Regional news briefs — April 16
AKRONMayor Horrigan plans talksAKRON: Mayor Dan Horrigan will host seven Neighborhood Town Hall meetings from April through August. The meetings will offer residents an opportunity to question and hear...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled April 15
Demonstrators take on TrumpThousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across the nation, demanding that the president release his tax returns so Americans can scrutinize his business ties...
View ArticleIndians 13, Tigers 6: Jose Ramirez hits two three-run homers in rout of Tigers
CLEVELAND: The slumbering Indians lineup woke up in a big way on Saturday, knocking around Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander in a 13-6 win at Progressive Field on Jackie Robinson Day. After a week...
View ArticleTigers’ Justin Verlander brings up question of stolen signs after Indians’...
The topic of sign stealing has again followed the Indians following a poor start of a Cy Young-level opposing pitcher. In October, the Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher Rick Porcello began to switch...
View ArticleCavaliers’ losses after double-digit leads
Cavaliers’ 2016-17 losses with blown double-digit leads• Nov. 29 at Milwaukee, up by 14, lost by 17• Jan. 4 vs. Chicago, up by 13, lost by 12• Jan. 21 vs. San Antonio, up by 11, lost by 3• Jan. 25 vs....
View ArticleDouble-digit leads no blueprint for Cavaliers’ success
CLEVELAND: No lead is safe.It’s a tendency the Cavaliers carried into the postseason, no matter how much they’d like to swear it off.It’s a byproduct of their collapse at Atlanta on April 9, when the...
View ArticlePolice arrest two brothers in death of Columbus woman in trash fire
COLUMBUS: Police have arrested two brothers on murder charges in the death of a woman whose body was found on fire last Dec. 23 in a Columbus neighborhood alley.Columbus police SWAT officers arrested...
View ArticleIndians fall to Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Easter Sunday
The Indians squandered an effectively wild outing by Carlos Carrasco in a 4-1 loss the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field on Easter Sunday. Carrasco (1-1) allowed two runs on four hits and five walks...
View ArticleVirginia Tech marking 10 years after shooting that killed 32
BLACKSBURG, Va.: Ten years after a mentally ill student fatally shot 32 people at Virginia Tech, survivors and families of the slain are returning to campus to honor the lives that were lost that...
View ArticleTrump attends Easter service in Palm Beach
PALM BEACH, Fla.: President Donald Trump attended Easter service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea near his estate in Palm Beach on Sunday — an annual ritual that provided a break from a host of...
View ArticleChristians celebrate Easter across conflict-torn Mideast
JERUSALEM: Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday across the Middle East, where many are struggling to maintain their embattled communities in the face of war, religious violence and...
View ArticlePolice urge help in finding suspects in Columbus club shootings
COLUMBUS: Police in Ohio’s capital city appealed Sunday for witnesses to come forward to help them identify suspects in an early morning club shooting that wounded nine people.An argument erupted into...
View ArticleCharity events: Antiques and wine for historical society; auction and raffle...
This WeekTuesdayChippewa-Rogues Hollow Historical Society Antiques Rogues Show — 6 p.m. at Silver Run Winery, 376 Eastern Road, Doylestown. Wine and food pairing, antiques appraisals, silent auction....
View ArticleTigers 4, Indians 1: Solid start by Carlos Carrasco squandered on Easter Sunday
Cleveland: The Indians squandered an effectively wild outing by Carlos Carrasco in a 4-1 loss the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field on Easter Sunday. Carrasco (1-1) allowed two runs on four hits and...
View ArticlePolice: Cleveland man showed slaying live on Facebook
CLEVELAND: Cleveland police say they are searching for a homicide suspect who broadcast the fatal shooting of another man live on Facebook.Police say the man broadcast another video of himself later on...
View ArticleBoy who died at rotating restaurant in Atlanta identified
Associated PressATLANTA: Officials have identified a 5-year-old boy who died after getting caught in the rotating wall of an Atlanta restaurant.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
View ArticleTigers 4, Indians 1: 14 Walk-Off Thoughts on Carlos Carrasco, Yandy Diaz, the...
Here are 14 Walk-Off Thoughts after the Indians fell to the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Easter Sunday 1. Carlos Carrasco was a bit wild but effective all the same, allowing two runs on four hits and five...
View ArticleTrump: China, U.S. working on ‘North Korea problem’
SEOUL, South Korea: President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that China was working with the United States on “the North Korea problem,” and his vice president told American and South Korea service...
View ArticlePolice: Child, mother strangled to death by man
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.: Police say a man has been charged with felony murder in the strangling of a woman and her 2-year-old son at a home in suburban Atlanta.Gwinnett County Police spokeswoman Cpl....
View ArticleTrump goes after leading Democrat in Georgia race
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is attacking the leading Democratic candidate running in a special election in a conservative Georgia congressional district.On Twitter Monday, Trump said the “The...
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