Two men shot in unrelated incidents within hours in Akron
Akron police are investigation two unrelated shootings that happened within hours of each other late Tuesday and early Wednesday.Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, a 20-year-old man was the victim of...
View ArticleSenate confirms Rex Tillerson as sec’y of state
WASHINGTON: The Republican-led Senate has confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.Senators voted 56-43 largely along party lines to approve Tillerson’s nomination to be...
View Article2 Republican senators won’t support DeVos nomination
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary appears to be in trouble.Two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — announced their...
View ArticleHouse Dems want probe of intelligence chief’s ties to Russia
WASHINGTON: Top House Democrats called Wednesday for an investigation of President Donald Trump’s national security adviser over his ties to a Russian propaganda outlet.They want the Pentagon to...
View ArticleTrump praises Douglass, other famous African Americans
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump kicked off Black History Month on Wednesday by gathering some of his black aides and supporters at the White House for a “listening” session in which he praised the...
View ArticleGovernor: Ohio must embrace future, change rust belt image
COLUMBUS: Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Wednesday the state must change its rust belt image and embrace new technologies on all fronts.While manufacturing will always be important in Ohio, the state must...
View ArticleLebron James receives NAACP’s Jackie Robinson Sports Award, urges other...
LeBron’s trophy shelf is about to get a bit more crowded.The Akron native is the latest recipient of the NAACP’s Jackie Robinson Sports Award.James joins Cleveland Browns great Jim Brown and another...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Early exodus to NFL increases pressure on Ohio State to find...
COLUMBUS: Under coach Urban Meyer, the Ohio State football program has become more of a farm team for the NFL than ever before.This year a Football Bowl Subdivision-high six players left early for the...
View ArticleTrump makes unannounced trip to honor fallen Navy SEAL
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del.: Assuming the somber duties of commander in chief, President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip Wednesday to honor the returning remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in a...
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Akron food entrepreneur will appear on ABC's Shark Tank Feb. 10; will pitch...
Evan Delahanty, the Akron area founder of Peaceful Fruits fruit strips, will pitch his venture on the hit ABC show Shark Tank on Feb. 10 in an effort to score investment bucks from the panel of...
View ArticleViolent protesters block Berkley talk by Breitbart editor
BERKELEY, CALIF.: Protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and started a bonfire prompting University of California at Berkeley officials to cancel a talk Wednesday by a polarizing editor of...
View ArticleAustralian PM, Trump offer mixed messages on refugee deal
WASHINGTON: Australia’s prime minister insisted Thursday that a deal negotiated with the Obama administration was still on to allow mostly Muslim refugees rejected by Australia to be resettled in the...
View ArticleOhio groundhog Buckeye Chuck agrees with Pennsylvanian pal Punxsutawney Phil,...
MARION, OHIO: Pennsylvania has Punxsutawney Phil, Ohio has Buckeye Chuck, and both groundhogs this year predict six more weeks of winter.Officials in Marion say Buckeye Chuck reportedly saw his shadow...
View ArticleTrump vows to repeal political limits on churches
WASHINGTON: Declaring that religious freedom is “under threat,” President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk...
View ArticleCourt finds cause to charge Ohio girl with brother’s slaying
TOLEDO, OHIO: Police say a 14-year-old Ohio girl told them she fatally shot her 15-year-old brother after they fought over a video-game system and he repeatedly hit her in the face.A Lucas County...
View ArticleSecond Cleveland Catholic Charities ex-worker accused of theft
CLEVELAND: A former office manager has been charged with stealing money from Cleveland Catholic Charities, the second ex-employee recently accused of taking funds from the organization.Cleveland.com...
View ArticlePolice investigate string of overdoses in Ohio city
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO: Police in southern Ohio are investigating a rash of overdoses that occurred in the span of two days.Chillicothe police say there were a combined 12 reported overdoses between Tuesday...
View ArticlePolice: Ohio girl shot brother after fight over video-game system
TOLEDO, OHIO: Police say a 14-year-old Ohio girl told them she fatally shot her 15-year-old brother after they fought over a video-game system and he repeatedly hit her in the face.A Lucas County...
View ArticleCeremony honors WWII Army chaplains who helped save soldiers
DAYTON, OHIO: A national ceremony held in Ohio will honor four U.S. Army chaplains who helped save other soldiers before dying on an Army transport ship hit by a German torpedo in World War II.The U.S....
View ArticleState vows to appeal lawsuit blocking its local hiring ban
A Cuyahoga County judge ruled against the state this week, saying Republican legislators overstepped their constitutional bounds and infringed on cities’ “home rule” when outlawing local hiring quotas...
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