Cavs 120, Kings 108; Jason Lloyd's 17 thoughts on Shumpert, Korver and good...
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: Seventeen thoughts for 17 free throws in Friday’s 120-108 win over the Sacramento Kings… 1. The day the Cavs made the trade to acquire Kyle Korver, coach Tyronn Lue texted his...
View ArticleSpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida
LOS ANGELES: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar...
View ArticleHouse Dems press FBI on Russia, possible link to Trump camp
WASHINGTON: House Democrats still seething over FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the election-year inquiry of Hillary Clinton confronted the law enforcement officer over his refusal to say...
View ArticleIn long-shot Mideast peace bid, France sees nothing to lose
PARIS: It sounds far-fetched at best: holding a Mideast peace conference without Israelis, Palestinians or the incoming U.S. government.But the French organizers say that’s the whole point. They want...
View ArticleIraq makes swift territorial gains against Islamic State in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi forces have won a string of swift territorial gains in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group after months of slow progress, with a senior officer on Saturday laying...
View ArticleMartin Luther King Jr.’s shift from dreamer to radical resonates for activists
PHILADELPHIA: For Abdul Aliy-Muhammad, the Martin Luther King Jr. he learned about as a child was a man of love, peace and racial harmony, a gifted orator.It wasn’t until Aliy-Muhammad became an...
View ArticleA young ex-president, Obama poised for a busy retirement
WASHINGTON: For Barack Obama, there’s a presidential library to build, hundreds of millions of dollars to raise, causes to champion and a book to write. And don’t forget that long-promised vacation...
View ArticleSupreme Court takes up lawsuit over 2001 detention of Muslims
WASHINGTON: Ahmer Abbasi speaks softly as he describes the strip searches, the extra shoves, the curses that he endured in a federal jail in Brooklyn following the Sept. 11 attacks.“I don’t think I...
View ArticleSecurity force for Trump’s inauguration contemplates truck attacks, dirty bombs
WASHINGTON: Braced for demonstrations by 99 groups and a new “global terrorist environment,” security officials plan to protect the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump with buses, dump trucks...
View ArticleTrump unleashes Twitter attack against civil rights legend
NEW YORK: Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black...
View ArticleCuba sees explosion in internet access as ties with U.S. grow
HAVANA: Two days before Christmas, Luis Gonzalez received a little Chinese modem from Cuba’s state-owned telecommunications company.The 55-year-old theater producer connected the device to his phone...
View ArticleU.S. midsection grapples with pesky ice storm; more on way
KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Parts of the central U.S. grappled Saturday with a second day of road-glazing ice and braced for more of the treacherous, below-freezing wintry weather expected to close out the...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Jan. 14
ORLANDO, FLA.Slain sergeant honoredAn Orlando police sergeant who was gunned down was remembered Saturday at her funeral service as someone who put everyone at ease with her infectious smile and made...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Jan. 14
PHILIPPINESDuterte: ‘Bomb them all’Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he has ordered his troops to bomb extremists who flee with their captives in a bid to stop a wave of kidnappings at sea,...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Jan. 14
Singer bows out of inaugurationBroadway star Jennifer Holliday, known for her Tony-winning role in Dreamgirls, backs out as a performer at the presidential inaugural following protests from her gay and...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Jan. 14, 2017
AKRONHoliday trash pickup delay AKRON: All city offices will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.There will be no curb service on Monday and there will be a one-day delay of...
View ArticleThings to Do, Jan. 15: Play at Civic features ‘Idol’ winner; Akron Art Museum...
‘Idol’ winner stars in playAmerican Idol winner Ruben Studdard stars in The Bold and the Sanctified, a play about two small churches — one black, one white — that are forced by financial circumstances...
View ArticleProtesters across U.S. decry Trump’s anti-immigrant stance
WASHINGTON: Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall...
View ArticleRecession, smession? Signs point toward continued, but slowing, economic...
Courtney Wagner likes what she sees at her family-owned machine and tool shop off Wooster Road West in Norton.Business is good and they are investing in new equipment, she said. She’s president of...
View ArticleExamining the two-year tenure of Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa CEO and president
Tension crackled inside a conference room at Barberton Hospital in early 2015. Several doctors said they remember about 30 members of the hospital’s medical leadership team gathering to hear Summa...
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