The Latest in Washington: CIA Director added to security council, GOP senator...
WASHINGTON: The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):2:40 p.m.A Republican senator is criticizing the Trump administration for failing to mention Jews in a statement remembering the...
View ArticleKent State doctoral student from Iran stuck in Canada, unable to reunite with...
It’s been nearly two months since Iranian Morteza Shakeri, a resident of Stow, has seen his wife and child. Mansoureh Shasti and their 1-year-old daughter, Kiana, are stuck in Canada since President...
View ArticleBreaking silence, Obama speaks out on Trump immigrants order
WASHINGTON: Former President Barack Obama praised protesters who amassed across the country in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration orders, breaking his silence on political issues for...
View ArticleOhio woman pinned under own car in fatal crash
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO: An Ohio woman has died after being ejected and trapped under her car in an accident.Police say 62-year-old Rita Matthews, of Middletown, veered off the road and hit a curb around...
View ArticleMany area workers are eligible for earned income tax credits; can get their...
Thousands of area workers are eligible for federal earned income tax credits, and free services are again available this year to help eligible people claim the credits, worth as much as $6,269. Free...
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Indians acquire RHP Carlos Frias from Los Angeles Dodgers for cash...
The Indians added some pitching depth to the 40-man roster on Monday, acquiring right-handed pitcher Carlos Frias from the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash considerations. To make room on the 40-man...
View ArticleDecision to cancel school not simple for local superintendents
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown, especially in a school district experiencing heavy snow. Canceling school is not an easy decision, especially when weather patterns can change so fast. One...
View ArticleTrump’s immigration order faces mounting legal questions
WASHINGTON: The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees is likely to turn on questions of a president’s authority to control America’s borders and on whether this policy...
View ArticleCorrections and Clarifications
• The price for a flight of four beers at HiHO Brewing Co. in Cuyahoga Falls is $10. A story in Saturday’s Life section contained an incorrect price. The reporter erred.The Akron Beacon Journal is...
View ArticleGoodyear reports 4th quarter, full year earnings on Feb. 8
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will report fourth quarter and full 2016 fiscal year results on Feb. 8 before the stock market opens. Richard Kramer, chairman and chief executive officer, and Laura K....
View ArticleThe Latest: Trump delays signing executive order on cybersecurity
WASHINGTON: The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):3:25 p.m.President Donald Trump has delayed signing an executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity.Trump had been expected to...
View ArticleAkron man charged with robbery, attacking pregnant ex-girlfriend
An Akron man was arrested Monday on charges of using a gun to threaten a woman during a robbery and attacking his pregnant ex-girlfriend.Travonte Griffin, 29, of Storer Avenue, was charged with...
View ArticleDeVos may have used official’s remarks without attribution
WASHINGTON: Education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos appears to have used quotes from an Obama administration official without attribution in her written responses to questions from Democrats...
View ArticleGreen school board member shares her personal criticisms of President Trump’s...
GREEN: A Green school board member used her comment time at Monday night’s meeting to publicly criticize President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education as “100 percent wholly unqualified for this...
View ArticleKasich tax plan compliant with anti-tax pledge — just barely
By Julie Carr SmythCOLUMBUS: Conservative activist Grover Norquist said Tuesday that Gov. John Kasich’s proposed tax reform package is disappointing but technically compliant with his organization’s...
View ArticleCabinet update: Democrats force delays in votes on Price, Mnuchin, Sessions;...
WASHINGTON: Democrats forced delays Tuesday in planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump’s picks for Health and Treasury secretaries and attorney general, amid growing Democratic...
View ArticleProtesters in Akron oppose Trump’s travel ban on refugees, seven mostly...
About 125 people gathered outside the federal courthouse in Akron on Monday for a lunch-hour protest opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday that blocked entrance to the United...
View ArticleSubject of debunked rape story to hand over documents
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.: A judge says the woman at the center of a debunked Rolling Stone magazine story about a rape at the University of Virginia must hand over documents in a second defamation...
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Browns veterans Andrew Hawkins, Josh McCown to participate in panel...
Wide receiver Andrew Hawkins and quarterback Josh McCown of the Browns will participate in a panel discussion about how professional sports can be used to help improve race relations, according to the...
View ArticleNAACP seeks full transcript from Tamir Rice grand jury
CLEVELAND: The NAACP in Cleveland wants a judge to release the full transcript from the grand jury that declined to indict two white Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a...
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