Summa names former executive to serve as interim leader
Summa Health has hired one of its former executives to lead it out of an ongoing crisis that has hurt its reputation, upended its relationships with hundreds of local physicians and is threatening to...
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PeruLeader speaks up in D.C. visit The first Latin American president to visit Donald Trump at the White House told the U.S. leader Friday he prefers “bridges to walls,” sending him a gentle rebuke of...
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SAN DIEGO Feds to award border dealsU.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that it plans to start awarding contracts by mid-April for a proposed border wall with Mexico, signaling that they are...
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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 ArticleKevin Love expects to return to court in plenty of time to help Cavaliers in...
Kevin Love called his arthroscopic surgery a minor procedure on Friday, and said he believes he’ll be back in plenty of time to get his rhythm and legs ready for the playoffs.Still, the Cavaliers...
View ArticleIndians’ Michael Brantley takes full swings in latest comeback
GOODYEAR, Ariz.: Indians outfielder Michael Brantley participated in regular batting practice for the first time in training camp this year, a significant step in his latest comeback from a shoulder...
View ArticleConditions deteriorate in west Mosul as Iraqi advances slow
MOSUL, Iraq: The Iraqi advance into Mosul’s western half slowed Saturday as combat turned to urban warfare and Iraqi forces met stiff resistance from the Islamic State group. Hundreds of civilians...
View ArticlePope quietly trims sanctions for sex abusers seeking mercy
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against a handful of pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its worst offenders in ways that survivors of abuse and...
View ArticleWarren Buffett sticks to business, avoids politics in letter
OMAHA, Neb.: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett reiterated his rosy long-term outlook for the U.S. economy and his distaste for high Wall Street fees in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway...
View ArticleIn a blow, twin attacks on Syrian security kill at least 32
BEIRUT: In synchronized attacks, insurgents stormed into heavily guarded security offices in Syria’s central Homs city, clashed with troops and then blew themselves up, killing a senior officer and at...
View ArticleMalaysia says airport safe, autopsy shows nerve agent effect
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia’s health minister said Sunday autopsy results suggested a nerve agent caused “very serious paralysis” that killed the exiled half brother of North Korea’s leader, as...
View ArticlePre-existing conditions complicate health care replacement
CHICAGO: As Republicans try to unite around a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most difficult to replace: the guarantee of health...
View ArticleSupreme Court weighs law banning sex offenders from Facebook
RALEIGH, N.C.: Fresh from a trip to traffic court, Lester Packingham Jr. celebrated his turn of good fortune by announcing to friends on Facebook that his pending ticket was dismissed without him...
View ArticleIn Trump’s first speech to Congress, will decorum hold?
WASHINGTON: A presidential speech to Congress is one of those all-American moments that ooze ritual and decorum.The House sergeant-at-arms will stand at the rear of the House of Representatives on...
View ArticleDemocrats elect former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as national chairman
ATLANTA: Democrats elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman Saturday over a liberal Minnesota congressman, capping a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the...
View ArticleBob Dyer: NASCAR drivers honoring Akron engineer
Forty of the best race-car drivers in the world will fire up their engines at 2 p.m. Sunday for the 59th annual Daytona 500.Also known as The Great American Race, it is indisputably the premier event...
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AUSTRALIAIndonesian president visitsIndonesian and Australian leaders on Sunday committed to free trade and closer naval cooperation as they urged countries in the Asia-Pacific region with competing...
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NEW YORK‘Adviser’ baffles SwedenSwedes are puzzled after a Fox News program featured a guest identified as a “Swedish defense and national security adviser” who’s unknown to the country’s Defense...
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New York Times is airing adThe newspaper is broadcasting a commercial called “The Truth Is Hard” during Sunday’s Academy Awards, just days after the company and other news organizations were blocked...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Feb. 26, 2017
AKRONKiwanis meetingAKRON: John Shulan, owner of Shulan’s Jewelry in Fairlawn, will speak at the Kiwanis Club of Akron’s luncheon meeting at noon Thursday at the Game Grill & Bar, the restaurant in...
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