Things You Need to Know — compiled Feb. 3
U.S. employers add 227,000 jobsCompanies ramped up hiring last month and more Americans began looking for work.Report: ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups fallAbout 9.2 million people signed up through...
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WASHINGTONU.S. releases dated footageThe U.S. military on Friday released a short clip from training videos seized in last weekend’s Yemen raid, but the images appear to be vintage al-Qaida footage...
View ArticleUnion official blames staffing shortage for guard death
SMYRNA, Del.: The killing of a guard during an inmate uprising at Delaware’s largest prison this week was entirely preventable, according to a correctional officers’ union leader who blamed state...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Feb. 3
MALTAEU worried by TrumpEuropean Union leaders on Friday vowed to remain united and defiant in the face of an onslaught of criticism from the new American president that has started to undermine the...
View ArticleTrump executive order on voter fraud quietly stalled
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s heated rush to launch what he said would be a “major investigation” into voter fraud has cooled, leaving White House staff uncertain when it will come to pass or...
View ArticleRefugee escapes violence of Congo, fears he could be sent back
Eka Anthony never really knows if his family is safe.When spotty telephone and internet services are working in Africa, the Akron man checks in on his mother and siblings back in war-torn Congo. But he...
View ArticleApplications for John S. Knight scholarship available
Applications for seven scholarships in journalism and public relations are being accepted for the 2017-18 school year.Five John S. Knight scholarships, each worth $5,000, will be awarded to college...
View ArticleTrump presidency keeping Ohio roiled politically
CINCINNATI: The Donald Trump presidency is keeping Ohioans stirred up, much like the Donald Trump campaign did in the swing state.His first two weeks in office spurred demonstrations on a range of...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 4
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 ArticleChileans hope to recover from country’s worst wildfires
SANTIAGO, Chile: The flames consumed everything on Sonia Diaz’s land: the machinery, supplies, even the shed for her sheep. But the 70-year-old artisan weaver still hopes to rise from the ashes.Diaz is...
View ArticleVisa holders rush to board flights to U.S. amid reprieve
CHICAGO: Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban hurried to board U.S.-bound flights Saturday, fearing they might have only a slim window...
View Article8 million people could be deported under Trump’s immigration order
WASHINGTON: When President Donald Trump ordered broad changes in immigration law enforcement during his first week in office, he stripped away most restrictions on who should be deported, opening the...
View ArticleGrowing number of women leading U.S. police departments
LOS ANGELES: When Anne Kirkpatrick took the helm at the scandal-ridden Oakland Police Department, she inherited an agency that the city’s mayor likened to a frat house.The veteran police officer knew...
View ArticleTrump’s Supreme Court pick wary of ‘politicians with robes’
Judge Neil Gorsuch recalls being blinded by tears in the middle of a ski run after someone rang his cellphone with news of the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The reaction...
View ArticleTrump is struggling to stock his Cabinet, leaving a lot of decisions unsettled
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration has been simultaneously splashy and slow to take shape, hindered by its own rocky transition and congressional Democratic opposition that shows no...
View ArticleNew Pentagon chief an instant hit in Japan, South Korea
TOKYO: In his debut abroad as the first retired general to lead the Pentagon in more than half a century, Jim Mattis found that in Japan and South Korea, his experience in uniform is seen as an...
View ArticleImmigrant facts for Ohio
Immigrant facts in Ohio■ An estimated 83,000 to 96,000 foreign-born people are living in Ohio without proper paperwork. Most have expired visas. About 55 percent are from Latin America and 24 percent...
View ArticleFrench far-right candidate Le Pen’s plan: ‘Made in France’
LYON, France: Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right presidential candidate, unveiled her platform Saturday, envisioning a thriving nation “made in France,” with its citizens first in line for state...
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CHICAGOAbuse group founder resignsThe founder of the group that advocates for priest abuse victims has stepped down after three decades of campaigning to force the Catholic Church to recognize the...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Feb. 4
VATICAN CITYConservatives criticize popeConservative criticism of Pope Francis intensified Saturday after his intervention in the Knights of Malta order, with posters appearing around Rome citing his...
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