Rain doesn’t dampen fun at Hale Farm Barn Party
A little rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of partygoers at Hale Farm’s second annual Barn Party Saturday evening. Angela Broholm welcomed guests and Carol Knight offered mint juleps in recognition of...
View ArticleTransgender rights advocate says stories are key to acceptance
Ohio is one of 32 states where it is legal to be fired from a job for being gay or evicted from an apartment for being transgender.As of March 27, though, Akron is the 17th city in the state to combat...
View ArticleElections chief Jon Husted joins 2018 race for Ohio governor
COLUMBUS: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted entered the race for governor Sunday, positioning himself in an announcement ad as a pro-gun, pro-family values conservative.Capitalizing on divisive...
View ArticleCamp Y-Noah holds free Family Fun Day
GREEN: There is an implied compliment to being called a “best-kept secret.”But Camp Y-Noah Director Carl “Rocky” Wargo would be happier if that idiom wasn’t needed to describe the YMCA’s 250-acre...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled May 7
SALT LAKE CITYU.S. monuments re-evaluatedInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke began a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state’s southern red rock...
View ArticleTexas police shooting shows again how black males are considered threats
The car drove away from the high school house party, down a street in a Dallas suburb, when the police officer raised his rifle and fired.A bullet tore through the front passenger window, killing...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled May 7
North KoreaAnother American detainedNorth Korea on Sunday said it detained another U.S. citizen over unspecified hostile acts against the country. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim Hak...
View ArticleIsrael-Germany dispute shines spotlight on ex-soldiers anti-occupation group
TEL AVIV, Israel: Former Israeli combat soldiers who were thrust into the center of a diplomatic dispute between Israel and Germany say the sudden international spotlight has given them a bigger stage...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — May 8, 2017
AKRONMemorial service for policeAKRON: The Fraternal Order of Police Akron Lodge No. 7 and the Akron Police Department are inviting the public to attend the annual Police Memorial Service at 11 a.m....
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled May 7
Centrist is French presidentPro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron is elected France’s youngest president in a resounding victory that dashes far-right rival Marine Le Pen’s hopes of riding the populist...
View ArticleThings to Do, May 8: Rundgren in Cleveland; author Susan Faludi in Hudson;...
Rock out with Todd Rundgren in ClevelandTodd Rundgren makes another of his frequent visits to Northeast Ohio, this time at House of Blues Cleveland at 7 p.m. He’s touring behind a new album, White...
View ArticleFrance elects Pro-EU Macron; far-right Le Pen can’t capitalize on populist...
PARIS: Ripping up France’s political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly...
View ArticleOhio, other states brace for big decisions under GOP health care changes
CHERRY HILL, N.J.: Even as the Republican health care overhaul remains a work in progress, Ohio and other states are planning for big changes that could swell the ranks of the uninsured and hit them...
View ArticleODOT: New highway interchange in Akron going smoothly, state says
Pharmacist Dan Jones begins to smile.So does everyone else behind the counter at Klein’s pharmacy on South Broadway on the edge of downtown Akron.They’ve just been asked to comment on the ongoing $97.6...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: LeBron James, Cavaliers reach level of dominance that seemed...
TORONTO: Game 4 didn’t have to be this close, this dramatic. A maddeningly characteristic third-quarter lapse after the Cavaliers built a 16-point lead on Sunday gave the Toronto Raptors a glimpse of...
View ArticleCavaliers 109, Raptors 102: LeBron James scores 35 points, Cavs complete...
TORONTO: LeBron James and the Cavaliers are headed back to a familiar place after sweeping aside another overmatched opponent.James scored 35 points, Kyrie Irving added 27 and the Cavs swept the...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Kyrie Irving turns it on at ‘winning time,’ sparks Cavs...
TORONTO: Kyrie Irving knew what time it was.With 6:38 remaining in the fourth quarter as Serge Ibaka completed an and-one to give the Toronto Raptors a one-point lead, the Cavaliers guard knew what was...
View ArticleAbercrombie & Fitch says it’s in deal talks
NEW YORK: Teen clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch Co., responding to reports that it was in talks with interested buyers, says it’s in preliminary discussions with several parties about a...
View ArticleSuspect in five Cleveland slayings pleads guilty, avoids death sentence
CLEVELAND: The brother of a victim in a quintuple homicide had to be wrestled out of a Cleveland courtroom on Wednesday after he tried to attack a defendant who had just pleaded guilty to the fatal...
View ArticleAkron’s 13th homicide victim of 2017 died after a string of bad luck
Akron’s 13th homicide victim of 2017 had a string of bad luck even before being found shot multiple times Tuesday.Stacy D. Parker, 27, had been shot, robbed at gunpoint and, depending on who you...
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