Fact check: Trump distorts an immigration report
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night about corporate job expansion and military cost-savings that actually took root under his predecessor and gave a one-sided account of the costs...
View ArticleIn Democratic reply, former Kentucky governor says Trump would ‘rip’ away care
WASHINGTON: Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear took a populist tenor in Democrats’ formal response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday, accusing him of planning to “rip affordable...
View ArticleAkron-based Sterling Jewelers calls sexual harassment report misleading;...
Shares of national jewelry retailer Signet Jewelers Ltd. plunged Tuesday following a story by the Washington Post about allegations of widespread sexual harassment at the company.Shares of Signet,...
View ArticleTrump declares it’s ‘time to join forces’ to fix U.S. problems
WASHINGTON: Heralding a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump stood before Congress for the first time Tuesday night and issued a broad call for overhauling the nation’s health...
View ArticleMayor Horrigan hints at Akron income tax increase in State of the City address
Dan Horrigan prides himself on serving the public with the speed of a curb boy at Swensons Drive-In. It’s a job he took while studying to be a teacher.“Little did he know at that time that serving the...
View ArticleBig man Andrew Bogut is headed to Cavaliers if he clears waivers Wednesday
The Cavaliers’ final piece of the puzzle as the defending NBA champions restock for their playoff run is headed to Cleveland, providing his next destination is his to choose.A league source said...
View ArticleRed Cross to honor 12 from area at Acts of Courage ceremony
All it took was a faint cry of “help” for David Lester to take action.Last October, when he got home from work one day and saw smoke coming from his neighbor’s house, he ran over to find her on the...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled March 1
WASHINGTONOrder to save Russia papersWhite House lawyers have instructed the president’s aides to preserve materials that could be connected to Russian interference in the 2016 election and other...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled March 1
AfghanistanBombings, shootout kill 16Near-simultaneous Taliban suicide bombings and an hours-long shootout with Afghan security forces left at least 16 people dead and over 100 wounded in Kabul on...
View ArticleFormer Montana Rep. Zinke takes helm of Interior Department
WASHINGTON: Former Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke was sworn in Wednesday as secretary of the Interior Department, assuming oversight of 400 million acres of public land, mostly in the West.Vice President Mike...
View ArticleOn immigration: Akron leaders will not push Ohio toward sanctuary status
Akron City Council will not ask Gov. John Kasich to declare Ohio a sanctuary state.The request made late last month by Councilwoman Tara Mosley-Samples was shot down this week as council split on an...
View ArticleTrump’s immigration mixed message draws skepticism
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump surprised congressional leaders when he suddenly suggested he was open to broad immigration reform. But while there is appetite on Capitol Hill for legislation, there...
View ArticleCities oppose proposal that would have state collect their business taxes
Some communities are making a stand against a proposal by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to take some local tax collection power away from cities and villages and hand it to the state.Barberton City Council...
View ArticleDeadly storm in Midwest sounded like ‘explosion of glass’
ST. LOUIS: A deadly spring-like storm that one Illinois resident described as sounding like “an explosion of glass” damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in that state and others, blew cars off a...
View ArticleTrump idea to expand health care competition faces hurdles
Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.: Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump’s main ideas for bringing down costs.While supporters of the...
View ArticleRare early-March tornado warnings wake up area residents Wednesday; some...
Record temperatures in February and tornado warnings on March 1 were labeled “highly unusual” by area meteorologists on Wednesday.“We don’t usually experience so much extreme weather in the winter...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled March 1
Tiny tubes in rock are marvelsTiny tubes and filaments in some Canadian rock appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began. The features are mineralized...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — March 2, 2017
AkronBeacon Journal recognized AKRON: The Akron Beacon Journal’s leadership role in the 2016 Your Vote Ohio project was recognized this year in the trade industry magazine Editor & Publisher.In its...
View ArticleThings to Do, March 2: Cleveland Orchestra does Bernstein and Copland;...
Salute to American composersThis weekend’s Cleveland Orchestra concerts feature all-American composers, including the Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland (it includes the Fanfare for the Common Man, which...
View ArticleBrowns decline to use franchise tag on impending free-agent Terrelle Pryor,...
INDIANAPOLIS: Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown acknowledged he’s playing with fire by declining to place a franchise tag on impending unrestricted free-agent wide receiver Terrelle...
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