Supreme Court weighs case of Mexican boy slain across border
WASHINGTON: Sixty feet and the U.S-Mexico border separated the unarmed, 15-year-old Mexican boy and the U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed him with a gunshot to the head early on a June evening in...
View ArticleDrugs vanish at some VA hospitals
WASHINGTON: Federal authorities are stepping up investigations at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers due to a sharp increase in opioid theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use...
View ArticleTrump taps military strategist McMaster as national security adviser
PALM BEACH, Fla.: President Donald Trump has tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a prominent military strategist known as a creative thinker, as his new national security adviser, replacing the ousted...
View ArticleSummit Brew Path off to smashing start; Guilford Township couple complete it...
Karen Bujak and Karl Boettger took it as a challenge.With the inaugural Summit Brew Path kicking off last weekend, the Guilford Township couple were determined to complete the new Akron-area beer trail...
View ArticleMan shot, killed by police after long standoff in Kent, alleged hostage...
On Monday, stunned friends of a man killed by Kent police on Sunday maintained a vigil outside the apartment building where the shooting took place.Police shot Christopher Carter, 27, at the end of a...
View ArticleIndians: Edwin Encarnacion gives lineup booming bat
GOODYEAR, Ariz.: As fans lining the chain-link fence next to the Indians’ main practice field jockeyed for better position to snatch an autograph or selfie with the team’s newest star, Edwin...
View ArticleAkron Councilman Bob Hoch relieved after being sentenced to probation for...
Akron Councilman Bob Hoch was relieved Tuesday afternoon after he was sentenced to one year of probation for misdemeanor ethics law violations.He faced up to 180 days in jail on each of three conflict...
View ArticleWadsworth police officers using video simulations for firearms training this...
It was supposed to be a simple arrest on an outstanding warrant.While I watched a police officer place a middle-aged man in handcuffs, a shadow crossed in the corner of my eye. A teenager — probably...
View ArticleLawmakers look to North Hill for answers on immigration debate
Rollin Mukanza launched a carpet cleaning business without knowing how to clean carpets — only the desire to prosper.The Ellet man fled the Congo more than a decade ago to settle in Akron. With a...
View ArticleRegistration now open for program that teaches girls life lessons with...
In the Girls on the Run program, grade-school girls don’t just build up speed and endurance. They also build up self-confidence, relationships and other life skills vital in the transition to...
View ArticleAkron police arrest suspect after woman is found slain on patio
Akron police arrested a man Tuesday night who is accused of shooting and killing a 31-year-old woman earlier Tuesday. Duane M. Lucas, 29, of Akron faces murder charges in the death of Brittany...
View ArticleArea deaths — Compiled Feb. 22, 2017
MEDINASzeligo, Walter V., 94, of Wadsworth. Died Monday. Hilliard-Rospert.STARKBai, Frank Jr., 76, of Louisville. Died Sunday. Paquelet & Arnold-Lynch, Massillon.Mishler, Cody W., 27, of Massillon....
View ArticlePublic would have limited access to Ohio drug death reviews
Gov. John Kasich has proposed allowing counties to create committees that would review overdose fatalities, and the public would have limited access to the findings.The committees would probe each...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Feb. 21
WASHINGTON New transgender guidelines The Trump administration is working on a new set of directives on the use of school bathrooms by transgender students, the White House said Tuesday. The...
View ArticleAfter Trump travel ban, immigrants seek to naturalize
LOS ANGELES: Andres Dorantes has long been content with the green card that lets him live in the U.S. and work as a tattoo artist in Los Angeles.That changed when Donald Trump became president and...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Feb. 22, 2017
AKRON1 dead, 3 injured in crashAKRON: One person is dead and three are injured after an accident involving six cars on US 224 eastbound at the I-77 south ramp in Akron on Tuesday evening, according to...
View ArticleCorrections and Clarifications — Feb. 22
■ Jesmoné Robins is the mother of Les Belles Perles debutante Amariana Lachai Dortch. Robins’ name was misspelled in a story Tuesday. Incorrect information was provided to the Beacon Journal. In the...
View ArticleThings to Do, Feb. 33: ‘Saturday Night Fever’ musical at Civic; Beatles show...
See ‘Saturday Night Fever’ liveHow deep is your love for Saturday Night Fever? Enough that you want to see it (Stayin’ A)live? Saturday Night Fever: The Musical swivels its hips across the Akron Civic...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Feb. 21
Former political rivals to meet President Donald Trump will meet with former primary rival and frequent critic John Kasich on Friday. The White House says the Ohio governor reached out to request a...
View ArticleMillions targeted for possible deportation under Trump rules
WASHINGTON: Millions of people living in the United States illegally could be targeted for deportation — including people simply arrested for traffic violations — under a sweeping rewrite of...
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