White House invites lawmakers to see intelligence material
WASHINGTON: The White House has invited the heads of congressional intelligence committees investigating Russia’s role in the 2016 election to view materials found by the National Security...
View ArticleSomething completely different at McDonald’s: Fresh beef
NEW YORK: Coming soon to McDonald’s: Fresh beef.The fast food giant said Thursday that it will swap frozen beef patties for fresh ones in its Quarter Pounder burgers by sometime next year at most of...
View ArticleThe Latest: S. Korea court approves arrest of ex-president
SEOUL, South Korea: The Latest on legal problems of South Korea’s disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye (all times local):4 a.m.A South Korean court says it has approved the arrest of ex-President Park...
View ArticleFour people and a dog dead in Thursday shooting in Canton
Four people are dead after a shooting in Canton Thursday afternoon, police said.The shooting happened in the 500 block of Smith Avenue NW. Employees from the Stark County Cororner’s office and Ohio...
View ArticleTrump revives threat to change libel laws
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is reviving his threat to target libel laws that govern freedom of the press.Trump wrote on Twitter Thursday that The New York Times has “disgraced the media world,”...
View ArticleSmithers Rapra to open new lab in Akron Global Business Accelerator
Testing firm Smithers Rapra will open a new laboratory this summer in the Akron Global Business Accelerator primarily for the global medical device, pharmaceutical and food packaging industries.The new...
View ArticleUA student pleads not guilty on animal cruelty charge for death of roommate’s...
An University of Akron student pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Summit County Common Pleas Court to an animal cruelty charge for the death of his roommate’s kitten.Matthew McCullough, 20, will...
View ArticleCops: Woman shot in Victoria’s Secret PINK in fight over man
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Police in Ohio say one woman shot another woman in a Victoria’s Secret PINK store full of shoppers, apparently because of a fight over a man.Columbus police say the injured 23-year-old...
View ArticleRussian prosecutors move to block online calls for protests
MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors moved Friday to block calls on social networks for more street protests in Moscow and other Russian cities following a wave of rallies that have cast a new challenge to the...
View ArticleTrump to sign executive orders targeting trade abuses
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump talked tough on trade on the campaign trail, vowing to renegotiate a slew of major deals and to label China a currency manipulator on “Day One.” Now his...
View ArticleJournalist says she’s found Twitter account of FBI director
Associated PressWASHINGTON: A reporter for the website Gizmodo says she’s uncovered a stealth Twitter account that she believes belongs to FBI Director James Comey.Comey acknowledged in a speech...
View ArticleInmate suspected in beating of “Angel of Death” serial killer
TOLEDO: A fellow inmate is suspected of fatally beating a serial killer dubbed the “Angel of Death” inside the cell where he was serving multiple life sentences, authorities said Friday.No charges had...
View ArticleFBI re-releases dozens of 9/11 Pentagon photos after glitch
WASHINGTON: More than two dozen photos of the Pentagon taken after a plane crashed into it on Sept. 11, 2001, have reappeared in recent days on the FBI’s website six years after they were first made...
View ArticleEU wants to solve divorce before fall talks on UK’s future
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday raised the possibility of starting general talks on Britain’s future relationship with the bloc as early as the fall if decisive progress is made on key parts of...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 24 near mosque in northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb exploded Friday near a Shiite Muslim mosque in the town of Parachinar in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 24 people and wounding over 100, officials said.The...
View ArticleUN reports Palestinian population decline in Syria
BEIRUT: Syria’s Palestinian refugee population has fallen by one-fifth since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011 and many of those who stay in Syria have been displaced, the U.N.’s Palestinian...
View ArticleU.S. defense chief says North Korea has ’got to be stopped’
LONDON: North Korea must be stopped on its path toward being able to threaten the United States with nuclear attack, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday in a stark expression of America’s top...
View ArticleDem opposition to Trump court pick Gorsuch grows; Schumer warns GOP
WASHINGTON: Senate Democratic opposition to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee swelled Friday as Democrats neared the numbers needed for a filibuster, setting up a showdown with Republicans...
View ArticleAkron area young professionals wanted for conference designed to inspire them...
For the second year, Akron area young professionals can go to a conference aimed at inspiring them to get involved in the region. The second biennial Young Professionals Summit — titled Breaking the...
View ArticleOhio Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor stepping down as state insurance director
CINCINNATI: Ohio’s lieutenant governor is stepping down as the state’s insurance director.Gov. John Kasich announced Friday that Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor was leaving her job as director of the Ohio...
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