Bobby Awards are coming
If you’ve been nice, Santa has likely rewarded you. If you’ve been naughty, there might be a Bobby Award in your future. The 20th annual Bobby Awards will be handed out Sunday. They are delivered not...
View ArticleThe Pie Lady always a treat
Christmas comes to our newsroom in most of the usual ways. We publish Christmas stories as Akron celebrates the season. We have an auction of various items sent our way and give the proceeds to...
View ArticleTrump says he will dissolve foundation amid N.Y. investigation
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.: President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he will dissolve his charitable foundation amid efforts to eliminate any conflicts of interest before he takes office next month.The...
View ArticleBrowns 20, Chargers 17: Browns avoid winless season, snap 17-game losing...
CLEVELAND: Left tackle Joe Thomas wiped tears from his face as he and other Browns players surrounded coach Hue Jackson in the locker room after they pulled off a Christmas Eve miracle.Tight end Gary...
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Amish boy gets unexpected help from twin after suffering severe burns
Jerry and John Miller just wanted to cook breakfast over the fire. After a night of camping in their backyard in Dundee, the 11-year-old Amish twins with matching dark hair and even darker eyes,...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Dec. 27
AKRONMan, 25, killed in shootingAKRON: Police are investigating a Monday shooting that left a 25-year-old man dead in East Akron.The man, whose name has not been disclosed, was found at about 3 p.m....
View ArticleObama vs. Trump: Dispute erupts over who would have won
HONOLULU: In an alternate universe in which President Barack Obama ran for a third term against Donald Trump, who would have won?No surprise: The president and the president-elect disagree.A fresh...
View ArticleKremlin plays down terror attack possibility in jet crash
SOCHI, Russia: The Kremlin on Monday played down the possibility that a terror attack might have downed a Syria-bound Russian plane, killing all 92 people on board, as the nation observed a day of...
View ArticleColombia probe finds human error, lack of fuel in air crash
BOGOTA, Colombia: A series of human errors caused an airliner to run out of fuel and crash in Colombia last month, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian soccer team, aviation authorities said...
View ArticleTrump says U.N. just a club for people to ‘have a good time’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: Days after the United Nations voted to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, Donald Trump questioned its effectiveness Monday, saying it’s just a club...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
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. Let your athletic director and coach know if you...
View ArticleCavs struggles without LeBron continue with 106-90 loss to Pistons
AUBURN HILLS, MICH.: When Kyrie Irving returned to Monday’s game with 10:51 to play and the Cavs down 14, the opportunity was there to do it again. Twenty-four hours after Irving and LeBron James...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Missed ref calls restart debate
By Jason LloydBeacon Journal sports writerAUBURN HILLS, MICH.: Richard Jefferson should’ve been called for a foul on the game’s final play Sunday and LeBron James should’ve been whistled for a...
View ArticleDemocrats plot ‘collision course’ with Trump’s tax plan
WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats say they’ll try to thwart Republican plans to overhaul the U.S. tax code by portraying them as a boon for the rich that betrays President-elect Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleAP New Year’s poll: Americans hopeful for a better 2017
NEW YORK: Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they are entering 2017 on an optimistic note, according to a new poll that found...
View ArticleJapanese prime minister lays wreaths at Hawaii cemeteries
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii: Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the United States into...
View ArticleBlizzards, ice storms wreak havoc across northern Plains
CHICAGO: Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Plains on Monday, with blowing and drifting snow forcing the closure of an airport and creating...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Dec. 26
MEXICOThousands attend girl’s partyLooking overwhelmed by the attention, yet resplendent in a fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on Monday on a ranch in central...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Dec. 26
NORTHAMPTON, PA.Man donates year of pizzaA Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a year’s worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a food...
View ArticleOhio State suggests ways to reduce harmful algae blooms
COLUMBUS: Ohio State University researchers have released several suggestions to reduce toxic algae blooms.The researchers have been testing different strategies to reduce phosphorus discharge, which...
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