next year, a heavy political lift that could ultimately affect families at every income level and...
View ArticleAs Obama accomplished policy goals, his party floundered
WASHINGTON: In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 percent unemployment rate and 74 months of consecutive job...
View ArticleIn Christmas message, pope laments children in war, poverty
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today’s children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Dec. 25, 2016
BEACON JOURNALCall center holiday hoursAKRON: The Beacon Journal Customer Service Call Center will be taking calls from 7 to 10 a.m. Sunday and Monday. The phone number is 330-996-3600 or 800-777-2442....
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Israeli premier blasts ObamaBenjamin Netanyahu lashes out at the U.S. president, accusing him of a “shameful ambush” at the U.N. over West Bank settlements and saying he is looking forward to working...
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JACOB LAKE, ARIZ.Pa. family’s rescue ‘miracle’A sheriff’s official says it was “a Christmas miracle” that searchers found and rescued members of a Pennsylvania family stranded in two separate locations...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Dec. 24
FINLANDApp helps save reindeerThere’s good news for Rudolph and his friends — an app is helping officials reduce the number of reindeer killed in traffic accidents in Finland. Some 300,000 reindeer...
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