Senate votes to undo privacy rules that protect user data
WASHINGTON: The Republican-led Senate moved Thursday to undo Obama-era regulations that would have forced internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to ask customers’ permission before they...
View ArticleGrand jury to consider OVI case against Ohio state lawmaker
HAMILTON, OHIO: An Ohio state lawmaker accused of impaired driving and mishandling a gun has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.Rep. Wes Retherford waived that right Wednesday in a Hamilton...
View ArticleMedina man sentenced to prison for robbery death
GREEN: A second man has been sent to prison for a November 2015 robbery that left a Green man dead.Ty’Shawn Henderson, 24, of Medina, pleaded guilty in September 2016 to aggravated robbery, a...
View ArticleMan accused of shooting father, Ohio deputy heads to trial
LEBANON, OHIO: A man accused of shooting and injuring his father and a southwest Ohio sheriff’s deputy is slated for trial Monday after a judge clarified what evidence can be presented.The...
View ArticleLet there be light: German scientists test ’artificial sun’
BERLIN: Scientists in Germany flipped the switch Thursday on what’s being described as “the world’s largest artificial sun,” a device they hope will help shed light on new ways of making...
View ArticleFuture is uncertain for $200,000 tax-delinquent and dilapidated Rubber Bowl
Back taxes are approaching $200,000 at the Rubber Bowl as the private owner punts on a football-themed, reutilization plan. Now, the owner is selling a $9.2 million renovation to convert the iconic...
View ArticleNew Congress, all-GOP, same political divisions
WASHINGTON: Republicans, with control of the White House and Senate and a commanding majority in the House, were supposed to brush off any challenge from the hardline Freedom Caucus and work their will...
View ArticleCity tees up new management for Mud Run Golf Course
The city will continue to subsidize an unprofitable golf course — but with new management.Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan will announce Friday plans to partner with the First Tee of Akron to manage the Mud...
View ArticleHigh school basketball/St. Vincent-St. Mary 62, Trotwood-Madison 60: Irish...
COLUMBUS: St. Vincent-St. Mary senior Jayvon Graves continues to have a flair for the dramatic when it comes to the final seconds of the fourth quarter. Graves, who topped host Jackson in the regular...
View ArticleBrowns have already conducted private workouts with QBs DeShone Kizer,...
The Browns have had or will have private workouts with all of this year's top draft prospects. Top-rated quarterbacks Mitchell Trubisky of North Carolina, Deshaun Watson of Clemson, DeShone Kizer of...
View ArticleLawmaker takes heat over bill that would hide his tickets
NASHVILLE, Tenn.: A Tennessee lawmaker is taking heat after being accused of sponsoring a bill that would hide his own unpaid speeding tickets from the public.WTVF reports that Rep. Andy Holt is trying...
View ArticleSpacewalking astronauts prep station for new parking spot
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk Friday to prep the International Space Station for a new parking spot.NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and France’s Thomas Pesquet emerged early from...
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Friend’s overdose death unites students to spread anti-drug message
FAIRLAWN: There are so many photographs. In collages that cover every inch of large pieces of poster board. In an album carried close by a grieving mother. On the cellphones of a group of teenage...
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Akron's Main Street Gourmet to sell "off spec" product at discount at "No...
You can stock up on cookie dough and baked goods and help out the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, too, at the No Muffin Left Behind sale April 1. The sale of Main Street Gourmet product will run...
View ArticleUK police give details of London attacker, two more ‘significant’ arrests made
LONDON: Police are combing through “massive amounts of computer data” and have contacted thousands of witnesses as they look for clues about why a British-born man became radicalized and launched a...
View ArticleMore clues emerge about dead Lafayette Township trustee’s office, where blood...
In the weeks following the mysterious disappearance of Lafayette Township Trustee Bryon Macron, officials hired firms to replace the carpet and repaint the walls and ceiling in his office — where...
View ArticleHow the House GOP health care bill compares to Obama-era law
WASHINGTON: The House health care bill repeals major parts of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, or ACA, as Republicans push to scale back the federal government’s role in health...
View ArticleWinners and losers in House Republican health plan
WASHINGTON: The rich and the almost rich would make out well under the House Republican bill to dismantle Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The old and the poor, not so much.The measure would repeal...
View ArticleU.S. imposes sanctions on China, North Korea entities, people
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration announced sanctions Friday on 30 foreign companies and people from 10 countries, including China, and accused the entities of engaging in proliferation...
View ArticleTrump campaign chair offers to talk to House panel on Russia
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, a key figure in investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, has volunteered to be questioned by lawmakers as part of a House...
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